In the late 19th century and much of the 20th, the airbrush was used primarily for retouching and manipulating photographs or rendering drawings for commercial advertisements and political propaganda.
But in Tomine's precisely rendered drawings (which owe something to Clowes, something to the Hernandez brothers and maybe even a tiny debt to the painter Alex Katz) they take on a certain dignity and individuality.
But THE SWEETER SIDE OF R. CRUMB (MQ Publications, $30) celebrates, as this "misanthropic sex pervert" announces on the title page, "adorable, heartwarming and lovingly rendered drawings which, I promise, will not make you feel threatened in any way, and will put you in a state all warm and fuzzy and cuddly towards the artist and life in general".
Alongside the beautifully rendered drawings, the book offers essays by art historian Erich Franz, exploring Studinka's distinct creative process, and literature scholar Marco Baschera, who looks at the artist and his work from a philosophical perspective.
You may need a moment to recover from the full-on swoon brought on by these adorable, brilliantly rendered drawings.
In "Heads," Peter Sis uses delicately rendered drawings that evoke the surreal imagery of Archimboldo, Magritte and Dali to present his views on human growth and relationships.
In a series of multimedia works — from photography to meticulously rendered drawings — the artist looks at the culture of horse racing, touching on issues of fantasy, escapism and chance.
They depict pastoral scenes full of fascinating peculiarities, like improbably proportioned wildcats and peacocks, intricately rendered drawings of boats and trains, and in one illustration a full baseball team.
3D CAD applications will often have a built-in function for rendering drawings, and they also provide support for exporting models to more sophisticated rendering applications.
(The word is "control," not "facility"). In manual skill he can match anyone at work anywhere today, but he could hardly be further removed from the school of hyper‐realism that currently attracts most young artists who have an ability to draw photographically and the patience to render their drawings in color.
