Chris Lowrance Illustration + Design http://chrislowrance.net Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:31:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Welcome Coilhouse Readers! http://chrislowrance.net/welcome-coilhouse-readers/ http://chrislowrance.net/welcome-coilhouse-readers/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:31:32 +0000 Chris Lowrance http://chrislowrance.net/?p=118 If you were directed here by my ad in the latest issue of the magazine Coilhouse, welcome! I look forward to helping with your project!

]]> http://chrislowrance.net/welcome-coilhouse-readers/feed/ 0 Mention in Tarot Pathways Podcast http://chrislowrance.net/mention-in-tarot-pathways-podcast/ http://chrislowrance.net/mention-in-tarot-pathways-podcast/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 16:53:33 +0000 Chris Lowrance http://chrislowrance.net/?p=110 I’m mentions about 45 minutes into this podcast by Anastasia Haysler, a frequent client who is – as usual – much too flattering. If you’re at all interested in Tarot, art or illustration the whole thing is worth listening to – the interviewee is the excellent David Palladini. Hello to you  too, David, and thanks!

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Off They Went ]]> http://chrislowrance.net/off-they-went/feed/ 0 Lettering a Comic for Zuda http://chrislowrance.net/lettering-a-comic-for-zuda/ http://chrislowrance.net/lettering-a-comic-for-zuda/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:27:47 +0000 Chris Lowrance http://chrislowrance.net/?p=95 Indeed! Having worked with them before on the ribald Scarlett Takes Manhattan, Chris is now lettering Molly Crabapple and John Leavitt’s new “rococo steampunk murder mystery   THE PUPPET MAKERS, published by DC Comics imprint Zuda. UPDATE: The comic has launched!

]]> http://chrislowrance.net/lettering-a-comic-for-zuda/feed/ 0 The Odd House http://chrislowrance.net/the-odd-house/ http://chrislowrance.net/the-odd-house/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:23:54 +0000 Chris Lowrance http://chrislowrance.net/wordpress/?p=85 I’ve just completed one of the more intimidating illustrations for a children’s book I’ve been working on. Enjoy!

The Odd House ]]> http://chrislowrance.net/the-odd-house/feed/ 0 Paper Dolls http://chrislowrance.net/paper-dolls/ http://chrislowrance.net/paper-dolls/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:46:40 +0000 Chris Lowrance http://chrislowrance.net/wordpress/?p=79 As an artistic form, I’ve been fascinated with paper dolls lately. It’s art you’re meant to chop up and play with – little people you stick costumes on, who are completely at your mercy. We do the same to each other – projecting roles, stereotypes, and more often than not our own fears onto the bodies of our fellow human beings. Fragile, paper-thin garments that burden us all the same, unless we tear free or cling to them with pride and make them ours.

Anyway, here’s something I did with all that:

Lucinda

A larger version is at my DeviantArt account.

]]> http://chrislowrance.net/paper-dolls/feed/ 0 A New Century, a New Site http://chrislowrance.net/a-new-century-a-new-site/ http://chrislowrance.net/a-new-century-a-new-site/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:50:05 +0000 Chris Lowrance http://chrislowrance.net/wordpress/?p=11 Welcome to Chrislowrance.net 2.0! After designing and building so many sites using the awesome WordPress platform, it was finally time to move there myself. Enjoy the new design and revamped portfolios, and watch this space for news and updates.

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