Jeff Thompson | Blog

Archive for the ‘drawing’ tag

Selections from “Snowflakes” (1863)

Illustrations from “Snowflakes: A Chapter from the Book of Nature”, published in 1863.  See also Wilsom Bentley’s snow crystal photographs on Wikimedia Commons.

Via: Public Domain Review

 

January 11th, 2013 at 9:30 am

“Memorial To Newton”

Fantastic proposed architectural monument to Isaac Newton by Etienne-Louis Boullee from 1784.  Never built, I particularly like the glowing orb rotating within a large sphere in the second image.

Via: Convozine.com

January 11th, 2013 at 9:20 am

Further Blobs > Drawing

Further version of the blob-tracking drawing software for my Digital Drawing class – goes into use tomorrow!

September 18th, 2012 at 2:17 pm

Image Tracking/Drawing

A few (not quite working) screenshots of a image tracking/drawing software I’m writing in Processing today for my Digital Drawing class.

September 16th, 2012 at 2:53 pm

Patterning in “Asagao Montagari”

“Asagao Montagari; 5 Hen; Gekan Kyozan Rojin Saku; Kunisada Ga” by Rojin Kyosan, published in 1853.

Via: National Library of Australia

June 3rd, 2012 at 3:12 pm

Buggy Students

Hung next to some really great drawings by Eddie Dominguez’s Drawing 101 students.

August 25th, 2011 at 5:20 pm

Tagged with ,

Traite Theorique Et Pratique De L’Art De Beatir

While looking for another book at the Architecture Library, I found this beautiful book of plates form 1847.  I took some photographs, but found that a. my cell phone didn’t do a great job, and b. the New York Public Library did it much better than I ever could.

The book is Traite Theorique Et Pratique De L’Art De Beatir by Jean Rondelet.  The book is about 12 x 24″ and absolutely beautiful.