posted: January 30, 2012

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posted: January 16, 2012

Drawings by Gardener Leaver

posted: January 10, 2012

 The piece began as a spread and was extended to include the cover. I worked closely with art director Dennis Brack as can been seen in the stages. There was a bit of jockeying for position of the various people represented as the story came more into focus.

Foreign Policy: 13 OUT-OF-THE-TINDERBOX WAYS TO SAVE THE ECONOMY: Debt-ridden and hidebound, Europe may be on the verge of a painful breakup. America is still reeling from the 2008 financial crisis. Even China and India -- the new engines of global growth -- seem to be sputtering these days. Worse yet, the usual wonkish prescriptions don’t seem to be working anymore. So we asked 13 of the smartest people we know to give us their one out-of-the-box idea for fixing the global economy. Here’s what they recommend.

  These were done in photoshop. Cover: 127 Layers, Spread: 74 Layers

 A scrap of brick in my brick file that became walls. The roof was done similarly.

Sketch for spread

Spread Finish

posted: January 4, 2012

New York Times December 28 2011: "...today’s flow of creative expression, riding a tide of billions of instantly accessible digital images and clips, is rapidly becoming so free and recycling so reflexive that it is hard to imagine it being slowed, much less stanched, whatever happens in court. It is a phenomenon that makes Mr. Prince’s artful thefts — those collages in the law firm’s office — look almost Victorian by comparison, and makes the copyright battle and its attendant fears feel as if they are playing out in another era as well, perhaps not Victorian but certainly pre-Internet."

 I added a few examples of artists working with appropriated imagery. it's hardly comprehensive. Obviously I could have included many more but I'd be scanning and posting for weeks.

Terry Gilliam 1969-1974

Frank Film, Frank MOURIS, 1973 by shortanimatedworld
 Frank Mouris, Frank Film 1973 Oscar Winner Best Animated Short

 Shepard Fairey 2009