Tag Archives: art

inside google japan

Posted on June 14, 2013 by

Gizmodo, as always, offers up the good stuff for your Internet amusement.  This week it was a tour of the offices of Google Japan, which are decorated in an extremely interesting way.  I guess that over the past few weeks … Continue reading →

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historical figures then and now

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

This one is mostly just for fun, but it does have interesting implications for storytellers who are interested in time travel or alternate histories.  Gizmodo, the Gawker site which is supposed to be about gadgets and technology, is one of … Continue reading →

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tumblr sunday- huntress

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

No matter how cool you are, you will never be as cool as this woman with her leopard skin and spear and little choker necklace and hair ornament.  Seriously, I don’t know how 17th and 18th century court artists kept … Continue reading →

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a great illustrator at work– zdenek burian

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Anyone who loves prehistory knows the work of Zdenek Burian, even if his wonderful (and gloriously unpronounceable to English speakers) Czech name is unfamiliar.  Burian (1905- 1981) was a prolific and successful literary illustrator and book designer, but he is … Continue reading →

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a long day of inking leaves a person time to think (about a title for the book)

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

You don’t want me to keep calling it The Book, do you?  If you keep calling something by a certain name long enough, it’s liable to stick.  We’ve all seen it happen, sometimes even to actual people. Today I was … Continue reading →

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a word of advice– learned the hard way (inking)

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

If you are a one man band cartoonist, one of those slightly crazy folks who write, break down, lay out, pencil, ink and letter their own comics, you would be wise not to pencil several stories and then wait a … Continue reading →

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tumblr sunday: violinist

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

Every so often you come across an image that just stops you in your tracks.  First of all, I think this is a beautiful painting, with the figure just off center,  the relationship between the blues and browns and warm … Continue reading →

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tumblr tuesday

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

We missed Tumblr Sunday somewhere in the lead up to this week’s Auto Show coverage, which starts tomorrow.  (Sorry, but I’m just too bushed from two days on the show floor to start going through several hundred pictures and making … Continue reading →

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another wonderful Japanese matchbox label

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

All cartoonists love those Japanese matchbox labels– or they should!Are those cats or cat people?  I don’t know, but they are clearly very serene, there on their balcony above the rooftops.  Of course, who wouldn’t be, if we were part … Continue reading →

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when super bowl sunday meets tumblr sunday

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

I actually found this image earlier today, but then I actually got distracted by the game.  It was a good ‘un, even if it didn’t fall the way I would have wanted it to fall.  But don’t worry– we’ll be … Continue reading →

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