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World Illustration Awards 2022 Shortlisted Artists: Joey Guidone, Chiara Vercesi, Loe Lee, & MUTI
World Illustration Awards 2022 Shortlisted Artists Advertising Category: Joey Guidone, Chiara Vercesi, Loe Lee, MUTI The Association of Illustrators (The AOI), in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, recently announced the Shortlist for the World Illustration Awards 2022! The shortlist has been selected from over 5,000 entries from 77 countries following a rigorous and competitive judging process. The Shortlist presents some of the most exciting illustration work from around the world. It is an important way for commissioners to discover quality illustrators and a celebration of the illustration industry. The Shortlist includes projects [...]
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Artist Spotlight: Nan Cao
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Quarantine Dreaming
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Look Up | Client: Utah Adventure Journal
Editorial illustration for a Utah Adventure Journal article called Look Up about the lessons learned while taking an avalanche rescue course. The instructor hid the rescue beacon up in a [...]
Real-Life Superheroes
To all the doctors, nurses, and hospital employees working around the clock to save lives, THANK YOU. It fills us with hope to see the many videos of neighborhoods cheering [...]
based on a true story
based on a true story
New Stuff Available: Dance of the Elephants
I have posted a new item for sale on my website and my Zazzle Store.This is a delightful series of illustrations depicting an awkward elephant dancing gracefully across your mug [...]
Dave Cutler for LANCET
LANCET was looking for illustrators who were conceptual in nature and enjoyed Dave Cutler’s approach to taking somewhat complex subject matters and distilling them down to simple, understandable visual [...]
Robots
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Reginald Swinney for University of Massachusetts Medical School
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Monet’s garden
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My Journey: A benefit of Personal Projects, Having Fun in Hard Times
Within one week I was to take years of course development and put them online. On top of this I started homeschooling my children, I continued to try to get [...]
background designs
background designs
another friendly reminder to do what you know to do – stay…
another friendly reminder to do what you know to do - stay inside! we can do this together!
A Portrait to Celebrate Family
One of my clients in California recently welcomed a second baby into his family. To commemorate the moment, he commissioned me to create a family portrait. I documented the month-long process [...]