THE ART OF DANIEL KRALL

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Daniel Krall is a talented illustrator from Baltimore, with an extensive portfolio and published work focused mostly on editorial design and illustrations for magazines like GQ, The NYT, Wired and a slew of others.

What I find most interesting about his work is the cartoony style colliding with somewhat adult themes, which for some reason brings back memories of early Tartavosky works from a decade or two ago. Rich colour palettes, bold compositions, and some black and white ink drawings not unlike those of the amazingly talented guy I'll show you in my next post! Stay tuned. Check out a few more images by Mr. Krall after the break!

IN THE SEARCH OF BEKSINSKI

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There was something bothering me about that huge head in the Prometheus posters that I thought I had seen before but wasn't quite sure where.

I kind of became obsessed by the image and started a search online. The obvious was to look for Giger's books or some Magic The Gathering artist that could have drawn something similar. In fact, Giger and Brom and a couple other artist have inspired a lot of the atmosphere for the Pirexian marshes in the famous TCG, with imagery that could have been directly drawn out from the Aliens setting.

But after a few weeks I wasn't sure if  a could really find out who else could bring the atmosphere that oozed from the poster/trailer ( besides the work of Giger), until yesterday.

Walking downtown, I came across this bookshop that had a book on display that made me smile. It was one the many omnibus/compendiums that abound on H.P Lovecraft stories, but this time it had the cover made by this amazing illustrator from Poland, a legend on its own, with a really extensive bio and even a wikipedia profile.

It was this guy that I was looking for; Zdzislaw Beksinski. As usual after the break more of his really really amazing, macabre works, ( the guy has amazing skills, considering he paints, like proper brush and canvas painting) and links to his profile.