Howard Pyle

[Lukacs]

Hey Folks,
On the heels of JoshaJames' NC Wyeth post I thought I'd post some pics from my old 1914 first edition of Pyle's Otto of the Silver Hand. Pyle wrote and illustrated a number of different children's adventures at the turn of the century, many deriving from the Arthurian Myths.

I look at Pyle's linework not for his chunky Durer-like details, but more for his sense of theaterical shadow drop outs, and over all design...

Hope you dig em,

Chuck Lukacs

Get on in here Pyle..


http://mywebpages.comcast.net/clukacs107879MI/WebUse/Pyle06.jpg http://mywebpages.comcast.net/clukacs107879MI/WebUse/Pyle05.jpg http://mywebpages.comcast.net/clukacs107879MI/WebUse/Pyle04.jpg http://mywebpages.comcast.net/clukacs107879MI/WebUse/Pyle03.jpg http://mywebpages.comcast.net/clukacs107879MI/WebUse/Pyle02.jpg http://mywebpages.comcast.net/clukacs107879MI/WebUse/Pyle01.jpg

[Lukacs]

:confused: Hmmm... Sorry if your getting the compression fuzz that I see in some of these files... Can't quite figure why it's doing that ???

[paper slayer]

Try scanning one in gif format (since it doesn´t use lossy compression and see if there is any difference.
Since they are black and white, 256 grey scale should be enough.

Thanks for posting these, they look interesting. I hope my advice helps since I´d really like to see the line work better.

[JoshuaTheJames]

cool.

here is another pile...I mean Pyle...

http://www.bonps.org/images/pyle.jpg
http://www.udel.edu/delart/image.pyle.treasure.jpg
http://www.udel.edu/delart/image.pyle.attack.jpg
http://www.udel.edu/delart/image.pyle.bunker.jpg
http://www.udel.edu/delart/image.pyle.mermaid.jpg
http://www.udel.edu/delart/image.pyle.picturesque.jpg
http://www.udel.edu/delart/image.pyle.young.jpg
http://www.ragnarokpress.com/artype/pyle/pyle1.jpg
http://gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/images/NoHeadPon2.jpg

btw You're not an illustrator until you do pirates :D

[Lukacs]

Hey thanks for the color work Joshua, I was kinda hoping you'd post yer Pyle... And all this time I thought I was an Illustrator, sans the pirates.. Does a halfling swinging from a rope count ?? Lol...

I'll try to compress as .gifs next time PaperSlayer and see what happens.. Please forgive, I'm still a bit new to this link posting, instead of just attachments...

[Lukacs]

Achhh... I think I got it straight...
Bloody ell computers... :mad:

[jetpack42]

SHNIKES! That civil war pic is amazing!