The Illustration Departmentさんのイラストまとめ

“Each individual is a tuning fork that’s made from the material of their experiences. If you can trust in that, allow yourself to respond to the material, whatever you want to contribute will come out.”

This is our #arthistory post on Charles Santore: https://t.co/4bRPcphEVQ

Check out this BEFORE/AFTER from mentee, Viktoria Åström (@viktoriaastrom)!

She revised an old portfolio piece—based on notes from her mentorship. Nicely done, Viktoria!

Visit https://t.co/1vnwFMBrcm to check out her portfolio.

⁣Norman Mingo was born on this day, January 25th, in 1896.

In 1956, at the age of sixty, Mingo answered an ad for artists. It led him to creating more than ninety MAD magazine covers.

Mingo didn’t create Alfred E. Neuman. But he did define him.

❝You can listen to jazz because it fills your fibers. I mean it doesn’t occupy your mind, it occupies your blood vessels.❞

—James Flora, born on this day, January 25, in 1914

❝At a time when what we see around us gets uglier and uglier, a picture book can be one of the first things of quality a child can have; and it may influence how they feel about what they see.❞

—Blair Lent, born on this day, January 22, in 1930

❝If you want to do good work—books and illustrations—try to keep a little bit of the child inside you. Be simple and authentic, be true. That’s all I can say.❞

—Jutta Bauer, born on this day, January 9, in 1955

“Dynamic composition is what allows me to strategically hide a neat little motherf***er peeing my name in a snowbank where a client won’t see it until the check clears and the illustration is printed.”

This is our #arthistory post on the great Jack Unruh: https://t.co/5XWAT4lEoj

Gustave Doré was born on this day, January 6, in 1832.

He was an early adopter of comics (Les Travaux d'Hercule, 1847); he illustrated works by Dante and Milton; he created the masterpiece “La Grande Bible de Tours”; and he directly influenced the design of Chewbacca.

Ingri d'Aulaire was born on this day, December 27, in 1904.

With her partner, Edgar, she popularized the non-fiction picture book. The d'Aulaire’s are perhaps best known for their Caldecott-winning book “Abraham Lincoln”.

❝Making pictures is similar to making music—there are so many instruments and so many tunes that the possibilities for how you play are truly limitless.❞

—Jerry Pinkney, born on this day, December 22, in 1939