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World Illustration Awards 2021 – Winners: Fatinha Ramos, Nick Hayes & Dominic Bodden
World Illustration Awards 2021 Directory of Illustration Winners: Fatinha Ramos, Nick Hayes, and Dominic Bodden The World Illustration Awards 2021 winners were announced during the WIA Awards Ceremony on October 12th, 2021. Congratulations to all the winners and all the shortlisted and longlisted artists this year! The Directory of Illustration is very proud to congratulate and celebrate three winning DI artists: Fatinha Ramos - Pro Overall Winner & Pro Editorial Winner Nick Hayes - Pro Commercial Publishing Winner Dominic Bodden - New Talent Exploration Winner Fatinha [...]
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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 [...]
The Art of Lettering
Lettering is a meticulous art, requiring a lot of patience and attention to detail, which many of the Directory of Illustration artists are particularly skilled at. Check out what they've created [...]
The Featured Five: October 2014
Each month we showcase five illustrators from the new set of featured artists on DirectoryofIllustration.com. This month's Featured Five are all versatile and highly skilled individuals who are currently taking [...]
Late Summer Paintings
A couple of images of late summer. Part of a series where the hero of the image is the "screen" of foliage/flowers.
Directory of Illustration Success Story: Zina Saunders for Smithsonian Magazine
Zina Saunders is an award-winning illustrator and animator living and working in New York City. She is the daughter of prolific pulp magazine artist Norman Saunders and attributes many of [...]
Colors of Autumn
Autumn is synonymous with changing leaves, colder temperatures, and those fantastically warm, earthy colors. Check out some of the great colors of Autumn as illustrated by the Directory of Illustration artists. [...]
Get your holiday cards!
I can’t believe it’s the last day of September already! While the falling temperatures and shorter days create that cozy, crisp feeling of autumn they’re also a good reminder that [...]
Jason Seiler Illustrates Iconic Chefs for USPS
Friday, Sept. 26th will mark the release of a whole new set of stamps from the United States Postal Service. For this, USPS commissioned Jason Seiler to illustrate iconic chefs that [...]
Crazy for Collage!
Colorful stylized layers, patterns, mixed media, and juxtaposition characterize these illustrations created for advertising, editorial and packaging purposes. The talented Directory of Illustration artists have assembled all manners of visual [...]
Goni Montes Illustrates Cover Artwork for Clive Barker’s Next Testament
Goni Montes is a freelance illustrator from Ponce, Puerto Rico specializing in highly stylized, conceptual art. He began his career as a scientific illustrator and transitioned to editorials and advertising after [...]
Wedding Bells on Two Continents
I love a good love story, and I also love weddings, so I was quite pleased and excited to work on a couple of very special projects recently that helped one [...]
10 Awesome Examples of Retro-Inspired Advertising Illustrations
"Retro Art" was developed in the 1940s and 1950s in response to a need for bold, eye-catching graphics that were easy to reproduce on simple presses available at the time. [...]
The Featured Five: September 2014
September is here and that means a whole new set of featured artists on DirectoryofIllustration.com. We've picked 5 of our favorite, so sit back, get to know a little more [...]
Summer School with Make it in Design
The Make it in Design team very kindly provided a fantastic pattern design summer school over the last few weeks. We had three sets of assignments, about two weeks apart [...]
A Conversation with Tom White / 9 Surf Studios
Multiple award-winning art director and designer Tom White has been creating visual solutions for clients for nearly 20 years. Tom is the owner, illustrator, and designer of 9 Surf Studios specializing [...]
The Featured Five: August 2014
August is here and we have a whole new set of featured artists on our Home Page. In our new series, The Featured Five, we'll showcase five of the best artists of the [...]
Summer Love
Here’s a happy snail proclaiming his Summer Love, a new picture I drew to send out as a hello and as an Etsy print. Here where I live in the [...]
Twilight Avenger: Cover Concepts
I had fun at the studio today working on cover concepts for my upcoming Twilight Avenger graphic novel. The second one is my favorite, not only because of the composition and [...]
Out of this World: Science Fiction Illustrations
Explore other regions of time and space with Sci-Fi illustrations from our talented Directory of Illustration Artists. Adrian Chesterman // Directory of Illustration Portfolio Alan Pollack // Directory of Illustration Portfolio Matthew Johnson [...]
Apple Pie Ranch, Big Sur, CA
Quick sketch in a small book. Apple Pie Ranch is a mountain top retreat above Big Sur with amazing 360 degree views of canyon, valley and ocean. This is the [...]
Southern Utah- Lake Powell
Simple and loose!