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paul hornschemeier on pencils and paper

Friday, November 9th, 2012

Cartoonist Paul Hornschemeier has written a great post on what he uses when he’s working. Everything from paper to pencils. You can read it here.

 

invention drawing

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Check out this interesting Heller post on the invention drawings of Steven M. Johnson.

Donough’s Poland Sketchbook

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011


Illustrators Ireland member Donough O’Malley shares with us his sketches from a recent trip to Poland. Enjoy them!
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Drawing power

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Drawing Power is a Compendium of Cartoon Advertising from 1870s-1940s and features work by Thomas Nast, Joseph Keppler, F Opper, Bud Fisher, George Herriman, John Held, Jr., Charles Dana Gibson, Percy Crosby, Peter Arno, Gluyas Williams, Milton Caniff and over 60 other cartoonists. BTW it’s great that Fantagraphics does video previews of its books.

Eighteen theatres

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Kate Brangan has drawn a lovely collection of eighteen Dublin theatres. You can pick them up in a hand stitched booklet now available to buy in The Winding Stair Bookshop. See more here.

A portrait of Conan O’ Brien by artist John Kascht

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

James Gulliver Hancock interview

Monday, April 11th, 2011

A video interview with illustrator James Gulliver Hancock about his drawing blog project All The Buildings in New York.

Whose hair book

Monday, March 28th, 2011

London-based illustrator Christina Christoforou has drawn hundreds of celebrities, rock stars, fictional characters, and famous personages —using only their hair—for her new book Whose Hair?

Drawing everything

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Here’s two interesting ongoing epic drawing projects: James Gulliver Hancock’s All The Buildings in New York and Jason Polan’s Every Person in New York.

in the ould ago book

Monday, March 14th, 2011

In The Ould Ago is a fascinating new book of Illustrated Irish Folklore book by the late Johnny McKeagney. For forty years Johnny collected folklore by pen and tape recorder. You can see a Nationwide short video on his work here.