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World Illustration Awards 2024 Winners Announced!
World Illustration Awards 2024 Winners Announced! After a fantastic Awards Night celebration, we are delighted to announce the Overall, Category and Cross-Category Winners for the World Illustration Awards 2024! "We are excited to announce the winners of the highly anticipated WorldIllustration Awards 2024. This year's entrants displayed remarkable creativity and skill across the board. We were delighted to see illustration being thoroughly explored, celebrated, and developed as an art form. Our 2024 winners truly excel in their fields, illustrating complex narratives and ideas through their work. They also highlight the importance [...]
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MARGHERITA CREATES THE PERFECT…
MARGHERITA CREATES THE PERFECT CREATIVE COCKTAIL!We are really excited to announce the prestigious signature of Italian illustrator, Margherita Morellini! She has a wonderful style that crosses many age demographics including the adult fiction [...]
Ruby Thursday
6x9ink on bristol boardThis here is a commission from the Sh!tshow Kickstarter that I had at the end of last year. You may have heard about it. This enchanting young [...]
BOLOGNA IS GETTING CLOSE,…
BOLOGNA IS GETTING CLOSE, FOLKS!!We hope you enjoyed your Easter break! Now it's nearly showtime and our team are busy getting ready for the mecca of Children’s Publishing from Monday 8th [...]
Updates on the Norwood Mural Fundraiser
Hola amig@s!I went last week to the Community Board Meeting to present the fundraiser and spread the word. Hopefully some good connections will come up from there!More number updates!!$1,600 raised21 [...]
Conversation with FINANCIAL SAMURAI
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EGGSTRA’ CUTE CHARACTER…
EGGSTRA’ CUTE CHARACTER DESIGNS FROM PRIYA KAKATIPremier visual development artist Priya Kakati is the queen of cute characters and this bunny is no exception and ideal for the Easter season. [...]
AI in Science Communication
Can AI Tools be Integrated into Science Communication? The recent surge in artificial intelligence (AI) technology is simultaneously fascinating and frightening. While computer algorithms and machine learning have been around [...]
David Bowie
6x9ink on bristol bobardThis Substack Reward commission had me doing TheThinWhiteZiggyAladdinHeroes guy. I wasn't sure if the client would like the combination of phases, but she did. Therefore, I'm happy.
CAMILLA GALINDO CREATES STUNNING…
CAMILLA GALINDO CREATES STUNNING COVERSLemonade’s Camilla Galindo has created this fun cover for Scholastic which is a perfect setting for the fast approaching Easter season! Camilla has just updated her folio [...]
Let’s Repaint the Norwood Mural!
DONATE HERE Help me get the funds to repaint the iconic mural I created for Norwood in 2018. With this money, I will create a participatory process to design a [...]
Tin Tin
6x9ink on bristol boardHere is a recent Substack Reward commission done of Tin Tin (and Snowy) done in the style I used for the Sh!tshow book. He's a little portly [...]
Work Spotlight: David Semple
Work Spotlight: David Semple For this week's Work Spotlight, the Directory of Illustration is excited to highlight recent work from David Semple. David Semple is [...]
Mural for Dow Jones, by Bartosz Kosowski.
Mural for Dow Jones, by Bartosz Kosowski.
Peter Navarro
Martha Stewart went to jail with more grace than this clown. To celebrate Navarro's moving to his new digs, here's a page from my Sh!tshow book. Book signing coming soon!
Sam Chivers for Ardberg.
Sam Chivers for Ardberg.
Easter Bunnies and Spring Flowers!
Image credit: Alexander Wells, represented by Folio Illustration Agency Easter Bunnies and Spring Flowers! As springtime blossoms and Easter approaches, illustrators unleash their creativity to capture [...]
Builder Magazine Neal Award Nominations
Two Builder Magazine cover features illustrated by our artists are finalists in the Neal Awards, which recognize excellence in business-to-business journalism. Congratulations to Art Director Alice Ashe at Zonda Media! [...]
Geert Wilders
6x9ink on bristol boardThis guy here with the wild hair is the Dutch politician Geert Wilders. He might get votes on his hair alone. This commission was done as a [...]
Latest Works and Awards!
Martin French received a Gold Award for the Wes100 poster in the Illustration West 62 Exhibition! Martin's distinctive style, an interplay of marks, signs, and symbols has been recognized internationally over [...]
MARVELLOUS MARIANA MORENO SIGNS!We…
MARVELLOUS MARIANA MORENO SIGNS!We are overjoyed to present our new signing as top Mexican illustrator, Mariana Moreno is welcomed to our talented team. Mariana is multi-skilled and able to create different styles but [...]
Work Spotlight: Sam Falconer’s Scientist Portraits
Work Spotlight: Sam Falconer creates portraits of famous scientists and knowledge creators. For this week's Work Spotlight, the Directory of Illustration is excited to highlight recent [...]