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Jason Raish’s Award-Winning “Croquet & Ink” Series
ARTIST FEATURE: JASON RAISH "CROQUET & INK" This week, the Directory of Illustration is proud to present an artist feature on Jason Raish and his fantastic "Croquet & Ink" series. THE WORK ABOUT THE PROJECT: Jason Raish's series "Croquet & Ink" was chosen and awarded a Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators for their 65 Annual Show. His artwork benefited the The FIT Black Student Illustrators Award. "The 1950's was a repressed era where racism was pervasive. As [...]
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Inktober Day 9: Throw
Today's official word prompt is 'Throw.' Who better to throw something than the good ole Headless Horseman?
inktober day 8 – make your own Lo-Fi Hip Hop Playlist art
inktober day 8 – make your own Lo-Fi Hip Hop Playlist art
Inflammation Pak Choi character created by MDI Digital for…
Inflammation Pak Choi character created by MDI Digital for Women’s Health Magazine.
Inktober Day 8: Teeth
Today's official word prompt is 'Teeth.' And for those not in the know, this shark is not a figment of my imagination, it actually existed at one time. It was [...]
CGI piece created by Peter Crowther for Boston Magazine.
CGI piece created by Peter Crowther for Boston Magazine.
Inktober Day 7: Fancy
Today's official word prompt is 'Fancy.' What could be fancier than a fancy hipster vampire? I know, aren't they all? This one even has skinny jeans and a scarf.
Digital Art created by Arik Roper for AI company X.AI.
Digital Art created by Arik Roper for AI company X.AI.
Neighborhood Watch – Episode 5
Neighborhood Watch - Episode 5
Agent Strock And The Terror
(click on image to make bigly)Here is the finished drawing that was shown last week through my mentorship program with Giuseppe Castellano from The Illustration Dept.This is a wordless kind [...]
Inktober day 6: Rodent
Today's word prompt is Rodent. So, an R.O.U.S. for your amusement. I hope. I always liked that you could tell that there was a human inside those costumes.
sketchbook fan art (2020)
sketchbook fan art (2020)
sketchbook fan art
sketchbook fan art
How to Get the Most Out of SCBWI Illiniois Interactive
I had the pleasure of filming this segment on How to Get the Most out of the upcoming SCBWI Illinois Interactive virtual conference with the wonderful Esther Hershenhorn a few [...]
Entirely CGI Illustration of the American flag for The New York…
Entirely CGI Illustration of the American flag for The New York Times Sunday Review created by Lisa Sheehan for two stories: “America Is In Terrible Danger” by Frank Bruni and [...]
Inktober Day 5: Blade
Today's word is: Blade. I originally thought of something hacking something, but then again, it's his name. It's right there.
Illustration and typography by Peter Strain for Refinery29′s…
Illustration and typography by Peter Strain for Refinery29′s Vote for Our Future Campaign.
Inktober Day 4: Radio
Today's official Inktober word prompt is 'Radio.' Evil radio it is.
Inktober Day 3: Bulky
Today's official word prompt for Inktober is 'Bulky.'
Inktober Day 2: Wisp
Today's official word prompt for Inktober is 'Wisp.'
A Toyota Prius at In-N-Out as imagined by Chris Labrooy.
A Toyota Prius at In-N-Out as imagined by Chris Labrooy.
Inktober Day 1: Fish
Ok, here we go again. This will be my third go at the Inktober sketch a day challenge and today's official word prompt is Fish. As always I will try [...]