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Latest Additions from Brenda Manley Designs

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The Brenda Manley Group is ready to create a design for any surface with their exuberant use of illustrations, hand lettering, color, shape, and texture. Image above: Emma Schonenberg

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Armchair Travels with Studio 1482

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While most of us are still hesitant to travel, illustrators Greg Betza and Veronica Lawlor of Studio 1482 have created a series called Armchair Travel to remind us what is …

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Artists Continue to Add Their Voices in the Call for Change

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Each these of these artists uses a unique visual style to add meaning to society’s call for change.

Wes Rowell Makes the Case for a New Pulitzer Prize Category

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Illustrator Wes Rowell presents a well-thought-out argument for the inclusion of editorial illustration to the list of Pulitzers awarded every year. There are already  two categories for photography: breaking news …

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Renee Rhyner’s Award-Winning Illustrators Found at Workbook

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This group of illustrators from The Renee Rhyner Group is both playful and sophisticated. They work within a range from simple black-and-white line drawing to collage and highly graphic styles. Their work  has …

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Taylor Callery’s Icons of Social Change

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Taylor Callery reminds us how much our present is wrapped up in our past. His latest series includes familiar icons like the American flag and the black fist, imagery of protest, and …

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Raul Colon, Award Winner

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Artist and author Raul Colon was recently named artist of the year by the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.  Raul is an award-winning illustrator of over 30 children’s books that …

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Jonathan Bartlett Takes on the WWE

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Working for wrestling clients was something that began as a self-initiated sort of personal project for illustrator Jonathan Bartlett. He initially reached out to the wrestling world with idea pitches in …

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Jennifer Nelson Makes Connections Through Art

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In one of her recent emails, Jennifer Nelson had some good advice. She took the time to remind us that art has always and will continue to created powerful connections. …

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Italian Illustrator Stefania Infante Shares Her Latest Projects

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Each of the these images represents Italian illustrator  Stefania Infante’s beautiful pointillistic style and her effective use of a limited color pallet. They also represent the range of topics she has …

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Kevin Sprouls and the Art of the Portrait

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In his new video promotion, illustrator Kevin Sprouls provides the  background and inspiration behind his classic portrait style that has appeared in the pages of the WSJ since he created …

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Mendola CGI Artists Exaggerate, Distort, and Perfect Reality

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The CGI Artists at Mendola are masters at enhancing reality, distorting it, or creating a new version of it from scratch. They use a variety of techniques and source materials to …

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Richard Borge for Scientific American

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With his latest project for Scientific American, Richard Borge helps bring visual clarity to the most pressing  issues surrounding the Covid-19 crisis: where it came from, the race for a vaccine, …

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Rapp Artists Tackle The Big Topics on Everyone’s Minds

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Working from home, the origin of the virus, the experiences of healthcare workers, and when to safely re-open the economy are just some of the questions the illustrators with Rapp artists …

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Morgan Gaynin Artists Take Us on a Virtual Tour

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We’ve all got a serious case of cabin fever. Artists with Morgan Gaynin got us thinking about where we’ll go and what we’ll do when we have the chance to …

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Jeff Moores Answers the UN Creative Call

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When The United Nations recently put out a worldwide call to visual and performing artists to create artwork to help raise awareness of how we all can help “flatten the curve.” Jeff …

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The Solomon Group Filters Life’s New Realities

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Richard Solomon’s group of illustrators capture life as it is now, as we try to stay connected while in isolation. We go to school, go to the office, and meet …

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Latest Additions from IllustrationX

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IllustrationX operates on four continents and in eight countries around the world representing a group of illustrators and animators with a depth of style and experience who are ready to …

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The Impact of Covid-19 on Artists and the Arts

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The Mona Lisa by Leonardo DaVinci is an image recognized all over the world as as icon of western art. She’s also been interpreted and re-interpreted over time, but it’s …

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U.K. Agency Rush Works with Artists and Clients Globally

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  Agency Rush has a lot to tout these days. Editorial assignments for the Washington Post Magazine and more, awards like the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2020,  brand …

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Barbara Spurll for Wine Enthusiast

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The choice by creative director Marco Turelli to incorporate watercolor portraits into this article about winemaking around the world was the perfect choice. The watery, sunlit portraits in dark, earthy colors reflect …

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Jennifer Nelson Spots Art in the Wild

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Agent Jennifer Nelson has been keeping her roster of illustrators busy with an array of projects. Greeting cards,  magazine editorial, product design, and surface design are just some of the …

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Veronica Lawlor’s Dream Assignment

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Veronica Lawlor brings her considerable  skills as a reportage artist to this latest dream job for Chase Private Client. As she travels across the US  from New York to Los …

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Award-Winning Illustrator Paul Garland Tells Visual Stories

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 Is there any doubt what illustrator Paul Garland is telling us with this image? Pretty unambiguous. It’s why his colorful, graphic conceptual illustrations regularly appear in the pages of the most respected publications …

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The Solomon Group Honors Black History Month

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This month we celebrate the achievements of African Americans and recognize their central role in U.S. history. The Richard Solomon group celebrates Back History Month  with this edited portraits gallery …

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Richard Borge for Scientific American

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When an assignment like this comes along, the first thing Richard Borge does is read the article. He absorbs the content in order to develop the best way to visually …

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James Yang Wins the 2020 Geisel Award

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When the Theodore Seuss Geisel committee called and said Stop! Bot! won the 2020 Geisel award,”It was like a lighting bolt,” James says.  According to the ALA, “The Geisel Award is given to …

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Colleen O’Hara’s Congressional Women

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Colleen O’Hara‘s latest assignment for Muhlenberger College captures the fierce freshman class of women elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2018. It accompanied a story on the college’s …

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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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