Bill Peckmann &Books &Illustration 17 Jul 2013 02:53 am
Sasek’s D.C.
I enjoyed posting Sasek’s illustrated book to Rome last week, and Bill Peckmann followed the cue of his sending me scans of “This is D.C.“, the artist’s follow-up to the U.S. Capital. I hope you enjoy, because I have “This is NY” developing sitting in the wings. look forward to it.
The book’s cover
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on 17 Jul 2013 at 12:11 pm 1.Roberto Severino said …
Stunning! I like the Ronald Searle influence present in some of these drawings.
on 25 Jul 2013 at 4:14 pm 2.Ward said …
I love M. Sasek. He was a great illustrator who originally started out in architecture, hence the details in all the buildings for city spreads in all his books. I have every one of his “This Is…” series and I’m constantly amazed by them. I’ll just sit and browse them one by one.
A couple of things:
I once posted about “This Is Cape Canaveral” on my blog several years ago. You can find the post here:
http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2005/11/this-is-cape-canaveral.html
I also co-directed an animated PSA for the NBA & NRDC for the basketball league going green, using M. Sasek as an influence (the producer wanted that look and I whole-heartedly obliged). You can find the PSA on my blogpost here:
http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2012/10/when-m-sasek-meets-nba.html
Been a while since I’d visited your splog, Michael. I’ve missed it!
on 25 Jul 2013 at 11:43 pm 3.Michael said …
. . . and we’ve missed you, too, Ward.