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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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Paul Shipper Wins Key Art Award
We're very happy to announce that the amazing and talented Paul Shipper has won a Silver Key Art Award, entertainment's most recognized awards competition for advertising and communication, in the Illustration Category [...]
Illustrated Maps
Featured Image Carlo Stanga :: Morgan Gaynin Illustrated maps can serve a myriad of purposes ranging from magazine features to advertising material. The combination of color choices and hand-lettering can make [...]
Happy Thanksgiving!
In honor of it being the day before Thanksgiving, I’d like to share a fun assignment I had this year that is Thanksgiving themed! It’s a reusable grocery bag for [...]
James Joyce + Absolut
James Joyce is a London based artist and designer. With a process rooted in drawing and printmaking, he works across a range of media, creating screen-printed editions, one-off art pieces, [...]
Tyler Jacobson Featured in Communication Arts Advertising Annual 55
Washington-based fantasy illustrator Tyler Jacobson is featured in the newly released Communication Arts Advertising Annual 55! The eight-page spread boasts beautiful pieces created by Tyler as well as a very [...]
Charles Schultz Museum
Visited the Charles Schultz museum in Santa Rosa, CA this summer- lots of original strips and other fun stuff including a sculpture of Snoopy's doghouse wrapped by Christo and this [...]
Pumpkins 2014
This year's creation- the Pumpkin Convertible
Ashley Percival for Papyrus
Ashley Percival, a freelance illustrator based in the UK, is well-known for his awesome quirky and unique animal illustrations that have been licensed by a number of clients, including IKEA, [...]
Whiteboard Animations from Yotz Studios
Scott Youtsey began his illustration career working as penciller and inker on indie titles such as Grey Neighbors and The Matrix during the comic book boom of the mid 90’s. After [...]
Sacha Treager for Atria
Sacha Treager is an illustrator and designer based in Chicago. Between freelancing and in-house design, she has accumulated more than eight years of experience working as a designer and illustrator. [...]
The Featured Five: November 2014
Featured Image ©Anna & Elena Balbusso :: Shannon Associates This month's featured lineup includes five different illustrators from all around the world with versatile skills ranging from watercolor to collage. [...]
Fabulous Fashion
Featured Image ©Miss Led As long as fashion has existed, so have fashion illustrations. They serve a number of purposes including editorial content for magazines and advertising for boutiques, fashion [...]
Stay Cool
A new Etsy print just in time for winter!
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween everyone! In honor of the spookiest holiday I drew this homage to one of the scariest characters out there — Dracula. In Bram Stoker’s original tale, Dracula is [...]
Pen & Ink Illustrations
Image ©Patrick Morgan In today's digital world, pen and ink illustrations are still widely used and regarded for their amazing versatility. Here are a few selections of recent pen and ink [...]
Infographics
Featured Image ©Jude Buffum Infographics may come in many different shapes and sizes but one thing is for sure: they are all packed full of useful information. Here are a [...]
Directory of Illustration and AOI Announce the World Illustration Awards 2015
Image ©Laurindo Feliciano For nearly four decades, the Association of Illustrators has presented the most comprehensive and significant awards for illustration in the UK. Now, for the first time in [...]
Political Portraits
Featured Image ©Don Ticchio Political cartoons are a powerful way to visually communicate society's ideas and feelings on the current state of the world. While many political figures are often the target of [...]
Going Digital
In the last few months I’ve been all digital. For much of my career I used pen and ink and watercolor, later brush & ink- the rougher the better, with [...]
Directory of Illustration Job Showcase: Fall 2014
Featured Image ©Dennis Wunsch The Directory of Illustration Artists have been busy conceptualizing, designing, and illustrating for some of the best-known companies and publications in the world. Here's just a [...]
MALDIVES SURF TRIP for the SURFSEEKERS!
Check out some SPECTACULAR pix from our scout and surf trip to the MALDIVES for the SURFSEEKERS Original Animated Series project.2 full AMAZING weeks of epic waves, and meeting some [...]