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Editorial Illustration

Design Lad: Another Great Addition to JSR

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  The work of Matt Wood AKA Design Lad has a style reminiscent of Rube Goldberg; it’s fun, irreverent, and colourful and draws on a lot of nostalgic references and themes that make …

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Shawn Finley’s Latest for Ikea

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Shawn Finley just added another item featuring his illustrations to the IKEA LATTJO Play Collection, designed to promote family play. The LATTJO Activity Book is a described as a coloring book …

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A Happy, Illustrated Thanksgiving!

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An Interview with Jamie Stephen, Founder of JSR

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After 12 years in business and a major recession, JSR is a highly capable team of professionals who can manage any project, of any size, anywhere in the world. They’ve worked on …

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The Great Run of Kevin Sprouls at Worth Magazine

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Throughout his time with the Wall Street Journal and then Worth magazine, Kevin Sprouls has employed his signature “headcut” portrait style on just about every titan of the financial world. As …

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Greg Mably for BP

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Greg Mably‘s iconic, less-is-more style is an effective way to covey what is often an overwhelming subject: healthcare. The BP wellness program takes an interactive approach that’s all about preventative care. Greg’s …

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James Bennett’s Frightfully Good Board Game

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 Once the concept for the game was explained to illustrator James Bennett, he was all in. He had a blast creating everything from the box cover to the rule book, and everything in between, including the …

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Visual Connections: Keep Up With the Trends in Image and Footage Licensing

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Visual Connections will again be held in New York City on October 25, 2017. The event offers a great opportunity to discover new resources and connect with colleagues. The Visual Connections Blog is …

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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 Liz Sanders Group: Projects Update

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The Liz Sanders Agency was busy working on projects for clients and themselves. Amy Ning completed this dapper duo (above) for the documentary, Balboa Park: The Jewel of San Diego. Judy Reed Silver …

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September Editor Picks

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James Nelson: Inspired by Nature

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James Nelson has been busy creating imagery for self-promotion that  displays the sophisticated line and proportion inherent in his fashion illustration work. In the image above, which will appear among the work of other artists …

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Greg Betza for PBS: The Vietnam War

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There were two phases involved in this project for the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick epic documentary, The Vietnam War. Greg was initially contacted by Atlantic Re:think, the marketing division of the …

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Work. Work. Work.

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It could be an image for a new promotional piece, as with Amy Ning (above), developing patterns for a new licensing collection, like Randi Zafman, and Judy Reed Silver creating …

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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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An Interview with Agent Lilla Rogers of The Lilla Rogers Studio

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In our ongoing series of interviews with artists’ representatives, we have posed a range of questions about the current business climate. No one knows better how things have changed than Lilla …

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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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An Illustrated Summer

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Paul Garland’s Latest Cover for Bulletin Magazine

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  We all expect in 2017 for physically disabled persons to easily access public buildings, and people who are blind, partially sighted, or have hearing problems should also be well …

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Jing Jing Tsong’s New Children’s Books

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Jing Jing has two new board books coming out in July, published by BeachHouse Publishing, LLC. Fish of Hawai’i and Birds of Hawai’i, introduce little ones to the diverse wildlife of …

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Dahl Taylor, Visual Historian

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  Dahl Taylor latest large-scale project involved five themed murals in the main lobby of the Albany Convention Center. They depict the commerce, culture, and history of the city. The challenge was to accurately …

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An Interview with Artist Representative Richard Solomon

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With a career as an artist representative that spans over 30 years, Richard Solomon has a lot to share about the state of the business and where it’s likely to …

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The Future of Creative Thinking

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While so many of us have access to the same data and technology, how we interpret it and put it to use in the future will have a significant impact …

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News from the Liz Sanders Agency

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 Lately, artists at the Liz Sanders Agency have been working on everything from magazine covers to wall paper, rugs, and tea towels. When not creating work for clients, they are working …

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James Yang and The Egg Story

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Five images from The Egg Story, a series of illustrated children’s stories presented on a Hong Kong-based website for young mothers, were chosen for this year’s Communication Arts Illustration Annual.

Workbook Commarts Illustration Winners

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Congratulations to all the talented illustrators whose work has been chosen to appear in this year’s Communication Arts Illustration Annual.  We’ve also published complete, separate galleries for Bill Mayer and James …

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Greg Betza for the Boston Globe Review of Books

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Greg Betza captures the heart of the story of Dani Shapiro’s new memoir, Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage, with an image of a couple for whom time seems to be running out. In …

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Latest New Yorker Covers

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Workbook illustrators are often on the cover of the New Yorker. Here are three of the most recent.