A century of illustrative and cover art. - by Tocky
catbarf on 3/5/2021 at 18:00
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Catbarf - interesting. Looks more like acrylic or gouache rather than watercolour though.
I think the one I posted is acrylic. Blanche's earlier work is pen work filled in with watercolor, and much rougher looking. More like concept sketches.
Love that McQuarrie art. It's fun how some of his Star Wars pieces ended up being radically different from the final films, while others (like that last one with the AT-AT) are spot on.
Kolya on 4/5/2021 at 21:43
Some stuff I found going through my vintage comics
I got this printed Eric Stanton calendar for the year 2000 from my first boss, when I was working for an ad agency. I did a lot of cutting 4 colour films for print with an exacto knife. Once I managed to cut off a part of my index finger and the boss took me upstairs to a doctor in the same building. The doctor was a gynecologist, but he still knew how to bandage a finger. I want to say that boss was an arrogant prick, but he took me to a CAN concert (boring) and introduced me to Jonathan Richman and well Eric Stanton. That prick had great taste anyway.
Stanton was clearly obsessed with dominant women and drew a lot of them in a lot more explicit situations than this one. His stories also (
https://i.imgur.com/L8oxuWm.jpg) inspired the song (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiMhcoSqcng) Sweet Sweet Gwendoline (if any Ärzte fans are around).
Inline Image:
https://i.imgur.com/xS7gcF4.jpgJohnny The Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez (postcard from 1998)
I became aware of Johnny because the devs of System Shock 2 were fans and managed a cameo for noodle boy.
Inline Image:
https://i.imgur.com/U4hn9At.jpg