April 21, 2008
Illustration
Craft lives
It wasn't long ago that graphic design was as much craft as it is intellectual exercise. You could argue that there is craft to using computers and software, but the physicality of most designer's daily work is not what it once was.
So it is refreshing (and nostalgic) to see great craft being practiced. Thank you to my friend Sheila Hanchard who points us to the work of Russian animator Alexander Petrov. Though he is best known for his artistic achievements—among others, his adaptation of The Old Man and the Sea—he is the director of several much-acclaimed, anti-conventional spots for United Airlines.
One of the United Airline spots—titled The Rose...
A clip from The Old Man and the Sea...
The Canadian animation studio Petrov works through, click Welcome > Directors...
And a fascinating documentary of Petrov's pastels on glass technique...
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