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Work Showcase: Big Al Gruswitz
WORK SHOWCASE: Big Al Gruswitz This week, the Directory of Illustration highlights work from Big Al Gruswitz, represented by António Adrião Artist Representative (AAARep). THE WORK Illustrator: Big Al Gruswitz Project: Matchstick DNA Agent: AAA Rep FROM THE ARTIST: "This 3D DNA double helix, made out of matches, was to dramatize a DNA test to detect a patient’s propensity for inflammation." For more work by Big Al Gruswitz, explore the portfolio links below. Portfolio [...]
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Marta Orzel for JM France International 2016-2017 Season
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Maxime Bigras for Dom Rebel
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Marco Jeurissen for L Magazine
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Myles Talbot for CAT
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Nathan Smith: The 7 Stages of Man
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Owen Brozman for Nissan at San Diego Comic-Con
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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
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Marcus Marritt for WIRED
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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 [...]
Maps!!
A few months ago I made some maps for Galerie Magazine Launch Party and exhibition Be My Guest: The Art of Interiors, a design installation featuring works by Barbara Bloom, Teresa [...]
Some recent things
Hello hi hello! It's fall maybe! How wild am I right? I just wrapped up a larger project with Lenny Letter working on their entrepreneurial women edition! It was wonderful and [...]
Jude Buffum for SunRun
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The Louvre- en plein aire
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Fionna Fernandes for Toyota Australia
Toyota Australia commissioned Fionna Fernandes to create portrait illustrations of athletes Emma McKeon & Jannik Blair for their "Instant Immortals" social media campaign. The artwork was shared via Facebook, Instagram, [...]
Museum of Romantic Life
On a blistering hot day in Paris we visited the Musee de la Vie Romantique. Home of painter Ari Scheffer whose work we saw at the Louvre. He hosted such [...]
I had a lot of fun creating these…
I had a lot of fun creating these illustrations for Psychologies magazine. The images are for a feature on sleep which is due out in November.
Farida Zaman for Barnes & Noble
Farida Zaman recently signed a licensing deal with Andrews + Blaine LTD, a private label and wholesale gift company serving large retail chains in North America. Farida was asked to [...]