Archives for posts tagged ‘Illustration’
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Growing up, I would kill various insects and worms without a second thought. They were wee pests in my rather dubious understanding of nature. Then came Biology class. Oh how I hated it. But I remember that one fateful day very clearly - the compound eyes of a dragonfly. I was mesmerised by the thousands [...]
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Wednesday, 3 February 2010
… A natural storyteller, Norman Rockwell envisioned his narrative scenarios down to the smallest detail… He first brought his ideas to life in studio sessions, staging photographs that are fully realized works of art in their own right. Selecting props and locations, choosing and directing his models, he carefully orchestrated each element of his design [...]
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Friday, 16 October 2009
I am lucky to never have experienced the devastation brought on by war, natural disasters or nuclear accidents. I never want to. But I admit I am curious. I am afraid of feeling that eerie emptiness typically left behind in affected areas, yet part of me wonders what it must feel like… And here is [...]
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Thursday, 20 August 2009
I used to doodle endlessly in class, especially during Biology. It infuriated my teachers but filled my classmates with curiosity. They always wondered what I would draw next. I never realised it at the time, but my doodles let me explore my inner world - a world filled with both biological possibilities [...]
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Monday, 3 August 2009
The Pilgrim’s Progress is a series of drawings by Ben Peterson depicting an imagined collision between two types of themed communities; a golf course retirement development and a historical reenactment theme park. Using the form of fragmented follie-type structures, Peterson attempts to collapse the distinction between authenticity and artifice, entertainment and education. Peterson’s depicted landscapes [...]
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Monday, 20 July 2009
Opera is such a classical art form that few youngsters these days are interested in it. They are preoccupied with the endless drone of derivative songs, complete with meaningless lyrics, predictable chord progressions and weak musical structures so pervasive in the contemporary music landscape. But perhaps all this disinterest rises from the misperception that opera [...]
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009
When I was younger, I had a very old children’s book, given to me, filled with beautiful illustrations. I never cared for the fairy tales and folklores the book contained, but the illustrations were magical. They really brought the out the spirit of the stories - all the enchantment and fantasy was very alluring. Unfortunately, [...]
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009
I recently undertook a project that involves illustration. Because I have not sketched in years (the extent of my sketches needed for my work includes just boxes and arrows), it took me a while to find that flow again. For inspiration, I looked up the stash of bookmarks I have on illustrators, collected along the [...]
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Tuesday, 9 June 2009
There are lots of street portraitists perched along Robson Street in Vancouver. I never really linger around to see them work, but I have always admired their ability to paint or sketch in someone’s likeness. It is definitely a talent that I lack and envy. It is even more enviable when the artist has a [...]
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Thursday, 28 May 2009
American National Bank Building in Richmond, Virginia, circa 1900:
Sourced from Virginia Commonwealth University Library Digital Collection.
Tags: History, Illustration, Postcards
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