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Haven’t Tumbl’d in years, so here’s to getting back in the game! And speaking of GAME, here’s some recent-ish work for Variety, for a feature on NBA’s most media-savvy players. (Pictured L to R: Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Dwayne Wade, Andre Iguodala, Kyrie Irving and Tony Parker).
Published July, 2018 - Art Director: Jennie Chang
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One of the first people I “met” on Tumblr, and had the pleasure of trading likes, messages, and keeping up with one another’s successes and failures sadly passed away last night. I never knew her personally, but Samantha Morris was a friend to so many in the L.A. improv community, and having been around to see each other take the awkward first steps in different creative pursuits on Tumblr, I was so excited to follow her career and see all the wonderful things she did and had yet to do. I was saddened to hear about her diagnosis with lung cancer this past year, but so inspired by how many people reached out and together raised money to help with her treatment. She was so loved, and for her to be gone at such a young age is absurdly unfair.. You will be missed, Sam.
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First few months as a homeowner, going hard for my Suburban-Garage-Dad license. “Hello, neighbor! *Thud**Bang* just making some gd cabinets in here!”
squad goals
(via cracked)
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Before the first month of 2016 ends, I better follow through with my resolution of posting more. So, thankfully I have some new stuff to put up here. ESPN.com did an extensive ranking of the 49 Super Bowl MVPs, and I had the pleasure of drawing every one of them, in all their sweaty-fly-away-hair glory. Here’s a handful of my favorites of the set. And just now realized this ended up with a very timely mardi gras-like palette. Happy New Year/Mardi Gras!
Happy Analog Monday from these cute products.
A Christmas miracle! Literary Paper Dolls was graciously included in Amazon’s Editor’s Picks of 2015 list, along with a ton of other great Chronicle Books titles. So if you’re looking for a Christmas gift - or hell, give a pal a Thanksgiving gift once in a while - for your aspiring writer friends, English teachers, or anybody with a good pair of scissors and an hour to kill, do I have the book-shaped thing for you!
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“We’re on the slow plan to get over her terrible beginnings. She has a lot of PTSD. She was born in a kill shelter so she spent the first four months of her life in a cage. She’s terrified of the outside world. When I first brought her home, she wouldn’t even leave her carrier for the first three days. I had to buy a white noise box and insulate the whole apartment because she was so scared of noise. It took us a whole year before I could get her to leave the apartment. But now there are some mornings when she even asks to go outside. She tends to change her mind once we get to the elevator, but I always give her time to regroup, and she’s happy when we finally get outside. It’s so great to see her enjoy the outdoors. The happiness may only stick for a few moments at a time, but it’s so great to see.”
I just moaned.
I hope my fall experience is as magical as this made me feel.
IT IS COMING.
THISOh gosh I just can’t even wait. Someone please put me in a time warp or something.
Mmmm. I can almost smell the beauty of it all. Is it here yet?!
(via lisa-lou-who)
Alone in the forest
Mr. Gentle, 2015
To all my dearest followers,
Having been posting my works on Tumblr for over three years, my style of drawings have kept developing. I really appreciate all the advices I got on this platform and also those help me re-posting my works so as to let more people to know about Mr. Gentle. Its my dream that one day I can be a full time illustrator, being able to support myself and my family with my drawings. I know it will be a tough road but my passion of drawing gets stronger and stronger everyday. After month of planning, I have decided to start selling my works on Society6 as a first step of my illustration career. If you are interested about my works, please have a little browse on my profile on society6. And if there is something that you like, please don’t hesitate to show your support!Thank you!
Lol (Lots of Love),
Mr. Gentle
One of my favorite Tumblr art-peoples! Check ‘em out and grab some beautiful prints.
Welp, this was a cool thing I didn’t expect. Entertainment Weekly featured Literary Paper Dolls in their Books section in a recent issue. Kind of embarrassed it’s next to an actually smart book like Between the World and Me, but hey, “act like you belong” and all that.
And I gotta say thank you to anyone that’s gotten a copy of the book already. I beat myself up about my limited drawin’ skills constantly, but I gotta say I am insanely proud of how this book turned out. So to see it getting some love is one of the purer, not-so-doubt-riddled moments I’ve had in a while. Really an awesome feeling.
And if you don’t have a copy, and you like authors like Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, The Brontë Sisters, Truman Capote, (Plug Alert®) getcha one! There are 16 famous writer-types included and they all come with painfully researched typerwriters and booze, not to mention a lot of other stuff.
Happy #BookBirthday kylehiltonillustration & Literary Paper Dolls!
Literary Paper Dolls lives! Grab a copy today if you see one!
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In honor of Ernest Hemingway’s birthday today, here’s a paper doll from my Literary Paper Dolls book. I can’t promise he’ll smile, BUT feel free to print him out and throw a miniature party anyway.
Here’s a thing I got to do for the new issue of WIRED, out today, all about the upcoming “Wet Hot American Summer” Netflix series. Got to draw a lotttt of my favorite people and ants, so this was really fun to work on. Above is the full spread and some closer looks at some of the cast.
