Most published illustrations are based on staged photographs. Norman Rockwell’s covers for The Saturday Evening Post we’re such examples. Here is a piece of work by one of his contemporaries Gil Elvgren, who was known for his pin-up girls as well as advertising illustrations for companies such as Brown & Bigelow. Many of his ladies ended up as nose art on WW2 bombers.
Between 1985 and 1995 cartoonist Bill Watterson created the wonderful duo of a mischievous six year boy and his imaginary feline companion. The newspaper strip was awaited for each day – especially when he was looking forward to his beanie hat. Here is someone’s reiteration of the pair haring down a hillside upon a motorcycle.
Beautiful drawing of a classic Triumph engine. Quite special.
– Nice artwork with an urban view of a ‘cyclist kicking his bike into life. Terraced housing descends into the distance.
Origami motorcycle – it reminds me of the paper folding instructions in the Rupert the Bear annuals I used to get every Christmas as a kid.
Māori Moto. Here’s Les Elmer’s renovated ‘29 BSA. Coming up to its centenary in a few years and looking good for it!
Quick sketch of an early seventies Bonnie. Perhaps I might add a little wad of color.
Todays scribble is an X75 Triumph. Craig Vetter’s custom roadster for the Meriden triple engine. Curvilinear orange lines.
Trying some more quickfire thumbnails in my sketchbook. Color daubs and black pen linework.
More JD shenanigans. This time artist Steve Dillon brings the big guy on his Lawmaster to speed.
Judge Dredd zooming off on his Lawmaster to some place in Mega City One where a crime is in progress. Work by the great Ron Smith.
A new publication from the able mind of once 2000ad editor Steve Macmanus includes this wartime story of a mercenary fighter and his sidekick romping the lush Burmese jungle on a motorcycle combination.
– fill out the form and drop it in to your local Triumph dealer. Cool pencil drawing .
– old Judge Dredd mega zine covering featuring a Simon Bisley cover in homage to Meatloaf’s big selling album from ‘77. Judge Death “the crime is life, the sentence is death” blasts out of a grave. Superb artwork.
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