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Robert Newman Thursday March 16, 2017
Alessandro Gottardo is a Milan-based illustrator who goes by the name of Shout. Gottardo/Shout's smart, elegant illustrations have graced the pages of numerous magazines and newspapers in the US and
Europe, book covers, posters, and more. His work is noted for its powerful conceptual skills; Gottardo explains that it's important to keep "the idea of my work clear and strong." He's a busy guy; … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday May 5, 2016
Joe Morse is a Toronto-based illustrator who has created powerful, graphic artwork for numerous publications, as well as commercial and advertising work for clients such as Nike and Coca Cola. Morse
has illustrated several children's books, including Casey at the Bat and Play Ball, Jackie, and recently created the cover and inside illustrations for a new edition of Toni Morrison's Beloved (one of
which … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday August 17, 2017
Jacob Thomas is a New York City-based illustrator and artist whose editorial work has appeared in numerous publications, as well as other venues including a mural in the Empire State Building. Thomas
is also a prolific street artist; he says, "I'm making a lot of politically-driven work lately. I'm scared for our country." He creates his work in a variety of styles and mediums, … Read the full Story >>
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Alison Barratt and Carey Fluker Hunt Friday February 27, 2015
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series of presentations made at ICON8 in Portland. The ICON8 Educator's Symposium celebrated new and innovative methodologies for teaching
illustration in the 21st Century. This two-part event at the Pacific Northwest College of Art as part of the ICON8 pre-conferneceworkshops, July 9-10, 2014, featured a
presentation of papers by a global selection of noted educators, and a … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday March 30, 2022
Peggy Roalf: My first impression of your current exhibition, Cloud Architecture, seen from the entrance of Planthouse Gallery, was: This is so much like what you did at Wave Hill, back in 2012. You had done drawings of dead bumble bees, all on small sheets of paper, pinned to the wall in a grid. I remember asking why dead bees interested you as … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday July 9, 2015
Stanley Chow creates vibrant, graphic illustrated portraits. Readers of The New Yorker will be familiar with Chow's illustrations of pop stars and politicians, which have populated the magazine's
pages for the past four years. It's no surprise that Chow began his visual career as a poster designer; that populist graphic sensibility thoroughly flavors of his work. His illustrations have a
modern retro feel, influenced … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday November 12, 2015
Anita Kunz has been working as an editorial illustrator for more years than many of our younger Profiles readers have been alive (she got an early start!). But her work remains as energetic and
forward-looking as ever-if not more so-as she continues to expand and develop both her art and her craft. Kunz has created an ongoing series of brilliant high-profile illustrations for the … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday May 14, 2015
Gracia Lam creates quiet, beautiful images that tell powerful stories. Her masterful combination of elegant technique and nuanced storytelling has been showcased in high concept illustrations for The
New Yorker, The New York Times, Real Simple, and other publications. There's a classic sensibility and a modern edge to Gracia's work that creates a visual tension that is spare and intimate-and
lovely to see. With … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday March 31, 2016
Samantha Hahn is a Brooklyn-based artist who has created distinctively stylish fashion and beauty illustrations for numerous outlets, including Glamour and The Cut, as well as illustrating New York
Fashion Week for the Council of Fashion Designers of America. She also has a distinctive hand lettering style that has appeared in "everything from captions in the Paris Review to Marie Claire
magazine cover lines." … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Monday December 11, 2006
Manhattan is home to a host of independent booksellers who offer
illustrated books sure to stimulate the eye and the spirit – especially as the Holidays loom large. Today, DART tags some of the best places to get that special gift for the bibliophile in
your life. Leading the list are a few books signings by noted artists and photographers. Illustration, left, by Istvan … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday January 29, 2015
Marcos Chin is a multi-talented illustrator and artist whose recent work has been featured on everything from custom T-shirt designs to a new edition of the Kama Sutra and a hipster reimagination of
the classic Eloise book. His vibrant editorial illustrations have graced the pages of Fortune, Nautilus, Ebony, Rolling Stone, and many other magazines. Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday March 26, 2015
Harry Campbell creates illustrations that are super smart, highly stylish, consistently modern, and very cool looking. His brilliantly executed and designed vector drawings have become a mainstay in
countless magazines and newspapers, most notably in The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He always amazes with his ability to illustrate and explain deep, complex stories with simples lines
and colors. Harry's illustrations … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday March 5, 2015
Frank Viva is an image-maker, art director, brand developer, and highly-talented illustrator whose artwork appears regularly in The New York Times and on the cover of The New Yorker. His Toronto-based
Viva & Co. studio does branding, product design, corporate identities, digital and website design, as well as traditional print design work, but it's Frank's bold, stylish, retro-modern illustrations,
most notably on 10 covers … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday June 30, 2016
Jeffrey Decoster is an illustrator based in Pasadena, California. He creates striking images with pencils, paints, and "any media at hand that will get the job done." Decoster has done editorial
illustrations for The New Yorker, Eight By Eight, Time, The New York Times and many more; much of his work deals with complex issues such as mental illness and domestic violence. Decoster is … Read the full Story >>
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Peggy Roalf Wednesday December 11, 2019
Josef Conrad’s Heart of
Darkness is arguably one of the most significant works of fiction in the modern era. First serialized in Blackwood’s Magazine in 1899, at the height of European imperial wealth and
corruption, the novella, which can be read on a slow evening, set the stage for 20th-century masterpieces such as William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, and later, Francis
Ford … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday September 8, 2016
Adam McCauley is a San Francisco-based illustrator who has been creating smart, cool, diverse artwork since the late 1980s. In addition to doing extensive editorial illustration work, McCauley has
written and illustrated a stack of delightful children's books. In his spare time, he plays music with the band Bermuda Triangle Service (check them out and their great LPs here). And if that's not
enough, … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday February 26, 2015
John Hendrix is a remarkable illustrator who fuses his experience as an art director with a brilliant storyteller's talents and a fluid, detailed drawing style. John's illustrations, maps, and
typography have been seen in the page and on the covers of countless magazines and publications, and he has a rich collection of children's books that he has both written and illustrated. Read the full Story >>
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Jeff Wignall Tuesday November 27, 2018
When you first look at photographer Greg Boratyn's meticulously crafted landscape images, it's almost inevitable that the work of another great nature master, Ansel Adams, comes immediately to mind.
It's the obvious reverence both share for nature at its most dramatic moments and their ability to capture it with perfect craftsmanship that begs the comparison. In today's edition of the Pro Photo
Daily Master … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday June 11, 2015
Nora Krug is an illustrator, artist, and creator of what she describes as "visual narratives." In addition to her frequent editorial illustrations for publications including The New York Times and The
Guardian, she has created a striking series of illustrated books and graphic novels, most notably Kamikaze, about a World War 2 Japanese pilot, and Red Riding Hood Redux, a remix of the classic … Read the full Story >>
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Robert Newman Thursday July 28, 2016
Gary Taxali is an illustrator and artist based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His distinctive "pop surrealism" imagery has appeared in countless magazines and publications, books, CD covers, product
design, and even a series of coins created by the Royal Canadian Mint. Taxali has also had his art exhibited in galleries around the world. He'll be part of the Cluster group show opening August 3 … Read the full Story >>
