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Work Showcase: Gary Ciccarelli
WORK SHOWCASE: Gary Ciccarelli This week, the Directory of Illustration highlights work from Gary Ciccarelli, represented by António Adrião Artist Representative (AAARep). THE WORK Illustrator: Gary Ciccarelli Client: Time Out NY Agent: AAA Rep FROM THE ARTIST: "I was commissioned to do this piece about the professional single women of NYC with a nod to the B movie classic, “Attack of the 50 ft. Woman.” The model I used for the piece came at a very low rate. It was my wife, she owed [...]
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Trainer Tim
Archives All of the in-house trainers at Prime SLC are pretty cool. I’ve had nothing but good experiences with them so far. But Trainer Tim shines just a bit brighter. [...]
Mark Brewer for Brewology: An Illustrated Dictionary for Beer Lovers
Beer lovers rejoice! Mark Brewer has released a self-illustrated book, Brewology: An Illustrated Dictionary for Beer Lovers (Skyhorse Publishing). The 196-page A-Z dictionary contains more than 120 colorful illustrations by Mark [...]
Tandem Suspension Pre-trip Inspection
Archives Today we focused on memorizing the suspension parts of the trailer tandem wheels. Repeatedly running through the verbiage for a pre-trip inspection is helping us to learn the names [...]
Bryce Wymer for Drake Devonshire
Bryce Wymer recently worked with Mill New York's 2D Lead Artist Jade Kim to create a massive mural installation, “Assemblage of Andromeda,” for the Drake Devonshire located on the historic [...]
earth love 10 logo design process
I was contacted by Heidi of Earth Love 10 to create a logo for her upstart project. The concept is about encouraging everyday people to help "clean up" the earth [...]
Backing Boss Ben
Archives Prime instructor Ben got us going on how to turn and use cone markers to complete straight-line, offset, and alley dock backing maneuvers. First he diagrammed them on a [...]
Pre-trip Inspection Jargon
Archives Yesterday a student from the class previous to mine gave us our first look at how a tractor/trailer pre-trip inspection is done. There are quite a bit of names [...]
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
How does working with a friend affect your productivity? Michael – I think we are both pretty productive most of the time, but there are definitely lulls in concentration at [...]
Sarah Maxwell for Buzzfeed
Here's a recent illustration by Sarah Maxwell for Buzzfeed. Sarah is represented by Folio. Explore more of her work through her Directory of Illustration portfolio and website.
Steven Noble for Donate Life Northwest’s “This is More” Campaign
Steven Noble created a series of illustrations for Donate Life Northwest's "This Is More" campaign, used for print, billboard, and digital ad campaigns. Steven specializes in woodcut, pen and ink, [...]
Simulator Practice
Archives Today we got a chance to try out the driving simulator. With a driver’s seat and three large center and side monitors, it almost feels like one of those [...]
Lighthouses on the Mag Mile Celebration Event
To celebrate Lighthouses on the Mag Mile, the Chicago Lighthouse held an event at The Arts Club of Chicago. Myself and several of the other lighthouse artists were there. And a [...]
SCBWI LA Summer Conf and Winning the Tribute Fund Grant
Because of some really incredible people I was fortunate enough to attend the 2018 SCBWI Summer Conference in LA this year as the winner of the Tribute Fund Grant.It was [...]
“When You’re Going to the Moon” written by Sasha Beekman,…
“When You’re Going to the Moon” written by Sasha Beekman, illustration by Vivienne To. Available September 25, 2018.
Iron Reads a Book
Archives This drawing is of my nephew, Iron Hills, done while he was quietly reading a book on Thanksgiving day 2017. It impressed me that he become so engrossed in [...]
Carolyn Ridsdale for WeChat
Carolyn Ridsdale created this promo illustration for WeChat, a mega social media company in China with a billion users. The artwork was included in their In The Black magazine. Carolyn [...]
Weitong Mai for NetEase Smart Tech
Weitong Mai created this artwork for NetEase Smart Tech, a Chinese tech conglomerate. Weitong is a Canadian illustrator based in London. Already with clients in editorial, packaging and advertising, her [...]
Eyewash for Science World Magazine
Eyewash created this diagram of the food web in mangrove forests for Scholastic's Science World magazine. Check out more work from Eyewash through his Directory of Illustration portfolio and at eyewashweb.com.
Malte Knaack for Wirtschaft in Baden-Wurttemberg
This cover illustration was created by Malte Knaack for the Stuttgart-based economic newspaper, Wirtschaft in Baden-Wurttemberg. The issue dealt with different aspects of digitization such as smart factories, artificial intelligence, self-driving [...]
Guest Blogger: Jonathan Bartlett
Had a great time working with the team over at Blossom Brothers to bring their brand vision to life. A perfect Pacific Northwest pairing, Blossom Brothers is the creation of [...]
Dave Calver at Comic Con
Dave Calver will be signing copies of his graphic novel Limbo Lounge at Comic Con this week at the IDW Booth! Don’t miss him Thursday, July 19, at 10:00 AM [...]