A Paper Sculpture of Smaug the Dragon Made from Pages of ‘The Hobbit’ J.R.R. Tolkien’s Little-Known, Gorgeous Art. By Maria Popova An important side of the beloved writer, who was as much an artist of pictures as he was of words. Storytelling icon J.R.R. Tolkien (January 3, 1892–September 2, 1973) was also among those rare creators with semi-secret talents in a discipline other than their primary realm of fame — but while his original sketches for the first edition of The Hobbit have seen the light of day in recent years, few realize that Tolkien, who self-illustrated many of his famous works, was as much an artist of pictures as he was of words.
Unlike other famous authors who also drew but only as a hobby or diversion, including Sylvia Plath, William Faulkner, and Flannery O’Connor, Tolkien approached the visual medium with as much thoughtfulness and imaginative rigor as he did his stories. Wayne G. We have long felt that Tolkien’s art deserves to be as well known as his writings. 'They Slept in Beauty Side by Side' | Pencil 'Untitled (Two Boys at the Seaside)' | Watercolor, pencil 'Thought' | Pencil. The Architecture Of The Incredibles. At first glance, you might think The Incredibles is just a fun superhero movie. But remove the capes and tights and you're left with an in-depth architectural narrative with its own beginning and end. Just behind the heroes and villains is a wide range of carefully crafted buildings and cities drawn from architectural and historical reality.
The Pixar artists responsible for designing the film successfully imbue its locations with significant architectural meaning: They critique modernism, bring back De Stijl, and document the transformation of the post-war American city. Interested? We'll fly — er, walk — you through. The Incredibles is set in Metroville, an archetypal American city. Add To Collection Save this image to a collection Another series of scenes show us the medium-density areas located beyond Municiberg's collection of office towers. The medium-rise warehouse typology features deep floors and repetitious undecorated exteriors. The greater Metroville area. Alice in Wonderland Illustrated by Ralph Steadman: A 1973 Gem.
By Maria Popova Down the rabbit hole of creative magic, one truly mad hatter at a time. In the century and a half since Lewis Carroll met little Alice Liddell and imagined around her his Alice in Wonderland, the beloved tale has inspired a wealth of stunning artwork, ranging from John Tenniel’s original illustrations to Leonard Weisgard’s mid-century masterpieces to Salvador Dalí’s little-known heliogravures to Robert Sabuda’s pop-up magic. But among the most singular and weirdly wonderful is the 1973 gem Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland Illustrated by Ralph Steadman (public library; Abe Books). Barely in his mid-thirties at the time, the beloved British cartoonist — best-known today for his collaborations with Hunter S. (Because, you know, it’s not a tea party until somebody flips the bird.) Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland Illustrated by Ralph Steadman is an absolute treat in its entirety.
Donating = Loving Bringing you (ad-free) Brain Pickings takes hundreds of hours each month. Animals Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before. By Maria Popova From armadillos to zebras, or what championship chickens have to do with a giant octopus. It’s easy to take this amazing planet we inhabit for granted. While National Geographic‘s school of nature photography may have its place, there’s something remarkable and whimsical that happens when a fine art photographer takes her lens to Earth’s creatures — they become poetry. Today, we turn to five such photographers, whose portraits of animals — unusual, otherworldly, kooky, tender, charismatic — make the eye swoon and the heart sing. Andrew Zuckerman is one of my absolute favorite photographers working today, his Wisdom and Music projects priceless time-capsules of contemporary culture and his thoughts on curiosity and rigor as the key to creativity a beautiful articulation of my own credo. In Creature, Zuckerman brings his exquisite signature style, crisp yet tender, to Earth’s beings.
Asian Elephant Image courtesy of Andrew Zuckerman Six banded armadillo Mandrill Monkey Canary. Wendy Macnaughton. Literary posters turn famous authors’ words into art (14 pictures) Email Evan Robertson turns pithy quotes into whimsical works of art. “If you’ve ever underlined a sentence in a book, or highlighted a passage on your reader, you created a hyperlink of sorts that may open up a new window of ideas and insights. That’s the spirit of this series,” Robertson says. “I took snippets of text from some of my favorite authors, and let the words be a springboard for a new idea and illustration.” via huffingtonpost. Leave your comment! You may also like these posts. 16 affiches ahurissantes de la 2nd Guerre Mondiale qui présentaient les femmes comme des MST ambulantes.
Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, certaines affiches de propagande cherchaient à sensibiliser les soldats de façon plutôt virulente aux risques des maladies sexuellement transmissibles. DGS vous présente 16 de ces affiches complètement hallucinantes qui stigmatisaient clairement les femmes à cette époque. 1. Cette femme est aussi dangereuse qu’un sniper « La tireuse des cabarets. 2. . « Elle peut paraître saine mais… Coups d’un soir, Compagnes d’amusement, Prostituées, Répandent la syphilis et la gonorrhée. Vous ne pouvez pas vaincre l’ennemi si vous attrapez des MST » 3. . « Les hommes qui savent disent NON !
4. . « Les Victory Girls (des jeunes femmes qui profitent des festivités liées à la victoire sur les nazis pour enchaîner les conquêtes) sont déchainées et ruineront la vie de pauvres gars. 5. . « C’est peut-être un sac à problèmes… SYPHILIS – GONORRHÉE » 6. . « Jeune, jolie, facile… Mais pleine de germes ! 7. . « Un marin n’a pas à prouver qu’il est un homme ! 8. 9. 10. . « Chargé ? 11. 12. 14. Les affiches décalées du métro de Tokyo. Les Parisiens qui ont l'habitude de prendre le métro vous le diront : les transports en commun sont parfois un peu tristes à emprunter. Tout juste peuvent-ils se consoler avec l'image du petit lapin jaune et rose qui se coince les doigts entre les portes pour égayer leur trajet sans pour autant plonger le nez dans leur journal ou sur l'écran de leur smartphone.
Depuis 1977, Serge le lapin égaye l'habillage des rames de métro et de RER, s'exportant jusqu'au Japon, au milieu des affiches de mise en garde toutes plus sérieuses les unes que les autres. Le Japon aurait pourtant pas mal de leçons à nous apprendre en matière d'affichage de prévention, en témoignent ces posters vintage des années 70 et 80 exhumés par le site Buzzfeed. Super-héros, acteurs hollywoodiens, personnage du folklore local...
Si l'on pouvait voir arriver aussi dans nos couloirs de métro des affiches aussi insolites, notre cher Serge le lapin se sentira sans doute moins seul. Julien Lada. E & interactivité blog de design par Geoffrey Dorne » Découvrez les origines des symboles de nos interfaces numériques! Hello à vous Cette après-midi, je souhaite vous présenter un projet initialement rédigé par Bryan Gardiner, ré-assemblé par Shuffle Magazine et utilisant la plateforme ReadyMag. Ce court magazine en ligne retrace l’histoire des signes de nos interfaces du quotidiens. Ces signes qu’ils soient symboles ou icônes sont souvent associés à des rituels…vous appuyez instantanément dessus quand vous les reconnaissez, vous pouvez même les voir des dizaines et des dizaines de fois dans la journée (comme le bouton « play » par exemple). Voici donc leurs origines… > Bonne lecture Ces articles peuvent aussi vous intéresser:
The Daily Cartoon. Americans Were Asked To Place European Countries On A Map. Here’s What They Wrote: How sure are you of your geographical knowledge? Buzzfeed recently put Americans’ geographical knowledge to the test with a survey in which participants had to write in countries’ names on a blank European political map. Unfortunately, they didn’t fare too well, but some of their responses are hilarious (or hilariously mis-informed).
But don’t be so quick to judge Americans – when Buzzfeed posted a similar survey testing Brits’ knowledge of the 50 United States, they also came up short. On the one hand, knowing a country’s states is different from knowing independent countries, but on the other, some U.S. states are larger than some European nations, and some U.S. states have larger economies than some European nations. The gaps in these survey-takers’ knowledge also speak to historical and political realities. SOFLES — LIMITLESS. | Ironlak. Poing. Travel Better London posters by McBess. Over the last few weeks, we've noticed some rather special 'tube courtesy' posters running on the London Underground network, each of which bears the inky hallmarks of one man and one man only: illustrator Matthieu Bessudo aka McBess...
The Frenchman's distinctive style can be seen on platforms across the tube network as part of TfL's Travel Better London campaign. Each of the posters features an illustrated scene and a poem which aims to remind travellers to be aware of others, to move down platforms or the inside of tube carriages. It also addresses that particular tube driver's bugbear: obstructing the doors. It's no doubt a more subtle way of approaching the problem, which is often dealt with via in-carriage announcements. The posters are used to great effect on the tube walls across from the platforms. According to TfL, McBess, who has been based in London for sevreal years, created both the 'behaviours' posters and the iconic logo for the campaign. 12 Comments. Why Infographics are a Great Way to Show the History of the World.
The Infographic History of the World is a new book that continues to push the field of infographics forward. With beautiful printing and meaningful graphics, Valentina D’Efilippo has done a wonderful job of showing the history of the world. Being a designer, I usually find it easier to present stories or ideas with scribbles, rather than simply trying to explain them with words. Often, complex stories are more easily communicated, understood and, ultimately, remembered, when they take visual form.
Aside from data and words, infographics use images and graphical representations. So, when the book’s editor, Craig Adams approached me with the idea of using infographics to narrate the history of the world, that made perfect sense to me. We made this book for the specialist and generalist alike. Our task required research, organization and the selection of topics. With most books, you read them, absorb the arguments they make, and move on. Les croquis d'Edward Hopper. Jusqu’au 6 octobre dernier le Whitney Museum of American Art à New York proposait une exposition qui montrait les croquis et dessins réalisés par Edward Hopper pour préparer quelques unes de ses peintures les plus célèbres.
Il y a plus de tableaux avec les dessins correspondants ici. MARCHE OU CRÈVE. Anti-Communist propaganda is more awesome than any horror movie poster. It's working out great for Venezuela, isn't it? Rounded up the dissidents, shut down the TV stations if they don't parrot the government's line, shortages of everything, murder rate shot through the stratosphere...wow, who could have seen that coming? The Venezuelan working class seems to like it for the most part, so non-Venezuelan ignorance to the contrary is irrelevant. Okay, actual Venezuelan weighing in. The shortages are not right-wing propaganda - we're sending care packages with non-perishable basics like powdered milk, wheat and corn flour to Caracas on a regular basis, things that Venezuela used to be self-sustaining on, along with meat, prior to Chavez setting ridiculous price caps that drove farmers and ranchers under, or to Colombia.
To say nothing of the fact that my family considers itself *lucky* that so far we've only had two kidnappings, two carjackings and the uncle who was shot seven times in the one of the latter survived. Richard Turley. Some sort of goodbye letter Four years ago, almost to the day, the redesigned Bloomberg Businessweek arrived on newsstands. The distance from that point to this seems to have passed within the blink of an eye, and has been one of the best and most unexpected adventures I’ve ever had. The risk Bloomberg took in hiring someone from another continent, with limited experience and little or no knowledge of business magazines struck me as brave at the time. What I didn’t realize then was that it wasn’t really bravery – more just a desire to not follow the conventional wisdom of what our magazine could be. That principle is the result of the people here, exemplified most notably by Josh.
Hands down the best boss and editor I have ever worked for, but also and more importantly - my partner in crime, and someone who deserves far more credit for the design of the magazine than he ever allows himself to receive. I will miss him forever. So why am I leaving? So farewell.