The Illustrated Archives

Illustration, design, animation, and film. The best of illustrative arts all in one place!

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Environmental design from Laika’s Paranorman. Artwork by Pete Oswald.

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Environmental design from Laika’s Paranorman. Artwork by Pete Oswald.

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Character model sheets for Laika’s Paranorman. Artwork by Pete Oswald.

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Character design and concept art from Laika’s Paranorman. Artwork by Pete Oswald.

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ParaNorman Zombies Concept Art By Heidi Smith

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Joe Moshier’s colorful character design for Michael “Goob” Yagoobian from Disney’s Meet the Robinsons (2007).

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KAY NIELSEN Fantasia - Ride Of The Valkyries Pastel 9″ x 7″

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Fantasia “Night on Bald Mountain” Concept Painting by Kay Nielsen (Walt Disney, 1940). Joe Grant recommended Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen (1886 - 1957) to Walt Disney. Walt took the advice and hired him, and Kay worked at the studio from 1937 to 1941. He was renowned at the studio for his dramatic concept art and illustration work. His work and insight was used extensively for the “Night on Bald Mountain” segment of Fantasia…

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How Sir Lancelot fought with a fiendly dragon

The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1917

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The Valiant Little Tailor

Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Kay Nielsen, 1925

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Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley in Le Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Malory, 1893-1894

The Collected Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley, 1967

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Mel Odom, Omni Magazine, January 1992

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Fleurs du lac, Edgar Maxence 

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The Sorcerer - Frank Frazetta

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Eugène Carrière Femme accoudée à la table 1893

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François-Léon Benouville - Jeanne d'Arc entendant les voix, 1855-1859

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FREDERIC LEIGHTON. Biondina, 1879.