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Latest Illustration Projects from London-Based JSR

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JSR is now a full-service creative management company, but here are just a few of the illustration projects they’ve been working on this month. Image above Harrison Edwards, Roger Magazine

The Richard Solomon Group Hits The Books

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The Richard Solomon group put together a great selection of style and imagery to mark the beginning of this school year. If you’d like to keep current with all the …

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Ben the Illustrator Succeeds in Creating Portraits Full of Personality by Employing Just the Basics

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Ben the Illustrator pares it down to just the basic elements of the ball, cone, and cube in these latest portraits that are new this week to the site. Even his …

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Nigel Buchanan Is In Your Face

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    Whether he’s playing it straight or adding a little sly commentary of his own, the portraits of Nigel Buchanan are nothing if not compelling. He’s added  new portraits …

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RAPP Artists Deliver Creative Visual Solutions for Their Clients

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RAPP l Art Illustrators continually delight with their talent! Browse their artist roster and welcome the newest illustrators to join Workbook.

The Award-Winning Salzman Group

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The award-winning Salzman Group has been working on editorial projects for the New York Times, the New Yorker, GQ, Barron’s, Hollywood Reporter, and more. Image above: Giulio Bonasera for GQ …

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James Nelson Illustrates Where Our Cuppa Comes From

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James Nelson shows us the individual stages and a beautiful narrative montage that captures the trip from beginning to end.

Rapp Artists are Regular Contributors to the NYT, WaPo, and WSJ

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It says a lot when your group of illustrators contributes regularly to the editorial and news pages of the three most respected publications in the United States: NYT, WaPo, and …

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Helen Friel, Paper Engineer

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These days, Helen Friel’s inventive use of cut paper is showing up in just about every medium for a diverse roster of clients. Whether it’s an animated or a still image, a piece by Helen …

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Bikes and Sugar Skulls from Carolyn Vibbert

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Amber Lotus is a carbon-negative company that creates products that share the diversity of world cultures and sacred traditions and “illuminate the sacred dimensions of everyday life — mindfulness, healthy …

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Happy 4th!

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Above: Harold Lee Miller How to wear and wave the red, white, and blue.

New Talent from London-Based Debut Artists

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Above: Christian Gralingen London-based Debut Artists have just added nine talented new illustrators whose work is often at the intersection of photography and illustration.

Jones and Company Designs These Animated Characters from Their Home in Cape Town

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Jones and Company is really a family affair in which Dylan illustrates, his wife Heike oversees production, and their kids, Anna-Rose and Sophie-Mae serve as inspiration. Just about anything from …

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Mark Summers Inducted into the New York Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame

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Above: Portrait of RZA for Rolling Stone. The work of illustrator Mark Summers is not to be confused with anyone else’s. He’s elevated the technique of scratchboard that was all but …

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New Illustrators And Animators Join Workbook

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Rob Ball’s Beautiful Death Series Signifies the End of An Era

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Rob Ball created an iconic image for every death scene on the series Game Of Thrones. From the beginning, Rob Ball was told by producers of the show to focus …

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Illustrators with Shannon Associates, Sally Heflin, Rappart, Lindgren & Smith, MorganGaynin are Honored by American Illustration 38

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Above: Owen Freeman Congratulations to these and all the winners in American Illustration 38!

June Editor’s Picks

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Above: Matt Carr Take a look at June’s Editor’s Featured Picks.

Jing Jing Tsong and Her Ode to Mother Ocean

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Award-winning illustrator Jing Jing  Tsong was commissioned by XPRIZE to illustrate Vandana Singh’s story Mother Ocean. She brings her fluid, textured style to this assignment as she does with so many others …

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Workbook Contributors Are All Over American Illustration 38

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There’s a depth of skill and style on display in American Illustration 38. Congratulations to these and all the winners! Image above: Victo Ngai

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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Peter Pachoumis Is Peter POP Art

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It’s graphic and colorful, and perfect, not just for comic books, but advertising and editorial projects too. Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and others gave us Pop Art in the 1960s …

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Greg Betza for Pro Publica

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Greg Betza’s drawing style adds a sense of immediacy to the crisis in the California prison system. He depicts the overcrowding and the sudden eruption of violence and its aftermath with …

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Workbook Winners: The 2019 Communication Arts Illustration Annual

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Above illustration:  Paul Rogers Illustrator Juan Bernabeu imagined what hell might look like. The Balbusso sisters channeled 1930s Hollywood glamour for their work on a new volume of Atlas Shrugged and created a …

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The Artists at London-Based CIA Speak a Range of Visual Languages

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Above: Kitra.  His work has been translated into murals, installations, and design objects for clients such as Coca Cola, Red Bull, Greenpeace, and Deutsche Bahn. To keep up with the …

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With Fun and Humor as the Mandate, British Illustrator Rachel Saunders Began work on Boom, Bang, Royal Meringue

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For British illustrator Rachael Saunders, there is deliberate thought behind every decision that goes into bringing a children’s story to life. How to convey the underlying message; what style best …

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Illustrators and Animators New to Workbook

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Bonnie Hofkin’s Latest: Beethoven and The Babe

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Bonnie Hofkin captured two historical greats from two very different worlds: German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven and Major League Baseball’s George Herman “Babe” Ruth. Hofkin was inspired by The Babe’s …

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New to Workbook: Klughaus

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The artists of Klughhaus created an opening for this often misunderstood medium  by giving it new context and purpose. What could be a better way to convey a message than through the …

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