Went to the San Francisco Public Library…
May 12, 2010If you ever want to throw yourself back to the days before the internet, try spending some time at your local library. Some of them are still open, and some of them still have books! The Main San Francisco Library also has an amazing resource for image makers of all sorts: the Picture Files. There, on the fourth floor, lie many file cabinets full of copyright-free images that generations of librarians have been cutting out of magazines and sticking in labeled file folders. It’s really quite a feat; the list of just the titles of the folders comes to about 30 pages in itself. Check out what I found under “New York City — Street Life”:
Why, it’s the Babies Fourth of July Procession in New York City! They don’t look too happy, do they?
I have been doing a lot of drawing lately for various projects, although I don’t consider myself an illustrator. Here is my approximation of Central Park:
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And, swans:
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