George Livingston

2009-04-08T12:16:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the blog of George Livingston, a recent graduate

of the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Please use the Portfolio links to the left to peruse
through recent work.

Contact:

603.498.0045 | livingstonillustration@gmail.com

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The following is a short comic based on Edgar Allen Poe's Black Cat

2009-04-08T11:12:00.001-07:00

Time article on the Lure of Cell Phones

Movie Review spot for Slumdog Millionaire

Book Review spot for The Good Parents by Joan London

Time article on being "married to the job"

Sexting

2009-04-06T20:37:00.000-07:00

A fun piece for editorial about "sexting" and how cell phones are replacing human contact. Accompanying article here.

Ancient Stuff

2009-04-04T16:19:00.000-07:00

Found this in a pile of old work... all the way back from freshman year. Decided to rescan it.

Ride Through Dublin

2009-04-04T11:32:00.001-07:00

Finally finished this one. This scene takes place during the Irish rebellion/Easter Rising of 1916, with two main characters racing to the front lines.

Kept Women

2009-03-11T23:55:00.001-07:00

Third piece for editorial... done for a book review of "The Good Parents" by Joan London about power struggles in relationships. Check out the illustration the NY Times used in their review here!

Hildegarde

2009-03-08T20:20:00.000-07:00

Here are some pieces for a goofy little story I wrote in narrative. I'm experimenting more with digital color on top of pencil drawings.

Married to the Job

2009-02-23T17:26:00.000-08:00

This was done for an article on being "married to the job", which you can read here if you wish.

watercolor/digital color

Eveline

2009-02-18T12:05:00.001-08:00

Moving along with thesis work for At Swim, Two Boys... this is Eveline, one of my favorite characters in the book.

At Swim, Two Boys

2009-02-14T14:56:00.000-08:00

First piece for thesis this semester. I'm illustrating the novel At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neal. It's a really tragic story set in Ireland during the Easter Rising. Here is one of the more romantic scenes...

Editorial

2009-02-11T09:45:00.001-08:00

First project for my editorial independent study with Allan - a movie review illustration for Slumdog Millionaire. First time combining pencil with digital color... I think it worked out pretty well.

Anyone who has not seen the movie should go see it :)

Black Cat Finals

2009-02-08T14:14:00.000-08:00

Here are the finals of a two week project for narrative, inspired by Poe's "Black Cat" - read it here!

Black Cat

2009-02-02T10:30:00.001-08:00

Some preliminary sketches for my first project for Narrative - comic inspired by Poe's short story "Black Cat". Read it here!

Siddhartha

2008-12-15T19:46:00.000-08:00

The cover...

Siddhartha and Govinda

2008-12-14T15:15:00.000-08:00

"All of these figures and faces rested, flowed, generated themselves, floated along and merged with each other, and they were all constantly covered by something thin, without individuality of its own, but yet existing, like a thin glass or ice, like a transparent skin, a shell or mold or mask of water, and this mask was smiling, and this mask was Siddhartha's smiling face, which he, Govinda, in this very same moment touched with his lips."

Siddhartha number three! Time to do the cover...

Down the Nile

2008-12-11T07:59:00.001-08:00

Part three of the Witch of Atlas, possibly the final one for this project. I am enjoying working in charcoal and think it works best tonally for me. I'm going to try digital color with them eventually... suggestions would be awesome!

The Light Boat

2008-12-10T19:16:00.001-08:00

Part two of the Witch of Atlas... done in painter.

Sleeping Siddhartha

2008-12-01T17:46:00.000-08:00

Second piece for the illustrated book. Watercolor.

Siddhartha

2008-11-19T10:20:00.000-08:00

First piece for the illustrated book! Siddhartha and his evening cleansing ritual. I think I like this cropped version almost as much as the full one.

The Witch of Atlas

2008-10-16T15:09:00.000-07:00

Details:

Part 1 of a projected series for thesis based on Shelley's epic poem the "Witch of Atlas" - read here.

The poem has lots of potential for dramatic images... which I am excited to do more of. This first scene depicts the witch creating her beloved hermaphrodite.

Charcoal on rives BFK. Hope you enjoy it!

High in the Mountains

2008-09-22T16:32:00.000-07:00

This is my first piece for senior thesis. I chose to work with poetry and I'm really enjoying it so far. This was inspired by a Chinese poem by Li Po:

In the distance I can hear
a dog barking
and the sound of fast water

rain-filled peach blossoms
shower me as I walk

sometimes, deep in the trees,
I glimpse a stag

standing by a creek at noon
I can't hear
a single bell

overhead the wild bamboos
divide a cloud blue sky

a flying spring
hangs a white plume
from a jade-green peak

he's gone, they don't know where
I lean my grief
on two or three pines
and walk away

- Translated by David Young

Braid of Smoke

2008-06-10T16:59:00.000-07:00

Illustration for this poem, by Charles Simic:

My mother was a braid of black smoke.
She bore me swaddled over the burning cities.
The sky was a vast and windy place for a child to play.
We met many others who were just like us.
They were trying to put on their overcoats with arms made of smoke.
The high heavens were full of little shrunken deaf ears instead of stars.

charcoal on toned paper.

The Tea Maker

2008-05-06T13:43:00.001-07:00

Assignment for fantasy art - billboard design for Tazo tea.
Watercolor.

Finals

2008-04-12T14:01:00.000-07:00

Another bizarre landscape.. potential subject matter for thesis next year.

Assignment to use a mythological creature in the context of a world issue - in this case, global warming.

You're a Wolf

2008-04-10T16:57:00.001-07:00

Illustration for the song "You're a Wolf" by the band Sea Wolf. watercolor
http://www.myspace.com/seawolf

Beachcomber

2008-04-10T16:55:00.001-07:00

Watercolor illustration for the word "beachcomber".

A Ride on Water

2008-03-18T13:31:00.000-07:00

who doesn't love riding through puddles?

La Isla de los Muertos

2008-03-15T06:52:00.000-07:00

This was a piece for Jose Villarubia's Concept class last semester. We were assigned a project inspired by the "Day of the Dead".

I really want to do more fantasy landscapes.

Watercolors - 22"x30"

With You

2008-03-14T16:15:00.000-07:00

A digital painting (done in painter) of a personal favorite scene from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince...

2008-03-14T15:49:00.000-07:00

Illustration for "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Hybrid

2008-03-14T15:13:00.001-07:00

A fun little piece for fantasy art class - human/animal hybrid. This being a self portrait... buffeted by the wind.
Done in painter.

Master Copies

2008-03-14T14:50:00.000-07:00

Some examples of my work from my "drawing from the masters" class with Mark Karnes.

This was done from an original painting by Sargent, which you can see here: .

A copy of a Prud'hon drawing.

One of my favorite paintings at the Walters... "The Cook" on the fourth floor.

Priori Incantatem

2008-01-29T13:21:00.001-08:00

Ashley

2008-01-29T13:11:00.000-08:00

An oil painting of my friend Ashley.