21 November 2009
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Legendary illustators, Soviet Christmas cards and Japanese picture-making help make Varoom 11 AOIs biggest and most comprehensive issue yet.
In this issue, The New Wave Old Wave, featuring illustration legends such as Seymour Chwast and Ralph Steadman discussing three significant pieces of work from their life time. From Folk Culture To Modern British explores how illustrators inspired by folk art are creating a new image of British Nationhood. Japanism: That Obscure Object Of Desire, traces the evolution of Japanism, including Takashi Murakami’s work for Louis Vuitton and illustrator James Joyce, who created the enigmatic cover for this issue. Read more »
16 September 2009
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Meet Animator Dean Yeagle at Playboy
Drawing with a real pencil on real paper is how ‘traditional’ animators like to describe themselves, in this modern era of computers. Working as effortlessly on his Macintosh G4 as he does on paper, Animator Dean Yeagle creates some of the most exquisite pinups and gag cartoons, many of which find their way into the pages of Playboy magazine. But there is more to him than what meets the eyes of his countless fans, who cannot take their glance from his Pinup Galleries. Read more »
07 December 2009
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If I didn't know it already, I wouldn't discern that the gallery is made up of drawings. Yes! They are NOT photographs. Vector drawings using gradient mesh to be specific. Except for Bert Monroy, all of the vector art displayed here are 100% made from Adobe Illustrator. See gallery.
15 September 2009
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Meet Character animator and an icon in the industry, Nancy Beiman Animation involves creating convincing acting and emotion on screen where the medium is unimportant. It is the story and the characters, not the technique that helps to make animation successful. Whether hand drawn cels, stop motion or computer works, it is the efforts of the animators who make the films remarkable. Someone has to time it, design it and bring it to life.
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15 September 2009
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Dennis the Menace, celebrates his birthday in March each year. The much lovable and most syndicated comic panel created by Hank Ketcham in 1951, appears in more than 1,000 newspapers in 48 countries and 19 languages in the 51 years of its existence. Ketcham’s brainchild has been the subject of a hit TV series starring Jay North and the animate adventures produced for General Mills were immensely popular as well. Read more »
15 September 2009
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Cartoonists take to the drawing board to share their sense of humor, sometimes to vent anger or as an outlet to turn their imagination loose. With a transcendental fusion of text and images, their purpose may be varied, such as entertainment, propaganda, literature or plain art. Jerry King is one such prolific and versatile cartoonist with cartoons ranging on subjects like technology, relationships, health & fitness, pets, sports and office humor. Read more »
