Illustration of the Day: Love? You Figure It Out.

Posted by on May 19, 2010 in Illustration of the Day

How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Develop Dynamic Mathematical Models to Count The Ways.José-Manuel Rey of the Department of Economic Analysis, at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid has figured out how to have a happy relationship via mathematical models. Come on José, who doesn’t know this already.

Teddy

Posted by on Aug 26, 2009 in Illustration of the Day, Illustrators I like

By Mark Kaufman No matter where you stand politically, it cannot be denied that Edward M. Kennedy has been a major force in American culture for close to 50 years, as is evidenced by this Time Magazine cover from September 1962. Portrait by the great René Bouche.

Ukraine’s Got Sand Art

Posted by on Aug 13, 2009 in Illustration of the Day

By Mark Kaufman Move over Susan Boyle. Kseniya Simonova will blow your freakin’ mind with her sand animation from Ukraine’s Got Talent. The music, the on the fly illustration, the music, the WWII history, the dramatic sand tossing, the performance art stylings, and the lovely bit with the candle. That’s Illustration. That’s entertainment!

Dateline: Iran. Mousavi Art.

Posted by on Jun 19, 2009 in Illustration of the Day

Mir-Hossein Mousavi (Khameneh), The Queen’s Park, 1972, Grey Art Gallery, New York University Art CollectionBy Mark Kaufman I was up until 3am PST last night watching a live broadcast of the Ayatollah Khamenei speech at Tehran University last night. Reports breaking a while ago are that those close to Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi […]

Illustration of the Day: The Very Ugly Man

Posted by on May 7, 2009 in Illustration of the Day

By Mark Kaufman The image on top is an artists impression of the latest suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, described as a “very ugly man”. It is indeed a very haunting image. It immediately brought to my mind the drawings at bottom by Tom Wolfe from the book The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, which […]

Illustration of the Day (Unfortunately)

Posted by on Apr 16, 2009 in Illustration of the Day

Photo by Toni RomaoBy Mark Kaufman At first I thought that critics on the left, and in the center would be wise to not dismiss the Tea Party movement. After seeing the great angry mob come out of their holes across the country yesterday and their getting a load of signs and banners touting rage […]

Good News on the Newspaper Front

Posted by on Apr 10, 2009 in Illustration of the Day

By Mark Kaufman After months of really bad news, i.e newspaper closings, layoffs, loss of revenue and advertisers, and loss of market share to new media, today finally brings a bit of good news. Well not good in the sense that it addresses any of the problems listed above. The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has […]

Illustrations of the Day

Posted by on Dec 9, 2008 in Illustration of the Day

By Mark Kaufman One thing that I absolutely love is the dying art of courtroom illustration. In an age when everything is on TV or the net, photography and video are king, so it is always surprising to see quick courtroom sketches be a major visual factor in a breaking news story. As surprising as […]