I get to see the originals firsthand
#inktober2017_week 1
artwork by Konstantinos Implikian
Category: Chrono
Good Times
in Times Square
Until 10/8
October 5th, 2017
Columbia Pl., Brooklyn
Tree-lined, residential with rows of (mainly) redbrick townhouses, Columbia Place must be one of the most charming neighbourhoods in Brooklyn.
Columbia Pl., Brooklyn
February 18th, 2017
Brooklyn Queens Expy
Sitting underneath the Expressway, Furman Street. Concrete dreams are made of this.
Furman Street, Brooklyn
February 18th, 2017
The Glass[Water]Tower
A transparent sculpture by Tom Fruin made from roughly one thousand scraps of plexiglas. It includes such details as interior and exterior access ladders and an operable roof hatch. The locally-sourced plexi came from all over New York City—from the floors of Chinatown sign shops, to the closed DUMBO studio of artist Dennis Oppenheim, to Astoria’s demolition salvage warehouse Build It Green!NYC.
Source: Tom Fruin
Watertower 3: R.V. Ingersoll, by Brooklyn artist Tom Fruin, sits atop 334 Furman Street, Brooklyn Bridge Park
February 18th, 2017
Fear Less
Brooklyn; remnants of an industrial past.
DUMBO
February 18th, 2017
Down Under
A walk, long overdue. Surely, we must have been the only newly arrived couple who waited six months to walk Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass – DUMBO to friends. But here we were, on a Sunday afternoon in February, mild and sunny and glorious, with our take of the iconic Manhattan Bridge seen from Washington St. and, true to word, from Down Under.
February 18th, 2017
Those dull, cold February mornings
Tried and tested remedy: a latte (whole milk, large) and a five minute walk across Times Square for a shock of colour – your daily dose of colour therapy*
*sunglasses optional but highly recommended
February 17th, 2017
How Long Shall I Wait?
Illustration for the story by Florence Jane Soman
Caption: ”There was something in their eyes that made her say swiftly, ‘it’s going to happen to you too. You wait and see.”’
The Ladies’ Home Journal, 1953
Society of Illustrators
February 11th, 2017
Reflecting on art
Literally.
Light reflects on the glass adding – or hiding – details. I tried to filter them out somewhat and the result was this mellow, pastel effect. Still, rather pleasing.
Illustration for the story by Katherine Greer.
Caption: ”Here, in this very window, might be her ring!”
Redbook magazine, January 1950
Caption: ”It was restful to be near Sara, thought Vilas. You didn’t have to explain things to her. She understood.”
Cosmopolitan magazine, 1949
Illustration from ”The Clever Sister” by Margaret Culkin Banning
Caption: ”Beneath the strangely different melodies of their lives ran hidden themes that others never heard; yet one refrain they had in common: ‘Whom does Barney love – my sister or me?”’
Woman’s Home Companion, January 1947
Illustration for the book by George Barr McCutcheon
Caption: ”They, too, were seen together very often of late.”
This work also appeared in ”A Garden of Girls”, published by Dodd, Mead & Co., 1910
Title illustration for the story by Ann Pinchot
Caption: ”This way, darling” she said… He followed her, as he would follow her anywhere.
The American Magazine, ca. 1945
Illustration for a story by Philip Wylie
Caption: ”Every night I dream I’m being chased by a green locomotive. Does that mean I should give up Creme de Menthe?”
Redbook magazine, April 1938
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February 11th, 2017
The Humble Fabulist 