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Agency Spotlight: KOKO Art Agency
Agency Spotlight: KOKO Art Agency © Stina Persson The Directory of Illustration is proud to present an Agency Spotlight on KOKO Art Agency. KOKO Art Agency is a boutique illustration and design agency based in New York City. Since our founding in 1999 under the name CWC International, we have served as a creative content partner connecting exceptional art and design talent with our international clients. We oversee our artists in their production of unique and impactful hand-wrought assets for use across communication mediums, including: Cross-platform Social Media Campaigns, Packaging & Surface Design + In-store Displays, [...]
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“The World of Sherlock Holmes” by Doug John Miller now exists in…
“The World of Sherlock Holmes” by Doug John Miller now exists in jigsaw form, published by Laurence King Publishing. Doug worked with Nicholas Utechin, an official Sherlock Holmes society historian to fill [...]
A portrait of Neil Young by Borja for MOJO Magazine.
A portrait of Neil Young by Borja for MOJO Magazine.
The Tour de France 2020 cover of Procycling Magazine as imagined…
The Tour de France 2020 cover of Procycling Magazine as imagined by Peter Strain.
Old Town Alley in Pocatello
This marks the second year I was able to contribute to Pocatello’s Old Town Alley. This year I was able to film it!
Countdown
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Green Thumb Project
I've always liked plants, I work for NYC Parks and still I am a terrible plant care taker. I am never sure if what I am doing is good or [...]
Editorial Illustration Feature 4: Politics
Politics and Policy: Part four of our August editorial feature series From elections and national policy, to trade agreements and international relations, 2020 is [...]
Andrew Archer for Dunhill’s The Samurai Blue Collection.
Andrew Archer for Dunhill’s The Samurai Blue Collection.
Gilbert
Who says that one can't be social during a pandemic? Well, not this guy, with whom I met and chatted with the other day. He seemed agitated, somewhat squirrelly, if [...]
A commission to Peter Horvath from Politico, featured alongside…
A commission to Peter Horvath from Politico, featured alongside an article about the way the party conventions in the US this year will be different due to COVID19.
Deloitte
Our collaboration with Deloitte continues to grow under the expert guidance of our editorial agent Jodie Hein. Over a dozen Rapp Art illustrators have worked with Deloitte in just this [...]
Editorial Illustration Feature 3: Civil Rights
Black Illustrations Matter: Part three of our August editorial feature series The Directory of Illustration is proud to continue its August editorial series by featuring [...]
A commission to Marcin Wolski from MIT’s Technology Review…
A commission to Marcin Wolski from MIT’s Technology Review magazine. The illustration accompanies a feature about Russian internet control in an issue of the magazine looking at techno-nationalism.
Liquid and Combustion Simulations
While 3D computer graphic animations are generally controlled "by hand," meticulously and deliberately planned, 3D simulations are governed more by thoroughly "automatic" forces. Virtually every physical force and substance you [...]
Neighborhood Watch – Ep. 4
Neighborhood Watch - Ep. 4
New personal work from one of our newest artists, Dániel…
New personal work from one of our newest artists, Dániel Taylor. “The story behind it is I wanted to have a mysterious shrine, that looks hidden in some sort of wet, [...]
Editorial Illustration Feature 2: Equal Rights
Editorial Empowerment: Part two of our August editorial feature series. Continuing this month's theme, the Directory of Illustration shares some of the best editorial [...]
Illustrations and package design by Alan Berry Rhys for TUMS….
Illustrations and package design by Alan Berry Rhys for TUMS. Commissioned by Hogarth.
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 [...]