Art History - Anthro Calendars Featuring Anthro ArtistsArt History is celebrating Graphics month and that includes Anthro art. What better way to kick it off with some yummy, creative, and beautiful artwork brought to you by some amazing and talented Anthro Artists? Not only that but this article is featuring Anthro artists who have put their time into some special projects for the community. What better way to count the months then to look upon some AMAZING art! I bring to you Anthro Calendars!There is nothing more inspiring about History then the passage of time and what better way to admire time then appreciating some beautiful art. Each calender brings to the table a handful of talent and beautiful spreads. It offers Anthro artists a unique opportunity to participate in a huge community project.So without further adue, I bring to you the RARE Anthro Calendar and the WereWolf Calendar!Best,^KovoWolfAnthro Community VolunteerRare - A Cultural Anthro Calendar:ico
Anthro ArtHello Everyone!So as a part of the #ArtHistoryProject I would like to present a discussion in respects to Anthro Art. Relating to history and its present.A Peek In The PastA lot of people ask me "How did you find Anthro Art?".Well my first experience with Anthro art has always been with me. I never really knew what the 'term' of it was or that it even had a term (nor did I know about 'furries') until I was introduced to it way back in the day. *Goldenwolf's gallery was one of the first Anthro galleries I came across and I saw the term "Anthro" scattered about. It was a term used to describe certain pieces of her art. This is where I gained knowledge of it in the first. Furry art was a term I learned later on while I dove myself further into the community and I honestly didn't know about "furry art" until a few years ago! When I joined DeviantART 8 years ago my love and passion only grew. Like weeds I tell you! Those nasty ki
Anthro Artist Feature and Interview - VantidHello Anthro Community! I have a great treat in bringing to you the 9th Issue of Anthro Artists Interview & Feature! This is also an exclusive interview for #ArtHistoryProject!This issue will be featuring the very talented ~vantid! Treats by ~vantidIs one of those pieces that really puts you into that very spot. That very moment. The colors are outstanding and the highlights and shading are superb. You cannot help but admire the details taken into account for this piece! Gotta love the staff with glowing eyes. But most of all, what's not to enjoy around a campfire then smores??I first came across ~vantid when I started out here at DeviantART. I have been a fond admirer of ~vantid's work for sometime now and it has been such an honor to sit here and watch this deviant grow in talent and in skill! Each piece brings to the tab
Anthro Discussion - Thanks!Anthro Chat EventCalling all anthro artists!! Is there something you've really wanted to discuss about the Anthro community but weren't really sure where to go? Have things to discuss about the Anthro community in general? Things you want to see in respects to the Anthro gallery? Now is your time to shine!There will be a chat event starting at 1pm PST 3pm CST over at #communityrelationsIntroductory topic: What type of Anthro Art impacts your life? Please join us for some interesting topics of discussion about anything Anthro! I hope to have a great turn out of Anthro artists Thank you everyone who joined in! I will be posting a log of the discussion and topics people brought up and I would like to share with the rest of the community! Best,^KovoWolfAnthro Community VolunteerArt History - Anthro Schedule for ^KovoWolf E
AUGUST Art History: Graphics -- Belgian Comics:iconarthistoryproject: :iconcommunityrelations:BELGIAN COMICSAnother month, another topic for the art history-project. And with this month's topic being Graphics, it's no more than normal that I show some patriotic pride in the amazing comic-artists that Belgium has brought forth (and that you guys probably grew up with!)The SmurfsProbably the most well-known one, due to the somewhat recent movie-release, these blue little fellas were created by Peyo, a born and raised "Brusselaar". They were first created in 1957 and initially appeared as a set of side-characters in a comic of Johan and Peewit, "The Flute With The Six Smurfs". It wasn't until 1958 that they got their own series of comics and later on cartoons and even a movie, but they have been immensely popular
Quino - Latin American cartoonistJoaquín Salvador Lavado, better known as Quino, is an Argentine cartoonist born in Mendoza on July 17, 1932. According to his official website, Quino discovered his love for art at the young age of 3 thanks to his uncle Joaquín Tejón, painter and advertising illustrator.In Mendoza, he went to the School of Fine Arts (Escuela de Bellas Artes) with the hopes of working for the comic Rico Tipo. However, he left the school in 1945. Five years later, he sells his first cartoon to a silk shop and visits Buenos Aires for 3 weeks in search for a job, with not luck whatsoever. In 1954, he returns to Buenos Aires where some of his works get published by Esto Es. In 1963 he publishes his first book: a collection of silent comics titled Mundo Quino.His most famous and successful work is
The Walking Dead comicsDo you feel cosy and comfortable sitting where you're sitting now?Let's ruin it. Despite being a story of people who usually make it, The Walking Dead comics aren't that positively oriented. What's positive about a world full of mindless brain-eating zombies with very few living healthy humans left? (Don't answer, I know that for some of you it's a paradise). Come and take a closer look at these comics from a diffrent way than usual.The basics. The Walking Dead is a black and white monthly comic book series, written by Robert Kirkman and brought to its visual life by Tony Moore. These two guys are the creators of the serie, however, Tony Moore was replaced from issue #7 by Charlie Adlard (which didn't stop him from making the covers through issue #24). And, of course, there's also Cliff Rathburn, who's
Owl EvolutionAugust is a month of Graphics in #ArtHistoryProject. We count in Comics & Cartoons, Anthro, Fan Art and Anime/Manga for this subject and here is a feature of some neat owl Anthro works. Give them your love!
The genius of Miyazaki - Art HistoryIf you haven't heard his name, you must have heard about at least one of his creations. So, who's Miyazaki? It's easier to say who he's not. Hayao Miyazaki was born on the 5th of January 1941 in Bunkyo, Tokyo, as a second of four sons. His father was a director in young Miyazaki's uncle's factory producing rudders for fighter planes - this is where Hayao became highly interested in aviation, which often appears in his films.When Miyazaki was a little kid, his mother suffered from Pott's disease (sort of tuberculosis) and spent a few years in a hospital. Some says that a very similiar motif appearing in "Tonari no Totoro" ("My neighbour Totoro") was strongly inspired by that part of his life. Also, during his childhood, Miyazaki had to change his place of residence and switch schools several times, which influenced his films a lot, too.:thu
The art of Hajime Sorayama❦ Introduction,Hajime Sorayama is a Japanese illustrator, born in 1947. Known for his precisely detailed, erotic hand painted portrayals of women and feminine robots.Hajime Sorayama is known world-wide for his imaginative and highly accomplished paintings of beautiful women. Using brush, pencil and acrylic paint, airbrushing only finishing details, he creates memorable images in a hyper-realistic style. He is often referred to as the contemporary Vargas by those familiar with his pin-up style works, and is respected by artists and illustrators for his perfect technique.In retrospect, Sorayama's work has been remarkably prescient. Beginning in the 1970s and evolving into the 21st century, the futuristic aura of the robotic, mythic and fantastical figures in his art have always been ahead of their time.Much of Sorayama
Glen Keane - an icon in the history of animationBorn in Philadelphia in April 1954, Glen Keane is an American author, animator and illustrator who is widely known for his work in various Disney movies such as The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Tangled, amongst others.His father Bil Keane, cartoonist and creator of The Family Circus, played an important role in Keane's early interest in art, instructing him to analyze body forms and the creative approach to life drawing when giving him a copy of Burne Hogarth's Dynamic Anatomy.After graduating high school, Keane went to the California Institute of the Arts where he was mentored by animation teacher Jules Engel, as his application was accidentally sent to the Program in Experimental Animation (called Film Graphics b
Feature - Celebrating 50 years of Spiderman!August 15 marks the 50th anniversary of your friendly neighborhood Spiderman and what better than sharing some cool Spidey deviations to celebrate? ~GemGirl3000 was kind enough to pick some awesome pieces for us to enjoy. Without further ado, here's the art!Happy birthday, Spidey!
Akira ToriyamaAkira Toriyama is a legendary Japanese game and manga artist, even those of you reading this who don't recognise the name would have at least seen a few projects he's involved in. He is the creator of the hit classic Dr. Slump, The Dragonball series, the Dragon Quest game series and Chrono Trigger. Born in Aichi, Japan, his influences include someone we have recently covered, Osamu Tezuka, creator of Astro Boy and father of modern manga, Walt Disney's cartoons and classic Jackie Chan movies. His debut work was Dr. Slump for Shonen Jump, a name some of you may be familiar with. The style and humour he injected into the series gained rapid popularity in Japan which became a hit anime TV series well.After Dr. Slump, Toriyama began creating cult manga series Dragonball, with characters based on the Chinese tales of Journey to the West. This series broke records and the fame and popularity of course took over America and Europe by storm. Dragonball of course also became a hit anime series,
Hungarian Comics - From 19th Century till WWIFirst of all, I'd like to say that when I heard that there will be a Graphics week, I was so happy and wanted to write and article about it since I studies Traditional Graphics for 4 years. I had History of Art classes and I had some extra classes from it. I just loved what we studied in school!The roots of Hungarian comics reach back to the mid 19th century. Until the late 1930s Hungarian comics followed the European trends. Comic strips were generally found in newspapers and magazines, featuring works from both Hungarian and foreign artists. Since comics were so closely bound to the printed media, their creators were mostly caricature artists as well. The years preceding World War II proved to be unfavorable for comics as the mainly Jewish owned yellow press basically disappeared together with comic strips (a great exception were children’s comics).Interesting note: The Hungarian word for comics is képregény, a combined word from ké
Hungarian Comics - Between the two WarsBetween the two warsFirst issue of Hári János, with a page of Lyman Young's Tim Tyler's Luck translated as Puskás PistaThe comic strip boom of the USA had a growing effect on Hungarian newspaper publishing until the late thirties. American comics flooded all kinds of newspapers, magazines. Hári János (1936-1937), a magazine for children is considered to be the first Hungarian comic book magazine, with comic strips on every page. Walt Disney strips, Secret Agent X-9, Little Nemo in Slumberland (Kis Némó Álomországban), George McManus strips and many others marked this period.Not as many Hungarian comics were made in this period, while – for example – Yugoslavia, the southern neighbor, claims this period to be their Golden Age.During this period the truncated Hungary was an ally of Germany. In 1937 the Minister of Justice began restricting the great amount of pulp literature and yellow press. I
Art History: *nheira*khaoskai is a young manga artist living in Japan. His contributions in the manga industry include: Insubstantial Paradise, BLIND, Rasetsu Koku and more.2012 is *khaoskai's 7th year on deviantART - joining way back in 2005. His gallery has received almost 10 million views, which is an accomplishment in itself. It's not hard to see why he has so many followers across the globe:On top of his manga work, he also a guitarist and model for visual-kei and punk fashion. He's also published a light novel called Slutty Guitarist.NHEIRAnheira.jp
Art History: Takeshi ObataTakeshi Obata is an award-winning Japanese manga artist well-known for his contributions towards series such as Hikaru no Go, Bakuman, and more. His projects are often in collaboration with writers.His style is unique among shonen artists, many don't explore fashion when it comes to manga - but his character designs often include fashionable clothing and trendy items. He's known for the extreme detail in his artwork.One of his most popular works is Death Note, which is well-known globally. Death Note is one of two series where he worked with writer, Tsugumi Ohba; they recently collaborated again for Bakuman. At the time of publishing, Death Note was nothing anyone else had seen before in manga, and received positive views by critics.In addition to his manga work, he's worked in the video game industry - doing character designs for Castlevania Judgment.Currently, h
Art History - Interview with Lyricanna:iconarthistoryproject: :iconcommunityrelations: As part of Graphical Art History Month I will be interviewing some of your Community Volunteers Today it's the lovely ^Lyricanna - Community Volunteer for Fan Art:iconLyricanna:Hi ^Lyricanna, tell us a little about yourself and your style of Art. Hi, I'm Rhys and when not creating digital dolls, my style runs more towards semi-relaistic-anime mash-up. I mostly work traditionally since it's just easier for me. Also a bit more portable; there are places I can take a pencil and sketchbook that I would not want to take a laptop and tablet What is it that attracts you to Graphical Art?I just like characters; designing, replicating, trying to achieve some meaningful interaction.How much do you think that the roots and origins of Art affect what we create today?Quite a bit; there are still many popular s
Art History: History of Comic-con InternationalThe San Diego Comic-Con International (commonly known as just Comic-Con) is almost a household name these days. But how did it originate? Some of you would be surprised to know that the first Comic-Con was held way back in 1970 where approximately 145 people attended. That really expresses how large it has grown since then - the attendance rate being more than 130,000 this year.In 1970, Comic-Con was founded by Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger and Mike Towry. The first convention was a one-day event, not known as Comic-con - but Golden State Comic Con. A few years later in 1973, the convention was renamed and officially known as San Diego Comic-Con. In this same year, it held it's first celebrity brunch and was the first Comic-Con with a duration of five days.Over the years, the attendance of Comic-con has increased significantly - now being one of the largest conventions in the world. With the att
American Comics, Manga...AND WAR!This is a major turning point in the history of comics, World War II. This period of time not only changed comics as we knew them, but also other areas in graphics such as propaganda posters. Now mid to late 1930's we've seen the birth of the modern comic book. Due to the war as well we're also now seeing the birth of war comics. An obvious example of this as I'm sure many of you have already guessed is Captain America Comics in 1941 (before American involvement in the war). Captain America was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who worked for Timely Comics, which of course has now become Marvel Comics. He gained amazing popularity and is often fighting the Axis powers in World War II. Around this time in Japan has been rebuilding itself, its political and economic infrastructure was changing. Whilst American occupation disallowed art or published material that glorified war or the Japanese military. This policy though didn't block th
The Beginning of American ComicsI am sure this is a topic a lot of you would be interested in! As with my article on the Beginning of Manga. I'm only going to touch on the root of it for now as I have other articles planned to tie them together! The American comic book, is really quite new in comparison with past narrative art forms. In fact we haven't had a century yet of the modern American comic as we know it.Let us begin by looking at The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck by Swiss artist Rudolphe Töpffer. It is considered to be the oldest known comic book and started in Europe and was printed in several languages all the way back in 1837, but it was reprinted in 1842 in New York, the first printed comic book in America. There were no word balloons as you would imagine comics today, however there was text in the book to describe what was going on. This was produced in a period of comic book histor
The Beginning of MangaNarrative in art has been seen for centuries in a wide range of different forms. Now I should start off by saying the 'true origins' of manga is disputed. World War II accelerated the world of comics and manga. However we'll take a look at what has been going on before global conflict changed everything. We'll start with the actual name itself, manga, meaning 'whimsical pictures'. So this is the nature of it, satire, doodles, sketches, exaggeration and humour. The first time this term was used to describe a piece of artwork in Japan was given to Hokusai Manga (first published in 1814). So there is the term itself, but going a bit further back is where it's real history becomes debatable. Theory 1Manga started around 12-13th century, the Japanese Fujiwara Period. Animal caricatures known seen on picture scrolls are an early form of narrative. They show mischief and fun doodles, and they are actually an early example of Japanese art that is breaking away from their Chinese
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