Nice portfolio of illustration and design work by Berlin-based Andre Gottschalk.
Labels: Andre Gottschalk, graphic design, illustration
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Nice portfolio of illustration and design work by Berlin-based Andre Gottschalk.
Friday, March 12, 2010
weetstraw offers several interesting sets of ephemera, photographs and a variety of visuals.
"weetstraw.com draws in users based on familiar subjects, and creates connections to ideas from various contexts. the purpose of the site is to introduce the user to new possibilities of visual associations, through the common and the obscure."
Labels: ephemera, graphic design, illustration, photography, resource, weetstraw.com
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The personal and commercial work of Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto.
Labels: Doug Cunningham, graphic design, illustration, Jason Noto, Morning Breath
Monday, March 1, 2010
I love this project "Tan The Man" by Helsinki-based illustrator and designer Janine Rewell. Funny and clever is always a solid combination.
Labels: graphic design, illustration, Janine Rewell
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Here is a wonderful collection of over 200 illustrations from the Mid-Century Modern style.
Labels: flickr, graphic design, illustration, Mid-Century Modern, resource
Monday, February 8, 2010
Fantastic information graphics by New York-based designer Nicholas Felton.
Labels: graphic design, illustration, Nicholas Felton
Friday, January 8, 2010
A site dedicated to map-based projects.
Labels: fine art, graphic design, illustration, Radical Cartography, resource
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Nicely done animation by Kristofer Strom. It makes me want to put on my shiny shoes.
Labels: animation, illustration, Kristofer Strom, video
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
I rather like the throwback illustration and photo style; the work's sense of humor is a plus too.
Labels: artist, fine art, illustration, Ryan Abegglen
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Not only a really nice illustration style, but a solid use of media to boot.
Labels: Cody Hoyt, fine art, graphic design, illustration
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Things Magazine, which is outstanding in its own right, has assembled a fantastic archive of Pelican book covers produced from the 1930s through the 1980s. Certainly worth a bookmark.
Labels: books, graphic design, illustration, Pelican books, photography, resource, Things Magazine
Monday, December 14, 2009
If you're into hand-drawn animations and cartoons, then you'll probably find this video on Disney's Multiplane camera pretty darn interesting. The man himself presents the segment and explains the technology.
Thanks to Shawn for passing this along.
Labels: animation, illustration, Multiplane Camera, video, Walt Disney
Thursday, December 3, 2009
I liked this collection of artist painted wrestling masks coordinated by Peat Wollaeger.
Labels: fine art, flickr, illustration, Peat Wollaeger
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
I really like this Halloween ad created last year by The Miller Group, Los Angeles. It's a fun use of illustration, and does a great job of playfully reinforcing the Goodwill "G" logo.
Labels: ad campaign, Goodwill, graphic design, illustration, The Miller Group
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
I recently set up a portfolio on the Behance Network, which considers itself "a platform for creative portfolios, projects, and collaborations." There is a nice mixture of well-known and lesser-known artists and designers, and most of the work represented seems to range from decent to exceptional quality.
If you're a creative, you might want to consider joining, or, if you're just interested in keeping tabs on contemporary art & design, you might have a good time simply browsing.
Labels: Behance Network, fine art, graphic design, illustration, resource, studiotwentysix2, Tom Davie
Friday, September 11, 2009
The Little Friends of Printmaking, a husband-and-wife team based in Madison, Wisconsin, have created a fun collection of illustrated screen printed posters.
Labels: illustration, poster, The Little Friends of Printmaking
Monday, September 7, 2009
I was recently asked to contribute work for the upcoming Create Democracy poster exhibition that will be part of London's Design Event '09. Since the theme of the exhibition is democracy, only the posters with highest vote totals will be exhibited during the event. If you would like to support my design work, visit the link below and vote for my posters to be included in the exhibition.
About Create Democracy...
Democracy is a challenging new graphic design exhibition forming part of Design Event, the North East's annual design festival. We're aiming to create the ultimate democratic exhibition; we're inviting designers and illustrators to submit their visual interpretation of the theme of Democracy and only those with the most votes will be featured in the exhibition. All qualifying entries are showcased on this website and you can then vote for your favourite. You can also leave comments on the work and get in contact with the artist/designer behind them.
This project is a unique chance for designers and artists to pit their work against peers from all over the world. It is also a great platform to promote your creative talent to thousands of art-lovers and design-fans engaging with Design Event 09. Feel free to use Facebook, MySpace, forums etc. to spread the word and get people to vote for your work.
Rise to the challenge and participate in the process. The sooner you submit, the more votes you have the potential to get, so get cracking...
Labels: Create Democracy, Design Event 09, graphic design, illustration, studiotwentysix2, Tom Davie
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Sorry for the lack of posts this week, I was out-of-town for a few days.
Lost and Taken is a great resource site for Hi Res, good-quality textures and scans. Most, if not all, are copyright / royalty-free images that are acceptable for personal and commercial use. Check it out.
Labels: blog, graphic design, illustration, photography, resource
Friday, August 14, 2009
Shepard Fairey from Arkitip on Vimeo.
Labels: artist, fine art, illustration, resource, Shepard Fairey, video
Thursday, July 30, 2009
If you're a fan of illustration, photography, and 1950s pinup art, then you will love this post.
Posted on flickr by the model's (Janet Rae) son, is a collection of over 75 pinup paintings featuring Rae by artist Gil Elvgren. While this in itself would be blog-worthy enough, the original black and white studio photograph from which the artist worked accompanies each illustration. It's phenomenal to be able to see the photos and paintings side-by-side...a rare collection indeed.
Labels: Gil Elvgren, illustration, Janet Rae, photography, pinup girls
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
I decided to split one long post into two shorter ones, so it's a two-for-one day.
In honor of yesterday's black and white drawings, and today's post about Thirst, here are some personal works by Thirst founder, Rick Valicenti.
Rick was recently awarded the American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA) Medal in 2006 for his sustained contribution to design excellence and development of the profession. This medal is the highest honor in the graphic design profession.
Rick Valicenti provides inspiration to his colleagues and mentorship to a generation of students. For the past two decades, Rick has lent his time and energies to college and high school students in the form of workshops and personal critiques on the design industry.
Labels: fine art, graphic design, illustration, Rick Valicenti
Monday, July 13, 2009
Some interesting illustration and design work from Kansas City-based Tad Carpenter. His site is nicely constructed as well.
Labels: artist, graphic design, illustration, Tad Carpenter
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
I like Flash as an application, but I typically don't care for most web sites that are created in it. With the combination of resized browser windows, and slow navigations or overall loading times, there is usually something frustrating about visiting a flash site.
However, none of that applies to Denmark-based Hello Monday. The "designery" specializes in identity, illustration, flash and campaign development, and the firm also has one of the nicest studio sites out there. Check it out.
Labels: graphic design, Hello Monday, illustration, interactive design, site design
Monday, July 6, 2009
This is a really nice site dedicated to the late illustrator and fine artist Jim Flora. Most widely known for his album cover art of the 1940s and 50s, and as an illustrator of over 15 children's books; Flora had an energetic and playful style that is as contemporary today as it was at its creation.
Jimflora.com combines a store, artist interviews and articles, as well as galleries of work. If you are unfamiliar with Flora, this site will get you acquainted with one of mid-century's finest.
Labels: artist, fine art, illustration, Jim Flora, music
Friday, June 19, 2009
Although the site is under construction, the work is still interesting. Si Scott has has a nice organic illustration style, and the way it translates into the typographic pieces is quite impressive.
Labels: graphic design, illustration, Si Scott Design
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Nice portfolio site by Icelandic-born illustrator and designer Siggi Eggertsson.
Labels: graphic design, illustration, Siggi Eggertsson
Thursday, May 7, 2009
The work of Ben O’Brien, a commercial illustrator based in Cornwall, UK, has endless energy and an engagingly playful quality to it. Most of his pieces have a strong sense of repetition and patterning, and if you visit his nicely designed site, you will quickly realize that his use of color is top-notch.
Labels: Ben O’Brien, Ben The Illustrator, illustration, site design
Monday, May 4, 2009
The Smoking Gun reports that FEMA has removed a children’s coloring book from its web site. The book was illustrated by a 68-year-old grandmother, and was intended to help kids “cope with disasters.” Criticism of the downloadable book stemmed from illustrations depicting the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.
What do you think; is this the case of an overly sensitive reaction to criticism, or completely inappropriate judgment by a government agency?
The story and a PDF copy of the book.
Labels: article, coloring book, FEMA, illustration, The Smoking Gun
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
I am really surprised at how difficult it is to find well-photographed collections of 60s psychedelic posters. I’ve been looking for several years for a nice online collection, and these two links are the best I’ve found. If you are aware of a better quality collection, please share the address:
I would love to see this show...The Denver Art Museum is currently exhibiting The Psychedelic Experience, which consists of 300 rock posters from the San Francisco Bay Area, 1965 – 71. Maybe someone from Denver can give us a recap of the poster collection.
If you’re looking for some poorly thought out instructions on how to “easily master” psychedelic lettering, then you will probably enjoy this:
Labels: Denver Art Museum, graphic design, illustration, museums, poster, The Psychedelic Experience
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
This Grammar Rock Pronoun video is one of my all time favorites. It has a great song, fun visuals and is surprisingly informative to boot. So good.
Labels: animation, illustration, video
Monday, March 16, 2009
I grew up in northern Ohio, and every time I go back to visit it seems like there is another architectural mural by designer and illustrator Eric Grohe.
The paintings are really impressive and completely unexpected. Most are located in smaller communities and towns where you just wouldn’t expect to find murals of this size and quality.
Labels: artist, Eric Grohe, fine art, illustration
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Here are several nicely illustrated theater intermissions — a treat for those who are old enough to remember them, and a history lesson for those who aren’t. I wasn’t able to track down specific dates for the videos, but if I had to guess, they probably range from the late 1950s to 1970.
Anyway, enjoy the retro goodness.
Anyway, enjoy the retro goodness.
Labels: animation, illustration, Theater Intermissions, video
Friday, February 27, 2009
I’m really impressed with the portfolio of freelance comic & entertainment industry illustrator Nic Klein. The German artist has great feel for color, form and composition; and the work seems to carry a visual and conceptual depth that is often absent in many contemporary illustrations.
Labels: artist, comic books, illustration, Nic Klein
Thursday, February 19, 2009
I received a special request asking me to post a link to Brooklyn-based artist KAWS — and by special request I mean, “Dude, you should do a post about that guy who does those sweet Sponge Bob paintings.”
Ask and ye shall receive.
Here is a link to 24 of his works via Gering & Lopez Gallery in NYC.
Labels: artist, fine art, gallery, Gering and Lopez Gallery, illustration, KAWS
Thursday, February 5, 2009
As a fella with many artistic interests, I couldn’t help but be attracted to the work of Jeff Canham. Jeff creates as a fine artist, designer, illustrator, and sign painter — and no matter his medium, the work seems to consistently have a good sense of color, craft and typographic sensitivity.
Check him out.
Labels: artist, fine art, graphic design, illustration, Jeff Canham
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Russian-born illustrator and designer Yulia Brodskaya has created some really interesting typographic illustrations, known as “PAPERgraphics”.
I dig not only the dimensional quality and shadows created by the work, but the style and craftsmanship makes this series impressive and inspiring. Additional PAPERgraphic samples can be viewed on Yulia’s site — they are definitely worth checking out.
Labels: graphic design, illustration, Yulia Brodskaya
Friday, January 30, 2009
If you’re in need of single-color icon inspiration, then Tiny Icon Factory is the site for you.
Created by Luis Blackaller and Brent Fitzgerald, Tiny Icon Factory encourages its visitors to design their own creations — by clicking and dragging over the icon generator in the upper left hand corner. If you’re not in the icon-making mood, you can always browse through the 290,000 designs that have already been created.
I had a little fun and added two designs to their enormous archive.
Labels: Brent Fitzgerald, graphic design, illustration, Luis Blackaller, site design, Tiny Icon Factory
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Here are several new ads created by Ogilvy & Mather, Mumbai, for World Wildlife Fund.
I really enjoy the complexity of the compositions, the quality of the illustrations and the simplicity of the message. In addition to being great ads, I think this campaign is a fantastic example of what can be accomplished with single-color printing.
As a bonus, here is a link to previous WWF print campaigns — my favorites are the densely populated areas integrated into detailed leaf imagery.
Labels: ad campaign, graphic design, illustration, Ogilvy and Mather, WWF
Thursday, January 22, 2009
After spending much of the week revamping this site, there was very little time for art and design making. So in lieu of spending yesterday putting together a Featured Art update, I spent most of the day creating this 18 x 24" illustrated poster. I based the illustration off of the photograph below — a completely random house that is located in Ypsilanti, MI.
The entire poster was created using Adobe Illustrator.
The entire poster was created using Adobe Illustrator.
Labels: illustration, poster, studiotwentysix2, Tom Davie
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
If an illustration of a trans-sulcus intraocular lens fixation gets your engine started, then this post will set your glomerulus aflutter.
The Association of Medical Illustrators has compiled a collection of past-honored medical illustrations, animations and interactive media — although the motion and interactive work, seem to be only still images.
Friday, November 7, 2008
I am in awe of how well these playing cards by Ukrainian artist Vladyslav Yerko have been illustrated. The set of illustrations aren’t just really good, they are make-quality-artists-feel-bad-about-their-own-work good. I would love to get my hands on a set of these.
Labels: artist, fine art, graphic design, illustration, Vladyslav Yerko
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Here is a nice collection of Alice in Wonderland concept paintings, by Disney legend Mary Blair. The work is quite remarkable, but the images were gathered from various sources, so the size and quality tend to vary.
Labels: artist, fine art, illustration, Mary Blair, Walt Disney
Friday, August 22, 2008
Check out this time-lapse video by Raffaela Picca, aka Pixelgod. Using only Microsoft Paint, Picca sketches, then renders in detail a sports coupe. It’s pretty impressive, considering the limitations of such a basic drawing application.
Labels: artist, illustration, Pixelgod, Raffaela Picca, video
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
WARNING!!! Totally sexy post alert — and by totally sexy, I mean 1930’s & 40’s pinup girl kind of sexy. Meow.
Here are links to two masters of the pinup, Alberto Vargas, a Peruvian artist known for his work with Esquire magazine and the “Varga” girl calendars; and George Petty, who paved the way for Varga at Esquire, through his hugely popular Petty Girl calendars. As good as Petty’s illustrations are, his compositions are as equally impressive.
On a completely unrelated note, Petty attended evening classes at my alma mater, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago — but there’s nothing sexy about that, so go look at some pinups or something.
Labels: Alberto Vargas, artist, George Petty, illustration, pinup girls
Thursday, May 8, 2008
If you are a creative individual, or enjoy the Disney / Pixar films, you will dig this insightful interview with Pixar’s Brad Bird, the Academy Award-winning director of The Incredibles and Ratatouille. In it, he discusses a variety of topics, including fostering innovation, creativity and pushing teams beyond their comfort zones. It’s a really interesting read, and an excellent find by Tom at LPK.
Labels: article, Brad Bird, fine art, illustration, Pixar
Thursday, November 15, 2007
If you like to doodle in your notebook, and are interested in showing the world your dazzling creations, head on over to the Moleskine Project. Founded by Marko ZETS Prpic, the project was started as a way for artists to promote and support each other’s work. You’ll find a bit of the good, and the bad, but really, that’s all part of the charm.
Labels: illustration, Moleskine Project
I thought this was a really nice letterpress print by Candykiller. It has a good combination of deep, rich color, a fun illustration and what appears to be an outstandingly crisp press impression. Good stuff.
Labels: Candykiller, fine art, illustration
Thursday, August 9, 2007
I’ve been meaning to post Annukka’s work for a while now, because I really dig her illustration style. It’s fun, playful, colorful and integrates an interesting use of repetitive shapes and imagery. She has some really inspiring work, and it’s certainly worth a bookmark.
Sanna Annukka
Labels: graphic design, illustration, Sanna Annukka
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