Bastami Tomb/ Semnan/ Iran

Art by Wangjie Li

Today’s woodcut is brought to you by the letter ‘F.’

I spy two birds and a dragon, but no turkey… darn. Happy Thanksgiving!

Carlos Schwabe, Illustrations for Baudelaire’s Les Fleur du Mal. 1900.

Fish (Keiichi Koike)

Fake UIs part 6

Illustrations from The Haggadah by renowned artist and book illustrator Arthur Szyk. 

Szyk, who was born in Poland in 1894, was known for his politically engaged art. His illustration of the Parable of the Four Sons, for example, shows the “Wicked Son” as a man dressed in German clothes, with a Hitler-like mustache and a Bavarian hat.

One of the many varied Haggadot for you to view in VCU Libraries.

Lesley Oldaker | Tumblr - Self Acceptance (2017-18)

WOW!!...so stylized

A few years ago I was lucky enough to check off one of the the boxes on my creative bucket list. I illustrated a novel by Neil Gaiman called FORTUNATELY, THE MILK. It’s a very silly young reader book with TONS of drawings it and it was blast to work on.

I decided to use a bit of a different finish on this art than you might be used in my comics. I normally ink with with a brush but I wanted this to feel a bit more frantic and off so I used a nib. The G Pen. It gave the work a scratchy feel that I really fell in love with. I would love to do a full comic like this at some point. I wonder what it would look like in color? 

Here are some of my favorite pieces from the book. I really enjoyed drawing the random Milk bottles to be used throughout the book.

I loved working with Neil and if you did as well, stay tuned. You’ll be happy with what’s to come.