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Lithography Don’t Show the Trick, Show the MAGIC
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Jules Cheret (1836 – 1932) – The Father of Modern Poster Art
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The Supercharged Art Of Walter Molino
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Tom Ngo’s Architectural Absurdity
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Caricaturist Illustrates – What’s Wrong With Today’s Society
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Beautiful Butterfly & Moth Illustrations from Dru Drury 1837
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Illustrator reimagines Disney princesses as modern career women
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Alma Haser – Within 15 Minutes
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 – 1882) British Painter and Poet
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Harue Koga delightful illustrations and paintings ♥︎
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Humble history of the pencil
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“Dinotopia”: The Fantastical Art Of James Gurney
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Beautiful hand drawn birds from the nineteenth century
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Illustrator Charlotte Edey creates soft yet bold dream-like worlds
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Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks: 1680 – 1900
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Manuel Orazi and notable art nouveau posters
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Quirky Pop Culture Illustrations by Ricardo Veronez
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Embroidered Illustrations by R.Masha
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Everyday Digital Art by Kurt Chang
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Retro-futuristic Illustrations by Tishk Barzanji
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Drawings of Daily Resistance from the 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Game of Thrones Papercuts
These intricate portraits of our favourite Game of Thrones characters are made entirely from paper, cut in different layers and using various colours and textures to emulate the strokes of a paintbrush.
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Lindsay Stripling – San Francisco based illustrator
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Jérôme Lagarrigue’s powerful portraits of Brooklyn’s African-American community
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In the latest issue of my newsletter, The Magnet, I wrote about some of my favourite old kids’ science books: A long time ago I read a good piece of advice in The Whole Earth Review: a children’s book to learn about a topic. Ever since then I’ve been adding kids’ science books to my…
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Yumi Kitagishi maze of underground homes
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The illustrator who draws on cats
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Bauhaus Weimar Expo 1923 Long Panel Framed Wall Art Print
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The Artistic and Functional Elegance of Bauhaus Style Posters
The Bauhaus School revolutionized design, creating a lasting influence with its philosophy that “form follows function”. Focused on simplicity, clarity and geometry, the school’s principles continue to shape modern poster design. Key contributors included Herbert Bayer, Joost Schmidt, and László Moholy-Nagy.
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