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Edward Kwang, Title Unknown, (Minotaur)
Vancouver-based artist Edward Kwong makes quasi-retro, noir-ish illustrations that reference old comic books, art deco, and other classic looking aesthetics. Full of angular, expressive figures, high-impact typography and often sepia-infused colors, his work captures entire narratives in single, meticulously-rendered images.
Reblogged with many thanks to https://k250966.tumblr.com
Artist Unknown, Title Unknown, ( The Ascension of John Galt )
Matt Semke, “I Might Just Not Stop”
Matt Semke, born in March of 1981, is an artist, animator, musician and filmmaker currently residing in Minnesota. He is known for his website where he has self published a new piece of art every single day since 2006.
Reblogged with thanks to the artist’s site: http://catswilleatyou.tumblr.com
Philip Kirk, “Lost in a Ghost Town”, Ink and Watercolor
Philip Kirk is a Art Brut artist who works and lives in Iowa City, Iowa. Most of his intricate artwork is done in the mediums of ink and watercolors.
Green Lantern
Steve Thomas, “Joust” Arcade Game Propaganda Poster
Steve Thomas is a freelance illustrator and graphic artist. His work is influenced by vintage posters, propaganda and product art from the early 20th century, and retro futuristic art from the mid-20th century. He has done illustration work for Disney, Star Trek, Hasbro, Marvel and other companies.
Image reblogged from the artist’s site: http://www.stevethomasart.com
José Naranja: Sketchbooks
José Naranja beautifully detailed sketchbooks by collaging elements of photography, writing, stamps, and his own precise drawings of everything from poison mushrooms to a bird’s eye view of his dream studio. The ex-aeronautic engineer began working with sketchbooks after he discovered pocket-size Moleskine notebooks in 2005 and realized they were the perfect vessel to document his daily experiences and develop his wildest ideas. After 13 years of using the same style of notebook, Naranja now crafts his own by hand.
“It creates a special link between my journals and me. Drawings of calligraphy are just useful tools to express ideas They are the visible layer in the whole notebook as a piece, a mandala, and it’s the final artwork. Every detail in the process should be taken into consideration because I give the best effort. At the moment they have given me back only good news.”- José Naranja
The sketchbook artist also sells edited copies of his best work in a compilation called “The Orange Manuscript”, which you can find on his website.
Illustration by Svetlin Vassilev, Unknown Title
Svetlin Vassilev is a painter and book illustrator born in May of 1971 in Rouse, Bulgaria. He studied in the Intermediate Academy of Arts in Plovdiv and then in the National Academy of Arts in Sophia. He has illustrated more than 20 books, using the mediums of watercolor and acrylic paint.
Since 1997 Vassilev has lived in Greece with his wife Ada and their daughters During this time he has illustrated a wide variety of picture books, some of classical stories and some written by modern authors. In 2004, Svetlin Vassilev received the Special National Award for his illustrations of “Don Quizote”.
Jenna Barton, “These Dreams Will Carry On Past Sleep…”
Gillian Golding, “Giant Rabbit”, Hand-Colored Silkscreen, Edition of 75, Printmakers in Residence, 80 x58 cm.
Gillian Golding is an English artist specialising in limited edition prints: etchings, linocuts, lithographs and screenprints. She teaches at the Printmaking Department at Goldsmith’s College in London and is a member of Pierre Presse, a lithography atelier in southwest France. She has won numerous awards including The University of Aberystwyth Purchase Prize from the National Print Exhibition.
Illustration from the Book of Soyga
The “Book of Soyga”, also titled “Aldaraia”, is a 16th-century Latin treatise on magic, Elizabethan scholar John Dee is known to have possessed one copy of this work. After John Dee’s death, the book was thought to be lost. However in 1994, two manuscripts were located in the British Library (Sloane MS. 8) and the Bodleian Library (Bodley MS. 908), written under the title “Aldaraia sive Soyga Vocor”, by Deborah Harkness, a scholar on the life of John Dee.
The Sloane 8 version from the British Library is also described as “Tractatus Astrologico Magicus”. Both versions of “Aldaraia sive Soyga Vocor” differ only slightly.
Jonnard, Wood Engraving after William Blake Richmond, “Mercury” (Hermes), Detail, 1866
Hans Emi, “Der Techniker und Seine Umwelt”, Date Unknown, Color Lithograph on Paper, Edition of 21
Hans Emi was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor. He studied art at the Academic Julian in Paris and later in Berlin. He is known for having illustrated postage stamps, his lithogrphs for the Swiss Red Cross and his participation on the Olympic Committee.
On January 10, 2009 Hans Emi received the Swiss Award for Lifetime Accomplishment. In his career, he designed about 300 posters and several murals (for the Red Cross, the International Olympic Committee, the United Nations, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and many other public and private enterprises. Throughout his career as an artist, he illustrated about 200 books and created designs for 90 postage stamps and 25 medals.
Hendrick’s Gin Poster
Mr William Grant with his seven sons and two daughhters built their family distillery in Scotland. In 1860 the Bennet Still used by the distillery was made by coppersmiths in London. Although few of these Bennet Stills are produced, they yield a spirit that is robust and flavorful. The John Dore and Company manufactured a Carter-Head Still for Hendrick’s in 1948 with a vapor-driven flavor basket atop a long neck, yeilding a subtle and delicate spirit. This type of still is quite rare today; only a few are known to exist.
Hendrick’s Gin has a rather unusual website which includes videos on the distilling process as well as the story of Horatio, the distilling pig. Enjoy. The Hendrick’s Gin website is: https://us.hendricksgin.com
