I Want to Love Like the Aliens Do: Exploring Alien Skin's Exposure X Bundle
Photographer Jeff Wignall falls under the spell of the Alien Skin Exposure X Software Bundle Read the full Story >>
Vincent Van Gogh, Briefly
Vincent Van Gogh is likely the most beloved artist of all time. While there is no official poll on the subject, I propose that the large number of forgeries of his work, movies about the artist, and the continuing research on authentication of his work proves that Van Gogh lives large in the popular imagination. And don’t forget the 1971 song “Vincent,” by Don … Read the full Story >>
Latin American Ilustracion: Ricardo Munoz
Quito, Ecuador-born illustrator Ricardo Munoz's Latin American Ilustracion 3-winning artwork was part of a series created for Microquito, a contest for short stories featuring Quito as the main character, setting or central theme. Munoz's work brought the contest's finalists to life. "Being able to illustrate those stories was a great honor for me because it allowed me to be connected with my birthplace through … Read the full Story >>
The DART Interview: Jason Holley
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the pen or the brush? Jason Holley: It has to be drawing, right? When you’re a kid and you pick up your mom's lipstick and draw all over the cat, well… that is as primal as it gets. Painting for me is more socialized and cerebral, and it requires so many more steps, extra gear etc. Drawing is as … Read the full Story >>
Latin American Ilustracion: Rebecca Jimenez Pintos
When Rebecca Jimenez moved from her native Spain to the Dominican Republic in 2010, she discovered a vibrant natural world she'd never known--a place filled with flowers heavier than her own head and hummingbirds that greeted her every morning. Her experience led the freelance illustrator to begin thinking about man's place in nature, and she later began her series of art centered on the … Read the full Story >>
Illustrator Profile - Melinda Beck: "Create art you love"
Melinda Beck is an illustrator, animator, and graphic designer who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She creates artwork in a wide variety of styles, all of them smart, graphic, and remarkable in their technical accomplishment. On her website Beck breaks down her illustration styles into five categories: silhouette [this style is pictured to the right], graphic, pen and ink, children's, and drawing. … Read the full Story >>
The Sketchbooks of Tom Cocotos
As Summer maintained its grip on Our Fair City weatherwise, Instagram offered a peek into Tom Cocotos’s sketchbooks. Here, for the very last installment of Pimp Your Sketchbook, is what I discovered last week. Sitting on a crowded A train, a woman boards, weary, arms full of packages. The cool of winter has her in a heavy brown overcoat, hat slightly cocked, scarf pulled … Read the full Story >>
Illustrator Profile - Bob Staake: "Every assignment is a dream"
Bob Staake is remarkably diverse and multi-talented illustrator based in Chatham, Massachusetts. He has been creating art and illustrations in many forms for almost 40 years, although he is quick to point out that "I refuse to call what I do 'work.'" Staake's illustrations have graced the pages of countless magazines, as well as over 60 (!) children's books, corporate and product work, poster … Read the full Story >>
The Q&A: Joel Holland
Q: Originally from [where?] what are some of your favorite things about living and working in [your current locale]? A: I grew up in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, a small farm town west of Philadelphia. I then went to study at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. Ate lots of steamed crabs there, then moved to New York at the tail end of the … Read the full Story >>
The QA: Michelle Kondrich
Q: Originally from the Great Plains, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in the East? A: This always feels like a complicated question for me. Obviously, I know that I was raised in rural Nebraska, but since then I have moved around and felt at home in a lot of different places. I lived in LA for two years … Read the full Story >>
The DART Interview: Dasha Tolstikova
PR: Where do you live and how does that place contribute to your creative work? Dasha Tolstikova: I live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It’s sort of remote where I am. It feels like you are in the countryside when you are here. I really like this. I like being close to the city but also having this escape hatch from the insanity of Manhattan. I … Read the full Story >>
Typographics 2018 at The Cooper Union
"Expect the unexpected" might be the mantra for designers, typephiles and artists bound for the 2018 Typographics Festival and Conference at The Cooper Union. Organized by Type@Cooper and The Herb Lubalin Study Center, the 4th edition takes place from June 11 through 21, with an amazing lineup of workshops, tours, demos, interviews and experiments over the 11-day program. Info The highlight of the … Read the full Story >>
The Year That Was 1: The Top Photos, Cameras, and Kickstarter Stars in 2015
We continue looking back at the past year in photography, spotlighting stories that featured standout photos, magazines, Instagram images, and Kickstarter campaigns in 2015. Flickr has released its top images of the year, along with information about what cameras they were taken with. Instagram also released a list of its most popular images in 2015. (Yeah, the most viewed was Kylie Jenner's hair.) Adweek … Read the full Story >>
Masterpiece Art at Visual Arts Gallery
The annual exhibition of work created for the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program at School of Visual Arts celebrates the work of 19 students with an opening reception tonight. David Sandlin, the curator of this year's installment, gave me a tour of the show last week during the installation. As curator, David explained, his role began early in the year, as he … Read the full Story >>
Fantagraphics 1976-2006
COMICS RARELY GO LIVE, and this fall seems to be the magical moment for New York aficionados to appreciate the real thing. The Fantagraphics 30-year retrospective exhibition at the Society of Illustrators runs through October 21st. It features over 100 original pieces by dozens of artists published by Fantagraphics over the last three decades. The exquisite beauty of these drawings gave me goose bumps … Read the full Story >>
Closing: Edvard Munch at The Met Breuer
In his Introduction to the catalogue that accompanies Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed, currently on view at the Met Breuer, Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgård wrote, If you have ever stood in a room in front of a painting by Munch, or Van Gogh or Rembrandt for that matter, you will know that part of the painting’s magic is that … Read the full Story >>
PPD Master Series: Portraitist Michael Gilbert On Breaking the Bounds of Style
Portrait photographer Michael Gilbert, who now splits his time between his home in Maui and his studio in Paris, France, seems to have photography in his blood. Both his father and grandfather were successful portrait photographers. Gilbert is known for his innovative and offbeat portrait commissions. He also spends a lot of time exploring the hidden jungles and canyons of Maui. In the latest … Read the full Story >>
Illustrator Profile - Andrea Ventura: "Listen to your heart"
Andrea Venturais an illustrator and painter who lives in Berlin and Milan. His striking painted and illustrated portraits have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, IL, and many other publications. Read the full Story >>
Illustrator Profile - Guy Billout: "I see myself as a lonely craftsman"
Guy Billout has been a powerful presence in the illustration world for over 45 years. In 1969, new to the States and inexperienced as a professional, he gathered together a set of illustrations and showed them to Milton Glaser, the design director of New York magazine. Glaser loved the pieces, and soon ran the entire portfolio. Billout's range and style has grown exponentially since, … Read the full Story >>
PPD Master Series: Austin Lottimer's Extreme Adventures
Unlike a lot of filmmakers who start out in still photography and move into films, Austin Lottimer did things evolved in reverse. "I started as a filmmaker and then I became more and more intrigued in the still world," he says. Lottimer, along with his girlfriend and his brother, own a company called Trine films, where he is listed as "Director, Director of Photography … Read the full Story >>