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On Making Money vs Quality Work

Apaarjeet — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:23:41 +0000

Nice to hear it reiterated by the greats! Saul Bass on making money vs quality work.

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Shaun Tan’s Picture Books

Apaarjeet — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:10:43 +0000

Gorgeous illustrations! The picture books aka graphic novels, wonder which came first, are a must see. The image above is from ‘Tales from Outer Suburbia.’

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Mick Jagger art directing Andy Warhol, excellent!

Apaarjeet — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:50:07 +0000

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Milton Glaser on drawing, while drawing.

Apaarjeet — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:52:39 +0000

[via Drawn] Milton Glaser on drawing, while drawing.

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C.F.Payne puts up his portfolio

Apaarjeet — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:21:13 +0000

His editorial illustrations are amazing, a must see.

via [Drawn]

Design and Newspapers

Apaarjeet — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:49:44 +0000

Nice talk, he makes some good points.

via 37signals

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Alphonse Mucha – A few nice posters

Apaarjeet — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:27:02 +0000

Seems I’m discovering posters all over the place these days. Always loved Mucha.

Alphonse Mucha – Posters and designs.

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Illustrated horror film posters

Apaarjeet — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:27:25 +0000

A nice collection of illustrated horror film posters.

[via: WellMedicated]

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Scott McCloud on comics | Video on TED.com

Apaarjeet — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:45:19 +0000

Scott McCloud on comics | Video on TED.com.

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Edward Gorey – The Recently Deflowered Girl

Apaarjeet — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:55:51 +0000

These scans showed up today and I just had to post them. My mother-in-law was a good friend of Edward’s and I’ve always adored his illustrations since my wife introduced me to his work when we were in San Francisco, both of us going to Art College’s and I was studying illustration.

I never got to meet him personally, he was too old and frail by the time I got to the Cape in 1999, and did not venture out much. I remember going to his house the week he passed away, they gave my son a bunch of toys he had left lying around. It was a surreal evening, getting a tour of his house, it was quite bare, the furniture had mostly been removed and it was a dark cape evening, one kind of still felt a presence in the house.

It’s been converted into a lovely museum now. My sister-in-law is a dedicated collector of all his work, she’s going to love these! The book is out of print, but are still available via Powells or Amazon at crazy prices, of course.

These scans are via: Bo Baily from his/hers live journal page, to quote: “I found this book on my friend’s 84-year-old landlord’s bookshelf. Published in 1965 with illustrations by Edward Gorey.”

Click here or the cover below to view the scans, it’s not the entire book, just a few pages…

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