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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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Illustrations by Alex Williamson for Chupa Chups.
Illustrations by Alex Williamson for Chupa Chups.
The collection of artist Kilian Eng’s Object books in Object…
The collection of artist Kilian Eng’s Object books in Object Compendium is now available for preorder online at a number of sites.
#ThrowbackThursday to Arik Roper’s Iron Maiden screenprint.
#ThrowbackThursday to Arik Roper’s Iron Maiden screenprint.
Emma Peel Artist Proof Sketch Cards
Since the passing of Diana Rigg last week, I thought it would be a good time to make my Emma Peel sketch cards available for purchase again. And not at [...]
Agency Spotlight: Début Art
Agency Spotlight: Début Art Continuing our September Agency series, the Directory of Illustration is proud to highlight the work of [...]
Book cover by Peter Strain.
Book cover by Peter Strain.
Back to School
Back to school may look a bit different this year, but the nostalgic feeling of opening a crisp notebook for the first time and sharpening a new pencil never goes [...]
Artist Alan Berry Rhys for Dread Mar’s latest single artwork and…
Artist Alan Berry Rhys for Dread Mar’s latest single artwork and music video “Libre”. You can watch the full video here.
Zombuggeez™ Stickers, Part Three
These just arrived Zombuggeez™ stickers are now available on my web site's store. This is the third of six that will be available (even more in the future!). These stickers [...]
A conceptual piece about a horse crime investigation by Yann…
A conceptual piece about a horse crime investigation by Yann Legendre for L’Express.
Live Painting at the New Village Music Festival 2020
This summer has been pretty interesting due to the pandemic. All the staple events have gone virtual or have been cancelled. This year it was the 10th anniversary of the [...]
Carl Sagan
This post continues coming up with character designs from the books that I'm reading, with none other than Carl Sagan. Now this was a work of non-fiction (The Dragons Of [...]
The latest cover of Chemistry World Magazine as imagined by Lisa…
The latest cover of Chemistry World Magazine as imagined by Lisa Sheehan.
Curated Highlights WIA2020: Illustration for Self-Promotion
Curated Highlights WIA2020: Illustration for Self-Promotion The Association of Illustrators highlights our curated list of WIA2020 shortlisted projects created for self-promotion and/ or portfolio development. Featured [...]
Yann Legendre’s illustrations featured on the Summer Guide cover…
Yann Legendre’s illustrations featured on the Summer Guide cover of Reader Magazine.
2020 Society of Illustrators Original Art Show
Congratulations to Susan Gal whose book “Welcoming Elijah” has been included in the 2020 Society of Illustrators Original Art Show. The post 2020 Society of Illustrators Original Art Show appeared [...]
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Magnetism | Private Commission
Here’s a fun, little private commission I did recently. Two androgynous figures attached to magnets feeling their own form of magnetism. I’ve been using Clip Studio Paint a lot lately, [...]
Peter Crowther’s digital manipulation work for the cover of The…
Peter Crowther’s digital manipulation work for the cover of The Sunday Times Magazine.
Illustration created by Bartosz Kosowski for Netflix as part of…
Illustration created by Bartosz Kosowski for Netflix as part of “The Old Guard” launch campaign in which 15 artists from different countries were asked to reimagine the team in their [...]