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Lynne St. Clare Foster for the Hero Art Project
Lynne St. Clare Foster's portraits for the HERO ART PROJECT The Directory of Illustration is proud to highlight the work of Lynne St. Clare Foster for the Hero Art Project, presented by Arthouse.NYC. Lynne is the spokesperson for the project and she created three beautiful portraits honoring front-line workers who died during the pandemic. About the Hero Art Project: The Hero Art Project is an art exhibit honoring healthcare workers from around the world who have lost their lives while fighting COVID-19 and selflessly saving the lives of thousands of their fellow citizens. The Hero Art [...]
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THOUGHTS ON ART from 2021
Some people hate art. That’s the most surprising thing I learned this year when I stepped into high schools as a teaching artist. NYC is an art capital, but hundreds [...]
M Is For Maz…
Time for another Star Wars A-Z image from my unpublished book, entitled Yoda is Small and Other Such Utterances.M is for Maz whohas big adjustable eyes.This was the very first [...]
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US AT…
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US AT LEMONADE! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Big things planned at Lemonade illustration agency for 2022 and we are so excited to get started and show [...]
G.O.A.T.
So... I've decided to jump into this t-shirt type stuff and this is my first go at it. Over on my Teepublic page, you can get this as a t-shirt, [...]
Interview with Beppe Giacobbe
"It is clear that the harmony of colours is based only on one principle: effective contact with the soul", Vasily Kandinsky A quote that sounds like a mantra to many [...]
Tuna Sketch
5x8ink in sketchbookToday's theme for #SundayFishSketch are 'anthropologically important fishes.' One of the first articles that I came upon when looking into this was one from about ten years ago. [...]
happy 2022 to all <3…
happy 2022 to all <3
L Is For Luke…
Let's end the year with a severed hand! Well, a moment before the severed hand, might be more appropriate for this image. L is for Lukewho lost his right hand.This is [...]
2022 Word for the year
It’s hard to go into 2022 with a positive attitude when the Covid numbers here are scarily high: And when some of those closest to me are going through really [...]
A Michigan To Texas Birthday Wish 2021
Happy Birthday to Sandra down in Texas who collects pics sent via the inter webs that started with a small group some years ago. Hopefully, the birthday pics are still [...]
10 Best Science Illustrations of 2021
The 10 Best Science Illustrations of 2021 from SayoStudio Happy New Year! This past year we’ve worked with leading scientists who have inspired us with their discoveries and achievements. From [...]
The Friendly Fridge Mural
Since May 2020 The Friendly Fridge Bx Has been helping the community by having free food available 24/7. If people has something to share, they leave it there, if you [...]
A Mesonauta Festivus (Flag Cichlid) Sketch
5x8ink from sketchbookThis week's theme for #SundayFishSketch is one that involves fish with Christmas/Holiday names, such as the reindeer wrasse, for example. Last week, everyone pretty much did a yellow [...]
Happy Holidays 2021!
Whatever and however you celebrate, I hope that you have a blast!
A Bright and Cheery House Full of Merriment
Confession: I wanted to name it House of Merriment, but that sounded too much like a brothel.Directory of Illustration’s word for this week was merriment. Not necessarily a word that’s [...]
One of Aquent Talents most liked submissions of 2021!
It was a pleasant surprise and honor to find myself tagged in a post by AquentUK on Instagram for my art piece Life In The North Woods being selected as [...]
Holiday Spirit
While this year was nothing like the rest, our artists had a great time creating festive and vibrant illustrations to get us in the holiday spirit! Darling Clementine for Fazer Sverige’s Christmas [...]
2021 Holiday Card Design
Once again I wanted my holiday card design to convey the sense of joy and happiness that my dog Cooper brought into my life again this year. I was also [...]
The key visual for the new Legoland Korea, illustrated by Justin…
The key visual for the new Legoland Korea, illustrated by Justin Metz
The new cover for Wired Italia, by Emile Holmewood
The new cover for Wired Italia, by Emile Holmewood
A Perch Sketch
5x8ink from sketchbookFor this week's #SundayFishSketch theme, it is another riddle. 1. A fish found through north-central North America, from the Hudson Bay to South Carolina2. Fished commercially in the Great [...]