Saturday, April 27, 2013

DRAGONS by Edge

Dragons! Yes – undying inspiration and a constant theme in the paintings of many illustrators. As you'll see in this post, I did not resist the dragons. It is obvious to draw dragons is a lot of fun. I think there is no mythical creature that is drawn so many times as a dragon. In fact, we can follow the history of illustration / art through examples of drawn dragons. Each illustrator draws a dragon on its way, and there are many illustrators in the world, which means - it's a lot of different dragons!

Last ones in the series of dragons that I did, they are made for my USA clients, for promotional purposes. Two cute dragons as promo art for the U.S. publishers of children's books.
Dragons / Promo Art for U.S. publishers of children's books / 2013

If you peek in my sketchbook, you can always find a few dragons… 
Dragons from my sketchbook

I recently dug up some old works with dragons, from 2001. These are watercolor drawings of dragons.
Dragons / Watercolor drawing / 2001
At one of the drawings there is a little boy who is standing against the dragon. The little knight is very reminiscent of Harry Potter, but that year when the drawing was made, I did not know anything about Harry. 
Dragons and The Little Knight / Watercolor drawing / 2001

In 2004, I studied Demonology as an alternative aesthetic. It was my master thesis at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. At that time, I created a series of dragons under the influence of medieval engravings and prints of Renaissance German engravers like Albrecht Durer - my favorite
Dragons / Lexicon of Art Legions / 2004 - 2005

Soon, these dragons appeared in the book Lexicon of Art Legions.
Dragon Mimezisa / Lexicon of Art Legions / 2004 - 2005

And of course, in the end, here's the inevitable dragon from Tolkien's world, from The Hobbit – Smaug…  
Dragon Smaug / Watered ink and pen / 2008
Love dragons, and beware of the fire!

Thursday, April 18, 2013

KINDLY CORPSES SELECTED!

A few days ago I received good news from Jackie Miles:
“Dear Ivica;
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’RE ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST!!
This year’s Spectrum jury (consisting of Tim Bruckner, Irene Gallo, Tim Kirk, Mark A. Nelson, and Michael R. Whelan) has selected your art for inclusion in Spectrum20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

What's happening to me? - The main protagonist of KC
 …The names of your selected works:
   1) Kindly Corpses - winged figure in black robe
   2) Kindly Corpses - Skull figure with hourglass and flowers and nude woman…”

So, let's be reminded how they look these two pieces. Both drawings are from the last story in the comic book - Autopsy of Death.


In the meantime, we printed a third edition of Kindly Corpses, in Serbia. It's a miracle that we have come to the third edition in these unfortunate economic circumstances, especially in our country.

Third Serbian edition od Kindly Corpses / Drawing dedication to one of the fans
"This is mine and only mine!" – Katarina, biggest fan of KC
For those who have not had opportunity to find out more about this graphic novel, here are links that can be helpful.
Download link – first two chapters in PDF format (ENGLISH language version): HERE
Download link – first two chapters in PDF format (Serbian language version): HERE
Enjoy and beware!