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Work Showcase: Kenton Hoppas
WORK SHOWCASE: Kenton Hoppas The Directory of Illustration is excited to highlight new work from the very talented artist, Kenton Hoppas. Artist: Kenton Hoppas Commission: "Eye Believe" Website: KentonHoppas.com FROM THE ARTIST: "This is a commission created based on the concept "I Believe." I like to let the viewer interpret what they see on their own. The piece is originally 5'5" x 4' on 1/2" board and the client needed to access a power box on occasion. So I thought it may look cool to [...]
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Off We Go into the Wild Violet Yonder
My father was an airline pilot, and back in the ‘60s, one of his uncles used to refer to him as “my nephew, the aviator.” Being an airline pilot was [...]
I had to compile some Health Care…
I had to compile some Health Care / more polished corporate-ish + 3D samples for a BIG BioPharma company project today...so I thought I'd post 'em;) ... ENJOY!
Vintage Pub sign illustration for Caterer and Hotelkeeper magazine cover.
This was a commission to illustrate a cover for Caterer and Hotelkeeper magazine in Great Britain. The brief was for a vintage poster style of an old free standing pub [...]
A Brain Is For Eating, now available!
A Brain Is For Eating is now available for purchase at abrainisforeating.com!And now you can also get your very own zombie food pyramid, to keep your undead well fed. Hang [...]
The Cosmos Has Spoken: Welcome to the Summer of the Aviator
It started on Barbara’s birthday back in May when her friend Dave gave her the fixings for a cocktail neither she nor I had heard of: the Aviator. Under his [...]
Doodles & Robots
Robots need to exercise too!
Graveyard Book, The IMC
I attended this year's Illustration Master Class in Amherst, MA. It's a week long intensive, painting-based illustration workshop focusing mainly on narrative and adventure illustration. Many instructors are old friends, [...]
New Print on Etsy!
New print up on Etsy folks! The Education print is 24"x18", limited edition and depicts construction classes in the owl world. The teacher has his work cut out for him- [...]
Nanolipogel Art: Winner of AOI Illustration Awards 2013 Research & Knowledge
Nanolipogel’s attacking cancer, by N.R.Fuller for the National Science Foundation, recently won it’s category in the AOI illustration awards. I’m pleased–and surprised and humbled–to announce that my artwork created for [...]
Art Show Preview: Splish-Splash
So a bit back, I was invited to contribute a piece of art for Apocalypse Tattoo's Beer Coaster Art Show. It's being held to raise funds for the Precious Life [...]
Science Art Gets Some Love: AOI Shortlisted Illustrations
Three illustrations by N.R.Fuller of Sayo-Art shortlisted in the AOI images competition. Us science artists don’t get no respect… at least that’s what I thought until now. When I heard [...]
Searching for Dinosaurs
I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest picture book, Search & Find Dinosaur Fun! by Kidsbooks LLC (2012).Dinosaur Fun is a fully illustrated, high quality 16 page board book featuring [...]
Chaos and Yarn
Cat: 1, Just-finished-handknit-sweater: 0. Probably every cat-owning knitter's worst nightmare!
Tumblr roundup
Since my tumblr is fairly new, I thought I'd gather up some of the watercolor sketches that I've been posting there. I originally started with the thought that even though [...]
What’s Shaking in the Cosmos/What the Cosmos Are Shaking In
As previously discussed, the allure of cocktails in general but cosmos in particular is largely about the accoutrements (a cosmo quaffed out of a sippy cup instead of a martini [...]
Pinkie Power
As Barbara M. put it, “If we were 18-year-olds in bikinis, we wouldn’t have had our picture taken more than we did in our pink shirts.”Team Cosmo rode the Ride [...]
Have a Cosmopolitan Thanksgiving
After writing yesterday about how a particular cranberry sauce reminded me of a cosmo, I realized that the same thought must have occurred to someone else....Happy Thanksgiving,Barbara and Mary From [...]
It’s Never Too Late to Become a Cosmo Girl
After all this cosmo talk, my mother-in-law, Min, wanted to know what all the fuss was about. Actually it was her daughter Jean who wanted to know, but Min was [...]
The (Cosmo) Girls with Kaleidoscope Eyes
Among a cosmopolitan’s many appeals is its rosy hue; what other color would such a girly drink be? The ones Barbara and I have been enjoying lately are not the [...]
Our 2011 Initiative
Happy New Year. I’ve already broken one resolution, which was to write at least once a week. Perhaps we’ll post twice this week to make up for it. Readers of [...]