Illustrator Travis Pitts is a fan of vintage design and sci-fi. He’s redone a few posters for some of his favorite movies and they look great. Click on and buy a few. Don’t forget to check out his illustrations and his Flickr page, you’ll probably recognize some of these splendid pieces floating around online.
We had no intention of posting two book cover posts nearly back to back, but upon viewing designer Jim Tierney’s work, there was no avoiding it. These redesigns of Jules Verne book covers were part of Tierney’s thesis project for the University of the Arts. Visit Tierney’s walkthrough of his process on Faceout Books for more images and insights. View the video for the glory of the books’ transparency, die cuts, and pull-tab goodness.
Graphic designer and illustrator Justin Van Genderen’s Star Wars posters have been making the rounds lately and they are certainly Agogo worthy. Be sure to check out his Tatooine and Bespin posters too!
Influencing this post is the fact that the wife and I attended a prom last night as chaperones and got our prom photo taken — Star Wars style! (No Storm Troopers were hurt in the taking of the photo.)
Daniel Clarke, submitted “Just too things i did after work for fun:)” to one of my favorite blogs: Gorilla Artfare. If I may parse this nine word sentence… Although he doesn’t claim so, his casual mention of these fun projects makes these pieces all the more impressive. It’s as though they were doodles on the back of a receipt. His misspelling of “two” — well, that’s just to mock me. I am the Hulk to his Spiderman and the Ironman to his Captain America. I look forward to more from this talented artist!
In memory of J.D. Salinger, I’m featuring an illustration of the reclusive author among a few others (below). The works are from the great blog Hey Oscar Wilde! It’s Clobberin’ Time!!!, which features artists interpreting their favorite literary characters and authors.
My bookshelf is crying today.
“An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else’s.” — J.D. Salinger
Illustrator and designer Chris Thornley has good taste in movies and a lot of pent up creative energy. At least it looks that way according to this great Flickr set of black, red, and off-white cult favorite movie posters. Makes me want to take out the old VHS.
Designer and illustrator Katrin Olina draws viewers into her romanticized world of nature. Her work is crisp, beautiful, and whimsical. Check out the interior art she designed for the Cristal Bar in Hong Kong. Incredible!
Illustrator Joshua Middleton’s use of color, lighting, and figure provide his depictions of comic book icons with a sense of intimate realism. When viewing his artwork, we see the characters as though through the lens of a real world camera. To put it plainly, his characters seem unaware of being viewed, and this lends a humanness I’ve not seen in other works. Add to that his use of lighting, which further draws out the characters and environments from the page, and you have an amazing collection of artwork. Just incredible.
Well done, sir, now post more stuff in your store!
The 2nd Annual Hey You Guys! Charity Event is set to start on December 5, 2009 with incredible pieces of artwork in an online auction. The auction benefits DonorsChoose.org, which gives public school teachers a forum to post classroom project requests for online donors to support. Here are the ones I love. Sadly, I know I probably won’t win these, but on the brighter side, it means more fun learning time for kids in their classrooms. The silent auction is now on until December 13, 2009, so bid away!
Dan Santat
Kristen Lester
Sebastien Mesnard
Katie McDee
Aussie lllustrator Guy Shield wanted to propose to his girlfriend one her birthday while on a trip to Bali. So within two weeks time and many hours in InDesign, Shield created an 8 foot illustration of mundane life that folded into a “Will You Marry Me?” proposal. The work is brilliant. All you single illustrators, you can thank Shield for setting the bar so high. Read his story and more of the work here.
