Image Above: Mark Stutzman created the poster for Ascension, a 2020 stunt by magician David Blaine. Years in the making, Ascension used a cluster of helium weather balloons to lift David Blaine to a record-breaking height, at which he released himself to free-fall back to earth and safely land using a parachute he strapped on at 24,000 feet…beautiful art for a beautiful distraction in a pandemic-weary world.
More Best of Illustration and Animation 2020
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In 2019, Veronica Lawlor had the opportunity to create reportage illustrations of The Newbury Hotel in Boston, a re-imagining of the classic Ritz-Carlton, which sits at the edge of the Boston Public Garden.
In 2020, she returned to created this iconic view of the hotel, made even more special by the holiday lights and snowy Boston winter.
James Nelson displays his beautiful illustration work as he explores animation techniques in this Dia de los Muertos video.
Denise Gallagher explored illustration, design, and motion with her Pink Carousel Pony GIF.
Izosceles Jolly, Personal promotion for the holiday.
This editorial spread for the alumni magazine of Rutgers University was created by Rocco Baviera. He told us, "The article praises two significant federal grants that will enable Rutgers to bring treatments and products to patients more efficiently through Translational medicine, sometimes referred to as 'bench-to-bedside,' which addresses moving discoveries quickly and efficiently from the lab to the commercial marketplace.
For patients and practitioners, that means swifter access to the very latest treatments for the illnesses that upend human lives, from cancer to COVID-19."
Inspired by her life and moved by her passing, Colleen O'Hara created this portrait of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion for Equality.
