Storyteller art

Philip Pullman on the role of story in contemporary fiction in "The Storyteller's Art" (BN.com, 2oo7): “[T]here was a sort of embarrassment about storytelling that struck home powerfully about one hundred years ago, at the beginning of modernism. We see...

Illustration, Adobe Photoshop

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Hoichi the Minstrel as drawn by Kelley McMorris Hoichi the Earless One is a well known Japanese folktale character who lived during the feudal era. This st...

Oceanic Art

LightBox Expo was recently held for the first time in California, and with it, the Concept Art Awards made its debut. Among the competition’s several winners was Airi Pan, who received the award for Best Student Environment Concept Art thanks to her imaginative piece “The Griffin’s Nest.” Her colorful and stylized illustration for Neon Genesis […]

Journeying to the Past of a Medieval Tavern: Tales and the Enchantment of Wines. The medieval tavern, as a detached memory in time, becomes a storyteller of worn stones and faded beams. In the smoky dimness, the walls whisper the

Franklin Booth, scratchboard master? As I understand it, he didn't use scratchboard. Just pen & ink. Either way, darned good, weren't he?

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