Portrait of a Skeleton

Nostalgia

A friend of mine at work found some neat old pictures courtesy of Shorpy. He copied his favorites onto my computer, and I decided to share a few below, but there are so many cool ones that I may do another entry down the line:

Alfred Cheney Johnston

I absolutely adore these portraits. I haven't yet found a site that offers a large selection of his images, but maybe I'm not looking hard enough.

Care and Feeding of a Mermaid

Dover Publications

In a previous entry, I mentioned Dover Publications and the numerous collections of royalty free images they offer for creative use. You can sign up for weekly email samples from their website, so I save the ones I like here and there. I decided to post a few illustrations that I think would look neat in a nursery, (well, I suppose, because I don't want a nursery anytime soon,) or maybe a hallway:

Anonymous

I don't know where I found this, but I like it:

Vintage Prints

Today I found some neat, antique Alice in Wonderland prints that I wouldn't mind ordering:




I've been really attracted to vintage prints lately. Dover Publications offers some great collections of royalty free images for creative use, but I need more time and inspiration. I have one of their Anatomical collections, and the illustrations are awesome, but I have yet to come up with anything artistic enough to print and/or frame.