JohnnyEnzyme

That's Black Bittern above, which represents the bird.

Sheyenne's from Alberta, Canada, and their art reminds me just enough of certain Euro art that I think it's worthy to be added here.

https://i.imgur.com/nCcVMyz.jpeg
We stare into each other's eyes

https://i.imgur.com/zl5RNSc.jpeg
Banana Deer and friends, from the game Fin Fin: On TEO, the Magic Planet

https://i.imgur.com/hxZzKCV.png
Ocean Procession

https://i.imgur.com/jDTOdP8.jpeg
This Moment in Time

https://i.imgur.com/q5EVXd8.jpeg
"Fast Food!"

https://i.imgur.com/48smKFz.jpeg
Kestrel

https://i.imgur.com/mowcXpn.jpeg
Snake in Grass (can you spot all the bugs?)

Oh, and they are also known as "Uzon":
https://www.tumblr.com/uzon
https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/uzon/

"I'm fearing the worst, but hoping for the best!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pif_le_chien

I mean, seriously-- walk in the water, and... suffer the consequences?

Oh, HEY, my old 80's favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12bM1CqHoBY

Imladris was also known as "Rivendell" in the J.R.R. Tolkien mythos. Interestingly, both The Hobbit and LotR used this Elven refuge as a key staging-point, but somehow it felt like I was discovering it afresh, each time. (are you taking notes, Peter Jackson & Disney?)

I'm also a little sheepish to admit that all the lovely pieces here are, to the best of my determination, AI-created! (damnit, but they fooled me at first)

Ahhhh, so what the hey-- let's empty out this drawer and move on. Now, the reason I chose to lead with the above is because we'd been sorta talking about Tolkien's stuff recently, and the above piece reminded me a lot of his early illustration work (yes, he was also a pretty-decent artist who worked in a 'turn-of-the-century' style).

Okay then, the following might be a bit random, but--

https://i.imgur.com/MVArIH8.jpeg
Now where might that be..?!

https://i.imgur.com/pEkNSNx.jpeg
Another stained-glass style lighthouse, sorta-kinda.

https://i.imgur.com/FLI2Zk1.jpeg
As someone who used to sail a bit, I love these. Of course, being AI-generated, there are a slew of similar pics out there, for better or ze wurst.

https://i.imgur.com/D5D2DSb.jpeg
San Francisco streets, credit to MidJourney specifically!

I'd say hold on to your hats, though! In retrospect, there's a bunch of art here that helps explain its origins, but in future? I would say all bets are off. *gulp*

(i.e. AI-art will doubtless keep improving, so stuff like this which fooled me initially but which I later managed to bust, will likely bust ME, in future)

https://lemm.ee/post/7895573
Hello, @Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world!

EDIT: Corrected a couple typos & errors, plus added a little context to help make things clearer.

Welp, I had something of a personal catastrophe this past weekend, but am finally recovering. I must say, though-- when there are little gaps like that, it sure would be nice if one of the readers could step in and post whatever.

Okay, enough whining.

So, I just finished re-reading the first color work by the fascinating "Blutch" [BDT], made in 2002. TBH, I feel like I need to re-read it a couple more times to get a better sense of it, but for now I can say that it's a surreal series of interconnected scenes that have a movie-like touch, not unlike the work of David Lynch or Fellini, perhaps.

Two women are the lead characters, with the one above ("Lola") struggling to deal with her merciless dance instructor, her absurdly eccentric father, and of course, a big galoot of a celloist chasing her skirts. Oh, and also Renée, the other lead, an obsessed writer who wants to do a book about Lola. The overall tome however is really about the absurdness and even scary sides of humanity, as reflected nicely in the drawing style. Blutch is definitely NOT after pretty, conventional LC here!

Here then are the first six pages of Vitesse Moderne:

-----> https://imgur.com/a/tHqiinO <-----

Btw, I find some major similarities between Blutch's work and that of the great Frederik Peeters of Switzerland and Grégory Mardon of France. All three seem willing to look at the human beast straight in the eye and give you notes that you might not have thought about or wanted to see in comics.

In conclusion, I don't know if I'd call this book a 'classic,' but it's a mature work, worthy of many re-reads, that might just feed some part of your soul (or intellect).

The finished work was designed for the box-cover of the anthology series Norman Stories and Legends.

Béatrice shared these pieces on her FB page, and I upscaled them and stitched the one together above. I really like 'before and after' works like this.

https://i.imgur.com/DWLcQco.jpeg

Oof, the upscaling kinda borked up her mouth, but overall I think it's much sharper now.

https://i.imgur.com/Lpq3NDx.jpeg

Some Lady of the Lake vibes!

https://i.imgur.com/qyQ8hPe.jpeg

Zoomie!

I haven't read this series yet, or anything by Tillier so far, but I like her art a lot. Hopefully more later.

Many people seem familiar with Lord of the Rings via the Jackson movies, but there's a much longer tradition of artists depicting scenes from the books. Plus of course, two TV / movie series that bring some great voicework & songs (Rankin-Bass' version) and fascinating animation (Ralph Bakshi's), despite their overall flaws.

But in terms of alternate illustrators, check out the Brothers Hildebrandt, for example.

Personally, I'm enjoying this Argentinian master's version because the characters are no longer as wholesome-looking as in other depictions, giving the scene slight horror overtones. The ammonite is a nice bonus, too!

Some more Chichoni art here:
https://lemm.ee/post/27712402

Based on the story of Noah's Ark, this shows humans and a tiger doomed by the flood, futilely attempting to save their children and cubs. Full version here.

It's a wood-engraving from the mid-to-late 1800's, evidently finished by Adolphe François Pannemaker, one of Doré's assistants. I love the fine line-work here, certainly reminding me of figures on currency.

Doré (1832 – 1883) was a French printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor. He is best known for his prolific output of wood-engravings illustrating classic literature, especially those for the Vulgate Bible and Dante's Divine Comedy. These achieved great international success, and he became renowned for printmaking, although his role was normally as the designer only; at the height of his career some 40 block-cutters were employed to cut his drawings onto the wooden printing blocks, usually also signing the image.

He created over 10,000 illustrations, the most important of which were copied using an electrotype process using cylinder presses, allowing very large print runs to be published simultaneously in many countries. --WP

https://www.artstation.com/alariko

It's from the superb, two-tome series Through the Walls, by Jean-Luc Cornette & Stéphane Oiry.

So this is just a ramble, but in terms of the thumbnail, I really liked the transition between the 'dinner and the road' just above, plus the theme-shift from red to yellow to blue/green, again above.

Indeed, overall across the series I found that there were light, playful (yet somehow precise) touches everywhere. Almost like a chortling intelligence at work, just playing little sandbox games for us to enjoy, haha.

Whoops, and I'd completely forgotten about Stéphane Oiry in terms of his art projects. In fact, he's one of the two geniuses involved in perhaps my favorite GN of all time, i.e. Maggy Garrisson.

Alright, alright, let's read the story, chapitre deux:

------> https://imgur.com/a/UjIMe14 <------

Btw, the writer Cornette is another good one to follow. We should really get to more of his work, too.

Oh it's ON, baby!!

Nah, it's mainly just a silly goof-con, in which case almost every sci-fi series one might possibly imagine has plainly borrowed from earlier ones in one way or another. At least, I THINK so.

That said, I seem to recall Mézières being pretty upset about this at some point. In any case, he passed on a couple years ago, so hmm...

EDIT: Whoops, pardon. This specifically appeared in the annex of the Cinebook edition of v2, The Empire of a Thousand Planets. There was a text accompaniment that I could post, if necessary. It was pretty rubbish, frankly.

Altho these don't have the precision line work of LC art, I did find them pleasing in other ways.

https://i.imgur.com/ccwd4Kq.jpeg

For example, I liked the historical context --all those little details-- as well as the lush, varied and warm color schemes.

https://i.imgur.com/LyO3oKD.jpeg

New York, 1950s. Josuah Harrison, a former member of the 101st Airborne and decorated with the prestigious Purple Heart, works as an investigator for a law firm. In fact, he mainly works for James Layton, the former commander of his company. Josuah is tasked with finding out who is blackmailing a real estate tycoon. Ronald Husler, a handsome self-made man in his forties, is in fact the victim of blackmail linked to his wife's troubled past. --BDT

https://i.imgur.com/K3qxNDp.jpeg

This excellent series is four tomes long, with "Raives" (Guy Servais) handling colors, but also collaborating with the writer Éric Warnauts upon the art, an unusual but fruitful arrangement, Belgian-style.

https://i.imgur.com/0Bxjh06.jpeg

Book two is mainly set in Hawaii, and in my mind the above was a great little M*A*S*H tribute. :-)

https://i.imgur.com/d0u8Cda.jpeg

The series distinctly reminded me of Fabien Nury's fabulous "Silas Corey" and "Tyler Cross" works. The strong plots, stylish art, measured pace, frequent danger and historical context were things the series all had in common.

https://www.bedetheque.com/serie-66720-BD-Purple-Heart.html

Alright, this one's a little bit of a stretch to be posted here, but what the hey.

Knight Bus: a magical bus that appeared whenever a witch or wizard was in urgent need of transportation, all they had to do was stick a wand arm out at the curb for it to instantly appear. Distinctive in appearance, the Knight Bus was purple and triple-decker with seats during the day and beds at night. --WizardingWorld.com, covering the British series Harry Potter

In Mary's tribute here, I can see a couple anime and gaming characters.

Her site:
https://www.maryguo.com/fanart