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Work Showcase: Utöka
WORK SHOWCASE: Utöka This week, the Directory of Illustration highlights work from Utöka, represented by António Adrião Artist Representative (AAARep). THE WORK Illustrator: Utöka Project: Self-Promotion Agent: AAA Rep FROM THE ARTIST: "Self promo, designed to promote experimentation and exploration of ideas to be used in future clients’ projects. We put together this concept to create a series of portraits made from the sea. Inspired by beautiful coral reefs which are disappearing, these images reflect what we all love and must protect. The technique [...]
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Kitchen76 Logo Design by Steven Noble
Kitchen76, a premiere destination for dining in Niagara, enlisted the help of Steven Noble to create a logo design that correctly portrays its farm-to-table identity. The resulting design features a [...]
Cristina Guitian for Quintessentially Magazine
Cristina Guitian created this artwork for Quintessentially Magazine for an article about online art auctions. The conceptual illustration shows a new generation of art collectors making the move online and the tech [...]
Tiago Galo: Casa da Música
This set of illustrations by Tiago Galo were commissioned by Casa da Música (House of Music) in Oporto, to be featured in its annual Educative Service Agenda. Every year they associate with [...]
More Paris
Four paintings completed in the studio from beginnings in Paris. Pantheon from Luxembourg Gardens Place Costa Rica near our apt. Notre Dame at DuskApproaching Montmartre
IKEA Story Cards
Recently I teamed up fellow illustrator Denise Shimabukuro to create IKEA's "Lattjo Story Cards", a fun family product designed to encourage children and adults to invent creative and original stories.The [...]
Florencia Gutman for Anfibia Magazine
Florencia Gutman created illustrations to accompany an article from Anfibia magazine. The article is about relationships that are formed through meeting people online. Florencia used paint that was then incorporated into [...]
Dave Merrell for Adidas Tennis
Dave Merrell was commissioned by the London agency, We Are Social, to produce a series of 17 reactive illustrations under the 'Create Your Stage' hashtag, in conjunction with the US [...]
Folio Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
Featured image: 'Wired for Sound' by Syd Brak Since its establishment over four decades ago, Folio has managed to withstand the test of time. The art agency, based in central [...]
Artist Spotlight: Megapont
Megapont is a group made up of Russian pixel artists Dmitry and Yuriy. Heavily influenced by early computer art, retro 2D computer games and their Russian heritage, the duo creates [...]
Marta Orzel for JM France International 2016-2017 Season
Marta Orzel was commissioned by JM France International to create 11 posters for their 2016-2017 season. The posters are used to promote music shows targeted towards the youth and each [...]
Maxime Bigras for Dom Rebel
This series of illustrations was created by Maxime Bigras for the fashion brand, Dom Rebel. The concept was to use aggressive animals to recreate several well-known graphical icons. Because of [...]
Marco Jeurissen for L Magazine
L Magazine commissioned Marco Jeurissen to complete a series of illustrations on new methods of applying for jobs and how companies are using new methods to select the right candidate [...]
Myles Talbot for CAT
CAT commissioned Myles Talbot to illustrate a poster that shows different attachments for one of their products, the Skid Steer Loader. Take a peek at more of Myles' work through [...]
Nathan Smith: The 7 Stages of Man
This piece by Nathan Smith was commissioned by the Liverpool based musician Gerry Culligan for his last album, The Seven Stages of Man. Nathan was given a free brief to [...]
Owen Brozman for Nissan at San Diego Comic-Con
Owen Brozman was recently commissioned by TBWA\Chiat\Day to create illustrations for a recent social media campaign tied to San Diego Comic-Con 2016. Fans & followers of Nissan were asked to [...]
Loosendstudio for 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship
David Ensz of Loosendstudio just completed this illustration for the College Football Playoff Foundation for the 2017 playoffs that will take place in Tampa Bay, Florida. The artwork will be [...]
Brian Allen Illustrates Children’s Book, Ant CSI
Brian Allen worked alongside author Bryce Anderson to create over 20 pages of illustrations for the recent children's book, Ant CSI. The book centers around a colony of ants battling against [...]
Santa Cruz’s Open Studios art tour!!!!
Open Studios, North county is this weekend and I will be open for business! #217 in the catalog so come on over to see my latest work!
Louise Brigenshaw: Holland & Barrett
Louise Brigenshaw was commissioned by the team at Holland & Barrett, a chain of health food stores located in the UK, to illustrate an infographic about the health pros and cons of [...]
Marcus Marritt for WIRED
Marcus Marritt created artwork to accompany an AUDI Innovation feature that will be in the November issue of WIRED magazine. About Marcus Marcus Marritt is a graphic artist based in the UK. [...]
The Garden of Remember Illustrated by Joe Magee
This series of illustrations created by Joe Magee were commissioned by METAL in Southend-on-Sea for an innovative project, The Garden of Remember, exploring dementia due to go live in November 2016. The [...]