I am doing this with a degree of melancholy, but it is time I joined all the cool kids at tumblr. Blogger has been good to me, and, well... it hurts to let go! In the words of another illustrator who did the same thing I'm doing a while back: it's not you, blogger. It's me.
In any case, devoted followers, please follow me to my new blog! I've posted a few of the most recent posts here to give it some history, but from now on all new posts will appear there, rather than here:
www.dannyschwartzart.tumblr.com
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See you there! And thank you blogger!
Goooooooodbbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!
Golden Globe fishing in.... Yemen
Stop texting in class, Plato
For FDU's Spring 2013 issue. Plato, Nietzsche, Lucretius, Saul, and Wittgenstein.
I think I liked doing Lucretius the best, but texting Plato might be a great icon of my work for years to come.
Heidegger and Winston
Stay tuned for more! Lots more!
So much work!
Hello internet!
A whole bunch of work to upload, but I'll start with this one. This was on the November 19 cover of The Washington Post's Capital Business insert.
More Elections
I only just realized that I never posted this, and I felt shame, because this is a couple of months old. I did this for the op-ed page of the LA Times in July, and it was such a huge thrill. I love op-ed. I worship op-ed. I was overjoyed to have an op-ed assignment at all, let alone from the LA Times. Had a blast with this.
Oh, and I was reminded because I have something else in the works for them now. If I am a good little illustrator, it will show up on my blog later this week.
Band
I did this a little while ago for BMCC... we decided towards the end to throw in some color digitally, which is a lot different from how I usually work, but I ended up loving how this came out.
LA Times
This was a lot of fun! I love assignments like this -- I was able to get some really great concepts in the sketches. The turnaround was really fast; only a couple of days.
In other news, I seem to have let my blog go again... I have so much stuff to post from the last few months, it's not even funny. More on that later?
Oh, and for those of you that are interested, I finally got around to updating my website. New splash image on the main page, and I took out 6 color pieces and put 6 new ones in their place. A lot of new work! The black and white section is kind of shabby right now, but never fear -- I basically took almost everything out, and I'm preparing to update it with all of the stuff I've done in the last few years. That'll probably be up within the next few days.
This is a Gemsbok
Sorry internets... I appear to have let the ol' blog collect some dust as of late. I have a pretty big back-log of stuff to post as a result, like this Gemsbok. I'm taking this really fun class at the Museum of Natural History (those of you who know me may know that it's my favorite place in the world) where we get to go draw the animals in the dioramas after hours when 9483984039403 tourists aren't leaning all over you asking what you're drawing. It's quiet, and you get to really soak the place in. Despite the fact that it has almost no relation to what I do, I feel like the art in the murals in that museum are a big part of what inspired me to want to make art in the first place -- you can just get so lost in them. It's a treat to be able to do this week after week.
I've got a few commissions to share too, so stay tuned!
Mitt-Bot
A work in progress. My favorite is the figure in the top left oiling him like he's the tin man.
1931
In 1931, a somewhat young (I'm more familiar with his later stuff, like "You Can't Take it With You", or more famously "It's a Wonderful Life") Lionel Barrymore won Best Actor for his portrayal of Stephen Ashe in "A Free Soul".
It was weird drawing him younger. I'm used to him having much longer eyebrows.
Politicians
New spots for FDU Alumni Magazine! Newark Mayor Corey Booker (top) and former New Jersey Governor and current New Jersey Senate member Richard Codey.
1929 and 1930 and 2012?
In 1929 (top), Warner Baxter won best actor for his portrayal of The Cisco Kid in "In Old Arizona". And he apparently wore an ENORMOUS hat.
In 1930 (bottom), George Arliss won best actor for playing Bejamin Disraeli in "Disraeli".
I broke my own pact by not posting last week, but in my own defense, I spent most of last week away from my studio for the holidays! Lame excuse. As a result, there'll be another post this week. There has to be anyways, because I have another few small spots for FDU coming up very quickly, but I'd also like to get another actor or two in.
Here's to an excellent, illustration-filled 2012!! Picture making for the win!!
Oscar Project
I've decided that I need a new, enormous, long term personal project. I really liked my presidents, so I figured I'd do a new collection of black and white portraits. The trick with this kind of thing, though, is that I need decent reference, and it has to be relatively easily accessible. Also, I'd like it to be somewhere within my realm of interest. So as it happens, I love watching movies, and I really, really love watching the Oscars -- I know it's completely ridiculous, but it's so much fun! I can't help myself every year!
So, my new project is to draw every single Best Actor winner since the beginning. If it goes well, it will be followed by every single best Actress winner since the beginning. Since the oscars are in their 84 year this year, that's.... a lot of drawings. But if I finish at least one a week, I should finish sometime next year! Like the presidents project, it will be a great way for me to keep my drawing fresh, and I'll have a nifty little thing in the end. With the presidents, I knew what they all looked like, so I think it was easier. With many of the first actors, I am not going to be familiar with their looks in advance, making for a really fun challenge.
I'm going to try to draw each actor in costume for the film in which they won. First up: Emil Jannings, for "The Last Command" (In 1927).
Two
So, I don't usually post my final drawings, but it strikes me that that's a shame. This is the piece that came out of the studies I was working on last week. It's part of a bunch of contributions to drum up excitement for the second issue of gratuitous type, a small Brooklyn magazine. The wonderful AD, Elana Schlenker, asked only that the art embody the concept of the number two. I tried to push things a bit -- the concept isn't incredibly obvious, but it's there. I really want to try and force people to look.
I always go this far with my drawings, and then I paint right on top of them. I am definitely more of a draftsman than a painter, and I am always either working with that or fighting it. I do scan all of the drawings for each piece before I throw color down, for my own records. I am planning a subtle color palette for this piece, but I also really just like it simply in black and whites.
Also, I don't usually include animals, and I'm really pleased with the way the fox turned out.
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