Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

Oh boy, I love this Alice in Wonderland image from Spanish cartoonist Francisco Torres Linhart. It comes direct from the Linhart Blog.

Una mà de contes is an online archive of an illustrated children’s television program from Catalan television.

Joan M. Mas writes:

The title is a wordplay sounding just like ‘mar de contes’ (a sea of tales; in catalan this expression ‘a sea of…’ means a lot of something), while the real title of the show, Mà de contes is ‘a hand of tales’ for the reason explained here: In each episode a children’s tale is narrated while on screen it is painted, drawn, modelled or collaged by different illustrators or artists. A feast for illustration lovers. The archive is organized by technique, title, artist… and you can see the whole episodes. If you feel like playing, there is even a story builder with texts and images.

While the site is not in English, you can easily turn on English audio and/or subtitles for each tale. Fun!

Fantastic children’s illustration from Leo Timmers, whose latest book is called I Am the King.

(Thanks, Justin!)

This video was my first introduction to origiami artist Eric Joisel. The video is a bit cheesy, but it shows off Eric’s work.  His website has plenty of his creations to look at, inlcuding a look at his process. There’s even instructions on how to fold your own baby hedgehog.

Check out the beautiful watercolour and ink illustrations of Nadia Moss.

She has a new book, Bébé, coming out through the great Montreal small press publisher, l’oie de cravan.

I have always liked the Dadaesque  - and Pol Turgeon’s work is sometimes like an Exquisite Corpse gone kaleidoscopic. Pol has a big show opening this Thursday at the Society of Illustrators. Impressively, the show includes over 140 works: commissioned projects,  personal work, 95 original illustrations, 20 illustrated objects including 2 prototypes of his fantastic toy-sculpture series, preparatory sketches, a video, and 3 publications.

A minim, as opposed to a maxim, is described by creator Tom Weller as “a statement expressed in proverbial or sentential form but having no general application or practical use whatever.”

All I Want For Christmas Is … from Paul Rayment on Vimeo.

And the winner for Best Use of Nat King Cole goes to… Paul Rayment

Previously:
Super Furry Animals: Drygioni

Stunning prints from Bristol illustrator Jon McNaught. His work is deceptively simple, and I love his limited palettes.

(via It’s Nice That

Amid Amidi has started a Cartoon Modern Tumblelog and promises to continue posting great images from 1950s animation art and design like this one.

Also of interest:
Inside UPA
Cartoon Modern

Expozine is this weekend (November 29 & 30) in Montreal. Expozine is one of Canada’s largest small press and zine fairs - and is a great place to find great art and artists doing interesting things.

I’ll be there all weekend with my book, Ojingogo, and some sketchbooks and prints. Pop by and say hello if you’re in the area!

Check out this beautiful animated trailer by Marek and Pat from Tin Can Forest Animation.

The trailer is for their book, Pohadky, which is a stunning collection of illustrations and designs inspired by Slavic folk art. The book was released by Drawn & Quarterly earlier this year. (Scroll down on this page to buy a copy).

Previously:
Tin Can Forest

Hey everyone - I’m selling 80 signed copies of my book, Ojingogo, on my website. Each copy is personalized with an illustration and costs $20.

Ojingogo was just listed in Quill & Quire’s Books of the Year feature - alongside Skim and 13 other books.

You can also order copies of Ojingogo from:
Drawn & Quarterly online shop
Amazon Canada

Previously:
Ojingogo Book Release

While I was definitely not a fan of Pixar’s Cars, this I like. Artist Vladimir Nikolic has taken photographs of cars, along with self portraits of himself mimicking the emotions and expressions of the automobiles. The series is called Autoportraits, and could be a handy exercise for animators and illustrators who need to find ways to inject life into inanimate objects on a regular basis.

(via designboom)

Some simple, but totally fun and understated collage illustrations from Tyler Parker. Check out his blog, too. ROBOT VS. SQUID!