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POPSPackaging design inspiration Wow - all of 'em look fabulous! What innovation and design ideas - vibrant colors?! For reasons best known, I'm a great fan of Absolut's packaging design - absolutely fantastic!
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POPSArt of Charles Sheeler Charles Sheeler (1883-1965) was a founder of American modernism and a master photographer of the 20thC. Born in Philadelphia, he first studied at the Penn. Academy of Fine Arts. In 1909 he went to Paris, just when Cubism was becoming popular. Returning to the US, he realised that he would not make a living with Modernism, so he took up commercial photography, his focus on architectural subjects. He was a self-taught photographer, and learned on a $5 Brownie. He shared a farmhouse in Doylestown, Penn., close to Philadelphia, with artist Morton Schamberg. He was so fond of the 19thC stove there that he called it his "companion" and made it a subject of his photographs (see last clip). The farmhouse serves a prominent role in many of his photographs. He painted using a technique called Precisionist, a term that emphasised the linear precision he employed in his work. His subjects were generally things such as machinery and structures.
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POPSThe Bare Facts About Pinups Is the pinup just a trite commercial illustration? Or maybe there’s more to this art niche, than a relic of old-fashioned pornography?
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POPSHaddon Sundblom Santa Illustrations for Coca-Cola
The definitive Santa. Did you see the scary CGI Santa in the new commercial spot at the movie theater where he visits a girl year after year as she grows into adulthood? Yikes! He was almost as creepy as the undead Orville Redenbacher! http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/presscenter/presskit_santa2006_fun_facts.html Q. Was Sundblom the first artist to paint Santa Claus in advertising for Coca-Cola? A. No. The Company in the 1920s ran some ads featuring a rather stern-looking Santa, and in 1930 Coke hired artist Fred Mizen to illustrate a department store Santa impersonator pausing at a soda fountain. But when Sundblom was given the assignment in 1931 to draw Santa, he took the notion of the jolly old elf in a new direction, depicting not an ordinary man dressed up as Santa, but the real Saint Nicholas who travels around the world and touches the lives of families everywhere. Sundblom's reflections of Santa were so authentic that they became the most-enduring and widespread...
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POPSOld Mac Commercial: Rip. Mix. Burn. Cool old commercial before digital music was so prevalent on the scene. Very neat having all those artist on stage together. Check out the appearance of Aimee Man and Iggy Pop.
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POPSStephen Savage illustrates Munchlers Illustrator Stephen Savage teamed up with wine-tote inventors Built NY to take on the project of creating zoo animal lunchboxes. Practical, whimsical, soft, colorful. What's not to love? See the whole project here.
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POPS90 year ago True Romantic Irish Heroine in song!!!! Story of Grace Gifford and Joseph Plunkett sung By Jim Mc.Cann. After the Civil War Gifford became a respected member of Dublin's cultural society until she died on 13 Dec 1955. She was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery with full military honours.
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POPSScott Altmann illustration Scott Altmann’s richly colored fantasy art exudes a luminescent quality. He’s equally at home in working traditionally in oil or commanding pixels to do his bidding. “I try to sketch as much as possible, and more from my imagination than reference. It's the idea generation that I am searching for. I can always get reference later if needed, but that initial energy is very important to try to capture. It's really a searching process for me. My mind often feels overloaded with ideas and imagery- so the hard part for me is to be an editor. Scrapping the weak ideas, and trying to pinpoint the ideas that are more powerful.” Altmann divides his time between illustration and gallery work. His clients include Wizards of the Coast, UpperDeck Entertainment and Green Ronin Publishing. Altmann graduated from the Illustration department of the School of Visual Arts in New York.
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POPSGRACE: Married and widowed in 24 hours She voted against the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which divided Ireland in Irish Free State, and Northern Ireland, and during the Civil War she was imprisoned in Kilmainham Gaol for three months. After the Civil War Gifford became a respected member of Dublin's cultural society until she died on 13 December 1955. Grace Gifford was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery with full military honours.
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POPSFerris Plock illustration Ferris Plock grew up in the Bay Area, amusing himself with comic books, graffiti, hip-hop, and Chevy Impalas. Plock's surrealist and seemingly childish artwork more often than not incorporates animals or monsters in everyday human conditions- going to work, dodging splashes from cars, walking their pets, or being attacked by various creatures. You’ll find Ferris Plock's illustrations in XLR8R magazine, Mad Mixer magazine, Tokion magazine, Quarter magazine, Freedom Book, and flavorpill.com. He has shown work in New York City, Seattle, New Orleans, Tokyo, London, Paris, Dublin, and cities across California.
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POPSLio Beardsley illustration
Lio Beardsley entered an Anna Sui 'Dolly Head' contest in 2003, won the grand prize, had a chance to meet Anna herself, and has worked with her ever since. In 2005, Beardsley published her first illustration book, “Into the Magical World of Delite.” Her clients include Isaten New York, Maybelline, Vidal Sassoon, IT, This is real Art(UK), Samsung and several 4A agencies. She obtained her BA degree from Hong Kong Polytechnique University. “I want to be a mixture of artist and illustrator. Artist alone may be too far fetched, subjective and difficult to understand, but illustrator is also too commercial without personal opinion. Better be both. I don't want to be just an illustrator who draws pretty things. I think it is time for us to give back to this world, to make a beautiful world not only fashion, graphic design, interior design or decoration stuffs, but the inner side of it --- being a vegetarian, my goal is to make a better and peaceful world for the beautiful creatures."
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POPSCreative Commons License All my piano musings have a by-nc-sa license applied to them. That means that you can, without having to contact me and ask, download the pieces, and share them provided my name stays attached. You can also adapt them into your own works provided you apply a similar noncommercial license to the resultant work, and again give me attribution. All my songs have a by-nc-nd license. That means that you can, without contacting me to ask, download and share my songs provided you keep my name attached. nd stands for "No Derivatives", meaning you can't adapt them into your own works. So it's a slightly more restrictive license. You can of course feel free to contact me for more permissions on any of them, though. Some of the art musings have already had extra permissions granted to them (even though they are connected to my tunes, I let the artist have commercial purposes for the resultant art). Just contact me, I love to collaborate.
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POPSJosh Ellingson illustration Joshua Ellingson started making art regularly with self published comic books and gradually moved on to design work in college. These days, Joshua contributes illustration regularly to various national and international publications. "I try to bring a sense of design and narrative into my work, when possible. I feel like that's my strength." His work has been featured on everything from handheld games to slot machines. He also does animation, toy design, comics and the occasional art show. His work is vivid, humorous, and sometimes dark. Much of it touches upon machinery, technology and visions of the future.
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POPSVicky Woodgate illustration 'I am originally from the London area and studied at Chelsea College of Art and Design, I have worked for the past fourteen years as a freelance Scenic Artist and Illustrator', she says, 'working for such clients as Warner Brothers in Germany, Legoland in Bavaria, Universal Studios in Spain and painting a decorative ceiling for King Abdullah ll of Jordan in Amman. I set up a company in 2000 in Scenic Services but left 3 years ago to pursue full-time illustration from my new base in Valencia, Spain with two cats on my lap instead of ice in my paint bucket! Exploring the full potential of digital artwork big and small'.
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POPSJason Chalker, illustrator/animator I would have to say everything that’s happened in my life has affected me as an artist. My dad was in WWII and I think my family’s connection to that era brought about my eventual love for pulp art. I’ve been doing some website design, Flash illustrations for an educational CD-Rom for the University of Montana and a few ‘A Scanner Darkly’-style portraits. This past fall I did a painted commission for a Fables event at Austin Books and Comics and also did a t-shirt design for their fall sale. I’m about to start working on a comic I originally started at 24 Hour Comic Book Day. I like the story and I’d like to see how it turns out if I put some time into it. It’ll be my first comic book.
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POPSJacques Laplante illustration Jacques Laplante likes to think of illustrators as artists who capture a society's life and times - that a good illustrator will go beyond the mere visual reflection of a book's text. "Illustrators reflect the era in which we live," he says. Laplante’s characters have appeared in many publications and ads worldwide. They communicate with humor, warmth and simplicity. "Every project," he says, "unfurls like a butterfly, and every impending deadline represents a new surge of color and emotion."
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POPSSerge Seidlitz Illustration An English/German hybrid, born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1977, Serge grew up travelling between the UK and Asia, where his exposure to modern Chinese art, Mad magazine and a constant diet of MTV fuelled his desire to become an illustrator. He currently resides in London working as a full time illustrator and typographer. Serge has worked on numerous projects from branding to logotypes. Clients include MTV, Vodafone, Match.com, Honda, Cartoon Network, Puma and the Glastonbury Festival.
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POPSJoe Rocco illustration Joe Rocco is a graduate of Art Center College of Design and has worked as an editorial illustrator for 18 years. He's currently writing and illustrating the weekly alternative strip "Fluffer & Nutter," seen in Seattle's "The Stranger". He's illustrated the column "Joe Bob's America," written by Joe Bob Briggs and distributed by The New York Times Syndicate, and for 10 years he self published and distributed his own cartoon "Enquiring Minds" with writing partner Mandy Foster to alternative newsweeklies in the United States and Canada. His clients include Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated, S.I. For Kids, Time, Disney, Nickelodeon, Premiere, Scholastic Publications, The Chicago Tribune, National Geographic Kids, Fantagraphics Comics, Harper Collins Books and many other national newspapers and magazines. His work has been recognized by the Society of Publication Design and the Alternative Newspaper Awards.
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POPSWard Schumaker: I Am Big Heaven Ward is showing large works on paper this coming June in Shanghai, China. In this interview, he talks about the difference between ART and illustration, and how they intersect in his work. The paintings discussed have a deep, raw energy that at first glance seem to have nothing to do with his illustration work. But look again and it all makes sense.
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POPSPhillip Fivel Nessen Emerging artist Phillip Fivel Nessen is already making waves in the industry. His work combines a forceful line, strong concepts and a rich emotional development. Nessen’s work has been recognized in Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2006, Society of Illustrators’ Student Competition (2006-2007) and with an Art Directors Club scholarship in 2006. Clients include the New York Times, Business Week, the LA Times, Yale Divinity School, Brooklyn Industries, Portland Mercury, The Stranger.
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