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Masterclass Series: Turning Left When the Market Turns Right with David Goldman (Part 1)
Masterclass Series: Turning Left When the Market Turns Right with David Goldman (Part 1) Welcome to the debut of the Directory of Illustration’s Masterclass Series. In this new recurring feature, we sit down with the seasoned Art Reps, Artists, and industry leaders who shape our creative community to talk strategy, survival, and the real-world marketing moves that land jobs. To kick off the series, we spent some time with veteran Artist Representative David Goldman of the David Goldman Agency. With 46 years of experience navigating the shifting tides of the commercial art world, David considers himself a bit [...]
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KENNETH ANDERSON HAS ALWAYS GOT IT…
KENNETH ANDERSON HAS ALWAYS GOT IT COVEREDThe dynamic cover designs that Lemonade’s Kenneth Anderson creates are always a joy to see and this dynamic cover art is another stunner! Kenneth Blends [...]
How Scientific Media Assets Drove Media Coverage for Google Quantum AI
Case Study: How Custom Visuals Help Google Quantum AI Compete in the Race for Quantum Leadership About This Project Client: Google Quantum AI Scope: 15+ custom illustrations and animations for [...]
Strategic Design for Climate Impact: Benioff Ocean Initiative 8-year Case Study
8 Years of Strategic Design for Climate & Ocean Impact: From Science to Enduring Resources How Sustained Partnership Evolved Communication for Climate & Sustainability Solutions The Clean Water Field Guide [...]
Kezar Life Science Biotech Images
Company Name: Kezar Life Sciences Industry: Biotech Use: Corporate graphics for pitch decks, website, and social media Client Lead – Mike Wolfe VP Finance and Business Operations and John Fowler [...]
Synthetic Cells to Cure Eye Disease
Biotech Graphics: Illustrating Synthetic Cells Client: Cell Care Therapeutics Industry: Biotech CEO: Nicolas Sohl For: Pitch Decks, Corporate website, Social Media Goal and Challenges Potential and promise. Most biotech start-ups [...]
Animated Explainer Video for Biotech Rain Oncology
Case Study: 3d Science Animation of the Cancer Therapy Milademetan Our teaser animation for the Rain Oncology animated explainer video. Jump to see the fully narrated animation at the end [...]
The Opioid Crisis Graphic
Interactive Art: Understanding Opioid Addiction’s Effect on the Body Client: Science News Magazine Industry: Magazine Publisher (science editorial) Design Director: Erin Otwell Art: Scratchboard (chalkboard) style illustration, animation, and interactive graphic [...]
Life on Mars Illustration
Back to Case Studies Mars Life Magazine Science Illustration Company Name: Sky & Telescope Industry: Magazine Publisher Art director: Terri Dube Subject: Life on Mars, Science Illustration Sky and Telescope Issue [...]
Ocean Ecology Science Illustration
The Future of Our Oceans Science Illustration Picture our oceans in 30 years. What do you see? The year 2050 isn’t that far off, and it’s critically important that we [...]
Blue & White Invitational At The Holland Museum
Oceanic Tendrils9x12scratchboard/clayboard and watercolorI will have a piece in the Blue & White Invitational at the Holland Museum. The exhibit starts this Friday and runs through October. You can get [...]
GILL BIRD LIVES UP TO HER NAMEThis…
GILL BIRD LIVES UP TO HER NAMEThis time of year the garden is alive with activity and this beautiful wildlife book is created with the delicate watercolour touch that Gill [...]
Spring University: Part 2
Our seasonal roundup continues with a range of bold artwork for the University magazine Spring 2026 editions! Matt Hollings — Engineering at Maryland — Future Forecast Taylor Callery — FIU [...]
A Tracery Of Loss
Here is the second illustration that I did for Mary Stebbins Taitt's book of poetry titled When Time Stumbled. It's a simple image for some strong imagery. 9x9 ink on bristol boardHere [...]
Spring Newsletter: Worlds Within Art
Our latest news and projects will take you on a journey — to a fantasy world, a nature escape, or a different time in history. Subscribe on LinkedIn Welcome, Cristina [...]
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In this issue: Alice Cao, Andrea Espier, Clémence Pollet, Danijel Žeželj, Danlin Zhang, Jay Vollmar, Jorge González, Martin French, Michael Waraksa and Oleg Buyevsky!
Community Paint Day – June, 7, 2026
I am so happy to invite everyone to paint this upcoming Sunday, June 7, 2026. We will be starting a huge mural of almost 900 ft to bring some color [...]
New Mural at Harborview Terrace
Harborview Terrace 3 at 530 West 55th Street, New York, NY Last week we had the honor of returning to Harborview Terrace and to paint another wall, this time at the recently [...]
Robots, Aliens, Heroes, and Villains…
And a lizard, too. My latest Substack is up and is all about some watercolor pop culture images that I did some time ago and forgot about. You can click HERE [...]
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