Mendola Adds More Top Illustrators to Workbook

Daniel Long graduated from Norwich University of the Arts in 2014 and has been working as an illustrator in Norfolk since. Daniel's work is heavily influenced by mid-century design, architecture, and fashion, which can be easily seen in the use of color palettes and choice of subject matter. He creates all his work digitally in Photoshop and Illustrator using vectors. He often adds lots of textures and shading to add depth and intensity to an illustration.  

Jude Buffum graduated with a BFA in graphic arts and design from the Tyler School of Art in 2001, where he later taught design and typography courses for five years. Once illustration became his focus, he began teaching a design course for illustration majors at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. While he was a part of the design and illustration duo Headcase Design (2002-2007), Jude designed books for such pop-culture phenomena as the Broadway show Wicked and HBO's The Sopranos, as well as the best-selling book The Baby Owner's Manual, which he also illustrated. Other clients include the New York Times, Target, Sony, Courtney Love, UPS, Disney, and Toyota/SCION. Jude's designs and illustrations have received awards from Graphis, Communication Arts, AIGA, Print, and American Illustration, and his non-commercial work has been exhibited internationally.  

Brendan McCaffrey is an digital illustrator based in Spain. An industrial design graduate from the National College of Art and Design in his native Ireland, Brendan has worked since 1996 producing promotional artwork for games, toys, and products. Brendan has worked for design studios in Ireland, Singapore, and the UK. For the last ten years he has worked independently for a wide variety of international clients including EA, Sega, THQ, Capcom, Microsoft, Nike, and Monster Products.  

Caroline Attia graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD) in Paris in 2004. She directed her first short film there. Since then Caroline Attia has been navigating between animation and illustration. Among her many films, End Gun Violence was nominated for an Annie Award in 2008 for best TV commercial; Elevator Operator won the Best Music Video Award at the Istanbul Animation Festival in 2012, and Pinchaque, the Colombian Tapir won Best Animation Award at Festiver (Colombia) in 2011, as well as a Special Mention at the Expotoons International Animation Festival (Argentina) in 2011. Caroline is currently working as a development artist and animation filmmaker on several projects, among them the TV series Casimilo and the Legends of the New World. She has worked as an illustrator for client and magazines such as ELLE, the New York Times, Harvard Magazine, Pictoplasma, Prisma presse, and Thomas Nelson.  

Sarah McMenemy is a graduate of Brighton College of Art. Sarah writes and illustrates children’s books, works extensively in design and advertising, and also creates the most wonderful book jackets. She has an amazing flair for reportage, and her vibrant colors and confident lines create the most beautiful images. She has one of the most varied client bases of any of our illustrators in terms of geography; she recently travelled to Switzerland to work on an annual report where she enjoyed sketching on site. She released a book about Paris published by Knopf in the US. As well as being multi-national, Sarah is also often called upon for the quintessential English too and does regular editorials for Country Living, and a book about London with Walker has been a huge success. Sarah is a true illustrator. Her work cannot be replicated in any way, in any other form. It is purely illustrative, and clients never tire of her vibrant colors and beautiful flow and movement in her work.  

Las Vegas-based illustrator Ryan Olbrysh spent a decade working in editorial design as the art director for several Las Vegas publications. His illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, Car and Driver, the Economist, and Harvard Business Review, among other venues. His bold designs have been noted for their “zing of abstraction” and “playfully diverse scales.”  

Brian Michael Gossett is an illustrator and graphic artist based in the perpetually weird city of Austin, Texas. Over the past fourteen years Brian has been recognized worldwide for his motion design and illustration work, but still prides himself on learning something new each day. He is an ADC Young Gun alumni, was part of the Motionographer Cream of the Crop, and was named one of Print magazine’s New Visual Artists. Other accolades include having his work published in Print, Communication Arts, and IdN magazines and having a feature on sites like The Fox is Black, Wine After Coffee, and Beautiful Decay, among many others.  

Orlando Arocena is a Mexican-Cuban-American who enjoys delivering creative solutions for some of the world's most renowned brands - while also pursuing other artistic endeavors. He believes that every opportunity is a chance to gain a new experience, a moment to build a relationship, and a time to share the rewards of the final result.