Carole Lombard airbrush, transparent watercolor, charcoal: 8" x 10" KS #art #paint #sketchbook #B&W #filmsky #glamour

Hans Ruedi Giger February 5 1940 - May 12 2014 #artist

Western studio entrance. #photography #art #sunset #astronomy

"I remain as always . . . obediently yours" #OrsonWelles #MercuryTheater

Alan Shepard aboard the U.S.S. Lake Champlain moments after splashdown. 5/5/1961 My family had moved in to a new development with construction underway. I was 4 & playing outside when my mother called me in to watch this, with 20 workers following. #Spaceflight #Mercury #Freedom7 #Astronaut #NASA

Taliesin Obelisk October MCMLXXXIV Canon F-1, FD 85mm, f:1.8 Kodachrome 64 #photography #architecture #FrankLloydWright #design #Taliesin #sculpture #landscape #FLW

Happy birthday to my ole' pal Doug Wildey 1922 - 1984!!! #comics #RIO #JonnyQuest #JackArmstrong #Jana #StretchBannon #animation #Wildey

Live portrait... oil on canvas-board 12" x 16" #artist #painting #oil #portrait #traditionalmedia

Bob Peak 1928 - 1992 Excalibur poster variant gouache 33.75" x 42" SOI '82 Gold Medal; Art Product News '84; Zoom '89; Vision: Tokyo Design School '85; L.A. Magazine '83 Peak produced endless live studies and several variations for all his movie poster assignments. #art #filmsky #Excalibur #fantasy

Gustaf Tenggren 1896 -1970 The Story of the Bold, Bad Bat, by Elizabeth Woodruff Good Housekeeping April, 1927 pen & ink, watercolor 10" x 13" Tenggren destroyed much of his early work, yet some exists in the form of conceptual art from Snow White and Pinocchio. #art #painting #fantasy #bat #book

Happy Birthday "Ann Margrock" Doug Wildey, 1963 With only funny animal artists on staff HB ran an ad for a character artist. After being hired, Doug began drawing model sheets, concept art & storyboards in his run-up to Jack Armstrong-Jonny Quest. #art #cartoon #animation #concept #Flintstones #HB

Charles Addams Portrait of Morticia "For Epsie", 1962 charcoal, 18" x 24" #art #cartoon #MorticiaMonday #AddamsFamily #horror #portrait

ALIEN H.R. Giger makes an adjustment to the Alien suit in his studio-workshop. #AlienDay #LV426 #HRGiger #scifi #horror

ALIEN #AlienDay #LV426 #HRGiger #scifi

One of Harlan's very best rants. "Pay the writer", from Dreams With Sharp Teeth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5I... #writing #author #scifi

Glenn Cravath 1897 - 1964 Takeoff At Noon 1962 calendar art, possibly Shaw Barton Cravath worked for King Features Syndicate; did movie posters for RKO & Columbia; and promo comic strips for RKO movies like King Kong. gouache, watercolor, ink, pencil, 12.5" x 10" #art #paint #scifi #space #rocket

Stevan Dohanos 1907 - 1994 "The Wilsons" Saturday Evening Post Feb 1952 oil on masonite 36" x 28.25 #art #paint #photorealism #oil #cover

Norman Saunders 1907 - 1989 Famous Fantasy Mysteries, (Munsey's) June 1950 The Adventures of Wyndham Smith, by S. Fowler Wright oil on board, 15" x 20" The great Norman Saunders aptly illustrates why I was scared to death of Robots as a kid. #art #painting #oil #scifi #robot #pulp #comics #horror

"The Quetong Missile Mystery" What happens when there's a list of things you're supposed to be doing. #JonnyQuest #DougWildey #GeneralFong #animation #HannaBarbera #TV #cartoons

Astronomy Domine airbrush, acrylic 30" x 40" Strathmore Watercolor board #painting #airbrush #astronomicalart ##universe #planets #stars

Matt and Karen airbrush, transparent watercolor, charcoal pencil 9"x12" #Daredevil #comics #marvel #art #sketchbook #B&W #paint #watercolor #airbrush #sketch

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble Hokus Pokus 🎃 airbrush, acrylic 20" x 24" #PinUp #SkyArt #artist #WitchyWednesday #October #Halloween

Sketchbook study of translucent material with transmitted light. transparent watercolor/airbrush/charcoal pencil, 8" x10" #art #pinup #sketchbook #B&W #paint #watercolor #airbrush #sketch

The World's First Space Suit oil / canvas board 16" x 20" #art #painting #illustrator #traditionalmedia #spaceflight #ArtemisII #NASA #SciFi

George Petty 1894 - 1975 Gatefold, Esquire Magazine May, 1939 The "Bunny Business" Hefner cultured at Playboy was inspired by this single painting of a "Petty Girl". #Pinup #Easter #art #painting #illustration #airbrush #gouache #traditionalmedia

#J.C.Leyendecker 1874 - 1951 The Saturday Evening Post April 20, 1935 *note to a favorite model: Dear Miss Baumgartner, These are not pampered hothouse jonquils but my own hardy naturalized variety of "Daffodils that come before the swallow dares and take the winds of March with beauty". #art

Masters of Illustration 012 b Joseph Christian Leyendecker 1874 - 1951 "Easter" cover, The Saturday Evening Post March 26, 1932. J. C. Leyendecker painted 322 covers for The Saturday Evening Post between 1899 - 1943 oil #art #artist #painting #illustration #oil #originalart #JCLeyendecker

Masters of Illustration 012 a Joseph Christian Leyendecker 1874 - 1951 "Easter Bonnet" cover, the Saturday Evening Post April 6, 1912 oil . canvas #art #artist #painting #illustration #oil #traditionalmedia #MastersofIllustration #JCLeyendecker #Easter #BskyArt

Joseph Christian Leyendecker March 23, 1874 - July 23, 1951 "Cupid" cover: Saturday Evening Post, March 31, 1923 From my book: American Illustrators, The J.C. Leyendecker Collection, pub: 1996 #illustration #art #painting #oilpainting #oil #covers #SEP #BOTD #Leyendecker #goldenage #masters #HOF

Masters of Illustration 007 Joseph Christian Leyendecker 1874 - 1951 Rebirth of Parsifal; Searching For the Holy Grail cover, Saturday Evening Post April 7, 1928 #illustration #art #painting #traditionalmedia #oil #cover #Leyendecker #HolyGrail #Easter #Knights #fantasy #MastersofIllustration

Joseph Christian Leyendecker March 23, 1874 - July 23, 1951 J.C., in his studio at the Beaux Arts Building on Sixth Avenue and 40th Street, 1909. Leyendecker is 35. #Leyendecker #art #painting #Illustration

Happy New Year! #NewYear #Happy2026 #art #paint #pinup #airbrush #acrylic

This is hilarious! My ole' friend Gary Owens...man of many voices... #SpaceGhost #animation #voiceactor #LaughIn

The 1960 EverGleam... #Christmastree #lights #munimula

Haddon Sundblom 1899 - 1976 "Sunny" paints Santa for Coca-Cola for over 30 years. He stops, and in 1972 Hefner hires him to do a parody cover for Playboy. Sundblom is 72 at the time and has not lost a beat! #Sunny #Sundblom #paint #illustration #Christmas #Santa #CocaCola #Playboy

Joseph Christian Leyendecker Saturday Evening Post December 23, 1923 cover from my book... #Christmas #Santa #artist #paint #Leyendecker #birthday

Joseph Christian Leyendecker Success Magazine, cover 1900 #Christmas #Leyendecker #illustration #art

The great illustrator, Jack Faragasso and me roaming the streets of NYC searching for the true meaning of Christmas. We found it at a diner. Happy Merry Peace Love #artist #illustrator #Christmas #Faragasso

Santa's Helper Numerous publications, seasonal packaging, image branding. airbrush, acrylic 20" x 24" ©2001 ©2002 ©2006 ©2010 ©2014 ©2022 #Christmas #art #illustration #pinup #paint #airbrush #artist

Frank Covino 1931 - 2016 As a noted portrait artist, educator, and author, Frank rarely did commercial illustrative work, but this one for the Postal Service's new ZIP numbers is a real dandy. oil, canvas #Christmas #art #paint #oil #illustration #Santa

Wednesday is Anything Can Happen Day!

Vault of Horror Johnny Craig EC No.35 March 1954 #art #comics #Christmas #horror #EC

Santa's Helper Numerous publications, seasonal packaging, image branding. airbrush, acrylic 20" x 24" ©2001 ©2002 ©2006 ©2010 ©2014 ©2022 #Christmas #art #illustration #pinup #paint #airbrush #artist

Fred Irvin 1914 - 2006 Motor Magazine, December 1955 Hearst Publishing gouache on board 16" x 14" #Christmas #art #painting #illustration #gouache #artist #automobile #cover #magazine

Jack Davis December 2, 1926 - July 27, 2016 Movie Posters for "The Party", UA 1968. Produced & directed by Blake Edwards. With Peter Sellers and Claudine Longet. US version, watercolor 17"x 22.25" Continental version, watercolor 20.25"x 28.5" #art #illustration #watercolor #movieposter #filmsky

Jack Davis December 2, 1926 - July 27, 2016 Birthday celebration for Jack Davis at the Society of Illustrators, 2011 #art #comics #illustration #HOF #watercolor #Davis #Mad #EC

Jack Davis December 2, 1926 - July 27, 2016 Yak Yak cover, Dell Vol 1 No. 1 1961 ink, watercolor 16.25 x 10.75 Yak Yak was Davis' own version of Mad. Written, illustrated and published by Jack, with Dell comics. Only 2 issues were printed. #art #comics #illustration #watercolor #Davis #Mad #EC

Jack Davis December 2, 1926 - July 27, 2016 Playboy Magazine ca: 1963 watercolor, ink 13" x 10.25" #art #comics #illustration #paint #watercolor #Davis #Mad #EC

First post on Bsky from a year ago. #Thanksgiving #art #illustration #writing #books #Bsky