Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

The Art of Minnie Mouse

The Art of Minnie Mouse
Disney Editions
available of Amazon September 27, 2016

Minnie Mouse embodies a constant reminder to girls of all ages-including grown-ups!-to live confidently and express themselves. In The Art of Minnie Mouse, Disney artists, designers, illustrators, and animators from around the world reimagine their favorite Minnie styles and portray them in a variety of mediums. Minnie's earliest incarnation, her classic red polka-dot look, and trendy modern styles are all newly incarnated in water color, pastel, oil paint, colored pencil, mixed media, and computer graphics pieces that range from the traditional to the unconventional. The book also features a never-before-published comprehensive filmography of Minnie's animated appearances as well as a visual timeline of her career milestones.

My tall piece pays homage to the Hollywood portraits of George Hurrell (1904-1992) because Minnie (and Mickey) splashed on the silver screen in the early days of the motion pictures.  I am very please to have my contribution make it in the pages of this new art book – Bryan Mon


And here is a sampling of posting on Instagram for contributors and others:
@bebopdesigns

@bigmac8

@cclarkart

@dariavinog

@delacruz_ofthecross

@disneystyle

@drewmetaylor

@erictanart

@jtq3

@mark_jonathan_repaints

@rickyanimation

@robertfarrell

@rocio_cintron

@son_of_crom

@stephchowww

@sthompsonart

@twistedrat

Friday, February 27, 2015

The Hero's Journey

Fafa explains Joseph Campbell's famous theory, “The Hero's Journey.”


Published by Glove and Boots on Jun 18, 2013

Glove and Boots is a puppet web series. With puppets. On YouTube.

Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. (Wikipedia)

Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero’s Journey” or “monomyth”is a basic pattern that its proponents argue is found in many narratives from around the world. This widely distributed pattern was described by Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949).  (Wikipedia)

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Star Trek Artist Juan Ortiz Was EVERYWHERE as Comic Con

 

Ortiz is the artist behind the colorful and inventive Star Trek: The Original Series Art Prints, which have inspired posters, books, shot glasses, tee-shirts, coasters, wine bottle labels and more. It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that this year’s Comic-Con should have been the Juan Ortiz 2013 World Tour. 

For Comic-Con, he created the Klingon House postcards that StarTrek.com gave away to fans throughout weekend, and he beamed to San Diego for autograph signings on Sunday at the Titan (The Art of Juan Ortiz), Mighty Fine (posters) and Entertainment Earth/Bif Bang Pow! (coasters) booths.

[read the entire article @ StarTrek.com]


Wednesday, July 18, 2012

RIF: Book People Unite

Reading Is Fundamental’s new PSA.


Published on Apr 12, 2012 by

We’ve brought together some of our most beloved literary characters to rally people behind the Book People Unite movement and help get books in the hands of kids who need them the most. Join the movement at bookpeopleunite.org

Starring: Pinocchio, Madeline, Greg (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), Rip Van Winkle, LeVar Burton, Three Blind Mice, Humpty Dumpty, Curious George, Big Bad Wolf, Little Red Riding Hood, Raggedy Ann & Andy, Goldilocks and the three bears, Captain Ahab, Three Pigs, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Babar the Elephant, Mr Men, Little Miss, Mr Tickle, Little Miss Chatterbox, Mr Tall, Peter (The Snowy Day), The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Black Beauty.

Music produced by: The Roots with vocal support from Jack Black, Chris Martin, John Legend, Regina Spektor, Jim James, Nate Ruess, Jason Schwartzman, Melanie Fiona, Levar Burton, Carrie Brownstein & Consequence



Behind the scenes:

Published on Apr 17, 2012 by

http://youtu.be/Oqe5-hUzIV0

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Wizard Academy


Mr. Mysto’s Wizard Academy: Simple Magic & Stunts
as revealed to John Carney
Illustrations by Stephanie Gladden
ISBN #0-9701287-2-X
80 pp., B&W, 2011 Carney Magic

The book boldly describes its own purpose for occupying space on your book shelf, which is to “fool family and friends with these great tricks from the self-proclaimed king of magic!”
Simply laid out and always with a sense of humor and fun, the tricks, one suspects, are probably harder to perform successfully than might be implied by the easy manner in which the information is presented. Still, Mr. Mysto, frequently encourages the macgic student to “practice, practice, practice.” Almost every page features Stephanie Gladden’s charming and informative illustrations of Mr. Mysto and his feline assistant Nepomuk.

Available online for $20 postpaid NorthAmerica.
CarneyMagic.com

stephaniegladden.com

Uko Smith


The Collection of the Ultimate Uko Girl, vol. 1
by Uko Smith
36pp. B&W, 2011 Kenyatta Design
Contains nudity. 


A sketch book collection of pencil drawings of the female form by artist Uko Smith. Many of the the featured work seems influenced by the Art Nuevo style or at least by the contemporary work of Adam Hughes. Other pieces echo in their detail the styles of comic book artists Jim Lee and Marc Silvestri. All of the work, however, has an essence original to Mr. Smith.

Available online for $20 + s/h domestic
www.ukosmith.com




Sunday, April 22, 2012

Brittney Lee

Confetti: A Collection of Works by Brittney Lee
by Brittney Lee.
68 pp. perfect bound, 2011.


The work of the Californian visual development artist. Girls, mermaids, birds and all sort of nice things.

britsketch.blogspot.com
britsketch@gmail.com
britsketch.etsy.com

Confetti is availale at the artist’s Etsy store.

Time for Frank and His Friend

Time for Frank and His Friend
by Clarence ‘Otis’ Dooley.
Ringer Publishing,
128 pp. paper back, 2012.


A new collection of an archival comic series. “Calvin and Hobbes” type comics without the bounds of strip panel structure.

www.curioandco.com

Time for Frank and His Friend is available online.

Life in the Analog Age

Life in the Analog Age: Creative
by Gabe Swarr
20 pp. saddle stitch mini comic, 2011.


A taste of the comic strip series. Nostalgic stories fictionalized from true events in a style reminiscent of classic Hanna Barbera.

www.lifeintheanalogage.com
gabe.swarr@gmail.com

Life in the Analog Age: Creative is available online.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Boilerplate

Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel
by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett.
Abrams Image, 168 pp. hard cover, 2009.

Kinda of like “Forest Gump” with the sci-fi twist of the central figure being a mechanical man.
Paramount Pictures has optioned the film rights to be produced by J. J. Abrams.



http://bigredhair.com/

“Boilerplate” is available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Boilerplate-Historys-Mechanical-Paul-Guinan/dp/0810989506

Victoria Ying

Concept Artist/ Visual Development/ Character Design
A style melding the work of Disney artists Fred Moore and Mary Blair.


Freckles: The Art of Victoria Ying
by Victoria Ying.
92 pp. hard cover, 2011.








victoriaying.blogspot.com

“Freckles” is available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Freckles-The-Art-Victoria-Ying/dp/B006SVO3J4/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332821945&sr=1-1-spell

Meredith McClaren

Artist and Illustrator
Totally original alchemy of successfully combining classic Disney story telling, Japanese manga essential style and French graphic novel color planning.


The Games We Play
by Meredtih McClaren.
24 pp. saddle stitch, 2011.


iniquitousfish.blogspot.com/

“The Games We Play” is available on the artist’s blog store:
http://iniquitousfish-store.blogspot.com/2012/02/featured-t-he-games-we-play-little-girl.html

Nidhi Chanani

Artist & Illustrator
Chanani specializes in homey activities in comforting, glowing environments.




Everyday Love: The Art of Nidhi Chanani
by Nidhi Chanani.
96 pp. perfect bound, 2011.






www.e-nidhi.com

e-nidhi.com/wordpress/blog/

www.etsy.com/shop/nidhi

“everyday love” is available on the artist’s Etsy store:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/nidhi?section_id=10001288