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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 promotion, 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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Level 2 Growbot Test Build
Hello and Happy New Year! Over the holiday period I finished off level 2 of Growbot and I now have a new PC and Mac build ready to go. Would [...]
Growbot’s first Let’s Play!…
Growbot’s first Let’s Play! Taken from a recent alpha test.smile emoticon
It’s Friday!
Yes, it's Margarita Friday!A little chips and salsa, some fun south of the border, live music and weekend here we come. Cheers! On the Rocks, 12" x 12" Oil on [...]
Chris Edser for Nike
Chris Edser recently created various tiling illustrations for Nike (Jordan Brand) telling iconic stories from Michael Jordan's career. Art directed by Daniel Whiteneck. The Last Shot and Poison (The infamous Flu game) are up as printed wallpapers in the [...]
At Night In Tribeca
"One belongs to New York instantly.One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years." -Tom WolfeAnyone who has been to New York knows that evening can be [...]
Santa Brought Art Books Again
My wife and kids think that my Christmas lists are boring. I inevitably include the year's rundown of art book wants on my list with things like socks and gum. [...]
Amy DeVoogd for the Wall Street Journal
Amy DeVoogd recently created a series of illustrations for the Ask Teri column of the Wall Street Journal. In the column, fashion reporter Teri Agins answers readers' fashion and style questions. Amy worked with Art [...]
Growbot Development: Cloud Machine Cutscene
Level 2 is now complete! Here’s a cutscene :)smile emoticon
Growbot Intro
Nara leaves Kew for the first time to begin her captaincy training on board the Ventral station.
Ed Eyestone For BYU Magazine
I finished these three pieces up a few weeks back for BYU Magazine to accompany an article by All American and Olympic runner Ed Eyestone.First concept for openerEyestone shares several [...]
Caricature
Rough layout sketch….. This is to be a Bar Mitzvah present for a boy, done for one of my agent’s main clients. Hope the kid likes it.
Artist Spotlight: Eda Kaban
Eda Kaban was born and raised in Turkey with a great passion for drawing, reading, and monkey bars. She has traveled the globe wearing a backpack slightly larger than herself. [...]
Wild Turkey Bourbon Illustrated by Steven Noble
Steven Noble was commissioned by Pearlfisher, a strategic creative and brand design agency based in London and New York, to render the new updated illustration for Wild Turkey Bourbon in [...]
Growbot Game
Level 2 is complete and almost ready to be play tested. The game takes about an hour to play so far and I'm about half way through 🙂 Here are [...]
Arches National Park in Moab, UT
Thanksgiving weekend trip to Moab and several hikes in Arches National Park. This is a view at the end of a short hike called "Park Avenue". Some recent rain left [...]
Spotlight on Peter McDonnell: Xicato Man Dazzles the Crowds at Lightfair 2015
Peter McDonnell was approached to design and create a powerful series of illustrations for Xicato's innovative trade show booth after the client saw his work in the Directory of Illustration. His characters [...]
Eric Larsen Artwork: William & Mary Alumni Magazine
Eric Larsen recently completed a series of clever conceptual illustrations for William & Mary Alumni Magazine to accompany three separate stories that will appear in their Winter issue. Eric says, [...]
Jim Starr for Equity Risk Partners
Jim Starr was approached by Morgan McDowell from Wonacott Communications in Chicago after seeing his work in the printed Directory of Illustration to produce a series of illustrations for Equity Risk Partners. [...]