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Oh Those Vegetables

7/16/2016

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It's not just animals that we gift or burden with human traits.   Artists have also freed vegetables from their roots, allowing them to find both love and jealously human-style.   Here are examples from Amédée Varin's beautiful 1851 edition of L'Empire des légumes.
Anthropomorphic vegetables - drolleries
Two anthropomorphic peas walking. Amedee  Varin
The Emperor of Vegetables
Lettuce expressing shock at lovers.  Anthropomorphic art at anthroanimals.com
Anthropomorphic Carrot
Anthropomorphic Spring Onions
Anthropomorphic Vegetables Standing in Garden
Above images from 1851 edition of L'Empire des légumes.

Below are additional examples of late nineteenth century and early twentieth century anthropomorphic art: One painting depicts a lovely onion wearing black leather boots , and the other shows a pear proposing marriage to his partner. 
Anthropomorphic onion.
Anthropomorphic pear proposes marriage.
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The Art of Peter Newell

5/18/2016

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Portrait of Peter Newell

"All the sunshine of his life — and there seems to be a great store of it — he shares with all who will partake, and if he has any troubles he keeps them to himself. He is essentially a humorist, and one of the highest type.  It is his mission to bring laughter into the world, and he succeeds beyond measure, and always cleanly, clearly, humanely. He reminds one of Thackeray's implied definition of humor when in description of Dickens he speaks of "that mixture of love and wit - humor, tender humor."    - John Kendrick Bangs  August 24, 1899

American artist Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell (March 5, 1862 – January 15, 1924) created hundreds of comical anthropomorphic illustrations during his career as a children's illustrator and author.  He produced work for Harper's Weekly, the Saturday Evening Post and Judge, had his own comic strip called The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead and published his own books, including Peter Newell's Pictures and Rhymes.  He also illustrated the works of Mark Twain, Steven Crane , Lewis Carrol and other authors.  You can learn more about Peter Newell and see additional illustrations here.


Peter Newell Mules Washing Dishes from www.anthroanimals.com
Peter Newell  Goat Lying in Bed from www.anthroanimals.com
Peter Newell Illustration from Alice in Wonderland
The art of Peter Newell from www.anthroanimals.com
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Peter Newell's Illustrations of Alice in Wonderland from anthroanimals.com
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The Political Cartoons of J. S. Pughe (1870-1909)

5/17/2016

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From anthropomorphism to zoomorphism.  Political cartoonist John Samuel Pughe used anthropomorphic animals in his political cartoons, but he also frequently gave politicians, countries and Greek gods the characteristics of animals.  Pughe is best known for the cartoons he produced for Puck, America's first successful magazine of political satire.  

J. S. Pughe - A Thanksgiving Truce
In this cartoon by Pughe, Theodore Roosevelt toasts wild animals joining in a Thanksgiving feast.
J. S. Pughe - Elephant playing solitaire
An elephant representing the G.O.P picks up a playing card with Theodore Roosevelt's face.
J S Pughe cartoon of Richard McCurdy as a rat.
Pughe depicts banker Richard McCurdy as a rat swimming away from a sinking ship named "Frenzied Insurance."
J. S. Pughe's cartoon of Neptune and the Spanish American War.
The god Neptune in fish form looks in dismay at the wrecks of the Spanish fleet during the Spanish-American War.
J. S. Pughe Free Trade Cartoon - John Bull as bulldog
Pughe depicts politician John Bull as a bulldog holding a bone called "Free Trade" over a river. The reflection of the bone is labeled "Protection."
J. S. Pughe - William Jennings Bryant as snake devouring Democratic donkey.
Pughe depicts William Jennings Bryan and the Populist Party as a snake devouring a donkey representing the Democratic Party.
J. S. Pughe - Hatching an Egg called China
Pughe depicts the rulers of Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, and England as chickens trying to hatch an egg labeled "China."

You can see additional work by Pughe here.
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The Art of J J Grandville

5/7/2016

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French artist Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (13 September 1803 – 17 March 1847) is best known by his chosen pseudonym  J. J. Grandville.   His imaginative art has inspired generations of political cartoonists and surrealists.  The images below are from Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux and Un Autre Monde .

Emperor Penguin with Egg Anthropomorphic Art by J J Grandville
From the Private and Public Lives of Animals
From The Public and Private Lives of Animals by J J Grandville
From Th Private and Public Lives of Animals
Owls by J J Grandville From the Public and Private Lives of Animals by J J Greenville
J J Grandville - From the Private and Public Lives of Animals
J J Grandville - The Costume Party - Anthropomorphic Art
From Un Autre Monde (1844)
Anthropomorphic Alligator by J J Greenville
From The Private and Public Lives of Animals
Insect in Ball Gown by J J Grandville from the Private and Public Lives of Animals
From The Private and Public Lives of Animals
Anthropomorphic Bird by J J Grandville From the Private and Public Lives of Animals
From the Private and Public Lives of Animals

J. J. Grandville Un Autre Monde T-Shirt
Be a walking art museum.
The Art of J. J. Grandville
The Art of J. J. Grandville
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Making Composite Images

11/5/2014

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Easter rabbit on strike?  Yes.  And he's ready to explore the world with a little help from Photoshop.

White Rabbit at Grand Canyon Composite Image
Combination of vintage Easter card and 1894 painting (Rasputitsa) by Alexei Savrasov.


​In the image above, I've combined an Easter rabbit isolated from an early 1900s holiday card with a painting of the Grand Canyon by Thomas Moran.   And in the painting below, I've combined one of my photographs of a male Tufted Puffin with a painting that Italian  Renaissance painter Raffaello Sanzio created in 1505.


Tufted Puffin in Red Composite Painting
If you haven't tried making a composite image, you can learn more about blending and isolating images in  this video produced by Corey Barker.


If you're using art that you haven't personally created, remember that, with very rare exception, you need the permission of the copyright holder before using that work in your own adaptation. The copyright holder is usually, but not always, the artist or creator of the work. You can also choose work in the public domain.

How do you know when a work is in the public domain?  Your safest course is to assume that all works are copyrighted until you can prove otherwise. 
This copyright chart from Cornell can help you do that, but when in doubt, stick with unaltered works published before 1923 in the USA. Your final adaptation or compilation can qualify for a derivative copyright. 

The Owl General Anthropomorphic Chiffon Top
The Owl General Chiffon Top
Animals Take Over the Art Museum
Animals Take Over the Art Museum
by Steven Holt and Brenda Moseley

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