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Swindler & Swindler for La Thé Box
Swindler & Swindler for La Thé Box The Directory of Illustration is proud to highlight work from Swindler & Swindler, represented by Folio Illustration Agency. For the past three years, Swindler & Swindler has had a beautiful collaboration with La Thé Box. Each box is an extraordinary and elaborate work of art that transports the tea drinker to magical places. NOVEMBER 2022 BOX: THE ORIENT EXPRESS TRAIN From the Artist: Our third collaboration... It is the dreamiest, most complex illustration I have [...]
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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 [...]
The special 10th anniversary edition cover for Daughter of Smoke…
The special 10th anniversary edition cover for Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor illustrated by Peter Strain.
Eye Of A Hammerhead Shark
This here sketch is of an eye of a hammerhead shark. It's part of a larger idea/piece that I have in mind.