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Painted Words: Award-Winning Artists
Painted Words: Award-Winning Artists © Frank Morrison, Il Sung Na, Jaime Kim, London Ladd, Kim Holt, Shadra Strickland, Elisa Chavarri, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow The Directory of Illustration is proud to highlight and congratulate the artists of Painted Words who have won numerous awards and nominations this year! Communication Arts Annual Jaime Kim | London Ladd | Il Sung Na American Illustration Annual (AI40) Frank Morrison | Kim Holt | Shadra Strickland | Il Sung Na American Library Association (ALA Awards) Frank Morrison | Elisa Chavarri NAACP Image Awards Nominees Frank Morrison | Charnelle Pinkney Barlow [...]
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More “SURFSEEKERS!” Art
More art for the "Surfseekers!"
“SurfSeekers!”
Fresh off of our trip to Hawaii, here's a super cool and inspired original animated property I am working on with Stacie Harmon of 9th wave and Miah Alcorn. I'm [...]
Temple of Terror
Horrifying!!
SILA 49
Great news; My illustration of Oprah’s influence on Middle Eastern woman has been accepted into the Society of Illustrator’s West annual show. The original is currently hanging at the exhibition [...]
The Museum of the American Cocktail
If there can be a Museum of Sex (and there is, a few block north of my office in the Flatiron District), why can't there be a Museum of the [...]
Back to (online) school
Like many artists beginning their careers, I have taken a part time job. This helps pay the bills and prevents me from losing all ability to relate to the outside [...]
quite an odd critter
Explanation here. A fun and strange project.
PlayStation Platinum Collection by IGNITE
This stunning blast of 3D art is the work of Ignite, who were asked to help out on Sony's latest PlayStation game collection advertising campaign. A nice loose brief allowed Ignite's creative instincts to take full effect. Working initially with a h...
ROCK STAR!
I should clarify. I'm not a rock star, but occasionally I collaborate with talented bands to solve some rock star-sized design problems. Such was the case in 2009 when Chicago band Lola [...]
more sketchbook insanity
More pages from my Nightmare sketchbook, which I just mailed off for The Sketchbook Project. I realized after drawing these pages that pretty much anything I draw in my sketchbook [...]
Painting a Monster
Americhip Books contacted me in 2008 to illustrate a story about a boy named Cameron who uses various night lights to keep the "monsters" away. It was a fun-sounding concept so [...]
Likeness Cover, Final
Hi everyone,Things have been busy. Over the past couple months I got a job at the Seattle Blick Art Supplies, I am periodically taking online classes through Tutormill, I have [...]
Karaoke and Cosmos, Texas-Style
Everything is bigger in Texas. How much bigger? When I made cosmos for my sister Laura’s 8th annual karaoke party earlier this month, instead of using a shot glass I [...]
Boss Battle
A recent drawing inspired by playing a bunch of old Sega Genesis games. This would probably have been the worst, if not the weirdest, 16-bit game ever.
Back from the Dead
Wow, I can't believe it's been 2.5 years since my last post. Gulp! Suffice it to say, I got a bit sidetracked. But this does not mean I've slacked off [...]
When Life Gives You Lemons, Make…Gin and Tonics?
The official drink of the group who gets together to watch Project Runway is not cosmos even though Barbara and I are the charter members. It’s gin and tonics, because [...]
Searching Like Scientists Search
The Scientific Method is a process for experimentation used to explore observations and answer questions. It follows laws of logic first defined by Aristotle. It was used by Watson and [...]
MonsterCade!
I wanted to introduce the world to a silly creation by myself and my good bud and hilarious writer Kit Lively, MonsterCade! This was originally done as an animated series [...]
Nightmare time!
Another page from my Nightmare! sketchbook. Pretty horrifying stuff, ain't it?
Searching the Cosmos, Circa 2050
I've mentioned that I started drinking late in life; here's proof. When Barbara sent me this drawing last night, I asked what all the glasses were for ("Are we having [...]