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art pic dump
I was throwing out a bunch of old photographs today and came across some photos of illustrations I did ages ago - sometime in the last century - for Offset Litho class. The theme was 'Bestiarium' and I picked The Hunting of the Snark. Hey, there may be a Lewis Carroll fan reading this, who knows. So here... have some beasties.
These are scans of photographs of prints, picture quality isn't too bad though. I re-did the typography... still not great but better than before (Helvetica, ugh, what on earth was I thinking).
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... and, back to avoiding then internets - haven't watched This Mortal Coil yet.
These are scans of photographs of prints, picture quality isn't too bad though. I re-did the typography... still not great but better than before (Helvetica, ugh, what on earth was I thinking).
preview:
... and, back to avoiding then internets - haven't watched This Mortal Coil yet.
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Do you know the musical version by Roger Daltry? Totally amazing as well (though unfortunately out of stock now, and sold for outrageous prices... when I saw that, first thing I did was burn a copy of my precious CD.)
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Your imagination is awesome.
Though apparently somewhat one-tracked at the moment... in the Bandersnatch scene, my mind suggested to replace 'Banker' with McKay and 'Snark' with ZMP. Such is the dire effect of reading too much fanfic.
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When I went through a divorce, I changed my middle name from Louise to Alice. So I have a special fondness for Carroll.
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Actually I adore Hunting Of The Snark, but never properly read Alice In Wonderland (ever since I saw the movie as a 6-year-old and it kind of freaked me out...)
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I especially like the dragon. It looks like it's... somehow embarrassed, and fragile. Really contrasting with what you'd expect from a dragon. :D
I've been meaning to ask you about the recent illustrations you did. I know you can't post any artwork, but I'd be happy to look at the originals in the printed books. Can you tell us the titles of the books? If they're for young enough children, I might actually be interested in buying one, even.
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(Actually I can post pics soon as the books are out, a couple weeks before that even. Publishers just don't like too much info about upcoming projects getting out and I usually err on the side of caution.)
Hang on, I have two pictures from that series somewhere in my scapbook *browse* ah: Oh, here's a cover for a book for Loewe's Bildermaus series (http://pics.livejournal.com/astridv/pic/0003f1ww), that's for beginning readers. Inside page (http://pics.livejournal.com/astridv/pic/0003epac). And these (http://pics.livejournal.com/astridv/pic/00001c1a) two (http://pics.livejournal.com/astridv/pic/00002490) are from the Lesemaus "Im Dorf der Indianer", which is a few years old but one of my personal favorites still. (I wish I could get hold of the paper I used for that.)
"Die Kinder des Manitu. Indianergeschichten" and "Reiterhofgeschichten" are books I illustrated last year, and I really like the Illus. Coming out in Jan or Feb. (I'd hoped for at least December, get us some of that Christmas action... sigh). Those two are for slightly older kids, like 9-10ish. And "Das weiß ich über den Bauernhof", also January, same age.
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But thanks for the links and infos!
In the first one, your style is clearly visible in the young Indian's face. The older ones are absolutely gorgeous, too. I love the one in the canoe. You really draw water extremely well.
Do they always ask you when there's a new book about Indians? ;))
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Oh right, I remember you saying something about him being a year, year-and-a-half? In that case, this one (http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/images/3815741246/sr=1-11/qid=1197381982/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=299956&s=books&qid=1197381982&sr=1-11) about a castle could be more up his alley. It's got lots of flaps and doors to look behind, and the gate on the cover moves, too. It was actually hell to draw because I had to change my style mid-project, but the end result turned out pretty cool, I think. It's for age two so I don't know it that'd fit. (I made some for younger kids, too, but I'm not pimping those because I'm not too crazy about them myself.)
Unfortunately, I have a pretty old version - but I'd rather have that old legal one than a cracked new one. :) But that means that the Anisotropic filter doesn't even exist in my version.
Huh, that may be the reason I can't find it - I have PS 6. And yeah, I'm not upgrading if it can be avoided; I'm happy enough I finally start to remember all the features in this version. And it was dirt cheap... not gonna spend a couple hundred bucks on basically the same program.
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He's getting better with pages (i.e. not tearing or eating them anymore ;)) and I think that book might be something for him soon. He loves books. It took him quite a while to get interested in them, but now we're reading every evening. Always the same five ones, of course... :).
In that case, this one about a castle could be more up his alley.
Thanks for the tip. That sounds cool. You not only drew but wrote it, too?
I have PS 6
Yeah, me too. I wouldn't call the 150 Euros I paid for it 'dirt cheap', but it was the best I could get. The only gripe I have about it is that the brush format (.abr) changed with PS 7. That means that the resources on lj (e.g.
Otherwise, there are only a few things that the newer versions can do better, e.g. the brush previews are much better and the brush settings are much more flexible, too. You can't do this with PS 6 brushes, for example. But that's about it.
So I'm not complaining. :) PS 6 is already so extremely powerful that it's overkill for any application I might have for it.
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Nah, I guess I got full cover credit because the content is mostly artwork... if memory serves right, I didn't even get the final script for that one, more like a concept with loose descriptions what they wanted on each page. With this kind of picture books, an editor (or sometimes the artist) often writes the text once the pics are done.
Yeah, me too. I wouldn't call the 150 Euros I paid for it 'dirt cheap', but it was the best I could get.
I got mine for 50 € off ebay. OEM version, but it's got all the fixin's so I'm not complaining.
PS 6 is already so extremely powerful that it's overkill for any application I might have for it.
Exactly. Barely scratched the surface, here. I still haven't even moved to brushes and textures, myself.
Do they always ask you when there's a new book about Indians? ;))
Who'd've thought that all those years in high school goofing off and drawing Indians would eventually pay of, eh. *g*
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Ich stand am Freitag beim Herder in der Kinderbuchabteilung, und da lag Dein "mein erster Tag auf der Ritterburg" genau vor mir. Hihi, Schicksal! :) Das musst ich dann einfach gleich mitnehmen. Es ist wirklich ein superschoenes Buch.
Dem Kleinen gefaellt's auch prima, er hat gestern den ganzen Tag nur das Fallgitter in der Titelseite hoch- und runtergeschoben. :D
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er hat gestern den ganzen Tag nur das Fallgitter in der Titelseite hoch- und runtergeschoben.
Ich geb zu, das habe ich auch gemacht, als ich meine Belegexemplare bekam. Okay, vielleicht nicht den ganzen Tag...
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Ah, wait, that last one is for younger kids too, beginning readers. I'm starting to mix them up in my mind...
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Foreshortening, yeah, I'd say. But then I find myself constantly struggling for art/design related vocabulary in English; it's really frustrating. Thank god there's Leo Online!
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Die Verkürzung. Wow, eine tolle Website. Mit Aussprache!
I need this at the office. *g*
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Btw, I noticed you were nominated in the Art catagory of the McShep Awards. Congratulations!
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Ich verstehe Deutsch, aber das Schreiben ist zimmlich schwierig für mich. Die Grammatik!
Wow, you do sound like a native speaker though. No accent.
Übrigens, wir können uns auf Deutsch ruhig duzen! (Wenn ich gesiezt werde, fühle ich mich ALT. ^^)
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Wow-kay, back to English, or Dutch, whatever you prefer. Oh yes, the McSheps, didn't nominate anything myself (I have to admit I had no idea there was such a thing as McShep Awards) but the art and fics I really enjoyed have been nominated, so I don't feel too bad. Voting starts today! :)
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English, or Dutch, whatever you prefer.
I'll have me some English, please. :). I can actually read Dutch a tiny little bit, but only if I *really* have to. I have a few graphic novels in French and Dutch because I love the artist in question, and I can sort of follow the plot but it's not exactly leisure reading... and I have to sound the Dutch out loud to have it make sense.
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Although, same catagory, A Bed Too Small by Liketheriver, I can't think of that one with the line "Sheppard is sleeping in an itty bitty bed with his ankles hanging off the end!!" going through my head and I'm howling again. And people wonder why I walk around with an idiotic grin pasted on my face all the time.
I love this fandom. *g*
Oh, btw, if you ever need anything translated from Dutch to English, feel free to ask.
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Thank you so much for sharing, even though they are old.
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LJ is actually a good place to showcase some of the stuff that would otherwise just sit in some portfolio. Virtual wall space to hang up a few pics. :)
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