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6 years
STAR WARS: THE ANIMATED MOVIE. I've made an animated version of STAR WARS, and you can see it here: . Hand-drawn, with pencil on paper, and endless patience. To think I did all that, and may I say, not in a shy way: oh no, oh no not me, I did it my way.
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”He didn’t want to admit he didn’t know the rules.” Vintage matchboxes featuring cats.
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4 years
Know your bricks!
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Backgrounds from the 1988 anime film, AKIRA. Dystopian cityscapes are often designed to look bleak, but whether it’s this or Blade Runner, they never have that effect on me. I like the towering, broken architecture, the dark corners and impersonal fronts, the candy-colored neon.
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5 years
Works by Scottish sculptor, Philip Jackson.
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Art by Linnea Sterte.
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Tom & Jerry through the years.
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Some more backgrounds from BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (1992).
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Backgrounds from BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (1992). (Even more tomorrow.)
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5 years
Dinosports by South Korean artist, Woonyoung Jung.
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Gillian Anderson as Morticia Addams, photographed by Mark Seliger in 1997.
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The evolution of the Jolly Green Giant.
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Some more backgrounds from BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (1992).
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THE LAST UNICORN (1982).
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WINNIE THE POOH illustrated by Viktor Chizhikov. 1986.
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THE LAST UNICORN (1982).
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Concept art for TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993). (More throughout the day!)
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5 years
Concept paintings for Disney’s BAMBI (1942), by Chinese/American artist, Tyrus Wong.
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Sketches by Susan Kare, who designed the famous Mac icons.
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4 years
Know your bricks!
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Illustrations from the 1984 book, CREATIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS.
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Backgrounds from BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (1992).
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Medieval island: Le Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France.
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Control rooms, power stations, control panels—Soviet era mostly, and a few more modern ones.
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2 years
Dracula’s armor, from DRACULA (1992). Designed by Eiko Ishioka. So wild. (Image 3 is a screenshot.)
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Iain McCaig concept art for Queen Amidala. THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999). Can’t believe that film is more than twenty years old...
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4 years
Locations from Hanna-Barbera’s THE JETSONS.
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5 years
Transgender synth pioneer, Wendy Carlos (1939). She composed the TRON soundtrack—one of my favorites actually, with its unusual love theme. She also composed music for A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and THE SHINING. Much more commercially successful though was SWITCHED-ON BACH (1968).
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3 years
BLADE RUNNER (1982) concept art by Syd Mead.
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4 years
Val Kilmer and a giant bat (an animatronic—see last image), in a deleted scene from BATMAN FOREVER.
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Unused Gates of Hell concept art by Berni Wrightson for GHOSTBUSTERS (1984).
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GUNDAM designs by Syd Mead.
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Wait—the podracing arena from THE PHANTOM MENACE was a miniature? Filled with thousands of Q-tips, and characters like Prince Xizor and Chewbacca? THE PHANTOM MENACE is 20 years old this year. That is, as they say, nuts. I’ll occasionally feature some things from it this week.
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4 years
Rick Baker concept art for VIDEODROME (1983).
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Polish-Belgian artist, Albert Szukalski (1945-2000).
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Promotional art by Mark Stutzman for JURASSIC PARK (1993).
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Transgender synth pioneer, Wendy Carlos (1939). She composed the TRON score—one of my favorites. She also composed music for A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and THE SHINING (you remember the main theme & Rocky Mountains). Much more commercially successful perhaps was SWITCHED-ON BACH (1968).
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4 years
That peculiar, intriguing poster for STAR WARS (1977) by French comics artist and designer, Philippe Druillet.
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4 years
Animation art from the very first Tom & Jerry cartoon, PUSS GETS THE BOOT (1940).
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4 years
Mary Blair concept art for Disney’s PETER PAN (1953).
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3 years
Muppet fruit & vegetables to cheer you up.
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Art from the Rankin/Bass version of THE HOBBIT (1977).
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4 years
Animation art from the 1985 TV show, THUNDERCATS.
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Animation art from DreamWorks’ THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998). Paul Lasaine did some gorgeous concept drawings for that film.
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Mary Blair concept art for Disney’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951).
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Italian artist, Dino Buzzati (1906-1972). 1963.
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Animation art from DreamWorks’ THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998). Paul Lasaine did great concepts for it.
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4 years
LEGEND OF ZELDA art by Katsuya Terada.
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4 years
The Dagobah set from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980).
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4 years
Concept art by Claire Keane for unmade Disney feature, MORT.
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3 years
Carrie Fisher behind the scenes of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980).
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6 years
Patent drawing for Michael Jackson’s anti-gravity lean, which he performed in the 1988 “Smooth Criminal” video (and live on stage afterwards). As a kid, I used to wonder, How does he do that? I decided magic was the answer. To everything.
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4 years
Opening logos of film companies that went defunct.
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4 years
LORD OF THE RINGS illustrations by the Hildebrandt brothers. 1970s.
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Art by Tim Jacobus for RL Stine’s GOOSEBUMPS books.
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4 years
Mary Blair concept art for 1949 Disney feature, THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD.
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Sith Witch concept art by Iain McCaig for THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999). The character would later evolve into Darth Maul.
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Backgrounds from BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES (1992).
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4 years
The “Black Ghost” sculpture in Klaipeda, Lithuania.
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4 years
Animation backgrounds from Disney’s THE SWORD IN THE STONE (1963).
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4 years
Concept art for Disney’s 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954).
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Animation backgrounds from Disney’s 101 DALMATIANS (1961).
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4 years
Facehugger concept art by H.R. Giger. ALIEN (1979).
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4 years
Marilyn Monroe photographed by Milton Greene in October 1955.
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Carrie Fisher photographed by Douglas Kirkland in New York in 1980.
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3 years
1994 Lucasfilm Christmas card by Ralph McQuarrie.
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British artist, Paul Rumsey.
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The opening to DRACULA (1992). And also—that armor. So wild.
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4 years
Ads by Mœbius for Maxwell House Coffee. 1989.
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Interiors from SOLARIS (1972).
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Such a great bit of animation.
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LOONEY TUNES animation backgrounds.
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Czech animated film, THE HOBBIT (1966).
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3 years
French playing cards from the 1960s.
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David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson photographed by David LaChapelle in 1997. I didn’t watch X-FILES. I remember coming across the first image in a mag like Total Film and thinking, “What the hell?”
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Carrie Fisher in 1977.
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Argentine comics artist, Juan Giménez.
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THE LAST UNICORN (1982).
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Part four: concept art from TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993). Are we rolling or what?
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Harlequinades, masked balls, carnivals, etc. from the 1920s/30s by Armand Vallée, John Austen, George Barbier and others.
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Ralph McQuarrie designs for the mothership from CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977).
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The Neo-Tokyo of AKIRA (1988).
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Villains from the 1946 Daffy Duck cartoon (and Dick Tracy parody), THE GREAT PIGGY BANK ROBBERY.
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LOONEY TUNES animation backgrounds, focusing on city backdrops.
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Illustrations from THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO YOKAI MONSTERS by Japanese artist, Shigeru Mizuki (1922-2015).
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The Death Star tunnel from RETURN OF THE JEDI.
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Japanese artist, Ichiro Tsuruta (1954).
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Illustrations by Collin Campbell for THE STORY AND SONG FROM THE HAUNTED MANSION (1969).
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Concept art by James Cameron for ALIENS (1986).
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Coca-Cola promotional posters for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Art by Boris Vallejo, 1980.
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Mary Blair concept art for Disney’s CINDERELLA (1950).
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A heaven for pumpkinheads. “We hope to meet you there.” I think I’ll pass. Card from 1901.
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Ralph McQuarrie’s art for Yavin 4. STAR WARS (1977). (I’m going to feature his art for all the planets, so this will be a series.)
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Sigourney Weaver testing a flamethrower during the production of ALIEN.
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Inflatable crowds by the Inflatable Crowd Company. (They’re in more movies than you might think.)
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Illustrations by Tove Jansson for a Swedish edition of THE HOBBIT. 1962.
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Shakespeare illustrations by Soviet artist, Savva Brodsky (1923-1982).
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Japanese artist, avogado6.
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Swamp creatures by sculptor, Sophie Prestigiacomo.
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Backgrounds from 1988 anime, AKIRA.
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