Archive for November, 2011:
filed in Book Cover Illustrations and Artwork on Nov.27, 2011
I recently had a request from a friend to post one of my illustrations that I did for a children’s book Witches and Fish: A Parable of Dreams. The book was basically written for the child in me, with no real plans to ever market it in a serious way, in large part because while […]
Tags: A parable of dreams, book artist, book artwork, book illustration, book illustrator, children's book artwork, children's book illustrations, Duncan Long, Witches and Fish
filed in Creativity on Nov.21, 2011
Creative people often feel highs of joy and lows of sorrow that others may never experience, and perhaps could not even handle if they did. Little wonder many outside the creative world mistake (or dismiss) eccentric responses of the spirit as weakness or mental illness. But in the end, these dismissive souls will never know […]
Tags: book artist, book cover artist, book cover illustrator, book illustrator, brain activity, creativity, Duncan Long, Shelly Carson
filed in Book Cover Design, Book Cover Illustrations and Artwork on Nov.11, 2011
I got word that Holly LaMora’s Finding Badger is now available in paperback and Kindle format at: Amazon.com. Billed as a “Metaphorical Journey of Transformation” the book is a very entertaining read. And you can find sample chapters at Amazon.com’s page. The only caveat is that once you start reading, you’ll likely be hooked and […]
Tags: book cover artist, book cover artwork, book cover illustration, book cover illustrator, book design, book designer, Duncan Long, Finding Badger, graphic design for books, Holly LaMora
filed in Creativity on Nov.09, 2011
One of the pictures (which I posted for Halloween in the previous blog entry) caught the eye of designer David Grasekamp who asked to use it as “Mephisto” in newsletter advertising an upcoming lecture/exhibition about form in art — and which would include a showing of the 1926 German movie “Faust – Eine deutsche Volkssage.” […]
Tags: artwork, David Grasekamp, digital painting, Duncan Long, Faust, graphic design, illustration, Mephisto