Dear Demian, illustration blowout!

This is that "redesign the Lolita cover" thing I was telling you about.

Seems like a lot of people missed the point of the novel, or perhaps just aren't great designers, I think the top prize was $350 or something, but it's interesting to look at nonetheless.

This is a collection of images of printed Lolita covers from 1955 to just a few years ago, from editions published all over the world.


I wasn't familiar with David Levine until he died recently, but he was a caricature artist for the "New York Book Review" for more than forty years, and has got a really fantastic style.


This video combines parkour and animation in a blend not entirely unlike chocolate and peanut butter.

Upper Playground put together a Haiti relief fundraiser recently, getting a bunch of poster guys to make prints for "Inglourious Basterds." The standout for me was Rene Almanza. Most of the text on his site is in the Spanish, as he is from Viejo Mexico, but click any old where and you're bound to see something fantastic.

And that's as many links as I can stand to make in one night!

Dear Demian, those old ladies are slammin'.

Someone thought they ought to make a biographical comic about the author of the Twilight books. Only she didn't really do that much before beginning her evil empire. What's a comic artist to do? Make some execrable artwork, is what.

Dear Demian, WHIPS

Not too instructive really, but neat to look at, nonetheless: animated gifs of works in progress from comic artists.

Dear Demian, "fffff"

Oh, Kate Beaton. How I love her. It's a good thing she's already in Canada, because I am ready to gay marry her so hard. Mystery Solving Teens!

I wish I could draw something that looked half so effortless and expressive.

Dear Demian

So, some guy has been asking illustrators to draw their favorite authors/literary figures and posting them on the internet for about ten years now. Hey Oscar Wilde! It's Clobberin' Time!!! is his collection's current home. Some of the drawings are terrifying, some are pretty neat, though.