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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 created these illustrations for an article by Ed Yong about how the pandemic made it clear that science touches everything, and everything touches science. I used tarots as a metaphor for the complexity and chaos of the pandemic issue. Rather than use different elements in the [...]
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Pen & Ink Portraits of George Will and Sandra Day O’Connor
I’m enjoying a fun, new (hopefully ongoing) gig this year – creating pen & ink portraits for the back page of Washington Lawyer Magazine – Art Directed by Jodi Bloom [...]
Illustrated recipe: Refried beans
We love tacos and I came up with this homemade refried beans recipe a good few years ago and use it every time we have tacos now. It’s really nice [...]
Campaign Spotlight: Nathan Smith’s Robotics Images
Nathan Smith was asked to produce a series of visual works for a large UK organisation earlier this year. The brief was to create a robot that was both intelligent [...]
The Silo 3D Toolbox
Silo is a lightweight modeling application exclusively for 3D modeling, UV mapping, and retopology. Its minimalist interface is perfect for game developers, designers, and illustrators who are solely interested in [...]
Creative Showcase: The Best of Food
Food is terrific. The worst part about food illustrations is that you can't just reach into the screen and take a bite out of whatever it is you're seeing. But [...]
Interview with author, Aimee Reid
Aimee Reid, author of the enchanting picture book, Mama’s Day with Little Gray, interviewed me for her blog about children’s books. Check it out and read her other fascinating interviews [...]
Artist Spotlight: Rob Peters
Rob Peters is an illustrator, cartoonist and designer. He has a degree in Visual Communications from Judson College in Elgin, Illinois, and worked as a cover artist and designer in [...]
Travelling while vegetarian
And here’s Part 4 of my trip review. Part 1 was about holidaying with srprs.me, Part 2Part 2 was about holidaying alone and Part 3Part 3 was all about Malaga. [...]
Visiting Malaga
Part 3 of my trip review. Part 1 was about holidaying via srprs.me and Part 2 was about holidaying solo. This one’s all about Malaga, and Part 4 is about [...]
Holidaying solo
Welcome to Part 2 of my trip review (and sorry it’s taking me so long to write it all up – somehow that vision of being a travel blogger jetting [...]
Travelling with Srprs.me
I’d decided around Easter time that I wanted to go away for a city break in Europe on my own some time soon. I’d been doing a lot of introspective [...]
A Collection of New York Times Illustrations
Directory of Illustration artists regularly lend their talent to some of the biggest newspapers and magazines in the business. Recently, three of our artists worked with the New York Times. [...]
Latest Project: The Art of Experience for University of Colorado Boulder’s Coloradan Magazine
Pentagram commissioned Rod Hunt to illustrate The Art of Experience for the University of Colorado Boulder's Alumni magazine, Coloradan. A new degree program at University of Colorado Boulder will foster the [...]
Latest Project: Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s The Yard for Chicago Magazine.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater's The Yard: Chicago Magazine.Chicago Magazine commissioned Rod Hunt to illustrate an inside peek at Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s malleable new multimillion-dollar venue The Yard.See the full project here
Debut Art Showcase
Debut Art was established in 1985 and has offices in London, New York and Tokyo. With a roster of incredibly talented illustrators, motion and animation artists, and illustrative designers, Debut [...]
Mendola Artists Showcase
Mendola Artists is among the top illustration agencies in the world. Their artists have worked with everyone from Jack Daniel's and Penguin Random House to GQ and Pepsi. They have [...]
Rapp Artists Spotlight
Gerald & Cullen Rapp is one of world's top illustration agencies. They're home to some of the most recognizable artists and art work in the industry. The artists of Rapp [...]
Artist Spotlight: The Style of Gavin Reece
Gavin Reece has style, a lot of it. Represented by the New Division agency, he's one of London's leading fashion illustrators. The majority of Reece's work has a distinctively graphic feel to [...]
The Buskers are Coming!
I have had the pleasure of creating art for the Sun Life Financial Waterloo Busker Carnival for several years. It is one of my favourite assignments and this year was [...]
A look at the Art of Brett Stiles
Artist Brett Stiles gets his inspiration from his son, skateboarding, music, graffiti, table tennis, industrial design and travel. Based in Austin, Texas and part of Homestead Creatives, a renowned agency [...]