David Johnson emailed us last week with this story about a portrait job he had just finished. As you may know, David is one of our most traditional artists, working in pen and ink from start to finish. But today art directors expect every artist to be a master of fast revisions. At the last [...]
Recently, with the economic downturn and Shepard Fairy in the news because of his guerilla style art, my thoughts have been turned toward the last real depression. While happening a generation ago, there are still many things that came out of the Depression in which we can relish in today. A passion of mine (although [...]
Today we bring you the last post in this week’s series of illustrators as the wicked and conquering by Mark Summers. This entry belongs to Michael Deas, an illustrator whose client list (er… conquests!) would make old Julius proud.
If you’d like to see more of the lovingly illustrated covers by Mr. Summers, check them out [...]
Five similarities between illustrator Scott Brundage and Alexander the Great:
Alexander studied with Aristotle just as Scott Brundage studied with Burt Silverman.
Alexander was rumored to have been the son of Zeus, who liked to play with lightening. Scott’s father is an electrician.
They both enjoy(ed) olive oil, wine, and public bathing.
Both were fondly nicknamed, numerous times, using [...]
Once upon a time a young bastard named Francisco Pizarro grew up to be an explorer. Somewhere along the way he managed to conquer the Incan Empire, mainly due to the fact that no Inca warrior could in good conscience hit a man in ruffles.
Historical facts aside, here is the man as modeled by a [...]
Today in the Mark Summers series of generally behind-the-scenes illustrators who willingly morphed themselves into wicked(ly attractive) cover models, we bring you Peter de Sève.
Peter plays Elizabethan Pirate Sir Francis Drake (Who, like Peter, was known to the Spanish as “El Draque” or “The Dragon”).
Because of this unfortunate pet name, I was too scared to [...]
Mark Summers has been working diligently over the last several years on the “A Wicked History” series of book covers for Art Director Marie O’Neill at Scholastic. Each cover features a different personality from history, in this case, the Carthaginian General Hannibal.
In an effort to increase his own engagement with the characters and pump a [...]
I’ve only recently acquainted myself with conceptart.org and really didn’t know what I was getting into by attending Reverie. My buddy, Greg Manchess, made it sound like some sort of art orgy. Which makes me wonder how many orgies he’s been to.
Irene Gallo, Manchess, Bryan Beus
(not pictured: orgy)
My travelmate, Bryan, and I met up [...]
Six interesting facts about John Pierpont Morgan (illustrated here by John Mattos):
Morgan spent almost a year of his childhood in the Azores, recovering from a bout with rheumatic fever. (John Mattos recently created several commemorative stamps for the Azore Islands).
Morgan hated being photographed and had all his personal portraits retouched.
His uncle composed the Christmas song [...]
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This week’s featured illustrator is James Bennett
