Fred Thompson in “Coney – A Trip To Luna Park”

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 Who was Fred Thompson?

He was the guy who created Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, in 1904!

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In the early part of the 20th century, Fred Thompson, along with some help from his friend Elmer Skip Dundy, created and built Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn. You can read the brief synopsis of Fred Thompson in this wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Park,_Coney_Island_(1903)   Fred pair- painting & drawing

Fred Thompson is now a fictional character in my upcoming story

“Coney – A Trip to Luna Park”

www.coneybook.com

In my story: “Coney – A Trip to Luna Park”, (which is complete fiction of course!) Fred Thompson builds his new amusement park – and keep in mind this term probably hadn’t been invented yet – directly on top of the homes of our 2 heroes – Sister & Brother Rabbit. Our 2 Rabbits are not happy about this.  And unlike other rabbits who would run away as frightened bunnies are known to do… these Rabbits turn around and confront poor old Freddy T!

Fred Thompson meets the Rabbits! Pencil sketch for book – “Coney – A Trip to Luna Park!”

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New Artwork for “Coney – A Trip to Luna Park”

Sketches and Paintings for my upcoming book”

“Coney – A Trip to Luna Park”

 

Pg 4 & 5 Spread
Rabbits in Dune – Pencil sketch

 

The beginning of the story… we meet Sister & Brother Rabbit- watching out for the dangers all around!

 

Brother and sister close pg 4
Rabbits in a seaside Dune
Pgs 4 & 5 - Spread color
Rabbits in Coney Island – Ever Vigilant!!!

 

Brother & Sister are on the Watch!!

The Dangers in the World! - sketch
Dangers that the Rabbits Face in Coney Island – Pencil Sketch

The Rabbits faced many Dangers!

The Dangers in the World!
Dangers in the World – Artwork in Progress

Color Artwork in Progress…

Coming of the Trolley!
Dangers in the World – Coming of the Trolley
The Dangers in the World! spread
The Dangers in Coney Island – full spread

 

More pages in the book will be coming soon!

And… a storyboard for the Art for the Trip to the Moon!!

 

And…  check out my website for the book:

And my Facebook page:

 

 

 

New Artwork for: Coney – A Trip to Luna Park

First pages for the upcoming children’s book…

Coney – A Trip to Luna Park

My story takes place in Coney Island in 1904, and stars 2 Young Rabbits, a Sister & Brother from Manhattan, and Fred Thompson, the creator and designer of Luna Park in turn of the century Brooklyn!

I am inviting all those who may be interested in Coney Island, children’s picture books, and fantasy- to visit my site dedicated to the creation of this book.

Coney – A Trip to Luna Park

Coney – The Blog

Coneybook.com

Logo - landscape - Rabbits

Introducing a New Children’s Book:  Coney – A Trip to Luna Park

 

I am introducing the website that will be featuring all the aspects of “Coney – A Trip to Luna Park”- a new children’s book that I have written and illustrated.

It takes place in Coney Island in 1904, and stars 2 Young Rabbits, a Sister & Brother from Manhattan, and Fred Thompson, the creator and designer of Luna Park in turn of the century Brooklyn!

Millie and Alexander - Main characters in a new upcoming book - "Coney - A Trip to Luna Park"
Millie and Alexander – Main characters in a new upcoming book – “Coney – A Trip to Luna Park”
Fred Thompson - The Creator of Luna Park
Fred Thompson – The Creator of Luna Park

 

I invite all those who may be interested in Coney Island, Luna Park, children’s picture books, and fantasy- to visit my site dedicated to the creation of this book.

I have been fascinated with Coney Island for many years, researching the history in words and images. This story came to me like a lightning bolt- and I have developed it to a stage where I want to share it with everyone!

 

 

 

In the next few months I will be posting new drawings and paintings on a regular basis as I continue work towards the completion of the books images and design. My ultimate goal is to have the work crowd-sourced on Kickstarter.

In the meantime, please check out these sections in my site:

Coney – A Trip to Luna Park – A Summary

Coney – A Trip to Luna Park – The Full Story

A Gallery of Paintings and Drawings used in the creation of the Book!

 

All comments are Very Welcome!  I want to be in touch will all those people out there who may have fond memories of Coney as I do- even though I don’t go back far enough to remember 1904!   Thank you-     Jeff Lindberg

Santa Rides the Subways (a little early) – Jeffrey Lindberg Illustration

 

 

Santa Rides the Subways (a little early)

Santa-Rides-Train---Cover-DrawingThis is a concept drawing that I have done for a Christmas children’s book.

The concept is simple: Santa is out delivering presents over Brooklyn USA when his sleigh breaks down and he lands on top of a brownstone in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Enlisting the aid of a young girl, Carmen- and other Brooklynites – Santa gets his sleigh working- with the aid of a subway train!

Below can be seen other concept art for the book.

Brownstone-Santa-outline

carmen_with_santa

Watercolor Painting Biscay Pond Maine by JeffreyLindberg on Etsy

*Watercolors Painted in Damariscotta Maine. * Most of these watercolors I painted on site on Biscay Pond in Damariscotta, Maine. This is in

Source: Watercolor Painting Biscay Pond Maine by JeffreyLindberg on Etsy

Galadriel – Lord of the Rings –  Archival Prints

Galadriel – Lord of the Rings –  Archival Prints

Galadriel  -The Lord of the Rings
Galadriel -The Lord of the Rings

Image directly inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s  “Lord of the Rings” books. This is my imagining of Galadriel where she shows Frodo the pool of water that shows him a possible future. This painting is hanging in my living room- which shows what I think of it!

This painting was carefully using a detailed pencil drawing- followed up by colored pencils, airbrush, acrylics and oil paints. Original painting measures approximately 15″ x 30″ – on board.

Moon-Queen-on-wall

I am offering prints of Galadriel – from “the Lord of the Rings” – limited to 10 – all signed by me. Original painting is based on the “Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. Prints use archival pigment print on acid free cotton rag paper. Smaller prints will be mailed in tube- larger prints mailed flat.

Print Sizes and Prices:

12” x 16” – $175.00

18” x 24” – $350.00

30” x 40” – $600.00

Prices include the shipping charges. The framed painting image is shown to give you an idea of what the painting might look like on your wall. Framing not included.

Please feel free to check out my other images for sale on my website here- or at my Etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LindbergIllustration?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Rediscovering My Illustrations

Rediscovering My Illustrations

How going through my basement and attic helped me to remember what I have created!

Science fiction Illustration
Stranded astronaut near Jupiter.

The Working Method

I have been an illustrator for most of my career. I prefer not to say how long, but let’s just say, I was working in the pre-digital era, and now embrace both traditional and digital media as part of my work flow.

Honestly, more of my work for the last decade has been finished digitally- after hand sketches and some watercolor concept work I completed all my work using Photoshop.

Santa Rides the Trains
Santa Claus in Brooklyn

But there was a period of almost 15 years where I created hundreds of images for children’s books. I painted book covers, short story illustrations, picture book art- usually using the same process that I taught myself in trial and error fashion. The basic process went like this:

  1. Concept rough thumbnail sketch
  2. Color sketch with pencil and colored pencils
  3. Work on finished art. Always on a gessoed panel. I used to use masonite. But traveling to the city back and forth that got heavy! So I switched to heavy illustration board – usually Strathmore paper.
  4. Paintings would be created using acrylic underpainting using brush and airbrush to set the tones. Colored pencils would state the initial color palette and further establish the tonal transitions. Then more acrylic painting from large to small sable brushes. Finally, glazes of oil paints would “pull together” the values and colors. In my opinion, there is nothing like the glaze of oil paints for true color and values.

As i said, I have painted hundreds of images, from romance to science fiction using this working method. And most of them got stored in either the basement or the attic- protected but not really looked at for over 15 years.

Astronaut near Jupiter
Jeff in Space

So- in January 2015 I decided to FINALLY  collect the paintings together into one place- placed on a metal shelf and sorted out by subject. I was thinking that maybe there would be interest in these images. That people would like to see paintings- and possibly be interested in quality prints of my painting-illustrations. It would be great if they could have a “use” outside of the initial purpose of illustrating a story.

The Secondary Discovery

I had recently read an article in the NY Times by Heidi Julavits “Turning Clutter into Joy”.  This essay took a different approach to the prevailing wisdom that one should purge themselves of useless possessions- the flotsam and jetsam of life that accumulates over the course of a lifetime.

Yes I did find lots of useless things- detritus that was definitely of no use to anyone- least of all me. But in the process of throwing out these remnants of life and previous work, I began to run across pieces of art that I had totally forgotten about. Or maybe I remembered them, but in a kind of a dim way, like a faded image on photo paper. These were drawings, sketches, paintings –  IDEAS! that I had almost totally forgotten about.

And the Illustrations!

I will admit that not all are great- some are just good- and others just blew me away. Digital techniques have their own usages, and I have been about to expand the range of what I can do with Photoshop, After Effects and other software.

So I have photographed all my newly discovered paintings with my digital camera, and have selected some to be shown on my website, and on Etsy, to have them available as digital archival quality prints.

Illustration Storage Archive
Painting & Illustration Storage shelf

Collection-2015
Artwork and Illustration Collection – found items!

Old is New Again- and Vice Versa?

With social media- and sites like Etsy, Instagram and Pinterest, I can share my art in ways that didn’t exist when these paintings were originally created. This process is fascinating to me as an illustrator and an artist. Old work becomes new in another context, and going forward my newest work will still be created using the techniques that i perfected in painting those images that originally were mere illustrations.

Please check out my new shop on Etsy! https://www.etsy.com/shop/LindbergIllustration?ref=hdr_shop_menu