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Illustration West 62 CALL FOR ENTRIES
Illustration West 62 CALL FOR ENTRIES Artwork Ⓒ Martin French. Any use of artwork must have the artist's permission. The Directory of Illustration is a proud sponsor of The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles 62nd Annual Illustration Competition. The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles presents their 62nd annual Illustration West, chaired by Jon Messer. Illustration West is an annual competition and exhibition highlighting the year’s best illustration – both from L.A. and from all around the world. SILA is proud to represent established and emerging artists and demonstrate that this continues to be an [...]
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Recent Alien Sketch Card Commissions
A set of three Alien sketch cards that were a recent commission.
Miriam Wins Second Gold!
Miriam Martincic was awarded a second gold medal from the Society of Illustrators, New York, in the uncommissioned category, 2021. Box is a self-initiated piece inspired by an article from [...]
Cleaner Shrimp And Moray Eel Sketch
5x8ink in sketchbookThis week's #SundayFishSketch theme are fish that are in a symbiotic or parasitic relationship with another creature. This here is a sketch of a cleaner shrimp giving a [...]
ContArte Published Illustrations Throwback
For the past four years I have been collaborating with a Spanish non-for-profit organization Art i Més, from Gandia, Valencia, for their bi-annual publication ContArte. I created several of their [...]
Reposting Type 7 Magazine:Digital artist Chris Labrooy has spent…
Reposting Type 7 Magazine:Digital artist Chris Labrooy has spent the last few years as something of a social media legend in the Porsche community, designing impossible outlandish scenes around iconic [...]
Work Showcase: Curt Walstead
WORK SHOWCASE: Curt Walstead This week, the Directory of Illustration highlights work from Curt Walstead, represented by António Adrião Artist Representative (AAARep). [...]
Work Showcase: Christian Dellavedova
WORK SHOWCASE: Christian Dellavedova This week, the Directory of Illustration highlights work from Christian Dellavedova represented by António Adrião Artist Representative (AAARep). [...]
A recent cover of Time Out London as imagined by artist duo…
A recent cover of Time Out London as imagined by artist duo hitandrun.
Bluewater International Comic-Con 2021
This Saturday I will be set up at the Bluewater International Comic-Con in Port Huron, MI. This is my second and probably last appearance for the year, so if you [...]
Package design by Greg Coulton for David’s Copperfield’s History…
Package design by Greg Coulton for David’s Copperfield’s History of Magic.
early winter…
early winter frost
Andrew Baker for Pilot Magazine.
Andrew Baker for Pilot Magazine.
Neil Webb for Microsoft’s WorkLab, commissioned by Godfrey…
Neil Webb for Microsoft’s WorkLab, commissioned by Godfrey Dadich Partners.
Sketch Of A Marshall Fredericks Koi Sculpture
5x8 pencil sketch from sketchbookI had missed the past couple of weeks of the #SundayFishSketch, so it is good to be back in the swing with this week. This week's [...]
Inktober Recap
Last October, like I've done for the past few years, I commited to create one drawing a day during Inktober. This year I wanted to do something different, and instead [...]
H Is for Han…
So, now that all that Inktober stuff is done, I shall resume posting drawings (usually on a Friday) from my unpublished Star Wars A-Z book, Yoda is Small and Other [...]
Dune, Where’s My Car?…
Dune, Where’s My Car?
quilt drawing…
quilt drawing #2
Illustration by Steve Rawlings about Kepler’s Law for Quarto…
Illustration by Steve Rawlings about Kepler’s Law for Quarto Universe.
How To Learn Spanish | Client: Hikari Press
I’ve been so busy lately with a really big, super-secret project that I almost forgot to post about this! Cover art and spot illustrations I did for the book How [...]
Work Showcase: Big Al Gruswitz
WORK SHOWCASE: Big Al Gruswitz This week, the Directory of Illustration highlights work from Big Al Gruswitz, represented by António Adrião Artist Representative (AAARep). [...]