Dork Art: Richard Davies PosterPalooza

Just spotted this amazing collection of poster art over at Crome Yellow.  Artist Richard Davies seems to be a busy bee, knocking out illustrated posters for some of the most popular flicks of recent years.  My favorite is certainly the Guardians of the Galaxy as it perfectly captures the 80s Album Art vibe of the film.  I appreciate the work done for The Raid 2, as much love as the first film got online, I feel like I haven't been hearing enough about it since it was released earlier this year.  And it's absolutely nice to drop some Django Unchained art on the blog.  It's been too long since we've had an opportunity to admire Tarantino's Southern.  I need to watch that soon.

--Brad

Dork Art: Santiago Caruso's Pan's Labyrinth

Here's a fascinating news item.  While the world (or at least the internet) is going gaga crazy for Pacific Rim, BFI Books is taking pre-orders for their Pan's Labyrinth critique.  The book is written Mar Diestro-Dopido, however, the immediate treat is the above cover image from artist Santiago Caruso.  A real beauty, this gothic illustration (and the unpublished version below) can be viewed in detail on Caruso's blog.  I'll certainly be snagging a copy, and I cannot wait for the (hopefully) inevitable Devil's Backbone follow-up.

--Brad

Dork Art: More Hilary White

Artist Hilary White is at it again.  Found these classic art re imaginings over at Geek Tyrant and I've been chuckling to myself ever since.  My faves are the Muppet centric pieces.

--Brad

Dork Art: The Fandom of Francesco Francavilla

I've been ranting and raving about Francesco Francavilla for the last couple of months here at ITMOD.  I haven't quite pinpointed what it is exactly about his style that triggers the primordial desires, but I'm definitely in love with His Love for classic (& not-so-classic cinema).  Today, the postman brought me Schermoscuro Vol 1: A 30 Day Journey In The Horror Silver Screen.  It's a nifty little book in which Francavilla illustrates and briefly discusses some of his favorite fright flicks.  And it comes with a bonus hand drawn sketch at the back of the book!

After quickly devouring the book I headed on over to Francavilla's website and started devouring more of his art.  I Am Just Head Over Heels In Love with his artistic nerding out, and I so want these below images hanging on my wall.  Apparently he sells some of these as prints, but you have to inquire.  After I've saved up some cash, I will surely do that.

--Brad

Dork Art: Peter Strain's Pan's Labyrinth

Reelizer just posted this gorgeous image from Peter Strain.  Reminds me I need to do a double feature of Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone pretty soon.

--Brad