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Our Top 10 Instagram posts of 2022
2022's Top 10 Posts With 2022 coming to an end, we reviewed our top Instagram posts to see what resonated the most with our audiences this year. The themes were clear - the war in Ukraine, social & climate issues, historical events, whimsical textures, bright, playful graphics and bit of humor. Throughout the highs and lows of 2022, we've featured amazing illustration work from all over the world. Thank you to the artists who rallied support and highlighted important issues through their inspiring work and also gave us whimsical, playful places to escape to. Here's a [...]
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Bladerunner illustration by Peter Strain for Empire Magazine.
Bladerunner illustration by Peter Strain for Empire Magazine.
Artist of the Month, August 2020: Michael Crampton
British-born illustrator Michael Crampton studied illustration at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He spent six years as the Executive Art Director at Neiman Marcus corporate headquarters in [...]
Kit Russell’s lastest work for Oberlin Alumni Magazine, for a…
Kit Russell’s lastest work for Oberlin Alumni Magazine, for a story about an alumnus who created a space library. Check out the full story here.
Akut Character Design Process
So, here are the steps taken to get where I wanted the design of Akut to be.I started out experimenting with body shapes. I was happy with the face and [...]
New animated signs by hitandrun for the cover of Club Traveler…
New animated signs by hitandrun for the cover of Club Traveler magazine.
Akut
So, I've decided to have some fun with character designs, using protagonists and probably antagonists from books recently or currently reading. I'm kind of taking the approach of showing them [...]
A sample of pieces from Alan Berry Rhys’ latest collaboration…
A sample of pieces from Alan Berry Rhys’ latest collaboration for Penny Skateboards.
This week’s Throwback Thursday features work from Peter’s…
This week’s Throwback Thursday features work from Peter’s Horvath for 11freunde.
World Elephant Day
Happy World Elephant Day! At least there are some intelligent creatures among us.
goodnight moon
goodnight moon
Lisa Sheehan’s latest cover for The Banker.
Lisa Sheehan’s latest cover for The Banker.
Zombuggeez,™ Part Three
Here is the next Zombuggeez™ drawing in the lineup. It's actually the second one that I illustrated and will most likely be the next sticker available, as well. More on [...]
Summer Sunsets
There are few sights more beautiful than the glowing sky as it fades from blue to orange to pink and settles into dusk. This fiery time of day conjures strong [...]
Corey Brickley for Ted Baker.
Corey Brickley for Ted Baker.
Editorial Illustration Feature 1: Covid-19
Covid-19 Editorial Illustration: Introducing the first post of our August editorial feature series. 2020 has become a watershed year for editorial illustration. Throughout [...]
Arc and Athena are two pieces from Chris Nurse’s latest personal…
Arc and Athena are two pieces from Chris Nurse’s latest personal body of work. He wanted to adapt and abstract beautiful Rococo and Baroque decorative metal work, armor and architectural details [...]
This week’s #ThrowbackThursday features Carne Griffiths’…
This week’s #ThrowbackThursday features Carne Griffiths’ portrait of the late great legendary David Bowie.
Elvis for Bloomberg Businessweek by Ben Lewis Giles.
Elvis for Bloomberg Businessweek by Ben Lewis Giles.
Yann Legendre’s cover illustration of Alex Albon for The Red…
Yann Legendre’s cover illustration of Alex Albon for The Red Bulletin.
night gazing
night gazing
Meditative Drawings
Way back in the twentieth century, even before computer graphics and 3D visualization, I drew a lot using pencils and pens on paper. Most of what I drew was representational [...]