“Haircut” is Ken Garduno’s contribution to Seb Mesnard’s Scissorhands 20th blog, a tribute for the anniversary of Tim Burton’s 1990 fairytale, dedicated to the memories of Vincent Price and Stan Winston.
Can he do no wrong? Scott Campbell’s glorious Twin Peaks artwork for last month’s twentieth anniversary show, including a full rundown of his artistic process. (via Peter Nidzgorski)
Scott Campbell’s illustration for the Monsters and Dames book at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle. (via Peter Nidzgorski)
“In the Woods” by Dadu Shin. (via Peter Nidzgorski)
James White’s sketched ideas for his 2001 poster, created for a Kubrick exhibition in Paris. From his notes:
I immersed myself in 2001: A Space Odyssey for a week, watching the film twice along with all the ‘making of’ footage and documentaries, researching concept art and posters online, and doing a bunch of sketching.
Here’s a new Tumblr I’ve launched today: An Illustrated Guide. It’s a review site for picture books that I’ve created with my wife Catherine, covering illustrated books that have caught our eye. We’ll be publishing new reviews regularly, with a selection of titles that will appeal to both parents and collectors of beautiful things. Take a look, follow along. (There’s some extra interactive goodness for those viewing in Safari.)
The good news is I fixed the tag pages. The bad news is I deleted the whole shebang in a fit of impressive Tumblarity. The remaining posts will be restored in the next hour or two are now back.
Oregon artist Carson Ellis earlier this month revealed her cover illustration for the first in husband (and Decemberists frontman) Colin Meloy’s forthcoming series of books for young people, entitled Wildwood. The book, “a classic tale of adventure, magic and danger, set in an alternate version of modern-day Portland” will be published by Harper Collins in September.
A new set of minimal Kafka covers by Peter Mendelsund, set in FF Mister K and Times New Roman. (via Stephen Coles)
Tom Bagshaw previews “The Long Walk”, a digital painting as part of the In the Nursery exhibition at Culver City’s Corey Helford Gallery, from January 29.
