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Steven Noble Celebrates 31 Years of Illustrations
Steven Noble: Celebrating 31 Years of Illustration The Directory of Illustration is honored to feature recent work from Steven Noble and celebrate his 31 years of illustrating over 4,000 illustrations. From scratchboard, line art, woodcut and engraving, Steven's artwork is internationally recognized. He is prominently amongst Lürzer's 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide (18/19). His highly disciplined and complex line work is based on over 30 years of experience using X-Acto precision knives to carve into pre-inked clay boards. This allows the versatility in detail of bold woodcuts to the precision of very fine traditional 19 century [...]
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Carolyn Jenkins
I see the way you approach your work as almost scientific, do you think this is a valid comment? Yes it is valid, my speciality is to focus on the [...]
MICA coverage of the 2018 Up/Start Venture Competition
Reported by MICApreneurship/ Photo Credits: Chris Meyers The Up/Start Venture Competition, an initiative of MICApreneurship, focuses on incubating and building creative business ventures within the MICA community. Working with industry partners, [...]
Grace Russell Puts Modern Spin on “Manifest Destiny”
Freelance illustrator Grace Russell recently created the cover illustration for a special anniversary issue of Colorado-based magazine High Country News. The idea behind this piece was to create a modern [...]
Ernest Shepard
Last Friday I spent a few hours in the Winnie the Pooh exhibit at the MFA in Boston with my students from the Visual Arts Program at Northern Vermont University. [...]
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Cover Design and illustration by…
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Cover Design and illustration by Anna & Elena Balbusso. https://www.instagram.com/p/BoPvra1BjAf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s5tzsd2s1iev
Caroline Riley Self-Illustrates Webcomic
This week, we’re featuring Caroline Riley’s ongoing project—a self-illustrated webcomic called A Mirror’s Tale. According to Caroline, the story is about “unrequited love, forming strong bonds, and the tragedy of [...]
Latest Project: Time Out 50: Birthday Party Event Map Illustration
Time Out turns 50 and Rod Hunt has been commissioned to illustrate the map for Time Out 50, a one-night bonanza celebrating the very best of London across food, drink, [...]
Karen Lorena Parker Illustrates for Lindt Chocolate
Karen Lorena Parker was honored to illustrate the Lindt Chocolate award gift boxes for this year’s 70th Emmys Awards and 75th Golden Globes Awards. Karen’s illustration of a woman wearing [...]
More Blue Logos
I have been working diligently on the 100 Logos project. I just haven't been able to post them. Here is a small grouping of them. It is fun to see [...]
Illustration by Nicolas Moegly for Decomposition Book. It is now…
Illustration by Nicolas Moegly for Decomposition Book. It is now available in stores. https://www.instagram.com/p/BoHni04h0gm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17yqmxzkqf939
The Featured Five: September 2018
We're bringing back our monthly installment of The Featured Five, where we showcase a collection of our Featured Artists from the Directory of Illustration. Here are some of our favorites [...]
Book Cover
Second Story Press commissioned me to illustrate the cover of A Cage Without Bars, a middle grade historical novel by Toronto author, Anne Dublin. It tells the tragic story of [...]
Eglé Kazdailyte Illustrates for Online Laboratory
Eglé Kazdailyte, represented by Agency Rush, was recently asked by Neris Analytics to create illustrations for their new product, an online laboratory. The company reached out to Eglé after seeing [...]
Ginger’s Winter Warmer, Beer Label
I am cracking myself up over this illustration I’m working on! Redoing a beer label for @scmbrew ‘s Ginger Winter Warmer beer. Little gingers roots enjoying a pint glass shaped [...]
Wall Street Journal Hedcut of Emma Thompson for “Nanny McPhee”
I am just crazy about Emma Thompson…one of my very favorite actors! I remember first seeing her in some British sketch comedies (I suppose on BBC) with Stephen Fry and [...]
Jessica Hancock Creates Album Art for Checkpoint Charley
Jessica Hancock was recently commissioned by the band Checkpoint Charley to design the album art for their second album, “Pomp, Twaddle & Bombas - Songs 13-24.” In creating the album [...]
If da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur Launches
"If da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur", the follow up to last year's hit "If Picasso Painted a Snowman" is now printed and we received advance copies a few days ago. [...]
Lasergun Factory Creates Animation Teaser for Mikimoto Anniversary Event
Jason Scuderi from Lasergun Factory recently worked with the iconic Japanese jewelry brand Mikimoto in collaboration with Vice Japan to create an animation teaser for their 125th anniversary event, “Feel [...]
Checkpoint Charley Album Cover
Checkpoint Charley Album Cover | Pomp, Twaddle & Bombast – Songs 13-24 Original album cover art created for the band Checkpoint Charley to help promote their second album Pomp, Twaddle [...]