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 …
Workbook Radio Episode 38- Soft White Underbelly, Part 2
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In this episode, Mark discusses the change in perspective Soft White Underbelly has given him, as well as his personal experience with the help and hurt of social media. JL: …
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 …
Cade Martin Reimagines the Art of the Diorama
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We never know where inspiration is going to come from. But we do know artists are people always open to the possibilities. For photographer Cade Martin, all it took was a …
The Latest Test from Sandro Baebler
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Photographer/director Sandro Baebler captures perfection in these new black-and-white, color portraits, and video. They’re indicative of his full portfolio of beautiful portraiture.
Shelly Waldman’s New Test Is About Sharing and Preparing Food
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Shelly Waldman’s latest story focuses on meat, both cooked and raw. Meat is not the easiest thing to get right, but this shoot, with it’s beautiful styling and lighting, makes …
Some of This Week’s Best and Latest Portraits
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Our contributors create a lot of portraits, some in the studio, and some captured on the fly…some photo-based, some hand painted. But they all stand out for what they reveal …
London-Based Paper Craft Artist Polly Lindsay
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UK illustrator/paper sculpture Polly Lindsay has an impressive list of commercial clients which includes MasterCard, Verizon, OpenTable, The Grammys, Men’s Health magazine, and Starwood Hotels, just to name a few. Her …
Best of 2019: Lindgren & Smith Group
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Image above: Claudi Kessels For this group of exceptionally talented artists, being illustrators is all above expressing ideas, capturing a time and place, and much more. There are posters, packaging, and editorial for …
Best Of 2019: Thompson and Homannay Share Personal Work
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“Our favorite personal project of the year was photographing teen skaters on Twin Peaks in San Francisco, where we used both digital and film. We loved photographing these kids and …
Workbook Artists’ Favorites in Motion for 2019
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Workbook directors continued to explore their storytelling skills for clients and themselves. They share the collaborative nature of telling a story while working for their clients and also where the …
The Best from ETC Creative Artists for 2019
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The artists of ETCcreative explored new work on their own and created great imagery for their clients. They made beautifully styled food and cocktails, hilarious moments with man’s best friend, stunning, …
Heath Robbins: Beautiful, Rustic Comfort Food
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We can’t overstate the importance of shooting personal work. It is a professional lifeline to creative buyers and key to driving a career forward. It’s why we include personal projects …
Best of Illustration: Debut Art on Instagram
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Some of Debut Artists favorite 2019 projects were heavy on CGI and fantasy/sci fi. Chris Labrooy created this sleek modern image for the new Porsche Taycan display at the LA Auto …
Three New Personal Series from Dana Hursey
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Dana Hursey is one of those photographers who always seems to be testing and exploring. This year he created three personal series “Clean,””Iconic Eats,” and a third called “Sweet Tooth.” Whether …
Chris Crisman and the Making of Mezcal
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In a move to create a healthier diet, photographer Chris Crisman decided that beer, among other things, was off the menu, and as he searched for an alternative, he came across …
Bob Coscarelli Finds a Time Capsule
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In 2016, Bob Coscarelli and his wife Karen purchased a meticulously preserved midcentury modern prefab home in Indiana. It was one of several completely furnished model homes built by Akron, Ohio …
Sue Tallon Has an Alter Ego
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Sue Tallon is an-award winning photographer with a pretty awesome breadth of style. Take a look at her website, and you’ll see everything from “Icons on White,” the “Bold and …
Workbook Photographers Upload Hundred of Images Every Week
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Here’s just a sampling of some of the great new photo imagery uploaded to Workbook.com this week. Above: Shane Lopes
James Nelson Identifies a Food Type
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We know this girl is a yoga-loving, cat-friendly, green-smoothie fanatic because illustrator James Nelson took all these elements and arranged them into a beautiful narrative portrait that makes sophisticated …
Trick or Treat!
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Above: Iain Macarthur
Ralph Smith Turns a Week with Friends into a Beautiful New Promotion
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Spending a week at a cabin in Creede, Colorado with friends including chefs, mixologists, sommeliers, fishermen, and even other photographers, there was bound to be some serious discussions about food and …
Zave Smith Stops Time
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The genesis of these two short videos by photographer Zave Smith was a talk he recently gave at Design Brew, a meetup location for artists in Philadelphia. Zave told us that it …
Illustration USA is Now Illustration X
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IlllustrationX has launched a new identity and website that signals their unmatched global coverage. They not only have offices currently in the UK, USA, France, India, Singapore, Germany, China, South …
Editor’s Picks
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Here’s just a sampling from the hundreds of images uploaded to the site over the past week. To see more great new work, go to the “Sort By” feature button in …
New Work and New Additions at ETC
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Two themes stood out from the recent list of projects from the ETC group: sharing and preparing food and active/sports lifestyle. Ren Fuller, who is the latest addition to the group, …
Mendola Artists Are Animating Their Images More Than Ever
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Mendola Artists are creating more motion imagery than ever before. Now that most every publication can be read in print or online, artists are called upon to create GIFs that can …
Workbook Radio Episode 30- Standing Out in a Saturated Market: Artist Edition, Part 4
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HG: “So, social media. Jason, I wanted to start with you on this because I noticed on your Instagram you have a lot of behind the scenes. So you have a …
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 …
Markku Gets Behind the Polo Scene in the Coachella Valley
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In the Coachella Valley, the noble sport of polo belongs to everyone. In his latest personal project, Markku Lahdesmaki captures the traditions associated with the sport, but also the intimate relationship …
