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Alien spaceships based on insects. Concept art for video game box art, 1983, markers and pen. More about creating sentient alien machines in my book Imaginative Realism: https://t.co/vSNQ5Vob8l #conceptart #insectaliens #imaginativerealism
Who created The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? Most people think of L. Frank Baum, but the illustrator William Wallace Denslow helped, too. https://t.co/3ZLM7oqoUL #wizardofoz
Saul Tepper (1899-1987) saved a man's life by asking him to pose for an illustration. Story here: https://t.co/kYd6h5US1y #goldenageillustration
Charcoal-on-vellum line drawings for Dinotopia's Waterfall City in 1988. Figuring out perspective, placement, storytelling, architectural styles, and how the gliders could cross the gorge.
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In one of the sheds out behind the Rhinebeck Aerodrome, they’ve got a 1931 Morgan barrelback three-wheeler. Three-wheeled vehicles were classified as motorcycles in Britain, so owners could avoid road taxes. #watercolor #morgan https://t.co/ldB3mrOIDz
Scraytonify asks: "Why do you choose to paint the scenes you do with telephone poles and wires and fire hydrants?"
I like the stuff we normally overlook. We tune them out of our ordinary habitual awareness, but we'll be nostalgic for them when they're gone.
Sorting an image into figure and ground is mostly unconscious, but you can intentionally flip one set of horses from figure to ground and back again. #MCEscher #visualperception More on the blog:
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Adolfo Hohenstein (1852-1928) was a European poster artist known as the father of "Stile Liberty," or the Italian Art Nouveau. https://t.co/OiTic7s9JA #adolfohohenstein #artnouveau #stileliberty
Rose O'Neill (1874-1944) was an illustrator, cartoonist, and writer who created the cute-baby Kewpies, but she made drawings of powerful but sensuous monsters. #monsters #goldenageillustration #roseoneill #kewpies #melbirnkrant https://t.co/nnPR9Jx5z7
Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) was a Jesuit monk who received art training in Italy and traveled to China at the invitation of the emperor. His work achieved a unique East-west fusion. More: https://t.co/vBihVTLn1d #langshining #giuseppegastiglione