Have you ever known someone with so much artistic potential, who does nothing with it? [more inside]
posted on May 25, 2008 - 52 answers

How can I learn to ink drawings using a winsor & newton series 7 brush? [more inside]
posted on May 19, 2008 - 8 answers

How much should I budget for a series of 26 illustrations for an online ABC Book? How about 26 short animations? Any tips on finding a good artist who won't break the bank? [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 5 answers

Please recommend some good inspirational illustration websites. I currently check Drawn.ca on a daily basis and I love them, but I am hungry for more. [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 7 answers

How does a person get a job as a courtroom artist? [more inside]
posted on Dec 10, 2007 - 4 answers

Artists: how do you develop a personal style? [more inside]
posted on Nov 19, 2007 - 18 answers

Trying to recall the name of a certain cartoonist or illustrator. His work looked like a lot like Ulf K, but with wider, more curly lines. I think he did mostly (if not all) black-and-white cartoons. Sequential boxes/frames. No dialogue, as far as I can recall. Possibly dead, or quite old. [more inside]
posted on Jul 8, 2007 - 3 answers

I want to teach myself 3d modeling and am looking for the easiest package to learn that is closest to Adobe Illustrator. [more inside]
posted on Dec 19, 2006 - 8 answers

Who illustrated the picture featured in this MeFi post? [more inside]
posted on Nov 29, 2005 - 1 answers

I'm pretty sure this is from a 70's comic called The Shadow, but does anyone know who the artist is?
posted on May 2, 2005 - 10 answers

This is a long shot: I'm looking for a digital illustrator's portfolio website that I saw previewed on a portal a while ago. His/Her work was soft edged, used lots of color and almost watercolor-type brushes (digital). The site was done in flash and had amazing "watery ripple" transitions in between sections, almost like a dream sequence on tv shows. I also remember you could pickup a mock brush and play with it as well.
posted on Mar 7, 2005 - 1 answers

A while back, a friend of mine introduced me to Kurt Halsey Frederiksen and I immediately fell in love with his work. Since then, I've been on the hunt for artists who have an equally "simple," yet beautiful and eloquent style. Can any of you recommend artists in a similar vein? (Preferably with online galleries or printed books of their art that I could purchase.) [more inside]
posted on Feb 17, 2005 - 5 answers

After seeing this impressive sketchbook I'm wondering what others are out there. What extraordinary scanned sketchbooks have people found out there?
posted on Jan 27, 2005 - 14 answers

Here is a series of five images that all contain some kind of visual trickery or effect: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Does anyone recognize these images or know who the artist may be? I'm assuming they are all by the same hand, which may not be true.
posted on Sep 12, 2004 - 11 answers

Long shot - anyone know of any public domain/ no copyright horribly twee paintings/ illustrations like this (not photos)?
posted on Aug 28, 2004 - 9 answers

Pen-n-ink illustration filter:
I've recently taken a renewed interest in "embellishing" or "rendering" in pen and ink. This has led me to this picture of a fiddling cat, which is naggingly familiar to myself and also to my Mom, although neither of us can remember the artist or source. Also, I came across this illustration from an Aesop's Fable, but I do not know the artist either (evidently, though, Aesop has a long and old tradition of finely illustrated editions.) Can anyone help me out?

And while we're at it, do we have any pen-n-ink or comics style artists out there? What good books or practice-methods have helped you? (I've had this great book since I was a child but am only now making good use of it.) Do you use traditional quills, or have you transitioned to modern markers and such? Or a Wacom tablet?
Really, I'd love any info from anyone who creates art or plays with the techniques.
posted on Jul 20, 2004 - 17 answers

I've come across this kind of very large¹, detailed, abstract illustrations, which are great for backgrounds or extracting small parts to use in your own projects. I thought they were called "macros", but have been unable to find any references or collections by that name. Is there a generic name for this kind of thing, what is it and where could I find more to download?
¹ The original image is 10 times larger.
posted on Mar 16, 2004 - 13 answers

I'm a Photoshop wiz interested in trying my hand at some vector-based illustration for a change. Which program is best? Is there a free/OSS option that can compete with Illustrator/Painter/FreeHand? And how much of a head-start will my Photoshop knowledge get me in Illustrator vs. anything else?
posted on Feb 5, 2004 - 7 answers

A case of too many Google results--can anyone help me track down a copy of a print that appeared only momentarily in the movie "Amelie"? The illustration was shown as a wall hanging in the heroine's bedroom, and features the back view of a child and a bear walking beside a river.
posted on Jan 6, 2004 - 6 answers