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Seaman in love


For the Moscow News article by Olaf Koens.

tags: acrylic, boat, brush, cartoon, humorous, love, moscow, moscow news, petersburg, sailor, seaman, ship, tattoo
categories: research notes
Thursday 06.23.11
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The Exorcist

Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov and two visions of Stalin. For the Moscow News article by Mark Teeter.

tags: acrylic, brush, cartoon, director, Exorcist, film, humorous, moscow, moscow news, Nikita Mikhalkov, Russian, Stalin
categories: research notes
Wednesday 06.15.11
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Happy birthday Olya!

tags: birthday, brush, cartoon, cloud, eskimo, flight, gouache, greeting, helicopter, ice cream, illustration, postcard, ribbon, sky
categories: research notes
Tuesday 06.14.11
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Birthday elephant

tags: acrylic, birthday, cartoon, drawing, elephant, gouache, illustration
categories: research notes
Monday 06.13.11
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History Today

"History today" cartoon for The Moscow News story by Mark Teeter.

tags: argue, cartoon, drawing, face, gouache, grey, history, illustration, khrushchev, nixon, nose, red, russia, russian-american, talk, today, us
categories: research notes
Tuesday 06.07.11
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Husband hunting in Moscow


For Vladimir Kozlov's story at The Moscow News.

tags: car, cartoon, drawing, girl, gouache, hunting, husband, illustration, kremlin, luxury, oligarch, red square, timati
categories: research notes
Wednesday 06.01.11
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Fear me, goats!

Славный Август из города Рима Был богами поддержан незримо. И тогда по рогам Надавал всем врагам Тот неистовый Август из Рима.

Воистину, завоевательная политика императора Октавиана Августа была впечатляющей.
А. Дубровский, 2011

Glorious August from the city of Rome Was supported by the invisible gods. And then by the horns Slapped he all his enemies That frenetic August of Rome (truly, aggressive policy of the emperor Octavian Augustus was impressive). (makeshift translation of A. Dubrovski's poem).

tags: August, brush, cartoon, cloud, drawing, Dubrovsky, field, flash, goat, god, gouache, history, illustration, indian ink, nonsense, poetry, rome, thunder
categories: research notes
Saturday 05.28.11
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My art on Sketchbook blog

Great thank you to Natalia Skaloud, a PR Director of Obai and Hill, for getting me into the Sketchbook magazine's blog. A short interview with me appeared in their "Ilustrators 101" series:

Here's their Facebook page - be sure to like me there and help spread the word about this beautiful publication:

tags: blog, interview, magazine, news, sketchbook
categories: research notes
Thursday 05.26.11
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Getting your kid into kindergarden


For the Moscow News article by Sara Buzadzhi.

tags: 2020, acrylic, brush, cartoon, humorous, kids, kindergarden, moscow, moscow news, Sara Buzadzhi
categories: research notes
Wednesday 05.25.11
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Stalin's picnic

For The Moscow News article by Mark Teeter - about how photos with Stalin and his comrades changed over the years, as they all disappeared (including from the photos).

tags: cartoon, coast, comrade, crimea, drawing, gouache, illustration, lettering, palms, photo, picnic, sea, Stalin
categories: research notes
Monday 05.23.11
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Sunny summer!

Illustration that appeared in June issue of Zhenia’s Useful Desk Calendars.

tags: calendars, colourful, Desk, dragonfly, gouache, holiday, July, june, summer, sun, Useful
categories: research notes
Monday 05.23.11
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Post-Post Soviet Man

About the movie "37-th novel", The Moscow News story by Mark Teeter.

tags: cartoon, drawing, gouache, illustration, man, mark teeter, painting, Post-Post Soviet Man, soviet, the moscow news, writer
categories: research notes
Sunday 05.15.11
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Lucy in the sky with babushka

For a great story by Olaf Koens, published in The Moscow News today.

tags: 60-s, article, babushka, drugs, lsd, old woman, story, sugar, sugarcubes, table, tea
categories: research notes
Friday 05.06.11
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McAlma-mater

Labels on the uniforms say: "doctor of science", "associate professor". The Moscow News story by Sara Buzadzhi.

tags: bucket, cafe, cartoon, cleaner, doctor, drawing, fast-food, girl, gouache, illustration, mcdonalds, science, sweep, table, tray, waiter, water, young lady
categories: research notes
Wednesday 05.04.11
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Napoleon's Frog

Шуткой острой любил граф Кутузов Подразнить отступавших французов. «Бонапарт Напольон Съел с лягушкой бульон». Выдал как-то экспромтом Кутузов.

А. Дубровский, 2011

Prince Kutuzov liked to tease the retreating French with the acute joke. "Napoleon Bonaparte ate the soup with the frog. " Once he said impromptu. (makeshift translation of A. Dubrovski's poem).

tags: cartoon, dinner, drawing, dubrovski, fly, frog, gouache, illustration, ink, Kutuzov, napoleon, nonsense, poetry, soup, table
categories: research notes
Wednesday 05.04.11
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Using medicine to change gender

tags: big issue, boy, cartoon, drawing, gender, girl, gouache, illustration, medicine, transgender
categories: research notes
Tuesday 05.03.11
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Canary Caged

Have a Happy May!

tags: bird, cage, calendar, canary, gouache, promo
categories: research notes
Sunday 05.01.11
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Pozner interviews Zyuganov

For an article by Mark Teeter, The Moscow News

tags: cartoon, drawing, gouache, illustration, interview, Pozner, wrestling, zyuganov
categories: research notes
Thursday 04.28.11
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Spotting your right bottle of wine

For an article about the restaurant techniques of ordering a la carte.

tags: bottles, brush, cartoon, drawing, gouache, illustration, restaurant, spotting, wine, wine list
categories: research notes
Wednesday 04.27.11
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Get out of my swamp!

On the theme of industrialised extraction of turf practised by peat companies.

tags: bog, cartoon, drawing, excavator, gardeners, gouache, illustration, mire, mosquito, peat, swamp, turf, world
categories: research notes
Tuesday 04.26.11
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