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Finding Joaquín Murieta: Mark Smith Illustrates California’s Rarest Literary Legend
Finding Joaquín Murieta: Mark Smith Illustrates California’s Rarest Literary Legend The Hunt for Murieta: Mark Smith’s Illustrations for Alta Journal The California Gold Rush was a time of rapid fortunes and lawlessness, but some of its greatest treasures were forged in print. In a striking new visual feature for Alta Journal, illustrator Mark Smith (represented by Salzman International) brings one of the West's most enduring literary mysteries back to life. Smith’s artwork explores the Zamorano 80—the definitive list of California’s foundational books—with a focus on its most elusive title: The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta. [...]
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Some Thoughts on Setting Goals
At the beginning of the year, I realized I was not drawing enough. I set a goal to complete 1 illustration a week. So far, I have been doing really [...]
ICONIC ILLUSTRATIONS FROM…
ICONIC ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ALEKSEYBranding expert, Aleksey Ivanov has produced another beautiful series of iconic U.S state birds for a Government campaign. His scraperboard style gives these delicately detailed birds a real [...]
LEMONADE WELCOME TO JAMES…
LEMONADE WELCOME TO JAMES CROFTMORE exciting news as children’s book illustrator, James Croft joins our team. James is a well known figure in Kidslit working for most major Children’s Publishers [...]
WE’RE HERE TO SERVE ILLUSTRATION…
WE’RE HERE TO SERVE ILLUSTRATION SOLUTIONS! The perfect match to the Wimbledon tennis tournament season from the multi-talented Tony Wilson. Tony’s style is so versatile and effective when used on Advertising [...]
See you on the Greenway!
Last March I was contacted by the NYC Department of Transportation Art division to pair me with a non profit and create a mural in the Bronx. In June we [...]
Ye Olde Quill Pen
My latest newsletter post is up and is about sketching with a goose quill pen. Fun. You can click HERE to read it whenever you get a chance.
INTRODUCING NEW SIGNING, JAMES…
INTRODUCING NEW SIGNING, JAMES KELLY Graphic novel, conceptual illustrator James Kelly signs with Lemonade and brings a wealth of comic strip experience in his portfolio. His Graphic novel style has expanded [...]
Artist Spotlight: Capturing Venice with Lucy Truman
Artist Spotlight: Capturing Venice with Lucy Truman We are thrilled to feature the incredible work of UK-based illustrator Lucy [...]
HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS…
HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS ILLUSTRATIONHealth and wellness is obviously at the forefront of so many and these topics lend themselves perfectly to illustration to help deliver the message. Guillaume Gennet created this campaign for a U.S [...]
MIKE MAHLE JOINS THE AGENCY…
MIKE MAHLE JOINS THE AGENCY ROSTER.Fabulous Friday news as figurative and lettering illustrator, Mike Mahle signs with the team and brings a wealth of premium experience! Mike’s dynamic perspectives and colours really give [...]
Sketch Safari At The Detroit Zoo
In the two sketch groups that I am a part of, there has been talk for about a year now of having a sketch night at the Detroit Zoo. We [...]
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 [...]
SUN DRIED AND DANGEROUSLY…
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TOM MORGAN-JONES SIGNS TO…
TOM MORGAN-JONES SIGNS TO LEMONADE!More big news, as another big name joins the agency! Tom Morgan Jones has joined our team with a two decades of experience working the leading publishers [...]
A MAGNIFICENT MAG COVER FROM…
A MAGNIFICENT MAG COVER FROM NATHAN!Crowd scene maestro, Nathan Daniels creates another stunning cover for the Week Magazine Jr! Nathan creates busy illustrations that you can look at for hours [...]
Build a Better Retirement Plan
New work for The Wall Street Journal.Most retireees are familiar withe the “four percent rule” that says you should withdraw 4% of your nest egg in your first year of [...]
GUILHERME MATOS IS WELCOMED TO THE…
GUILHERME MATOS IS WELCOMED TO THE AGENCYMore exciting news as the outstanding talent of Guilherme Matos signs with Lemonade. Brazilian character designer, Guilherme joins our team with a background in [...]
MARIA CREATES A CUP OF STRONG…
MARIA CREATES A CUP OF STRONG ILLY-STRATIONMaria Placidi has updated her folio with her latest food and drink work. This stunning vector illustration shows just how effective an everyday object can [...]
NATY SCABUSO BECOMES A…
NATY SCABUSO BECOMES A LEMONADERThrilled and excited to announce the signing of Naty Scabuso! Argentine children’s book illustrator, Naty is fast emerging as a major talent in South American kidslit and she joins [...]
EDITORIAL IS IN RUDE HEALTH WITH…
EDITORIAL IS IN RUDE HEALTH WITH STEPHANIE CARTERThe versatile Stephanie Carter’s style lights up any magazine page and her folio style is perfect for the Health and wellbeing content as [...]
NEMANJA RISTIC SIGNS TO…
NEMANJA RISTIC SIGNS TO LEMONADE!Based in the beautiful city of Belgrade children’s book illustrator, Nemanja Ristic joins the Lemonade family! His folio is full of strong characters and whimsical storytelling which you [...]






















