The Dynamite Art of Alex Ross – The Book Review
The Dynamite Art of Alex Ross Alex Ross counts among the greatest and most prolific comic book artists working today and has consistently held my affections thanks to his Gouache and Watercolour style that harks back to the Golden Age of American Illustration. Clear influences coming from artists such as Norman Rockwell and Andrew Loomis, … Read more
Illustration Friday – Hitched
Here’s a quick sketch depicting a scene from Tony Scott’s classic (and one of my top ten movies) True Romance, which makes for my Illustration Friday submission this week on the theme of Hitched. For more Comic Book Movies, click on the link below.
100 Presidential Campaign Posters – The Book Review
Presidential Campaign Posters – 100 Posters from the Library of Congress In the same poster-book format as Gig Posters Vol 1 and 2, Quirk Books delivers this July, 100 Presidential Campaign Posters, a large paperback with ready-to-frame, pull-out pages offering a history of American politics shown through the visual propaganda, showboating and one-upmanship that either … Read more
Mail-Order Mysteries – Real Stuff from Old Comic Book Ads!
Mail-Order Mysteries: Real Stuff from Old Comic Book Ads! By Kirk Demarais I’m just about young enough to have missed the dubious mail-order opportunities presented in the back pages of comic books of old. Age, geography and plain old common sense has protected me from the ultimate disappointment resulting from the ads bold claims. “Have … Read more
Illustration Friday – Puzzled
Michael J. ‘Crocodile’ Dundee finds himself pretty puzzled by the sights and sounds of New York city in this week’s Illustration Friday sketch. For more Comic Book Movies, click on the link below. Enjoy, Wing. Christopher King (aka Wing’s Art & Design Studio) is a Freelance Illustrator & Graphic Designer creating hand-drawn & digital artwork … Read more
The Art of Daniel Clowes; Modern Cartoonist – The Book Review
The Art of Daniel Clowes; Modern Cartoonist – Edited by Alvin Buenaventura Released this month by Abrams ComicArts in conjunction with The Oakland Museum exhibition of the same name is The Art of Daniel Clowes; Modern Cartoonist. A career retrospective on the artist, writer and creator of some of the worlds best-loved comic books including … Read more
Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design – The Book Review
Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design by Jennifer Bass & Pat Kirkham Few other designers permeate the creative world quite like Saul Bass (1920-1996). Ask any Designer/Illustrator to name their influences (especially those among the new wave of minimalist movie posters) and you’ll almost certainly hear his name. So it comes as a … Read more
Illustration Friday – Return
After losing the entire crew of the Nostromo on LV-426, nobody was going to convince Ellen Ripley to return. Corporate lackey, Carter Burke manipulates her into facing the Alien for a second time in this scene from James Cameron’s 80′s classic, Aliens. This week’s Illustration Friday submission. For more Comic Book Movies, click on the … Read more
Zombie Wakeboarder Escapes Piranha Attack!
Continuing my series of illustrations for the upcoming extreme sports brand Live Over Board, i’d like to introduce you to the Zombie Wakeboarder! For those who missed my previous post, this is the second in a series for the Florida based company currently developing a range a Zombie themed T-shirts that will hit the beaches … Read more
8 Questions with Illustrator and Designer Christopher King
The following is a copy of the interview with me that featured on the excellent website PosterCollective.com. Enjoy. _ 8 Questions is our feature where we ask designers, artists and illustrators the same 8 getting-to-know-you questions (sort of like the web series 7 Minutes In Heaven but without the closet and awkward kissing). We’ve chosen questions we … Read more
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