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World Illustration Awards 2025 Longlisted Artists, Site Specific and Science & Technology Categories: Sally Wern Comport, Yann Legendre, Kürsat Ünsal, Sam Falconer, Daria Lada
World Illustration Awards 2025 Longlisted Artists Site Specific: Sally Wern Comport, Yann Legendre, Kürsat Ünsal Science & Technology: Sam Falconer, Daria Lada The Association of Illustrators (The AOI), in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, recently announced the Longlist for the World Illustration Awards 2025! We received over 5,000 submissions to the competition which ran from December 2024 to February 2025 and the 30-strong jury had the difficult task to select their favorites in each of the 10 categories. There were many more fantastic works of illustration and we are delighted to cast [...]
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Kidney Stone!
So, this past Monday night was a bout with the dreaded kidney stone(s). Hopefully, it's just one! I'm pretty much out of the woods on this one, but I thought [...]
Business and Finance Illustrated by Egle Plytnikaite
Using bold colorful visuals, Egle Plytnikaite excels at taking subjects that are confusing or complex and translating them into smart and exciting concepts. This is especially useful for business and [...]
Melcher Oosterman’s colorful world
Dutch artist Melcher Oosterman presents us with an eclectic mix of colourful, vibrant and detailed worlds inhabited by lively characters.
April 2025 Newsletter
To receive this newsletter in your inbox, Subscribe on LinkedIn Award Winning Illustrators We’re honored to represent many of the most talented illustrators in the industry, and this (illustration) awards season, [...]
American Illustration 44 Winners
Congratulations To The American Illustration AI44 Selected Winners The Directory of Illustration is proud to congratulate the illustrators who were selected as winners in the American [...]
Second Star #3 Preview
My latest Substack has a sneak peek at issue #3 of my comic book, Second Star, which is currently being lettered and then colored. I also go over what the [...]
Fatinha Ramos Wins Communication Arts & American Illustration Awards
Fatinha Ramos Shines Bright With Two Major Illustration Awards! The Directory of Illustration is thrilled to celebrate Fatinha Ramos, whose striking illustration for the Anne Frank Museum has earned [...]
New Logo!!!
It was a long time coming, and I wanted to renew my logo, and I finally got to it. I hope you like it!
Latest Work from Award-Winning Illustrator Luisa Jung
Latest Work from Award-Winning Illustrator Luisa Jung This week, the Directory of Illustration is proud to highlight several excellent projects from Luisa Jung. [...]
American Illustration 44
The American Illustration 44 Chosen and Selected winners have been announced, and we could not be more proud of the winners in our group! See all of our American Illustration [...]
Visualizing Climate Change
Visualizing climate and water data from the humid tropics Illustrating El Niño’s Footprint in Costa Rica’s Watersheds El Niño vs. La Niña—what’s the difference, and why does it matter? Do [...]
Spring 2025 University Roundup
Spring has sprung, and so have the Spring editions! Enjoy our latest roundup of work for college and university magazines and communications. Gwen Keraval — Acumen Magazine — The Community [...]
Drop Dead Sketchy April 2025
Last night was the first sketch night for the Drop Dead Sketchy group held at the Detroit Shipping Company. There was a good turnout and all had a good time.My [...]
HOPPY EASTER!!Anastasia…
HOPPY EASTER!!Anastasia Cusack’s charismatic and cute characters are instantly recognisable and created for business and publishers who understand what it takes to stand out from the crowd! Her painterly techniques give her [...]
Kellog Rooster?
So, last weekend, I had this dream, where I was at a meeting with my pal John, with whom I will be doing a book with. Said meeting was about [...]
Science Communication Podcast
A Science Podcast Chat With Maayan Harel: How Science Illustrators Bring Research to Life: How do we make science not just understandable—but unforgettable? From climate reporting and science funding cuts [...]
STUART KINLOUGH GIVES RETAIL A NEW…
STUART KINLOUGH GIVES RETAIL A NEW LOOK Stuart Kinlough is the king of conceptual and his mixed media technique really gives shopping/retail a welcome sophisticated look. His folio bridges a huge range [...]
Pure Michigan
A few weeks ago, we were driving up I-75 to Frankenmuth and I saw a sign that said 'Keep Michigan Beautiful.' And there along the embankments was a ton of [...]
AXANA CREATES AMAZING VINTAGE…
AXANA CREATES AMAZING VINTAGE IMAGERYRetro/realistic illustrator, Axana Zasorina has just revamped her incredible folio with some vintage illustrations for a winter sports brand that overwhelmed the ad agency and their client! [...]
GILL’S MANY FACES OF…
GILL’S MANY FACES OF FASHIONLemonade’s award-winning fashion illustrator Gill Wright as a wealth of experience working with elite fashion, health, beauty and fragrance brands to make them stand out in a [...]
WYNNE WANG FOLIO…
WYNNE WANG FOLIO UPDATES!Lemonade’s Wynne Wang has just updated her children’s content in her portfolio! This long awaited work has already caused excitement at our stands at the recent Book [...]