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Illustration Roundup #36
August 10, 2011
Swan posted by Jonathan Burton
client: Asset International art director: Soojin Buzelli For Plansponsor Magazine on the subject of 'A Target's Glide Path' and not knowing where the end of the path is.
Early Stormposted by Greg Newbold
client: Boy's Life Magazine art director: Scott Feaster The snow flew early at my studio. Nothing like a blizzard scene in the middle of summer to cool you down. (my poor models were sweating the photo shoot though!) This will be on the December cover of the magazine.
Dreams and/or Thoughts of the Futureposted by Laura Smith
client: Directory of Illustration art director: Dave Plunkert Dave Plunkert commissioned me and several other artists to illustrate an artistic dream or vision, to be used in a promo for the Directory of Illustration.
Lonely Matchposted by Eleftheria Alexandri
art director: self directed I found myself inspired by the personal stories of sailors who spend most of their lives away from their families and I created this matchbox - illustration.
Flexible?posted by Christopher Nielsen
client: Plansponsor art director: SooJin Buzelli Article about being able to move in and out of investments easily.
Don't Tweet That!posted by Kyle T. Webster
client: Aflac art director: Chris Rank This illustration was commissioned for a story about people carelessly Tweeting about company secrets.
brian wilsonposted by Johanna Goodman
client: the village voice art director: john dixon portrait of brian wilson for the cover of the village voice to accompany the feature "brian's songs: brian wilson brings the beach to new york"
Old Energy Winsposted by Alex Nabaum
client: Bloomberg art director: Siung Tjia In a recent batch of IPO's, Coal India comes out the top performer, while Goldwind
Science&Tech maker of wind turbines the worst.
2012 NPR calendar pageposted by Hadley Hooper
client: NPR.org art director: Katie Burk I chose my favorite NPR show, All Songs Considered, to commemorate. The varied bird songs illustrate the many voices represented by the show.
Shooting Videoposted by Carl Wiens
client: Planadviser art director: SooJin Buzelli The concept for this piece was a primer on getting started in shooting video, and getting eyes focused on your finished product.
TRIAL OBSERVATIONSposted by John S. Dykes
client: Personal project.... While watching coverage of the Casey Anthony trial, I was struck by a few details. Casey Anthony's expressions, for one thing. A strait face whenever the jury was present, but smiling and sharing inside jokes with her attorneys when the jury was not in. And, by the sideshow of visitors looking for some level of excitement in their 'busy' lives.
Jungle Book Ipad app up and runningposted by Nigel Buchanan
client: Electric Type art director: Drew Frist Four months work in collaboration with the programmers at Dino and Drew Frist the CD hit the itunes store recently.
Some behind the scenes here
and a promo video here and check out the app here
Jungle Book Ipad app up and runningposted by Nigel Buchanan
client: Electric Type art director: Drew Frist Four months work in collaboration with the programmers at Dino and Drew Frist the CD hit the itunes store recently.
Some behind the scenes here
and a promo video here
"Babe" posted by Alex Murawski
client: Alex Murawski art director: Alex Murawski One in a series of ink wash drawings about mythical American animals. My version of this fabled beast was inspired by a "Freckles", a Texas Longhorn Bull that lived on the University of Georgia campus for years. "Babe" was done for "The Cow Show", an exhibition of art about bovine exceptionalism at the Madison Morgan Cultural Center here in Georgia.
Struggleposted by Jorge Mascarenhas
client: Self-promotional art director: Self From time to time, some of us feel we're strong enough to survive even when the odds are stacked against us. This piece is for those who struggle, but still have the strenght to come on top.
Battle Hymn of the Tigerposted by A.Richard Allen
client: The New Republic art director: Joe Heroun A piece on a controversial book of which I wasn't aware, Amy Chua's 'Battle Hymn of the Tiger'. From what I gather, the book's a paean to an unapologetically overbearing style of parenting (predictably, the author learns sensitivity and empathy in the course of the narrative)
Global Warming and the Insect Populationposted by Michael Sloan
client: Yale University School of Public Health art director: Michael Greenwood Will climate change cause the insect population to rise? Will global warming cause insect-borne infectious diseases like malaria to spread out of control? These scary questions inspired this image.
Wildlife tour of LAposted by Chris Lyons
client: LA Magazine art director: Byron Regej LA Magazine article about the indigenous creatures lurking within the city limits. (thought for sure it would include expensive cars and weight lifters...) Chance to work with a great Art Director. Byron never fails to bring out the best with rich and enjoyable jobs.
Paying for Plastic with Plasticposted by Kim Rosen
client: The Wall Street Journal art director: Mark Tyner Doctors and other medical professionals have teamed up with certain credit card companies to offer credit cards to patients who chose to have any elective surgery. But the plastic often comes with many hidden fees and very high interest rates.
Don't Write What You Knowposted by Nick Iluzada
client: The Atlantic art director: Katie Mathy Maciocha A piece for The Atlantic's 2011 Fiction Issue. The essay, by Bret Anthony Johnston, is about "Why fiction's narrative and emotional integrity will always transcend the literal truth".
Rebrandingposted by J.D. King
client: The Washington Post art director: Meredith Bowen This was the cover for The Washington Post's Capital Business magazine.
FBI Gang Ratposted by Graham Smith
client: SF Weekly art director: Andrew Nilsen The FBI thought they had a gang informant on their side, but the rat ran amuck, doing all kinds of really bad gang things while working both sides! I researched real gang tattoos for this one.
Watch a video me drawing this cover illustration on my blog.
Apps for New York Cityposted by Christoph Hitz
client: The New York Times art director: Richard Weigand Every other week the New York Times Metro section features apps for your cell phone that help navigate the perils of city life. Roadify pushes subway and bus timetables and scheduled service changes keeping the commuter updated at all times. I'm having a great time illustrating the topic of technology and city interaction. For more on the same topic stop by at my freshly updated site.
Monograph release! posted by Yuko Shimizu
client: Gestalten art director: Hendrik Hellige My first monograph is due in September from German design publisher Gestalten. I am very excited to show the final cover design. This is not a new work, but with type and matching endpaper Hendrik has designed for it and all, I think it looks promising. No?
More about this monograph on Gestalten website.
Portrait of John Lockeposted by Ellen Weinstein
client: Liberty Magazine art director: Bryan Gray Portrait of John Locke for Liberty Magazine.
The New Psychology of Strategic Leadershipposted by John Hersey
client: Harvard Business Review art director: Karen Player This article is about finding earth shattering, new business ideas.
Our Lady of Alice Bhattiposted by Matt Curtius
client: Random House UK art director: Suzanne Dean A few years ago we had the pleasure of illustrating the cover of Mohammed Hanif's first novel. That cover featured a crow menacingly peeling a mango, and this one riffs on the theme.
Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosherposted by David Goldin
client: Tricycle Press art director: Joanne Taylor Oi Vey... what can I say?
A Pig + a pickle = Success
The book earned out in 6 months and is probably going into the second edition by now.
I have several new books ready to show publishers.
Video Game Consoles posted by Christopher Serra
client: Los Angeles Times art director: Derek Simmons
I did this one for the cover of The L. A. Times Business section.
The story was about video game consoles losing ground to mobile devices.
I liked the idea of dinosaur bones as video game components. It wasn't happening for me until stegosaurus popped into my head.
BEFORE & AFTER (BRIEFLY)posted by Jonathan Twingley
client: Jonathan Twingley art director: Jonathan Twingley The first in an on-going series of images based on YouTube screen-captures.
Summer Picnicposted by Bob Daly
client: Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine art director: David Syrek A series of spot illustrations for fun things to do in the summer.
All ABOARD!posted by Mike Moran
client: HarperCollins Ebook project
CEO Transitionposted by Jonathan Bartlett
client: Plansponsor Magazine art director: SooJin Buzelli An extremely fun image to create, the open ended concept of "leadership transition" really opened the door for a unique way to use space travel to tell the story on a less literal and more metaphorical level.
Small changeposted by David Flaherty
client: LA Times art director: Paul Gonzales A woman, it could be you, but not if you are a man, anyway she tried to get a refund for airline tickets that dropped in price the next day. Well, she got the run around and only the tax back. Booo.
The Anguish of St Augustineposted by David G Klein
client: Weavings art director: Nelsonn Kane Nelson and I have worked for this Methodist Spiritual Journal since its inception 22 years ago. Funny thing, we're both Jewish. interesting publication. Liberal spiritual without being evangelical. Sometimes almost New Age. They've always been very appreciative of my work.
Elmer Crow (page from an unpublished book)posted by Elwood H. Smith
client: Elwood H Smith, so far. art director: Elwood H Smith, so far. I have written several books for children and a couple of them are in the process of being published. Some are still looking for a home and I'm very fond of this unpublished book, Elmer Crow. The bird wanted to look around Illoz, so who am I to deny him that pleasure?
Digital Indiaposted by Gwenda Kaczor
client: McKinsey & Company art director: Veronica Belsuzarri Can India lead the mobile-internet revolution?
Une Femme Dangereuseposted by John H Howard
client: Budget Press Posters art director: John HH Poster for daughter Marlena Zoe Howard's High School Graduation 2011.
Exploding Chicken!posted by mckibillo
client: Bloomberg BusinessWeek art director: Shawn Hasto When Shawn Hasto asked me to illustrate an exploded chicken how could I resist? It's for an article about how emerging markets are increasingly copying the the developed world's preference for only white chicken meat, leaving chicken producers with a glut of unwanted dark meat.
It's an infographic, it's an illustration, it's an exploded chicken!
Planting Seedsposted by Jean Tuttle
client: The Hartford Courant art director: Chris Moore Illustration for an article on the University of Connecticut's Master Gardening Program, which not only further educates seasoned gardeners, but also gives back to the community.
Repulsive Mr. Orgposted by Jim Paillot
client: Faber & Faber This is the repulsive Mr. Org. As his name suggests he is not pleasant to be around. Because he is one of the main characters in the Grubtown Tales book series prints of Mr. Org (and other characters) will be available soon.
Insiders Guide to Orange Countyposted by Michael Slack
client: Orange Coast Magazine Feature and spot illustrations for August issue of Orange Coast Magazine.
The Illusion of Free Willposted by Michael Glenwood
client: New Scientist Magazine (UK) art director: Craig Mackie For an article that discussed free will: Do we control our own destinies, or is it just an illusion?
The Higher-Ambition Leaderposted by Daniel Hertzberg
client: Harvard Business Review art director: Chandra Tallman Full-page spread of metallic-feeling shield with typographic treatment.
Sideshow #31posted by James Steinberg
client: myself art director: myself This is one of an ongoing series of images I've been working on.
Writer's Chronicle/ September 2011posted by Heidi Younger
client: The Writer's Chronicle Magazine art director: Supriya Bhatnagar This article was written by writer Robert Grover who tells of his first novel written in 1960 and the messy dealing with Copyright as well as other things throughout the decades.
Kapow ! Superheroes still pack a punchposted by Jean-manuel Duvivier
client: The Wall Street Journal art director: Elisabeth Limber The pre-eminent writers in American superheroes comics are those same superhero-loving Brits. Superheroes are eveywhere.
Written by Sam Leith for the European Life column.
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