Wonders of Space Travel (1954)

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A re-run again. I mentioned this one briefly about a year ago but thought I would share some more scans with you.
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/03/scientific-wonders-1953-wonders-of.html

These were booklets that were enclosed as extras in Lion magazine. This 1954 one reused a lot of the Bonestell and Freeman illustrations from the Collier's magazine series.

Some were re-paintings of famous images.

A lot of very beautiful art for such a small booklet. It even had this great color "center-fold".

I apologize for the lack of posts. there have been a lot less new items in my collection and I haven't had time to do more scans of some of the older ones. Maybe summer will re-inspire me. Here are a couple more pages:

Really beautiful images even if re-printed from another source.

Eyvind Earle- Art for Sleeping Beauty

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"Sleeping Beauty" is by far my favorite animated Disney film, and when I came across these preliminary drawings I knew I had to post them. Eyvind Earle's amazing background art for the film was influenced by everything, from the art of the middle ages to japanese wood block prints. These graphic styles are the perfect backdrop for this beloved fairytale.

All images found via the Art of Disney animation

eyvind earle VINTAGE DISNEY SERIES 1950

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Eyvind Earle

DISNEY ANIMATOR

b1916-2000

Born in New York in 1916, Eyvind Earle began his prolific career at the age of ten when his father, Ferdinand Earle, gave him a challenging choice: read 50 pages of a book or paint a picture every day. Earle choose both.

Special Thank you to the talented Michael Humpries for visiting + inspiring us here in Cleveland. He shared wonderful stories about his days at Disney. Here's one of the DISNEY GREATS he spoke of.

At the age of 21, Earle bicycled across country from Hollywood to New York, paying his way by painting 42 watercolors. Earle by the age of 21, came into his own unique style. His oeuvre is characterized by a simplicity, directness and surety of handling.

In 1951 Earle joined Walt Disney studios as an assistant background painter. Earle intrigued Disney in 1953 when he created the look of “Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom” an animated short that won an Academy Award and a Cannes Film Festival Award. Disney kept the artist busy for the rest of decade, painting the settings for such stories as “Peter Pan”, “For Whom the Bulls Toil”, “Working for Peanuts”, “Pigs is Pigs”, “Paul Bunyan” and “Lady and the Tramp”.

Earle was responsible for the styling, background and colors for the highly acclaimed movie “Sleeping Beauty” and gave the movie its magical, medieval look. He also painted the dioramas for Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. He worked at the Disney studios of 15 years until 1966.

Earle holding an animation cell from Sleeping Beauty

Love & Romance (Vintage and Funny Pics)

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'QUANTUM SHOT' #677 Link  Vintage & Classic Romance: Still Immensely Alluring! On the heels of Valentine's Day, here is our new "Love, Romance & Other Natural Disasters" compilation. Don't miss the previous issue - full of laughs, loves and yes, alas, natural disasters. For those inclined to see more artistic side of courtship, have a look at the Fine Points of Romance. Compiled from old illustrations and print advertisements, these cheerful slices of marital (and courtship) bliss from the 1950s and 1960s can still inspire and amuse today: Swept off his feet! (chair, and all... this is illustration by Fred Irvin from the 1949 Collier's magazine): (images via LIFE Magazine, National Geographic Magazine, via) Some smoldering passion from the classic 'Ben Hur' movie, via French Cinemonde magazine, 1960: Another one from the French Cinemonde magazine, starring Jean Marais and Cathia Caro: (image via) Fragment of the Mole People poster, 1956: The Sparkling Chrome American Dream: Happiness comes pre-stocked with Hires Root Beer! - And your own style of refrigerator - On a date... with vinyl (notice the awesome 'rabbit' toy): Total inspiration for the comic artists... Illustration by Leonard Starr - (image via) Enchanting illustration from back in 1937, click to enlarge: 'Is there an air of freshness?' - Yes! The key to man's heart - Things go great in space ('Thrilling Wonder Stories' cover fragment, Summer 1945): (image via) Beautiful illustrations by Ward Brackett from the 1960s: (images via) Love/Romance vintage pulp magazine covers: This cover is perhaps the most beautiful: Just before romantic involvement... some guys really don't have a clue what they are looking for: Granted, girls indeed can be mysterious: But in the end, it all comes down to simple 'Yes!' or 'No!': At first we always imagine our loved one as an angel: Then, we are offered the proverbial apple... and all is settled, to mutual consent: Not everything went smoothly even back in the days... there was some misunderstanding: A Wedding to Remember: (original unknown) Cooking? We never talked about it! - Well, there is another way to get food: (images via LIFE Magazine, via) Cats and ... hmm, aliens... need some romance, too: (original unknown) Looking forward to settling in a cozy house, full of your favorite things: (art credit: Jacek Yerka) If you're not careful, in time your loved one will start picking your brain - and she may even knit it! - (image via) Good old Star Wars hug: (image via) This is wonderful: the 'Inner Beauty'? or the 'Shadows of the Past'? - (image credit: Lyubomir Bykov) Simply beautiful, truly heart-felt work: (image credit: Tim Girvin) Good luck with your loved one, and not just on Valentine's Day, but throughout whole year! - (original unknown) CONTINUE TO NEXT PART OF THIS ARTICLE