ILLUSTRATION ART

 Carter Goodrich earned fame as a top character designer working on animated films such as Finding Nemo, Despicable Me, Ratatouille, Brave and Coco.  As someone noted when Goodrich was working on Prince of Egypt, he "designs characters from the inside...

I love this illustration of Eurystheus being frightened by creatures from Hades.  It was drawn over 3,000 years ago by a Greek artist from a workshop in Caere.
When have you seen a better illustration of "Yikes!" ?
I love the abstract conglomeration of snapping jaws and hissing snakes.  I love that Eurystheus has pathetically tried to find safety in a large urn. His eyes are popped wide, his arms thrown up in fright (notice how sensitively the ancient artist drew...

This year's "end" is a beautiful painting by the talented Greg Manchess
The end in both senses of the word
Greg's painting is about the commitment necessary to take meaningful creative risks.

 I love Richard Thompson's modern celebrity Santa.
We never actually see Santa because he's always being hustled away by his keepers.
Thompson was a brilliant, beautiful illustrator who died all too young.  His drawings were simultaneously wobbly yet precise.  They were naive yet sophisticated.  His humor was childish yet wise.  For me, he ranked among the best humorous illustrators...