/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6552591
>I wish there was an economical scanning strategy.
I hear ya. The Leyendecker book is enormous!

>>5149845
Emperor's Teeth, anon, what "overseas" country are you living in where Amazon Prime (my wife's favourite Autobot - I think he transforms into a delivery van) can't just roll up to your house and deliver this book to you for a fraction of MSRP?

I looked at getting the Leyendecker book when I was in Manhattan - they had them shrinkwrapped at The Strand bookstore there - but I wasn't about to pay full price when I could just wait until I got home.

>>4178428
>Red pill me on the hype for him.
Norman Rockwell copied Leyendecker's style and became That Famous Guy Who Painted All The Saturday Evening Post Covers - taking Leyendecker's job and edging him out. Prior to that, it was Leyendecker who painted the covers - and the famous Arrow Collar advertisements. His painting style is nothing short of astounding.


>>4178775
There was at least one anon in this thread for a while - could have been the same guy every time - who was just *dying* to have this book scanned. It's a big, heavy book with lots of pages. I thought about buying it when I was at the Strand bookstore in Manhattan - they had it new in the shrinkwrap - but they offered no discount and a quick check of Amazon's prices on my phone told me I would regret buying it there.

I added it to my wishlist on Amazon so I wouldn't forget to look into later; meanwhile, my wife used my wishlist to pick out some things for me for Father's Day. Hence, I'm reticent to tear it apart; what you see in >>4178267 was my effort at photographing several of the pages featuring large Arrow Collar advertisements (one persistent anon specifically requested these) or Leyendecker's other paintings in that style.

>>3968107
It's gonna take longer than two years, but here was my approach:

>1. Get an education
>2. Get a real job
>3. Find a girl, get married
>4. Have children, thus making you a father (this is important for Step #8)
>5. Keep drawing. You've been drawing this whole time, haven't you?
>6. Make good money - at least six figures.
>7. Go to the Strand in Manhattan. Horrified at the book prices, mark the books you want on your Amazon wish list instead so you remember to get them later.
>8. Receive said books for Fathers' Day

It's a big book, and so far, largely a biography - lots of examples of his work, though. I knew nothing about Leyedecker before this, but was familiar with Norman Rockwell. The younger Rockwell basically copied Leyendecker's style, assumed, his role, and moved into his life, edging him out.