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Jeff Hinchee: Illustrator & Set Designer

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Jeff Hinchee has created set designs for countless plays and musicals in New York, as well as for productions, including opera and ballet, in the United States and abroad. It is this …

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Highlights from the DXE: Michael DiMilo

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“It’s an exciting time to be an animator,” says  Michael DiMilo.  Available technology allows illustrators and animators to meet the challenges of finding fresh branding solutions. Artists are now bringing their drawings …

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Highlights from the DXE: Federico Gastaldi

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Italian illustrator Federico Gastaldi created this clever format for his DXE to introduce himself and provide us with a glimpse of his process. He shows us illustration and animation and how creatives can harness both mediums …

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Latest Projects from Salzman International

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Illustrators add depth to the biggest stories of day and pursue personal imagery to add to their portfolios. Above: Guilio Bonasera New York magazine + Visible,             …

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The Latest from Salzman International

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The illustrators with the  international, award-winning Salzman International are scattered across Europe and are working for clients all over the world. They’ll be doing an Instagram takeover for us in early November, …

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Oivind Hovland Puts His Storytelling Skills to Work

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The latest project from Ovind Hovlund is a series of illustrations for three stories published in Klassekampen, a Norwegian daily newspaper. By his description, the stories are a bit dark …

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Back to School in a Changed World

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Illustrators highlight the many challenges kids face as they go back to school. Image above: Aldo Crusher

An Update from the Salzman Group

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The illustrators of the Richard Salzman group have been working on assignments for clients around the world and exploring concepts and ideas of their own. They have created stunning and thoughtful …

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Oivind Hovland Shares His Latest Assignments

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Norwegian illustrator Oivind Hovland helps his clients communicate their ideas with his thoughtful visual metaphors. He’s taken on some fairly heavy subject matter lately, such as the nature of time and surveillance culture, as …

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The Best of 2019: The Richard Salzman Group

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Illustrators from the Salzman Group Image above: Federico Gastaldi “This is one of my favorite illustrations of the year because I always wanted to work with the Wall Street Journal. …

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Richard Salzman’s Artists Add Their Visuals to an Array of Issues

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The illustrators of Salzmanart have been working to visually interpret global conflict and its aftermath in Syria for the Economist and the Brexit meltdown in Britain for Internazionale. They have also taken on …

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Workbook In Motion: This Week’s Great New Animated GIFs

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Animated GIFs are everywhere on the internet. We asked Workbook illustrators what is involved in creating a successful GIF, and the answer we got from Giulio Bonasera sums it up best, “A …

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Giulio Bonasera Creates Content for T Brand Studio

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For his latest project, Giulio Bonasera applied his iconic, graphic style to branded content created by the T Brand Studio, marketing unit for the New York Times. By telling the in-depth …

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Giulio Bonasera and the Class Of 2019

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As this article says, prospects for the class of 2019 have never been better. But there are tools you’ll need to succeed, and Giulio Bonasera illustrates them for the Wall …

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The Salzman Group Has Impressive Showing in AI 38

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This international group of illustrators was recognized for its work for the New York Times, Nautilus, and other clients by this year’s American Illustration competition.       Above: Davide Bonazzi  Mare …

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The Latest from Benedetto Cristofani

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Above: “Choices on the Continent,” the Economist Whether the story is growing economic inequality in the West or how China is investing in Africa, Benedetto Cristofani finds the essence of the story and illustrates …

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Workbook in Motion: Animator Davide Bonazzi

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Davide Bonazzi is a busy illustrator, and now animator, creating promotional animation for Brandman University/Vitro Agency, Unesco WWAP, and Gatorade, to name a few. Listen as he tells us why …

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Latest Editorials from Benedetto Cristofani

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Benedetto Cristofani tackled some lighter faire recently…you know, the unconscious, international relations, terrorism, and the multi-million dollar contract. He created a spot-on visual for each topic; it’s why he continually works for …

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A Happy Holiday GIF

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Federico Gastaldi created a holiday GIF within a snow globe that captures the sometimes solitary life of the freelancer.

Giulio Bonasera’s Musical Take

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In his latest personal project, Giulio Bonasera created a set of visual metaphors by utilizing the notations of man’s highest form of expression: the language of music. He’s telling us we can …

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Benedetto Cristofani’s Editorial Elegance

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Benedetto Cristiani has been busy creating impactful, insightful, editorial illustration for publications such as the Economist, Die Zeit, the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger Healthcare (above) and even had time to create a personal ode to …

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The Salzman Group Travels Through Time

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XPRIZE is a highly innovative organization that brings to bear the power of competition to facilitate targeted solutions to some of our biggest global challenges. By partnering with industry, it helps to accelerate change through competitions designed to …

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Latest Projects by Italian Illustrator Benedetto Cristofani

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Benedetto Cristofani has been working on assignments that range from the international election cycle and international business, to topics like the scientific basis for gender bias. Clients include Die Zeit, …

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Guilio Bonasera Condenses It for Us

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  Guilio Bonasera is an award-winning illustrator whose minimal, visual solutions condense complex problems into visual icons. In the case of a recent article for Wired magazine about the damaging effects of constant work …

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Robots, Relationships, and More

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Illustrator Oivind Hovlund has been busy with multiple editorial and advertising assignments. He takes on a broad range of topics ranging from relationships to fertilizer.

The Latest from the Salzman Group

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As business conditions change we all adapt, and Richard Salzman knows this better than most. By the early 2000s, the rate and manner in which imagery was commissioned and consumed had changed …

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Portrait of Richard Salzman

Salzman International

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The Richard Salzman Group has undergone somewhat of a transformation over the last three years. He has added a number of new illustrators to his group, all of whom are …

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Joey Guidone for Modern Psykologi

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Joey Guidone has been producing some beautifully iconic and graphic work for a wide range of editorial and corporate clients. He recently created this cover image for  Swedish publication, Modern …

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Just Another Day At The Office

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An article about the best dentists in your area is hardly riveting stuff, but Seattle Metropolitan took this normally dry type of editorial and made it into something readable.   …

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