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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: L'Espresso Magazine Agent: AAA Rep FROM THE ARTIST: "The art director of the Italian magazine, L'Espresso, Stefano Cipolla, contacted me with an assignment for the magazine. It is my first assignment for this publication. He asked me to illustrate an article on the new macro-mafia connections on the drug traffic in [...]
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Say Cheese
A camera character I worked on for the cover of law firm Venner Shipley’s magazine ‘Inside IP’.
Making Music
2 CD covers I recently worked on for EMI production music under the label Ded Good Music.Ded Good Music is a youthful, edgy and energetic library, producing contemporary music that [...]
Eggsperiment
What came first - the chicken or the egg?Some egg designs I worked on over the easter weekend. Yes the blue ones are naturally that colour! They come from Araucana chickens.
Beautiful Retro Poster Art by Dan Cosgrove
Dan Cosgrove's artwork has appeared in numerous ads, posters, book covers, and packaging. Specializing in illustration and design, he continually turns out work for a wide variety of international clients. A winner [...]
Martin Sanders for Smithsonian Magazine
Martin Sanders, represented by Lindgren & Smith, created the maps below for a Smithsonian Magazine article titled, Beyond Gettysburg. The article is about small towns with a link to the [...]
Meet Rohan Eason
Rohan Eason is an English pen and ink illustrator represented by Illustration Ltd. His work has become widely used in book illustration for children and adults. Rohan grew up surrounded [...]
Tom Jellett Included in Illustrators 56
Australian artist Tom Jellett has illustrated a number of books for children including the extraordinarily successful My Dad Thinks He's Funny by Katrina Germein. Tom has also been included in the Communication Arts [...]
Illustration Voice Interview with Scott Laumann
This interview originally appeared here. Scott Laumann is both a nomad and a master of reinvention. Not rooted to one place or one style, he moves throughout the world with eyes wide [...]
Growbot Game: Greenhouse
The cloud machine and the lily pond from Level 2 of Growbot.If you'd like to learn more about the game's development, Growbot now has a dev blog: growbotgame.tumblr.com and a [...]
Laurindo Feliciano for NOVA Cosmopolitan Brazil
Brazilian artist, illustrator and graphic designer Laurindo Feliciano recently teamed up with NOVA Cosmopolitan Brazil to help illustrate a fashion editorial for the magazine. Laurindo acted as art director and illustrator for [...]
Artist Spotlight: Alexis Marcou
Featured Image © Alexis Marcou for Nike International artist Alexis Marcou has been doing freelance work since 2007 for a wide range of clients such as Cisco, Atomic Skis, Acco [...]
Traci Daberko for Experience Life Magazine
Traci Daberko, represented by Gerald and Cullen Rapp, recently created full page and spot illustrations to accompany an article titled Free Yourself from Depression in Experience Life Magazine. An animation was also created [...]
The Featured Five: March 2015
Featured Image: Amy DeVoogd Mendola Artists Representatives This month we bring you an eclectic mix of talented artists hailing from all around the world. Enjoy! Floyd Grey Inky Illustration Agency Floyd [...]
Dreamy Waters
You want to go for a swim? Blue Energy 18" x 36", Oil on Canvas
Michael Hoeweler for The Wall Street Journal
Illustrator Michael Hoeweler recently created a number of illustrations for an article titled "Your Top Seven Men’s Style Questions, Answered" in the Life & Style section of the Wall Street [...]
HexComix and Hex11
So it's not far from a year since my last update? Well time flies when you're making comic books! I started a production company last year with my partners in [...]
Tristan Kerr: Vintage Numbers
In The Black recently commissioned Tristan Kerr to create a custom set of numbers for a feature titled Top 10 Ways to Play with Smart Data. Tristan Kerr is represented by The [...]
On gratitude and the blues
This weekend, Chris and I both had to do a lot of work. This meant we didn’t have time to take the girls out to cinemas or swimming or to [...]
In the Studio with Ricardo Bessa
Combining both hand-drawn and digital elements, Ricardo Bessa creates beautiful, otherworldly illustrations that blur the lines between realism and fantasy. Drawing inspiration from nature, comics, mythology and fiction, Ricardo has [...]
Great Britons
A recent illustration I worked on for Waitrose Weekend about Britain’s rich history of invention. The design features eleven prominent inventors from British history such as Newton, Darwin, Stevenson, Bell [...]
Anna & Elena Balbusso Win Communication Arts Award of Excellence
We are excited to announce that the freelance illustration team of twins Anna & Elena Balbusso has received Communication Arts' Award of Excellence for their illustrations of “The Canterbury Tales” [...]