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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
The unofficial start of summertime in New York is now—and for my money, the best one-day destination this weekend is Governors Island. Yesterday I beat the downpour for a preview of LMCCs Building 110 Swing Space studios, which will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday. Jeanne Verdoux, a French artist living in Brooklyn, met me at the ferry in Lower Manhattan … Read the full Story >>
New York Comic Con, the country's second biggest pop-culture convention - after San Diego Comic-Con - rolls into the Jacob Javits Center this weekend. Starting tomorrow, the world of superheroes, classic comics, cults and sci-fi is met by some of the most sophisticated narrative art being created today. The three day event also features presentations by legends of the trade including former Marvel Comics … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Mishawaka, Indiana what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Washington State? A: Seattle has had a strong comics community since the 1990s and comics here are experiencing a massive resurgence. I am surrounded by diverse creators and have been able to secure grants for my sequential art. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is the … Read the full Story >>
Are you ready for fall colors? This month's roundup of photography tutorials from around the web includes YouTuber Nigel Dawson's thoughts on preparing for autumn's explosion of color. (Sure, you're thinking of wide-angle shots, but what about macro photos of vibrant leaves?) While you out there, you'll want to avoid the three mistakes outlined by landscape photographer Mark Denney. Prefer to gaze at the … Read the full Story >>
Ana Benaroya is an artist and illustrator based in Jersey City, New Jersey. She creates powerful, vibrant, graphic images for a wide variety of publications, posters, zines, books, animation and more. Benaroya has also produced imagery for clothes and product design and is a frequent contributor to gallery shows. Her most recent book is 120 Ways to Annoy Your Mother (And Influence People), and … Read the full Story >>
l Gower is a Lewes, England-based illustrator, designer, and book cover artist. His brilliant watercolor and gouache paintings have appeared on series of book covers by William Golding and Bill Bryson, as well as many others. Gower had a longtime regular gig creating illustrated maps for Conde Nast Traveler, and has also been a regular cover artist for his local regional publication, Viva Lewes. … Read the full Story >>
Brian Rea has a great passion for illustration. Based in Los Angeles, the former New York Times art director creates editorial illustrations for numerous publications (including a remarkable ongoing assignment for the Times's Modern Love column), and has been making a brilliant series of animations, books, posters, murals, installations, commercial work, and more. His artwork is smart, subtle, and multifaceted; simple line drawings with … Read the full Story >>
Everybody needs creative inspiration at times. Luckily for photographers and other creatives, there's a steady flow of self-help advice on the web, and Pro Photo Daily collects it. Today we offer one of our semi-regular round-ups of tips and wisdom on subjects ranging from using your own self-doubt productively to overcoming impostor syndrome. You'll learn how to cut the fat out of your creative … Read the full Story >>
Ken Carbone is an artist, designer, and Co-Founder of the Carbone Smolan Agency, a design company he built with Leslie Smolan over 40 years ago. Ken is also a long-time subscriber and contributor to DART, which today re-caps his report on a visit to Rome that was recently published in PRINT in slightly different form. My fascination with Rome may have … Read the full Story >>
Louisa Bertman is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based illustrator, animator and visual journalist who has created a series of powerful works "which bring about thought and change." These include illustrations for numerous magazines and newspapers and memorable video projects, such as TITS and Dear Vagina. Bertman says she is interested in working "where the intersection of visual narrative, technology, and social advocacy meets," and her imagery … Read the full Story >>
Kim Kardashian West's book of selfies is finally here, and we can expect the Internet to soon go bonkers, though in all likelihood it won't break, the way it did when Paper magazine put nude pictures of the E!-channel star on its cover. Expect to hear from straight-up Kim haters, who see everything she does as craven self-promotion. Expect a lot of people who … Read the full Story >>
Left: The Aurora, Brush Park neighborhood, 2008. Right: House on Walden Street, East Side, 2008. Copyright Andrew Moore, courtesy Queens Museum of Art. Sunday, August 28 Opening day, Detroit Disassembled: Photographs by Andrew Moore. Queens Museum of Art, The New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York. Directions. Wednesday, September 7 Opening reception, 6-8 pm: Cornelia Hediger: … Read the full Story >>
As an artist, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Brooklyn? Brooklyn is, for better or worse, a very "culturally relevant" place in design culture right now. Being "a creative" has come to encapsulate and signify more than simply what one does or how one makes money. But the fact remains that Brooklyn and New York City still attract some extremely … Read the full Story >>
Some people recognize their passions and know their life's destiny long before they step into it. Photographer Hernan Rodriguez was one of those fortunate few. "I knew I was going to be an artist early on in my life. Probably when I was five," he says. Sought out for his work with A-list celebrities and athletes (Evander Holyfield, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, among … Read the full Story >>
Tim Bower is an Eastern Pennsylvania-based illustrator and educator who has created editorial illustrations for countless magazines and newspapers. Bower says he works primarily in the editorial world, because he enjoys "the visual link to journalism and being viable in the here and now." His work is smart and funny and playful, created with pen and ink, watercolor and gouache, which Bower describes as … Read the full Story >>
This week we spotlighted a number of interesting projects, including Sasha Maslov's portrait series of World War II veterans, which debuted on the 70th anniversary of the war's end in Europe. We also looked at Ji Yeo's series looking inside the cosmetic surgery clinics in Seoul, South Korea. We learned that many of this year's new-named Guggenheim Foundation fellows have a big interest in … Read the full Story >>
Q: What are some of your favorite things about living and working in Barcelona? A: I was born and grew up in Pamplona, a small city in the north of Spain. When I was 23, after working as a musician, exhibition installer and bookseller, among other things, I felt the call of my vocation and moved to Barcelona to study graphic design. After 17 … Read the full Story >>
