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Work Showcase: Christian Dellavedova
WORK SHOWCASE: Christian Dellavedova This week, the Directory of Illustration highlights work from Christian Dellavedova represented by António Adrião Artist Representative (AAARep). THE WORK Illustrator: Christian Dellavedova Client: Internazionale Magazine Agent: AAA Rep FROM THE ARTIST: I've always been fascinated by hot rods and their subculture, especially by the American artist, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, creator of the hot rod icon Rat Fink, later resumed by the father of skate art, Jim Phillips. If we mix these influences with my favorite Australian art collective, [...]
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New portrait
“Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.” -Aretha Franklinwatercolour 9 [...]
Wallace Tripp (1940-2018)
In 2011 I had the idea to contact one of my favorite illustrators, Wallace Tripp, and invite him to exhibit in the Quimby Gallery at what is now Northern Vermont [...]
Day #4 of Blue logos
This project is more of an exploration than anything I have done before. As I work on it, I get an idea and execute it without much thought. I am [...]
Mayuko Fujino Commissioned by The Atlantic
Mayuko Fujino, paper cutout and collage artist, was recently commissioned by The Atlantic to create artwork for an article in their July/August issue. Entitled “The Weird, Ever-Evolving Story of DNA,” [...]
Extreme Food by Fausto Montanari
Fausto Montanari recently worked with Lobster Studio to produce and direct a series of animated illustrations. His personal project, “Extreme Food,” combines extreme sports with cutlery and other kitchen objects. [...]
Pen & Ink Stipple Illustration for Nestlé
I’ve noticed this ad for Baskin Robbins all over the Internet recently. Of course the first thing that comes to mind is how much I’d like to take a break [...]
When Trucks Have Nightmares
Archives Do trucks have nightmares? If trucks have nightmares I’m sure these three would be at the top of their lists: 1. Blown over by wind Sometimes you can’t predict [...]
Trucker Talk
Archives Dinner at Amelia’s in the Ramada Hotel is the best place to eavesdrop on trucker talk. The Ramada was my home during orientation at Prime Inc. and Amelia’s Bar [...]
Chefs Vol 3. Children’s Novel. Cover and interior illustration…
Chefs Vol 3. Children’s Novel. Cover and interior illustration by Oriol Vidal https://www.instagram.com/p/BnHJmOiBHBR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19g924fy615xj
Top 10 Summer Illustrations
As Geoffrey Chaucer once said: “All good things must come to an end.” Just like a melting ice cream cone, the summer days are slowly dripping away. And as August [...]
Richard Mia | Greater Boston Stage Company
Richard Mia is considered one of the top conceptual editorial artists. The Greater Boston Stage Company had the vision to see how his conceptual style would adapt to theatre posters. [...]
Russell Benfanti | Packaging Portfolio
Dynamic packaging for kids focused products generates interest, awareness and sales. Russell Benfanti has a proven track record with a variety of national brands. Safeway has hired Russell for numerous [...]
Wall Street Journal Hedcut of Ben Kingsley
The new film, Operation Finale, opens this week and it stars two of my favorite actors – Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley. I haven’t had an opportunity to create a [...]
MUTI for Sports Illustrated
Based in Cape Town, South Africa and represented by Folio, the MUTI team specializes in original and imaginative illustrations, animations, digital paintings, vector icons and custom typography. MUTI’s illustrations were [...]
Nathan Yoder for Runcible Cider
In 2015, Nathan Yoder was commissioned by Rob and Kelly McCune from Runcible Cider Co. to help brand their family cidery and expand the brand’s visual identity. Since then, Nathan [...]
Latest Project: Megacity 2050 – Bloomberg Businessweek Illustration
Rod Hunt was commissioned by Bloomberg Businessweek to visualise Megacity 2050, how an idealised future city might look in 2050 incorporating new ideas in urban planning and sustainability. Some of the [...]
Latest Project: Daily Mail Great Summer £125,000 Treasure Hunt Illustrations
Rod Hunt was commissioned by the Daily Mail newspaper to illustrate The Great Summer £125,000 Treasure Hunt, the follow up to 2017's hugely successful Treasure Hunt competition. Each week for [...]
Latest Project: Minecraft Coral Crafters Animation
Rod Hunt collaborated with 215 McCann in San Francisco on this cool little animation for Minecraft explaining their Coral Crafters project to help restore coral reefs. Animated by Tom Yaniv.YOU HELPED [...]
Latest Project: Technology Adoption Strategy Report Illustration for Digital Catapult
Digital Catapult commissioned Rod Hunt to illustrate the cover for their five-year plan report document 'Accelerating the Early Adoption of Advanced Digital Technology'. Digital Catapult wanted to create a pictorial [...]
Sam Peet for New Scientist
Sam Peet was recently commissioned by New Scientist to create the cover illustration for their August issue. The cover story “Allergy Explosion” is accompanied by two of Sam’s illustrations and [...]