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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Spring Workbook Covers: Cade Martin and Amy Ning
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Choosing cover imagery for the Spring and Fall editions of Workbook is one of the best jobs we have all year. We begin by scouring the site for cover-worthy contenders. …
Spring 2017 Illustration Cover Artist Amy Ning
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This Spring Workbook’s beautiful cover illustration for was created by Amy Ning in 2016 and is a depature from the whimsical style for which she is most known. Titled “Naked Truth,” she says, “We all have …
An Interview with Artist Representative David Goldman
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Take the time to read this interview with Artists’ Representative David Goldman; you won’t be disappointed. It provides a great overview of where the business has been and where it’s going…a …
An Interview with Dan Pelavin
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Dan Pelavin is one of those designer/illustrator/typographers who sees little distinction between these disciplines and considers them all integral to the same goal: communication. He has worked and trained with …
Ken Dutton’s Character Development
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Illustrator Ken Dutton has developed recurring characters for both commercial and editorial clients. Ken combines traditional and digital drawing tools to develop characters from concept to finish. Here are a …
Kevin Sprouls and the Evolution of the “Hedcut”
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Kevin Sprouls developed the “hedcut” style while working at the Wall Street Journal in the early 1980s. In this blog post he describes how, over a period of about six months, he refined …
Workbook’s Got Great GIFs
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The illustrators we talked to all approached the GIF differently, but they all get the point across seamlessly in just a few frames. Some make us laugh, some make …
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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Mark Summers for Rolling Stone
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Scratchboard artist, Mark Summers has been working with Rolling Stone magazine’s art director Joe Hutchinson on a monthly feature called “The Last Word,” in which the last page of every issue …
Greg Coulton and the Power of the Portrait
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Billboard magazine tapped Greg Coulton to capture what it deems the 100 power players of 2017. Portraits of the players include names like Pharrell Williams, Justin Bieber, and Stevie Wonder. Greg also …
Catching Up with the Morgan Gaynin Group
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To celebrate Chinese New year, Victo Nagai created this beautiful “nianhua” (new year picture) for Apple and was on hand for a a packed event at the Hong Kong …
Workbook’s Got Style
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The month of February is all about fashion with major shows taking place in New York, London, Milan, and Paris. Workbook photographers, illustrators, graphic designers, and production specialists work for …
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.
44 for 44
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These 44 portraits by Rob Ball represent some of the most accomplished African American figures in history, who shook up the world as they knew it. They come from all walks …
Illustration: The Business of Collaboration
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Throughout his 30-plus years as a professional illustrator, Mark Stutzman has consciously assessed each assignment in order to keep tabs on what worked well, what got him the assignment, what didn’t, and why. He’s begun sharing these insights …
Workbook Valentines
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Urs J. Knobel for Covent Gardener Magazine
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David Copperfield and Charles Dickens themselves took the plunge here. So did many Royals before them. Urs J. Knobel recently created this illustration for an article on the history of the Victorian Baths in the Covent Garden District of …
A Shout Out from The Washington Post
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The art directors at the Washington Post commissioned a lot of illustration last year. Work by more than 450 artists worldwide appeared in print and online for the Post. Five Workbook …
Gayle Kabaker’s Latest: The New Yorker Cover
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This is actually Gayle Kabaker‘s second NEW YORKER cover. You might remember the cover below, from 2012. In addition, she recently created the image for the cover of RESIST!
Feathers and Hair
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Jing Jing Tsong‘s colorful and beautifully textured illustrations will soon appear in Feathers and Hair, What Animals Wear, written by Jennifer Ward and Published by Simon and Schuster. Kirkus gives …
Eloqui Launches
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Mark has been in the illustration world for more than 30 years and has much to say about its past and future. On the blog portion of his site he …
Rocco Baviera Keeps an Open Mind
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Rocco Baviera‘s elegant, graphic illustrations are a perfect solve for any writer dealing with complex issues. In his latest project for Trends Quarterly, Rocco creates three visual metaphors for an article on mindset that …
Mendola’s Best of the Best 2016
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Illustration is a constantly evolving medium, and Mendola Artists spent 2016 exploring all the ways in which to utilize their many talents for themselves and their clients. They are …
David Plunkert for WIRED Japan
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In his feature series, “Way Passed Future,” writer Tom Kwanda focuses on four highly influential Japanese writers who utilized science and state-of-the-art technology in their writings to further their artistic expression. Illustrator/designer …
