Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Coloring with Andy
Before becoming a Pop Art icon, during the 1950s Andy Warhol worked as a successful illustrator
in New York producing hundreds of drawings for advertising, record companies and fashion magazines.
In 1961, right around the time of his first Campbell Soup paintings, the Edelman company commissioned
Warhol to create a large format coloring book to give as a gift to its clients' children for Christmas.
Andy drew a series of delightfully whimsical illustrations using his typical blotted line technique,
which he claimed to have discovered accidentally when he spilled ink onto a sheet of paper
and reproduced the stain motif by applying a second sheet onto it.
A Coloring Book was reprinted in 2007 by the French Editions Palette.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Back from the Sea
Sorry for disappearing and missing my usual Sunday appointment,
I was away at the sea and stayed a bit longer than expected...
on glass sheets to create his wonderful adaptation of Hemingway's The old man and the sea.
It took him over two years to paint and shoot each of the 29,000+ frames composing the
20-minute short, which went on to receive the 1999 Academy Award for Animated Short Film
On a different note, congratulations to Lisa, who was randomly picked by my daughter
I will put in the mail your copy of The Owl Tree right away!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
E-mail lost
I just somehow lost a month's worth of emails, so if you've sent me one lately and I haven't responded, please resend:
rmay@mac.com
rmay@mac.com
Lost E-mail
I just somehow lost a month's worth of emails, so if you've sent me one lately and I haven't responded, please resend:
rmay@mac.com
rmay@mac.com
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Time to Play
From The Bear and the Crow, OQO Editora, 2008
In recent months I have often been spending time on tumblr, an activity which, besides being
very self-indulgent and addictive, has led me to quite a few discoveries of new interesting artists.
Among them, thanks to the lovely allakinda, is André Da Loba, a Portuguese illustrator
who recently graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York.
very self-indulgent and addictive, has led me to quite a few discoveries of new interesting artists.
Among them, thanks to the lovely allakinda, is André Da Loba, a Portuguese illustrator
who recently graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York.
From Bicho de 7 Cabeças, Companhia das Letras, 2009
André uses simple shapes, lots of pure black and primary colors to build
his imaginative and playful illustrations, sculptures and collages.
His children's books and editorial works have been recognized and awarded by
the Bologna Children's Book Fair, The Society of Illustrators, IBBY, The Visual Magazine,
The Creative Quarterly magazine, the 3x3 annual and others.
Amadeo's Monsters for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Illustration from the unpublished The Moon Prince
Illustration from the unpublished Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!
from Bichos-faz-de-conta, Porto Editora
Two illustrations for Letras Libres
from the installation The cabinet
André currently lives in New York, where he is "secretly happy".
One of the secrets of his happiness is revealed in this video, where
we see him at play with his very special collection of handmade toys!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Sunday Safari - Evolution, Remixed
Miguel Murugarren & Javier Saéz Castán, Animalario Universal do professor Revillod
Braldt Bralds, illustration from Aiga Graphic Design USA 4, 1983
Beat Takeshi Kitano, Hippopotamus-ranchu
Jennybird Alcantara, Birdie
Bhajju Shyam, illustration from That's How I See Things
Pittau et Gervais, cover of Axinamu
Toni Meeuwissen, from Remarkable Animals, thanks to Eye magazine
Chris Buzelli, Composite
Luigi Serafini, from the Codex Seraphinianus, 1983
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