Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Blast from the Past #204: "Calendar of the Gods" cover

Back in 1987, my brother Don and I self-published this calendar project. Each month featured an illustration by me of a particular mythological deity, inspired by legends from around the world. Don did most of the research and also contributed some border designs and a text piece on each deity. I think we printed a couple hundred of these (couldn't afford to do more) and tried to sell them, without much success.



This is my cover art for the calendar, which I did during my "love of crosshatch and stippling" phase. -- PL
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6 comments:

  1. MattJuly 7, 2009 at 3:01 PM

    Thats A LOT of crosshatching. I was out your way today.. Pittsfield area. Had to stop off at a Best Buy there. The only store in an hour area to have an D-SLR camera I was looking to get. Man, pretty drive but holy smokes it was a haul from Albany.

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  2. ~ tOkKaJuly 7, 2009 at 10:56 PM

    -->> Nice .. from afar it almost looks like an old Black and White movie title card.

    Weird !!

    ..Damm i hope we get to see some of the 'GODS ' ..

    (( "Saurian Design " ?! ))

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  3. zogJuly 7, 2009 at 11:32 PM

    Any of these for sale?

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  4. BookgalJuly 8, 2009 at 6:45 AM

    Oh this is right up my ally! I wish I had been aware of them as a kid, my babysitting money would have gone for one for sure. I LOVE mythology!

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  5. PLJuly 8, 2009 at 8:09 AM

    "zog said...

    Any of these for sale?"

    Not at the present time. -- PL

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  6. PLJuly 8, 2009 at 8:12 AM

    "~ tOkKa said...

    -->> Nice .. from afar it almost looks like an old Black and White movie title card.

    Weird !!

    ..Damm i hope we get to see some of the 'GODS ' ..

    (( "Saurian Design " ?! ))"

    "Saurian Design" was the name I came up with for the illustration business I was hoping to start up at the time, back in the mid-1970's. It never went anywhere under that name.

    I may post some images of the "Gods" that I drew... at least the ones which don't make me cringe to look at now. -- PL

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