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Work Showcase: Liddell Jones
WORK SHOWCASE: Liddell Jones This week, the Directory of Illustration highlights work from Liddell Jones represented by António Adrião Artist Representative (AAARep). THE WORK Illustrator: Liddell Jones Client: Self-Promotion Project: Lego Technic - Land Rover Defender Agent: AAA Rep FROM THE ARTIST: "Using 3D CGI, our challenge was to clearly visualize the level of engineering complexity that exists behind the outer shell of this highly detailed Lego Technic model. Consisting of 1000’s of parts and requiring an instruction manual of close to 500 pages [...]
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Chris Gall Illustrates Hidden Hazards Lurking in Your Yard
Richard Solomon artist Chris Gall was recently commissioned by State Farm to illustrate the summer issue cover story for their magazine Good Neighbor. The article highlights the hidden hazards lurking in your yard and [...]
Clever Conceptual Tennis Illustrations by Karolis Strautniekas
What words come to mind when one thinks of tennis? Courage, perfection, and pressure are certainly at the top of the list. In order to illustrate these concepts for Tennis Magazine, agency [...]
Compelling Covers from the Rapp Artists
RappArt is well known for having a strong portfolio of conceptual artists suitable for editorial projects, but many of the same artists have completed terrific publishing assignments as well! RappArt has a range of [...]
Explore the Corners of the Earth with Studio Muti
Muti, represented by Folio Illustration Agency, is a creative studio based in South Africa. They’re a hugely talented group of artists who can beautifully bring to life anything they’re asked to [...]
Another colouring book – and a free sample
Well, it’s taken a while, sorry, but I’ve uploaded my second printable colouring book to Etsy. And I am, of course, offering you a free sample as a little taster [...]
Anni Betts’ Latest Book Will Inspire You to Make New Art
Anni Betts just finished illustrating a brand new project that will have you making art in no time! Origami is a beautiful new book filled with origami papers that were created by Anni and published [...]
Dental Goodies
Had to pull together some character samples for a new Dental-themed project for a new client today. Thought I'd share them. Fun stuff from projects over the last few years, [...]
Exploring Feminine Sensuality as a Theme: A Conversation with Gabriel Moreno and Début Art
Gabriel Moreno has been recognized as one of the most influential illustrators in the world of advertising during the last decade. He has created covers for the Wall Street Journal [...]
Sam Hadley Illustrates New BBC Kids APP
Sam Hadley worked with Aardman Animation on illustrating a new Children's BBC app game entitled, Escargot Escape Artistes. The app was created by a 12-year-old viewer following a competition on CBBC’s Appsolute Genius. From [...]
Jo Ann Miller Shares Advice on Non-Disclosure Agreements
Featured Image: Carla Bauer Another ‘dream project’ just happened for a Directory of Illustration artist. The artist wanted me to know about this project after her illustrations were seen in [...]
Intricate Illustrations Depict Mundane Experiences Filtered Through an Allegorical Point of View
Wow. Just wow. That's pretty much all we can say about these colorful watercolor illustrations created by Central Illustration Agency artist based out of Romania, Aitch. But don't take our word [...]
CARTOONS CAN SAY A LOT WITHOUT…
CARTOONS CAN SAY A LOT WITHOUT WORDSWith the Jurassic Box office blockbuster currently on the film screens, I thought I'd show this little gem featuring a fun T-Rex character, playing [...]
Timothy Banks Illustrates New Award-Winning Interactive Children’s Book App
Illustrator Timothy Banks recently created the artwork for Achoo Gaboo, an interactive children's app that follows a sneezing elephant who can't stop blowing bubbles. Tim developed the charming cast of [...]
IT’S FINALLY HERE!! NEW…
IT'S FINALLY HERE!! NEW WEBSITE The new website http://www.garyswift.com is finally live and launched by Captain Webster, after many a stressful month at the design stages...The all new, responsive,optimised website is ready and [...]
CHARACTERS THAT LEAP OFF THE…
CHARACTERS THAT LEAP OFF THE PAGE!After the recent Trade Book Fair season it seemed a good time to show this Frog Character design created for a Publishing viral campaign, promoting [...]
CARTOON ILLUSTRATION BY ROYAL…
CARTOON ILLUSTRATION BY ROYAL APPROVALYes, I can finally let the story out! ... I was commissioned to create a fun ( Royal ) Booklet cover for Baby Prince George of Cambridge, [...]
IT’S FINALLY HERE!! NEW WEBSITEThe…
IT'S FINALLY HERE!! NEW WEBSITEThe new website http://www.garyswift.com is finally live and launched by Captain Webster, after many a stressful month at the design stages...The all new,responsive,optimised website is ready and waiting your [...]
Scratchboard Stories: A Conversation with Nicolas Delort
Nicolas Delort is an award-winning illustrator currently living in the grey suburbs of Paris. Gathering inspiration from the daily and mundane as well as books and any kind of narrative [...]
World Illustration Awards 2015 – Entire Shortlist Announced
Featured Image: Paul Blow, represented by Anna Goodson. Piece entitled, "Liberated" - commissioned by New York Times. The entire WIA2015 Shortlist has been announced! Click here to see it. Final category winners [...]
Mike Giblin: Caricature Design for Hit UK TV Show ‘Newzoids’
Since November Mike Giblin has been working on the hit UK television show Newzoids - a satirical puppet show airing on mainstream channel ITV on Wednesday evenings. Mike created over [...]
Début Art Illustrators Explore Aspects of Gaming Experience for Playstation’s ‘This is for the Players’ Campaign
Featured Image: Ronald Kurniawan Début Art illustrators Ronald Kurniawan, Sam Chivers and Killian Eng were commissioned by the folks at 180 to produce imagery for Playstation's This is for the [...]