Roy Doty: Crowd Control

Yesterday I talked about how Roy Doty's whimsical page toppers for Coronet where just a minor example of the kind of complex illustrations he was doing month to month for all sorts of publications back in the 50's. Well here's a perfect example of one of those complex illustrations... this is just a small snippet of the humungous scene Doty illustrated for the August 1956 issue of Woman's Day magazine.


Here's what the whole big spread looks like...


But if you want to really "get the big picture" you should probably look at the full size version.


And Doty doesn't just stop there...


...his illustration continues all the way across a second spread...


...all made up of individually drawn, distinctly unique characters in unique costumes and poses. As my pal Glen Mullaly commented on Monday's piece of Manhattan island, "This would take me a month!"

And Doty didn't have the advantage of "copy & paste" commands. It was just another typical assignment for the indefatigable Doty.


Take a few minutes to enjoy all the details of these illustrations in my Roy Doty Flickr set - but first - take a moment to wish Roy a Happy 85th Birthday in the comments section of this post (c'mon, whattaya waitin' for? Christmas?) and many thanks to everyone who has already done so!