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World Illustration Awards 2022 Longlisted Artists, Children’s Publishing Category: Brizida Magro, Balbusso Twins, Owen Davey, Kelly Zou & Paddy Donnelly
World Illustration Awards 2022 Longlisted Artists Children's Publishing Category: Brizida Magro, Balbusso Twins, Owen Davey Kelly Zou & Paddy Donnelly 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 [...]
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Your Reputation
Hit Your Deadlines – No explanation necessary, we hope. Be Responsive – You don’t need to be at the beck and call of your client every minute of every day, [...]
Moon-Boy and the Dragon Planet
Moon-Boy enjoying the low-gravity of the mysterious and remote Dragon Planet. Week 16 of my 52-Week Drawing Challenge. Here’s a fun, quick doodle I did for my ongoing 52-week drawing [...]
Amazing Animation
Many of our illustrators seamlessly transition from still images to animation, bringing their characters to life. We cannot get enough of the endlessly creative approaches to story telling our artists [...]
Continuous Line Illustrations
Cartoon portrait illustration using only one continuous line. Continuous line drawing of a cartoon hand holding a water bottle. Continuous line drawing of a cartoon man riding a unicycle. Continuous [...]
Brooklyn Book Festival Poster by Raúl Colón
Raúl Colón had the honor of illustrating the poster for this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle interviewed him to find out about the inspiration behind his beautiful [...]
Summer sketching in the Dark
A few sketches from Saturday night’s performance of Newsies at the Vermont Children’s Theater. I was using Procreate so I could better draw in he dark. It is still challenging [...]
International Tiger Day
This was one of my explorations of different approaches and when I was doing a lot of tiger studies. I thought I would post it for International Tiger Day.International Tiger [...]
The Last Train From Djibouti | Client: Otis Lee
Flyer design for The Last Train from Djibouti, by author Otis Lee and published by Koehler Books. Promotional designs for the launch of a new book by author Otis Lee [...]
Business progress
OK, it's time for some honesty, and while I believe being honest may in some instances be counter productive. I will proceed nevertheless as I need to get things off [...]
Moth Week and the Lunar Moth Bow Tie Guy
It’s moth week so here is a the lunar moth bow tie guy in celebration.
The Lioness
The Lioness If only someone would pay me to hang around their zoo all day making friends with and painting all the animals. My life would be complete! This fierce, [...]
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood: Steven Chorney and the Tradition of Illustrated Movie Posters
With a 30 year career hand painting movie posters for Hollywood blockbusters, illustrator Steve Chorney keeps this creative tradition relevant and exciting. Most notably, he illustrated the movie poster for [...]
The Annual Lego Competition at Northern Vermont Universities Quimby Gallery.
It's that time of year again to get ready for the Annual Lego Competition at Northern Vermont Universities Quimby Gallery. This has been a great event over the past number [...]
“I am New York” Sketch Mob Walking Tour With Carlo Stanga
Join Moleskine and Carlo Stanga on a sketch mob walking tour to visit some of the most notable landmarks mentioned throughout Carlo’s latest illustration book, I am New York. A Moleskine [...]
Art Show at NYPL
I am pleased to announce my summer show: PENCHANT FOR PAPER An Exhibition of Original Collage Illustrations August 1-31, 2019 NYPL St. Agnes Library 444 Amsterdam Avenue (between 81/82 Sts.) [...]
More Summer Sketching: At the Beach
A small sketch form our family trip to Hampton Beach to see the Sand Sculptures. I love drawing people. We are all so different.
Larger Than Life
How cool are these larger than life cutouts Follett had made of some of the characters I illustrated for them! I got a chance to see them in person myself [...]
Summer Sports
It’s time to turn off our winter hibernation mode, leave the comfort of the couch, and take advantage of the long, sunny days! Our illustrators double as motivational coaches with [...]
Double Vision
The editorial world has a lot of unavoidable overlap: whether it’s a historic current event, pop culture reference, lifestyle trend, or timeless metaphor. Regardless of inevitable similarities in certain subject [...]
Dave Calver’s Book Signing at Comic Con
Once again, Dave Calver will be at Comic Con this year! He will be signing copies of his graphic novel Limbo Lounge at the IDW booth. Don’t miss him this Thursday, July 18 between 4:00 [...]
Directory of Illustration Artists Excelling in Branding & Packaging Design
The way a company chooses to brand itself is crucial to its success. The visual aspects of branding, including packaging design, can also make or break the emotional connection a [...]