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Work Spotlight: Sam Falconer’s Scientist Portraits
Work Spotlight: Sam Falconer creates portraits of famous scientists and knowledge creators. For this week's Work Spotlight, the Directory of Illustration is excited to highlight recent work from Sam Falconer, represented by Début Art. Sam recently created a fantastic series of illustrated portraits of important scientists and knowledge creators. His unique portrait style, in which he fills a silhouette with lovely illustrations about each person, lends itself perfectly to portraits of historical figures. Can you identify each portrait below? (We'll leave the answers at the bottom)! [...]
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Debut Art is pleased to announce…
Debut Art is pleased to announce that we now represent Grundini!Peter Grundy AKA Grundini - has been shaping visual narratives for four decades. As a pioneer of infographics, he has [...]
A BOLOGNA BOOK FAIR…
A BOLOGNA BOOK FAIR BONANZA! Lemonade returned to Bologna for the first time since we had to cancel for COVID rules and what a wonderful reception our stand received!! We were overwhelmed by [...]
A Portrait of an Artist and His Wife
9x12ink on bristol boardHere is the last of the commissions from the Sh!tshow Kickstarter campaign. The client wanted a portrait of me and my significant other. Why? I have no [...]
April 2024 Newsletter
To receive this newsletter in your inbox, Subscribe on LinkedIn Spring is here! The most exciting time of year, when everything comes back to life. And if you’re not the best [...]
Spring University 2024: Part 1
Below is part 1 of our collection of exciting work our illustrators have done with College and University magazines this season. These covers and features set the stage for a [...]
Frida and Diego
I just sold this watercolor yesterday through the River's Edge Gallery in Wyandotte, MI. Glad to see this painting of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from 2019 finally found a [...]
JOAN SOWS THE SEED OF GREAT…
JOAN SOWS THE SEED OF GREAT IDEASLemonade’s Joan Seed has always been at the cutting edge of conceptual illustration and portrays this through the clever use of vintage collage. This unique [...]
BTS of Deb JJ Lee’s process.
jdebbiel:Been working from a Tokyo studio this month BTS of Deb JJ Lee’s process.
Showtown: the museum of fun and entertainment, and Blackpool’s first museum, opens its doors on the…
Showtown: the museum of fun and entertainment, and Blackpool’s first museum, opens its doors on the iconic Golden Mile on 15 March after six years of development.Across six interactive exhibition [...]
MARGHERITA CREATES THE PERFECT…
MARGHERITA CREATES THE PERFECT CREATIVE COCKTAIL!We are really excited to announce the prestigious signature of Italian illustrator, Margherita Morellini! She has a wonderful style that crosses many age demographics including the adult fiction [...]
Ruby Thursday
6x9ink on bristol boardThis here is a commission from the Sh!tshow Kickstarter that I had at the end of last year. You may have heard about it. This enchanting young [...]
BOLOGNA IS GETTING CLOSE,…
BOLOGNA IS GETTING CLOSE, FOLKS!!We hope you enjoyed your Easter break! Now it's nearly showtime and our team are busy getting ready for the mecca of Children’s Publishing from Monday 8th [...]
EGGSTRA’ CUTE CHARACTER…
EGGSTRA’ CUTE CHARACTER DESIGNS FROM PRIYA KAKATIPremier visual development artist Priya Kakati is the queen of cute characters and this bunny is no exception and ideal for the Easter season. [...]
AI in Science Communication
Can AI Tools be Integrated into Science Communication? The recent surge in artificial intelligence (AI) technology is simultaneously fascinating and frightening. While computer algorithms and machine learning have been around [...]
David Bowie
6x9ink on bristol bobardThis Substack Reward commission had me doing TheThinWhiteZiggyAladdinHeroes guy. I wasn't sure if the client would like the combination of phases, but she did. Therefore, I'm happy.
CAMILLA GALINDO CREATES STUNNING…
CAMILLA GALINDO CREATES STUNNING COVERSLemonade’s Camilla Galindo has created this fun cover for Scholastic which is a perfect setting for the fast approaching Easter season! Camilla has just updated her folio [...]
Tin Tin
6x9ink on bristol boardHere is a recent Substack Reward commission done of Tin Tin (and Snowy) done in the style I used for the Sh!tshow book. He's a little portly [...]
Work Spotlight: David Semple
Work Spotlight: David Semple For this week's Work Spotlight, the Directory of Illustration is excited to highlight recent work from David Semple. David Semple is [...]
Mural for Dow Jones, by Bartosz Kosowski.
Mural for Dow Jones, by Bartosz Kosowski.
Peter Navarro
Martha Stewart went to jail with more grace than this clown. To celebrate Navarro's moving to his new digs, here's a page from my Sh!tshow book. Book signing coming soon!
Sam Chivers for Ardberg.
Sam Chivers for Ardberg.