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World Illustration Awards 2022 Longlisted Artists, Exploration Category: Nicholas Stevenson, An Chen, Camelia Pham, Anne Wilson
World Illustration Awards 2022 Longlisted Artists Exploration Category: Nicholas Stevenson, An Chen, Camelia Pham, Anne Wilson The Association of Illustrators (The AOI), in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, recently announced the Longlist for the World Illustration Awards 2022! In December 2021, we opened our call to illustrators with the aim of celebrating great illustration. The Longlist has been selected by the jury from over 5,000 entries submitted from across the globe. The full 500-strong Longlist is now live on the AOI website for you to browse. The Longlist represents some of the [...]
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The Vicious Gear Cycle | Ascent
“New gear always leads to more new gear.” How buying new ski gear can spiral out of control. Editorial illustration for Ascent Backcountry Snow Journal for an article titled “The [...]
Out of this World
October is here, which means it’s time to break out our spookiest lawn decor and practice the monster mash. One if the greatest aspects about illustration is its ability to [...]
Sip ‘n’ Snip! Collage Workshop
Sip ‘n’ Snip: Collage Workshop (age 21+) October 25, Fri 7-8:30pm Nassau Museum of Art, One Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor, NY Enjoy a glass of wine or a pint from [...]
Baby It’s Cold Outside
there is peaceful. there is wild. i am both at the same time. — sum
The Featured Five: October 2019
We hope you’ll enjoy scrolling through our selections for this month; we have everything from realistic portraits to black and white sketches! Be sure to explore more of each [...]
University
Led by our editorial agent Jodie Hein, our collaborations with universities continue to develop and grow. The following illustrators deliver exciting, new work to universities across the country and beyond. [...]
Pigeons Come Home to Roost in the Bronx
Those city pigeons that were loitering about St. Agnes NYPL at the tail end of summer have migrated north to the Bronx, where they will live from now on. Pizza [...]
Supersoaker Car Illustrations
In recognition of the 20th anniversary of my career as a freelance illustrator and animator, along with the 30th anniversary of my hire as a toy designer and illustrator, I'm [...]
Recent Illustrations
Over the summer, for a company devoted to nursing products, Lansinoh Laboratories, I developed a series of illustrations and an animation depicting optimal breastfeeding technique. This job was not exactly [...]
ADC Illustrator of the Year 2019
ART NEWS: I was just informed that ADC Fine Arts awarded me ‘Illustrator of the Year’ at their 2019 Art Comes Alive event this past Saturday in Cincinnati, Ohio for [...]
Children’s Books
Books inspire the next generation of creativity. Whether the contents is fantastical or encyclopedic, the accompanying illustrations create a lasting impression on young, curious readers. The following illustrators tap into [...]
Miracle Studios Artist Spotlight!
For this artist spotlight, we'd like to bring your attention to Miracle Studios! Miracle Studios specializes in developing comic art, where their main areas of expertise include creating [...]
Playtime!
A recent piece I created for Chicago magazine entitled ‘Wild Bunch’ about new kids clubs and playgroups in the forest and how it could effect the local wildlife & environment.
Supersoaker Man
Then there's this weird Supersoaker... An action figure that, by pumping his head, actually shoots water from his own Supersoaker.I developed the design of this one, too...
Blast from the Past
In the beginning, Supersoakers were invented by Lonnie Johnson and developed by Bruce D'Andrade. Back in 1992, working for Bruce at Professional Prototypes, I designed the look of the Supersoaker [...]
Something that just needed to be illustrated
I had some time to have some fun. This started as one of my roughs for the Animation Festival Poster. In the end it wasn’t Vermonty enough. I really liked [...]
“When You Were Baptized”: Nathan Röhlander
Nathan Röhlander was commissioned by the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Liturgy Training Publications to illustrate “When You Were Baptized.” This 32-page children’s book is targeted to children, parents, grandparents, and [...]
Richard Mia in Paris
Conceptual illustrator, Richard Mia, partnered with the Paris town hall to create a direct marketing campaign promoting sustainability and a healthy lifestyle for their citizens. The project was realized through [...]
CAPIC Double Vision entry 2019
Watercolour portrait of Olga KozitskaI portrayed Olga as a moon goddess. Each of the animals symbolize values that hold power for her. Being a night owl, she gains her energy once the [...]
A Decade with The Artworks
This year marks the ten year anniversary of our partnership with the talented London based boutique illustration agency, The Artworks. Since 2009, Mendola Artists has been The Artworks’ exclusive representative [...]
Artist Spotlight + Job Showcase: Christian Dellavedova
For artist Christian Dellavedova, we decided to do both an artist spotlight, and a job showcase! Based out of Milan, Italy, Christian specializes in editorial and conceptual illustration. In his [...]