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Artist Spotlight: Steve Hayes
Artist Spotlight: Steve Hayes This week, the Directory of Illustration is excited to present an artist feature on Steve Hayes and announce his new website! ABOUT THE ARTIST Steve Hayes is an accomplished illustrator with a diverse range of styles and techniques. From black and white to watercolor, Steve’s illustrations are known for their whimsical and playful nature. His use of various mediums such as cartoon, colored pencil, and mixed media, allow him to bring his subjects to life with a unique and dynamic touch. He specializez in humor, action, [...]
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Agency Spotlight: Bright Illustration
Agency Spotlight: Bright Illustration Clockwise from top left ©: Cindy Kang, Rachael Presky, Adele Leyris, and Lucia Catellani Shine bright like a [...]
Art Inspiration 2020
Finding Creative Inspiration (and Sanity) During our Coronavirus Summer On the Washington coast this summer, we spied a flock of brown pelicans relaxing in the surf. Inspired to create some [...]
Some recent personal work from artist duo MDI Digital.
Some recent personal work from artist duo MDI Digital.
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The latest ad campaign for Roscato created by Matt Herring.
The latest ad campaign for Roscato created by Matt Herring.
Lisa Sheehan’s CGI work for a Women’s Health UK story…
Lisa Sheehan’s CGI work for a Women’s Health UK story called “Death of the Sandwich”
Illustration created by Christian Gralingen for the Royal…
Illustration created by Christian Gralingen for the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Edu Fuentes for ExxonMobil, sponsor of Houston’s 2020 Human…
Edu Fuentes for ExxonMobil, sponsor of Houston’s 2020 Human Rights Gala.
Black Hole Art for Nobel Prize Winner
Black Hole Art Celebrating Andrea Ghez’s Nobel Prize A view of the blue star as it travels around the black hole at different time points. When it’s near the edge, [...]
Conceptual illustrations
Stephan Schmitz – BBC Music Magazine Karolis Strautniekas – Wall Street Journal Olivia Waller – Intercom Eleni Debo – De Volkskrant Alexander Wells – University of Iowa Michael Driver – [...]
A new personal piece by artist Jennifer Dionisio. You can…
A new personal piece by artist Jennifer Dionisio. You can purchase a print here.
Illustrations for 5280 Magazine created by Simon Prades. The…
Illustrations for 5280 Magazine created by Simon Prades. The piece shares Geoff Van Dyke’s personal experience with Covid19 and mental health. You can read the piece here.
Sean McCabe: A Rolling Stone Retrospective
Sean McCabe‘s vibrant photo collages have been decorating Rolling Stone Magazine for years. Most recently, Sean created Rolling Stone Magazine‘s November 2020 cover illustration featuring a portrait of presidential candidate [...]
Bump the Vote
I was approached to volunteer for a project I thought it was genius, pair artists with expecting mothers to paint their bellies with the vord VOTE. They asked every mother [...]
Inktober Day 31: Crawl
The last one. I promise. The word? Crawl.
Episode 6 – “Los Espookys”, The Halloween Special…
Episode 6 - “Los Espookys”, The Halloween Special 🎃 Be ghoulish, be safe, wear a mask (both decorative and medical) if you will be out haunting this weekend! Most importantly have [...]
Inktober Day 30: Ominous
Monoliths suddenly appearing are always Ominous, which is the official word prompt for today.
Portrait of Joy Buolamwini for Bloomberg Businessweek by Sam…
Portrait of Joy Buolamwini for Bloomberg Businessweek by Sam Kerr.
Inktober Day 29: Shoes
Today's word prompt is: Shoes. So, you get the best shoes.
A recent Stylist Magazine cover created by Peter Crowther.
A recent Stylist Magazine cover created by Peter Crowther.
Inktober Day 28: Float
Today's official word prompt, which is 'Float,' brought to mind a six grade musical number that we would sing at times. It went something like this:Gobs and gobs of grimy, [...]




















