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Distorted Houses In Illustration
There’s a style of house, popular in Hallowe’en illustration and in children’s books about witches, which looks distorted and crooked. You know it when you see it. This house is a creepy inversion of The Dream House, so it is always two-storeyed with an attic, and you just know it has a basement as well. […]
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The Lost Daughter: Why does Leda steal the doll?
The Lost Daughter is a 2021 film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, based on the novel by Italian writer Elena Ferrante (2015). This is Gyllenhaal’s debut as feature-length film director. I look forward to seeing what she does next.
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Compositions With Strong Vertical Divisions
Header painting: William Merritt Chase. May I Come In, 1883, pastel
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Swimming Pools in Illustration and on Book Covers
Swimming without water: Buckets, bins and bathtubs by Charlotte Bates and Kate Moles, 9th August 2022 Swimming stories by Adele Prince, 9th August 2022 In deep: At one with the water, with all that entails, Rebecca Olive, 9th August 2022 She is peeling off her wet swimsuit when the yummy mummies arrive. Glossy and stick […]
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AI Generated Art: Computer Paints Still Life Flowers
In another post I write about my experience using Deep Dream Generator. In this post I end up moving away from Deep Dream Generator. This time I’m using Night Cafe Studio, another free online tool (with paid options).
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Sunlight Streaming Into Rooms
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Cities Under Snow In Art And Illustration
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Emma by Wendy Kesselman and Barbara Cooney
Emma is an American picture book (1980) written by Wendy Kesselman and illustrated by Barbara Cooney about an elderly woman who became a painter later in life.
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Balconies in Art and Illustration
A collection of paintings and illustrations featuring balconies and view from balconies.
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PNG Photos Of Window Frames With Transparency
These .png images are transparent over the window part, so you can use them as frames over other photos to make new illustrations. They are all 1200 px wide.
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Glow Worms And Fireflies In Art And Illustration
Fireflies are especially popular in East Asian art. All sorts of bright flecks can add interest to a painting.
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How Do You Write Dialogue?
How to write dialogue in fiction? It’s not like dialogue in reality. So how is it different? How do you punctuate it?
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Cosmopolitan by Akhil Sharma
“Cosmopolitan” is a short story included in The Best American Short Stories 1998. Author Akhil Sharma (born 1971) was only 27 at the time, so this is an example of an author writing about older characters than himself.
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The Picture In The House by H.P. Lovecraft Analysis
“The Picture In The House” is a short story of about 3,300 words by American writer H.P. Lovecraft. You don’t have to have read Lovecraft to have been influenced by the work of Lovecraft. The author was a terrible person and if you don’t want to go back to the source, that’s absolutely fine. Guaranteed, […]
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Thick Dark Outlines In Art And Illustration
Thick, dark outlines in art and illustration is associated with several completely different types of art. First, let’s takes a look at thick, dark outlines in fine art, which is a distinctive feature of certain art movements.