Thank you Peter for another marvellous presentation and in doing so , keeping alive the works of such wonderful artists . I find it incredible just how entwined with such historical events the lives of those featured truly are and I also find it fascinating , that the more closely studied , just how revealing history can truly be ….
I am so very much influenced by Barbier in my own art. Another Great video. I am so please I have not run through them all yet. Like a never ending library of books, adding to the shelves.
hello again and my usual thanks. I don't know where you are but here in the grimy Northwest of England it doesn't feel much like Spring. Some sunny weather would be nice.
Don Freeman's illustrations give me such a warm fuzzy familiar feeling, though I can't quite remember seeing his books as a child, I feel I must have. Now I need to find myself a copy of "The Space Witch!"
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Being British I had never heard of Don Freeman (and quite a few other American children's illustrators) until I started making these videos, and their work has really been fascinating for me to discover.
Hello and many thanks to you for your appreciation of the channel content. And that's a flattering remark about my voice (which I don't actually like much). I hope you continue to find the content interesting.
Four illustrators I was unfamiliar with, all terrific! I wasn't a fan of Cordury in my youth but was unaware of Freeman's other books... I'll be seeking them out!
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. Your great grandfather was an immensely talented illustrator, and I've been very pleased to get favourable comments from the descendents of other British greats from the period.
Hello and that's a very nice thing to hear I was never doing this to chase numbers but it is quite satisfying to know the channel is connecting with more people.
Hello and I must say Lewis baumer was one of my favourite discoveries when making these videos. Charming and witty, unlike much of today's more brutal humour.
Hello again to you and many thanks for another positive response. It really is very rewarding when viewers continue to enjoy and appreciate the channel.
I work in an airbrush t shirt shop on gulf coast US as an artist. I pass along info as to Loomis tutorials and Pete Beard to youngsters stuck on drawing anime with frequent regularity. You have a wonderful poise and spirit sir. Thank you again.
Hello to you and thanks a lot for your support. I took a look at your highly enjoyable work, and don't think badly of me, but as soon as I got the better of photoshop in the 90s I went out into my back garden and ceremoniously smashed my actual airbrush to bits. I hated the damn thing.
As a "youngster" who used to be stuck on drawing anime with frequent regularity at one time lol I’d suggest learning more about said manga’s artists, which more often than not admit in interviews that their styles were influenced by western illustration (eg Dragon Ball’s Akira Toriyama), classic Disney (eg Hayao Miyazaki), etc. Seeing that this sort of western art isn’t celebrated in any media directed towards us, anime will maintain its exciting and inspirational status -- building that bridge can do wonders.
@@Lydiaaah This may not continue to be the case and yes it appears anime is here to stay. The young generation is crazy about it. But for the present time it would seem to remain a genre of its own. Mr Beard's videos are fantastic aren't they?
@@evanriddle1614 It does seem to be its own genre, yes, but that’s because western animation has been lacking for the longest, and western CGI animation rarely inspires draughtsmanship from teens. One simply has to watch a fight scene from your usual anime (eg One Punch Man) and put it side-by-side with celebrated hand-drawn western animation (say, Legend of Korra) and there’s simply no comparison -- anime is alive. Same for modern comics vs. manga. As for Mr. Beard’s channel, I’m new to it but it does seems great! I just wish he slowed down the pace a bit -- I think it’s a disservice to the artists making that many works go by so fast. There's no need to show that many imo.
Wonderful work. Thank you so much. I am absolutely enchanted by Lewis Baumer, not least because his work is so reminiscent of early Just William illustrations which I love, as I do Edwardian Punch. His 'paintings' (to make the distinction) are also immensely alluring and he has instantly become a person like whom I wish I could draw.
here's an odd thing...I have been aware of Lewis Baumer since I found "Bright Young Things" in my parents library at about age 10, but most of the other people you come across, seemingly so effortlessly, I have not heard of. Keep'em coming!
Hello, and I managed to not be aware of Baumer's work (which I love) until I was in my 60s.And despite my lifelong fascination with illustration there are many other such examples.
Incredible Series. Reminds me of how incredibly untalented I am but, still extremely well done. Music selections are superlative..."Goo wash".....It appears that Barbier preceded Romain de Tirtoff (Erte) Their work is incredibly similar.
@@petebeard Dude, you're awesome. Your work is therapeutic... I'm sure you're familiar with this character... His work is top-notch as well,,,, Waldemar Januszczak | Perspective...
@@ElroyMunson Hello again and thanks again. Yes I'm aware of his work and despite being insanely jealous that he gets to travel the world and visit the great galleries while I'm stuck in my back bedroom, he is one of very few art critics I've got any time for.
Don Freeman! Good Heavens! I remember reading Space Witch and many others some 50+ years ago! (I love the pic. of Tillie popping popcorn!) He must have spoken In Wichita; the public library has a framed original color illustration of "Mop Top," which he may have drawn during his appearance.
Hello again and I'm pleased you enjoyed the feature on Dn Freeman. As a Brit I had never heard of him until I started making these videos, and I'm glad as with so many others that I have found his work.
Hi John. I really don't know why but it has to be said the Americans are the masters of painted representatonal illustration. I've got a list as long as your arm of Rockwellians still to do.
Don Freeman book cover's collectin at minute 11:39 are really beatiful! The drawing style of "Chuggy Blue Caboose" - 12:05 - is memorable, we usually saw, more or les the same in some sketchbooks, and seems so modern...and that is because we didn't know Freeman work - until now -. Thanks again Pete for your work!
Hello Gabriel and thanks as usual for your comment. Freeman is yet another illustrator I had no idea existed. And I also didnt know that so many illustrators were using traditional lithography in the recent past. This series is teaching me so much.
I've seen your video about Alexandre de Riqueur, it deserve a comment that I'll post as soon as possible. This Alexandre video surprise me a lot, see you soon.
Hi again, and I've replied to a few younger viewers who didn't understand how offset 4 colour litho works but I like to think viewers will find out themselves via google and youtube. There are a lot of videos explaining print process and many of them are about traditional stone lithography, so I dont really see what I could add. And despite working with print of various kinds for half a century it still seems like magic to me.
Great stuff! My unsung hero has always been Virginia Sterrett. Kay Nielsen, as well. Whenever I try to draw humans/humanoids, I'm consciously trying to draw their humans. I don't succeed, but I try my hardest, haha.
Hello and thanks for your positive response. If you haven't already come across them on the channel Nielsen is in unsung heroes 4 and Sterrett in 11. I hope you approve.
i just got my copy of "THE FLAPPER QUEENS: WOMEN CARTOONISTS OF THE JAZZ AGE" in the post! it is GORGEOUS!!! and too funny! they were literally illustrating memes back then!!! i got it primarily for the artist you featured, Nell Brinkley...but the other artists are awesome too! i especially like Edith Stevens!!!! thank you for putting me on to such fun art!!!!
Hello and that sounds like a fascinating book. I just checked out Edith Stevens online but there's hardly anything to be had. They are probably a little late to be in your book but I recommend Barbara Shermund and Helen Hokinson. I'm currently working on both for future instalments.
sorry, you can delete the last comment - i put links and i realize that as a commenter, that is not something i should be doing! i just got excited and know that every person has different results when they google the same topic, and thought i might get search results that you didn't (also because i am in a different geographical region!)
@@StephanieJarman Hello again and I wasn't aware of any links so maybe the TH-cam thought police removed them or even the whole comment. It's all very confusing how this thing works or doesn't. Sometimes I get comments and it won't allow me to reply at all. I've given up wondering about it.
Thanks for producing this, you have introduced me to yet more illustrators I'd never heard of. I will be chasing up Don Freeman's Norman the Doorman and Space Witch! Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Hello and I too had never heard of Don Freeman until I started making theses videos. It's good to know that the channel is succeeding in its mission to shine light on these relatively inknown talents.
As usual, interesting, entertaining and enlightening. Another great installment Pete, well done. And it's great to see you have broken the 20k mark of subscribers, which you really deserve, onwards and upwards!
Hello again and my usual thanks. It does feel good to have this surge of subscriptions, although I can't for the life of me work out why it should have suddenly got more popular. I'm about to hit a million total views too, so my plan for world domination proceeds as planned.
Hello and a book, or books would be a nice idea but it's just too problematic trying to find a publisher. I'll leave that for somebody else to tackle. This way it's just me I have to deal with.
Hello and you may have noticed I try to steer as clear of societal issues and ills as much as possble, and stick to the less contentious subject of the work itself. But it must be conceded that racial inclusivity was on nobody's agenda on either side of the Atlantic in the period covered by the series. When I first starting working in the 1970s heer in Britain I had to ask the client if it was OK to have some black characters in my illustrations.
Hello and thanks a lot. I could but it would make the videos longer, and as it is average view time for a typical video is unfortunately about half its total length. Average attention spans are distressingly short. Best I can suggest is to pause it every once in a while or even rewind occasionally and I hope you are not put off from watching others.
@@petebeard thanks for the reply Pete, absolutely not put off, i love your videos, it’s just such a mega amount of amazing stuff my eyes are overwhelmed 🥰👀. 😝
What a wonderful, cozy channel! And you sound like a (much more) collected Alan Moore lol! Might I suggest that you reduce the amount of works displayed, slowing the pace down while zooming & panning as you did around @7:53 in order for us to revel in the piece? It’ll make our mouths water, driving us to search for more. As for Sewell’s current lack of recognition, seeing as he wasn’t a member of the Society of Illustrators nor part of their _Famous Artists School_ correspondence course, he simply faded away like so many in the same position. Finally, even though he wasn’t an illustrator, could you tell me *anything* about Mikhail Mikeshin's works? I can only find his _Coronation of Alexander III_ painting which looks like a mix of Moebius and Mucha before they were a thing. I simply refuse to believe that that was his only painting lol.
Hello and thanks for your response to the channel. The problem with slowing down the pace is that it means I either show less work or make the videos longer. As it is average viewing time is only around half of a typical video. So I feel obliged (reluctantly) to cater to the remarkably short attention spans of many viewers. I'm sorry if this is less suitable for more thoughtful viewers but at least you have the option to pause the video or better still from my perspective watch it again! Regarding Mikeshin's art I had never heard of him until your comment. I looked on google and there seems to be a reasonable amount of his work to view, but most of it seems to be sculpture.
@@petebeard There are rapidly successful channels that only show only a few (or even just one) paintings for 15min-straight, such as _Great Art Explained._ Don’t cater to them, especially when you yourself feel reluctant about it. Lingering on just a few would have more staying power and would respect the artists’ works more. And constantly pausing the video breaks a nice flow. These are just my two cents, ofc. And thanks for taking the time to help me out with Mikeshin btw!
Can you please name the other artist in other videos. These very French names are hard to find on the internet. Thanks for putting out these great vids !
Hello and thanks for watching. To see the names of the illustrators and arists in Art of Illustration just put the closed captions on. And the same applies for all the unsung heroes videos but the names are also in the description box for each video so you actually don't need to. I hope that helps.
this is so cool - earlier this week i ordered the book "GEORGE BARBIER: MASTER OF ART DECO by Hiroshi Unno" and after watching your video featuring Nell Brinkley i found a book with her art called "THE FLAPPER QUEENS: WOMEN CARTOONISTS OF THE JAZZ AGE by Trina Robbins" (i ordered it too!)
Hello and it's particularly rewarding to know you've been motivated to get hold of these books. Barbier i particular doesn't get the appreciation he deserves. There's a video on it's way which includes his contemporary Erté, which I suspect you'll appreciate.
I adore Don Freeman's illustration. "Corduroy" is one I have read many time at story time at the library where I work. It is still a favorite with the kids. David Catrow's illustration of "I ain't gonna paint no more". Check it out, the illustration and better than Jackson Pollack!
Hello again and thanks as usual. I had never heard of freeman previously - I don't think he was that popular in Britain. And thanks a lot for leading me to David Catrow's illustration. Again, I had never previously seen his work.
Being a newcomer to your series, I am still viewing some chapters. In case they have not Bernarda included yet, Would you consider these two artists: Alberto Breccia ( 1919-1993) and Dino Battaglia ( 1923-1983 ) .
Hello and welcome to the channel. And a very big thankyou for those two names. Sadly they were both born too late to qualify for the unsung heroes series (only those born up to 1910 are eligible). But I am very impressed with both, and I had never heard of either. I have a video called 'between the lines' about black and white illustrators and I hope to make another one. When I do these two will be included. So thanks again - I always enjoy seeing the work of illustrators I was unaware of.
I look forward to every video that you post! Thank you so much for the research and work that you do to produce them. I need to start over from the beginning as I have done some skipping around in sequence and may have missed some entries. In the past week I have been desperate to find more info on an American Illustrator named Gary Lund. He apparently illustrated Harry Nilsson's "The Point" storyboard, developing all of the characters based on Harry's acid tripping dreams. It all was then animated into the cartoon/program. There just isn't that much out there about Gary Lund after his work with Harry Nilsson. I imagine you have already covered him in one of your videos. If so, can you direct me to it? THank you so much Pete!!!
Hello and I think I was in my early 20s when I first saw The Point and I loved it and immediately bought the album. I had no idea that gary Lund had any involvement (in fact i can't even remember who made the animation). But thanks for jogging my memory. And the good news is that as well as an entry and filmography on IMDb there is a website - www.gary-lund-artwork.com with all kinds of work and a biography. He is also featured at illustratornate.wordpress.com/tag/gary-lund/ with images from the booklet that came with the album.
Hello and thanks for your positive response. And thanks for suggesting Horst Lemke. I was completely unaware of his existence so I'm grateful for the chance to admire his work. Sadly it seems he was born too late to be included in the unsung series, as I had to stop somewhere in history or I would have been completely overwhelmed. And 1910 is the cutoff point. A pity but I will be surprised if I live long enough to finish the names I already have waiting to be featured.
@@petebeard Hello Pete. I wasn't aware of 1910 being your cutoff point. Since you can't include Horst Lemke, here's another of my childhood heroes: Fritz Koch-Gotha, who was born at the end of the 19th century, so he might fit. And I definitely hope that you will outlive your list by many years.
@@norbertpautner377 Hi again. It was somewhat of an oversight on my part not to set that out from the beginning of the series, and why I assumed viewers would somehow know this I have no idea. But thanks for this new offering and I can tell you he's included. A real discovery for me and he will make an ideal subject down the line. No idea when he will appear - there are still hundreds waiting their turn. but I mix them up for balance so he may well feature sooner rather than later. Thanks again.
Hi again, and I've no plans to detail the ups and (more) downs of my own career, but there is already a video on the channel of some of my work from when I was still earning a living from pictures. Pete Beard portfolio will take you to a brief compilation.
Hi Pete, Just wondering if you have done a video on Norman Thelwell. I've had a search through but can't find one. I'm trying to find out more about his work/method etc. I'm an aspiring illustrator who loves Thelwell's work. Thanks very much. Adam UK
Hello and I'm fairly sure I mentioned him briefly in my British illustration in the 1950s video, but it was insultingly brief. He is one of my favourite illustrators and one of the reasons I wanted to be a humorous illustrator in the first place. Unfortunately he was born too late to qualify for the unsung heroes series (1910 is my cutoff point). That might seem arbitrary but I had to stop myself somewhere. As it is I'll be lucky to live long enough to finish the series. But with this prompting from you I will explore whether I can get enough information and visual material to justify a solo video about him.
@@petebeard Hi Pete, thanks very much for replying. I didn't realise the series was only going up to 1910. But I am grateful you are making them. As I am planning on entering the industry, it is very useful to me to understand more about its history. I'm sure I would have hundreds of questions for you about the industry and its practice. No doubt it has changed a lot in recent decades. And as for living long enough - I hope you are well. Very best wishes, Adam
@@adamthorntonillustration9281 Hello again, and I didn't mean to indicate my days are numbered - at least I hope not. But I recently turned 70 so I'm well aware of the ticking of the celestial clock. And yes the world of illustration is fairly unrecognisable from how it was when I first entered the profession in 1973. But despite my officially retired status I do still create the occasional picture. Feel free to ask questions about what you might expect in the shark tank. Not sure about 'hundreds' but if I can be of any help I'd be glad to do so.
@@petebeard Thanks again, Pete. That is very kind of you to offer to help. I did wonder whether you were hinting that you're unwell or something, so thank you for clarifying. I was actually born in 1973! So am seeking to enter the industry a bit later in life, perhaps after having quite a life so far. I guess the main questions I have about the industry would revolve around something I hear Holly Exley (an illustrator who posts quite candid videos on TH-cam) says about how illustrators are being valued less and less as the years go on. Holly believes it's partly to do with illustrators undervaluing themselves and accepting too little fee for their skills, thus pushing fees down quite considerably. While I am certainly not in it for the money (and am planning on being a children's book illustrator, which Holly does not do, although we would both be freelance), I am hoping that it will be a viable profession. One more question would be if you feel it is important to keep up with the current fashion in style. While I do only paint digitally, I'm seeing a lot of illustrators these days in the very clean digital style of Ross Tran (from Ross Draws), whereas my inspiration and the syle I am seeking lies with Marco Bucci and his green monster illustrations. Do you have any comment on either of these issues? Thanks very much again. Adam
Hello Tony and I'll try to keep this as brief as I can. The images are either scanned from books or downloaded from the web and formtted/cleaned up and all the rest using Affinity photo. They are then dragged into imovie (I'm on a mac) where all the transitions, framings and camera moves are done. The sound track and vocals are recorded in garageband and that's dragged into the imovie timeline so it can all be synchronised. I hope that's helpful.
Thank you Peter for another marvellous presentation and in doing so , keeping alive the works of such wonderful artists . I find it incredible just how entwined with such historical events the lives of those featured truly are and I also find it fascinating , that the more closely studied , just how revealing history can truly be ….
Hello again and many thanks for your continued appreciation of my work here. It really is a pleasure when viewers relate to the content.
Norman the Doorman!
What a great great piece of originality!
Hello and thanks a lot for the comment. I nust admit I thought it was rather good too, and I had never previously come across his work.
I love this guy's accent, voice. Beautiful.
I'm blushing...
Thank you for this series, so many wonderful artists that are unsung, and the HD is appreciated too.
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.
I am so very much influenced by Barbier in my own art. Another Great video. I am so please I have not run through them all yet. Like a never ending library of books, adding to the shelves.
Hello again and that's a very nice compliment. Thanks a lot.
terrific, best way to celebrate the first day of spring. Always happy when a new video comes on. Thank you as always for all the work and time.
hello again and my usual thanks. I don't know where you are but here in the grimy Northwest of England it doesn't feel much like Spring. Some sunny weather would be nice.
@@petebeard I'll try to send some your way. I'm in Texas and after our snowpocalypse recently, 70 degree F days and 49 degree F nights is like heaven.
Don Freeman's illustrations give me such a warm fuzzy familiar feeling, though I can't quite remember seeing his books as a child, I feel I must have. Now I need to find myself a copy of "The Space Witch!"
Hello and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Being British I had never heard of Don Freeman (and quite a few other American children's illustrators) until I started making these videos, and their work has really been fascinating for me to discover.
Thank you for sharing this and taking your time out to make these beautiful informative videos. And your soothing voice is Cherry on the Top.
Hello and many thanks to you for your appreciation of the channel content. And that's a flattering remark about my voice (which I don't actually like much). I hope you continue to find the content interesting.
Four illustrators I was unfamiliar with, all terrific! I wasn't a fan of Cordury in my youth but was unaware of Freeman's other books... I'll be seeking them out!
Hello again, and all of Freeman's work was unknown to me previously. But as I was making the video I kept thinking "THIS was his biggest success?'
It was a lovely surprise to find this ... Lewis Baumer is my great-grandfather
Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. Your great grandfather was an immensely talented illustrator, and I've been very pleased to get favourable comments from the descendents of other British greats from the period.
Oh, you hit 20K, word must be getting out. You're possibly the only channel curating illustrators of the past. We need it.
Hello and that's a very nice thing to hear I was never doing this to chase numbers but it is quite satisfying to know the channel is connecting with more people.
Thanks, Pete, for your answer! A. Breccia also has outstanding works in color. Best regards,
Pete your series continues to inspire. Thanks
Thanks as ever for commenting. Always a tonic.
So happy to see a new Unsung Hero’s video👍❤️👍❤️👍❤️
And I'm glad you continue to enjoy them. Many thanks.
I absolutely love the illustration at 2:57 It's so quaintly worded, but just like a modern meme in its idea. 😆
Hello and I must say Lewis baumer was one of my favourite discoveries when making these videos. Charming and witty, unlike much of today's more brutal humour.
As always a pleasure!
Hi David, and so is your positive comment.
Superb as always. Thank you Pete.
Hello again to you and many thanks for another positive response. It really is very rewarding when viewers continue to enjoy and appreciate the channel.
Wonderful episode, thanks!
My continuing gratitude for your support of the channel. I like to think there are yet more great examples to show down the line.
I work in an airbrush t shirt shop on gulf coast US as an artist. I pass along info as to Loomis tutorials and Pete Beard to youngsters stuck on drawing anime with frequent regularity. You have a wonderful poise and spirit sir. Thank you again.
Hello to you and thanks a lot for your support. I took a look at your highly enjoyable work, and don't think badly of me, but as soon as I got the better of photoshop in the 90s I went out into my back garden and ceremoniously smashed my actual airbrush to bits. I hated the damn thing.
@@petebeard I absolutely agree! But it's what"they" know and understand here and it provides income. Never liked it myself. Thank you for your reply.
As a "youngster" who used to be stuck on drawing anime with frequent regularity at one time lol I’d suggest learning more about said manga’s artists, which more often than not admit in interviews that their styles were influenced by western illustration (eg Dragon Ball’s Akira Toriyama), classic Disney (eg Hayao Miyazaki), etc.
Seeing that this sort of western art isn’t celebrated in any media directed towards us, anime will maintain its exciting and inspirational status -- building that bridge can do wonders.
@@Lydiaaah This may not continue to be the case and yes it appears anime is here to stay. The young generation is crazy about it. But for the present time it would seem to remain a genre of its own. Mr Beard's videos are fantastic aren't they?
@@evanriddle1614 It does seem to be its own genre, yes, but that’s because western animation has been lacking for the longest, and western CGI animation rarely inspires draughtsmanship from teens. One simply has to watch a fight scene from your usual anime (eg One Punch Man) and put it side-by-side with celebrated hand-drawn western animation (say, Legend of Korra) and there’s simply no comparison -- anime is alive. Same for modern comics vs. manga.
As for Mr. Beard’s channel, I’m new to it but it does seems great! I just wish he slowed down the pace a bit -- I think it’s a disservice to the artists making that many works go by so fast. There's no need to show that many imo.
Thanks Pete for another wonderful presentation - a superb way to start a Sunday morning!
Hello and thanks as ever. It's really good to know that viewers such as yourself continue to find the videos interesting and I hope entertaining.
Out of the order they were made in I know, but another cracking episode, thank you!
Hello and I don't mind what order you watch the series in - your choice.
Thanks so much for the content you put out. As an illustrator myself these videos are very fascinating to watch.
Hello and thanks for watching. I'm glad you are finding the channel of interest.
Great as always. Thank you!!!
Hi again and thanks again.
What a wonderful channel - learning so much from every video
Hello and thanks very much for your positive reponse to the channel content.
Wonderful work. Thank you so much.
I am absolutely enchanted by Lewis Baumer, not least because his work is so reminiscent of early Just William illustrations which I love, as I do Edwardian Punch. His 'paintings' (to make the distinction) are also immensely alluring and he has instantly become a person like whom I wish I could draw.
Thanks once again! Yet another great saturday evening with Pete Beard.
Hello and if only my wife thought that.
here's an odd thing...I have been aware of Lewis Baumer since I found "Bright Young Things"
in my parents library at about age 10, but most of the other people you come across,
seemingly so effortlessly, I have not heard of.
Keep'em coming!
Hello, and I managed to not be aware of Baumer's work (which I love) until I was in my 60s.And despite my lifelong fascination with illustration there are many other such examples.
@@petebeard Good day to you too, Mr Beard...79 X 4, and counting it would appear
Incredible Series. Reminds me of how incredibly untalented I am but, still extremely well done. Music selections are superlative..."Goo wash".....It appears that Barbier preceded Romain de Tirtoff (Erte) Their work is incredibly similar.
Hello and thanks a lot. Erté is on his way in a few videos time.
@@petebeard Dude, you're awesome. Your work is therapeutic... I'm sure you're familiar with this character... His work is top-notch as well,,,, Waldemar Januszczak | Perspective...
@@ElroyMunson Hello again and thanks again. Yes I'm aware of his work and despite being insanely jealous that he gets to travel the world and visit the great galleries while I'm stuck in my back bedroom, he is one of very few art critics I've got any time for.
Don Freeman! Good Heavens! I remember reading Space Witch and many others some 50+ years ago! (I love the pic. of Tillie popping popcorn!) He must have spoken In Wichita; the public library has a framed original color illustration of "Mop Top," which he may have drawn during his appearance.
Hello again and I'm pleased you enjoyed the feature on Dn Freeman. As a Brit I had never heard of him until I started making these videos, and I'm glad as with so many others that I have found his work.
Great video thanks
Hi Pete... thanks for another enlightening video. I'll have to go with Sewell on this one, he is a close second to Rockwell!
Hi John. I really don't know why but it has to be said the Americans are the masters of painted representatonal illustration. I've got a list as long as your arm of Rockwellians still to do.
Don Freeman book cover's collectin at minute 11:39 are really beatiful!
The drawing style of "Chuggy Blue Caboose" - 12:05 - is memorable, we usually saw, more or les the same in some sketchbooks, and seems so modern...and that is because we didn't know Freeman work - until now -.
Thanks again Pete for your work!
Hello Gabriel and thanks as usual for your comment. Freeman is yet another illustrator I had no idea existed. And I also didnt know that so many illustrators were using traditional lithography in the recent past. This series is teaching me so much.
I've seen your video about Alexandre de Riqueur, it deserve a comment that I'll post as soon as possible. This Alexandre video surprise me a lot, see you soon.
@@petebeard may be, for the no especialists, it should be a good idea to post a brief explanation about the lithography practice.
Hi again, and I've replied to a few younger viewers who didn't understand how offset 4 colour litho works but I like to think viewers will find out themselves via google and youtube. There are a lot of videos explaining print process and many of them are about traditional stone lithography, so I dont really see what I could add. And despite working with print of various kinds for half a century it still seems like magic to me.
@@petebeard and how smell of new printed material?
Love this one... as always -wonderful illustrations coupled with fascinating historical tidbits & narration 🤗
And another thanks from me.
Great stuff! My unsung hero has always been Virginia Sterrett. Kay Nielsen, as well. Whenever I try to draw humans/humanoids, I'm consciously trying to draw their humans. I don't succeed, but I try my hardest, haha.
Hello and thanks for your positive response. If you haven't already come across them on the channel Nielsen is in unsung heroes 4 and Sterrett in 11. I hope you approve.
That was beautiful”
My thanks for your appreciative comment.
i just got my copy of "THE FLAPPER QUEENS: WOMEN CARTOONISTS OF THE JAZZ AGE" in the post!
it is GORGEOUS!!! and too funny! they were literally illustrating memes back then!!! i got it primarily for the artist you featured, Nell Brinkley...but the other artists are awesome too! i especially like Edith Stevens!!!! thank you for putting me on to such fun art!!!!
Hello and that sounds like a fascinating book. I just checked out Edith Stevens online but there's hardly anything to be had. They are probably a little late to be in your book but I recommend Barbara Shermund and Helen Hokinson. I'm currently working on both for future instalments.
sorry, you can delete the last comment - i put links and i realize that as a commenter, that is not something i should be doing! i just got excited and know that every person has different results when they google the same topic, and thought i might get search results that you didn't (also because i am in a different geographical region!)
@@StephanieJarman Hello again and I wasn't aware of any links so maybe the TH-cam thought police removed them or even the whole comment. It's all very confusing how this thing works or doesn't. Sometimes I get comments and it won't allow me to reply at all. I've given up wondering about it.
Always great and informative! Thanks for all your work!
Thanks and it really is my pleasure.
Thanks for producing this, you have introduced me to yet more illustrators I'd never heard of. I will be chasing up Don Freeman's Norman the Doorman and Space Witch! Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Hello and I too had never heard of Don Freeman until I started making theses videos. It's good to know that the channel is succeeding in its mission to shine light on these relatively inknown talents.
Thanks❤️😍😍
As usual, interesting, entertaining and enlightening. Another great installment Pete, well done. And it's great to see you have broken the 20k mark of subscribers, which you really deserve, onwards and upwards!
Hello again and my usual thanks. It does feel good to have this surge of subscriptions, although I can't for the life of me work out why it should have suddenly got more popular. I'm about to hit a million total views too, so my plan for world domination proceeds as planned.
Really like this series, it should be published as a book, like by the Folio Society or Taschen or maybe Gestalten, don't you think so?
Hello and a book, or books would be a nice idea but it's just too problematic trying to find a publisher. I'll leave that for somebody else to tackle. This way it's just me I have to deal with.
Sewell’s illustrations are amazing. It’s so sad that he couldn’t portray the more diverse America in his time. That wasn’t comme il faut.
Hello and you may have noticed I try to steer as clear of societal issues and ills as much as possble, and stick to the less contentious subject of the work itself. But it must be conceded that racial inclusivity was on nobody's agenda on either side of the Atlantic in the period covered by the series. When I first starting working in the 1970s heer in Britain I had to ask the client if it was OK to have some black characters in my illustrations.
Fantastic thank you. Any chance of slowing it down a bit as there is so much to take in? 🙏🏻🙋🏻♀️
Hello and thanks a lot. I could but it would make the videos longer, and as it is average view time for a typical video is unfortunately about half its total length. Average attention spans are distressingly short. Best I can suggest is to pause it every once in a while or even rewind occasionally and I hope you are not put off from watching others.
@@petebeard thanks for the reply Pete, absolutely not put off, i love your videos, it’s just such a mega amount of amazing stuff my eyes are overwhelmed 🥰👀. 😝
Good stuff as always, best wishes from the wirral..E
Hi again and I'm glad to see you're following the channel with new videos.
Many thanks for broadening our horizons in these lockdown days...E
What a wonderful, cozy channel! And you sound like a (much more) collected Alan Moore lol!
Might I suggest that you reduce the amount of works displayed, slowing the pace down while zooming & panning as you did around @7:53 in order for us to revel in the piece? It’ll make our mouths water, driving us to search for more. As for Sewell’s current lack of recognition, seeing as he wasn’t a member of the Society of Illustrators nor part of their _Famous Artists School_ correspondence course, he simply faded away like so many in the same position.
Finally, even though he wasn’t an illustrator, could you tell me *anything* about Mikhail Mikeshin's works? I can only find his _Coronation of Alexander III_ painting which looks like a mix of Moebius and Mucha before they were a thing. I simply refuse to believe that that was his only painting lol.
Hello and thanks for your response to the channel. The problem with slowing down the pace is that it means I either show less work or make the videos longer. As it is average viewing time is only around half of a typical video. So I feel obliged (reluctantly) to cater to the remarkably short attention spans of many viewers. I'm sorry if this is less suitable for more thoughtful viewers but at least you have the option to pause the video or better still from my perspective watch it again!
Regarding Mikeshin's art I had never heard of him until your comment. I looked on google and there seems to be a reasonable amount of his work to view, but most of it seems to be sculpture.
@@petebeard There are rapidly successful channels that only show only a few (or even just one) paintings for 15min-straight, such as _Great Art Explained._ Don’t cater to them, especially when you yourself feel reluctant about it.
Lingering on just a few would have more staying power and would respect the artists’ works more. And constantly pausing the video breaks a nice flow. These are just my two cents, ofc.
And thanks for taking the time to help me out with Mikeshin btw!
Can you please name the other artist in other videos. These very French names are hard to find on the internet. Thanks for putting out these great vids !
Hello and thanks for watching. To see the names of the illustrators and arists in Art of Illustration just put the closed captions on. And the same applies for all the unsung heroes videos but the names are also in the description box for each video so you actually don't need to. I hope that helps.
this is so cool - earlier this week i ordered the book "GEORGE BARBIER: MASTER OF ART DECO
by Hiroshi Unno" and after watching your video featuring Nell Brinkley i found a book with her art called "THE FLAPPER QUEENS: WOMEN CARTOONISTS OF THE JAZZ AGE by Trina Robbins" (i ordered it too!)
Hello and it's particularly rewarding to know you've been motivated to get hold of these books. Barbier i particular doesn't get the appreciation he deserves. There's a video on it's way which includes his contemporary Erté, which I suspect you'll appreciate.
@@petebeard I do like Erte! i have a dover publication monograph :" Erte's Seven Deadly Sins and Other Great Graphics in Full-Color"!!!!
oh and i have another beautiful book by Hiroshi Unno about Harry Clarke - have you featured him yet?
@@StephanieJarman Not yet but he's due to feature in unsung 58.
I adore Don Freeman's illustration. "Corduroy" is one I have read many time at story time at the library where I work. It is still a favorite with the kids. David Catrow's illustration of "I ain't gonna paint no more". Check it out, the illustration and better than Jackson Pollack!
Hello again and thanks as usual. I had never heard of freeman previously - I don't think he was that popular in Britain. And thanks a lot for leading me to David Catrow's illustration. Again, I had never previously seen his work.
Being a newcomer to your series, I am still viewing some chapters. In case they have not Bernarda included yet, Would you consider these two artists: Alberto Breccia ( 1919-1993) and Dino Battaglia ( 1923-1983 ) .
Hello and welcome to the channel. And a very big thankyou for those two names. Sadly they were both born too late to qualify for the unsung heroes series (only those born up to 1910 are eligible). But I am very impressed with both, and I had never heard of either. I have a video called 'between the lines' about black and white illustrators and I hope to make another one. When I do these two will be included. So thanks again - I always enjoy seeing the work of illustrators I was unaware of.
I look forward to every video that you post! Thank you so much for the research and work that you do to produce them. I need to start over from the beginning as I have done some skipping around in sequence and may have missed some entries. In the past week I have been desperate to find more info on an American Illustrator named Gary Lund. He apparently illustrated Harry Nilsson's "The Point" storyboard, developing all of the characters based on Harry's acid tripping dreams. It all was then animated into the cartoon/program. There just isn't that much out there about Gary Lund after his work with Harry Nilsson. I imagine you have already covered him in one of your videos. If so, can you direct me to it? THank you so much Pete!!!
Hello and I think I was in my early 20s when I first saw The Point and I loved it and immediately bought the album. I had no idea that gary Lund had any involvement (in fact i can't even remember who made the animation). But thanks for jogging my memory. And the good news is that as well as an entry and filmography on IMDb there is a website - www.gary-lund-artwork.com with all kinds of work and a biography. He is also featured at illustratornate.wordpress.com/tag/gary-lund/ with images from the booklet that came with the album.
Thank you so much for the link, Pete. I cannot wait to explore it!
Great Series! Hoping for more to come … Have you considered to include Horst Lemke who illustrated Erich Kästner's works after Walter Trier's death?
Hello and thanks for your positive response. And thanks for suggesting Horst Lemke. I was completely unaware of his existence so I'm grateful for the chance to admire his work. Sadly it seems he was born too late to be included in the unsung series, as I had to stop somewhere in history or I would have been completely overwhelmed. And 1910 is the cutoff point. A pity but I will be surprised if I live long enough to finish the names I already have waiting to be featured.
@@petebeard Hello Pete. I wasn't aware of 1910 being your cutoff point. Since you can't include Horst Lemke, here's another of my childhood heroes: Fritz Koch-Gotha, who was born at the end of the 19th century, so he might fit. And I definitely hope that you will outlive your list by many years.
@@norbertpautner377 Hi again. It was somewhat of an oversight on my part not to set that out from the beginning of the series, and why I assumed viewers would somehow know this I have no idea. But thanks for this new offering and I can tell you he's included. A real discovery for me and he will make an ideal subject down the line. No idea when he will appear - there are still hundreds waiting their turn. but I mix them up for balance so he may well feature sooner rather than later. Thanks again.
When do we see the Peter Beard unsung illustrator video?
Hi again, and I've no plans to detail the ups and (more) downs of my own career, but there is already a video on the channel of some of my work from when I was still earning a living from pictures. Pete Beard portfolio will take you to a brief compilation.
Hi Pete,
Just wondering if you have done a video on Norman Thelwell. I've had a search through but can't find one. I'm trying to find out more about his work/method etc. I'm an aspiring illustrator who loves Thelwell's work.
Thanks very much.
Adam
UK
Hello and I'm fairly sure I mentioned him briefly in my British illustration in the 1950s video, but it was insultingly brief. He is one of my favourite illustrators and one of the reasons I wanted to be a humorous illustrator in the first place. Unfortunately he was born too late to qualify for the unsung heroes series (1910 is my cutoff point). That might seem arbitrary but I had to stop myself somewhere. As it is I'll be lucky to live long enough to finish the series. But with this prompting from you I will explore whether I can get enough information and visual material to justify a solo video about him.
@@petebeard Hi Pete, thanks very much for replying.
I didn't realise the series was only going up to 1910. But I am grateful you are making them. As I am planning on entering the industry, it is very useful to me to understand more about its history. I'm sure I would have hundreds of questions for you about the industry and its practice. No doubt it has changed a lot in recent decades. And as for living long enough - I hope you are well.
Very best wishes,
Adam
@@adamthorntonillustration9281 Hello again, and I didn't mean to indicate my days are numbered - at least I hope not. But I recently turned 70 so I'm well aware of the ticking of the celestial clock. And yes the world of illustration is fairly unrecognisable from how it was when I first entered the profession in 1973. But despite my officially retired status I do still create the occasional picture. Feel free to ask questions about what you might expect in the shark tank. Not sure about 'hundreds' but if I can be of any help I'd be glad to do so.
@@petebeard Thanks again, Pete. That is very kind of you to offer to help.
I did wonder whether you were hinting that you're unwell or something, so thank you for clarifying. I was actually born in 1973! So am seeking to enter the industry a bit later in life, perhaps after having quite a life so far.
I guess the main questions I have about the industry would revolve around something I hear Holly Exley (an illustrator who posts quite candid videos on TH-cam) says about how illustrators are being valued less and less as the years go on. Holly believes it's partly to do with illustrators undervaluing themselves and accepting too little fee for their skills, thus pushing fees down quite considerably. While I am certainly not in it for the money (and am planning on being a children's book illustrator, which Holly does not do, although we would both be freelance), I am hoping that it will be a viable profession.
One more question would be if you feel it is important to keep up with the current fashion in style. While I do only paint digitally, I'm seeing a lot of illustrators these days in the very clean digital style of Ross Tran (from Ross Draws), whereas my inspiration and the syle I am seeking lies with Marco Bucci and his green monster illustrations.
Do you have any comment on either of these issues?
Thanks very much again.
Adam
@@adamthorntonillustration9281 Hi Adam.
What Programme/App do you use for your Videos, Pete?
Hello Tony and I'll try to keep this as brief as I can.
The images are either scanned from books or downloaded from the web and formtted/cleaned up and all the rest using Affinity photo. They are then dragged into imovie (I'm on a mac) where all the transitions, framings and camera moves are done. The sound track and vocals are recorded in garageband and that's dragged into the imovie timeline so it can all be synchronised. I hope that's helpful.