Wesley Bedrosian is a Massachusetts-based illustrator (he lives about 30 miles west of Boston). He works in two very distinct styles: traditional pen and ink work (now done digitally), and a 3D sculptural style, which has been featured on a notable series of Newsweek covers. Bedrosian is also one of many in the illustration community who has done a stint as art director at … Read the full Story >>
Toronto-based artist Gary Taxali (above), a longtime friend of DART/AI-AP, is on a roll. For the year 2011, he scored a triple, with publication of two retrospective books, either one of which would make any artist proud. Not only that, his work was included in the Made In Polaroid exhibition and auction at Phillips de Pury last September. Since then, he was appointed … Read the full Story >>
I had email this morning from Shahidul Alam, photographer and founder of the DrikNews photo agency, director of the Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography, and founder of the Drik Picture Library, Dhaka, Bangladesh. In his blog, SHAHIDULNEWS, a recent article by Sreenivasan Jain of Mumbai tells the story of his grandparents (above), both activists who were jailed during India’s independence movement. In this post, Mr. Jain tells of the risks they … Read the full Story >>
Editor’s note: With ICON9 The Illustration Conference on the horizon—four days of art, discussion, performance, and plenty of talk in Austin, TX—the current roster for the Q&A is peopled with many of the exceptional artists making presentations during this biannual artfest. Eleanor Davis, the artist behind the ICON9 poster, will be on the Main Stage Saturday, July 9, at 6:20 pm. Info Q: Originally from the … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the pen or the pencil? Luis Mendo: Definitely the pen. Ink has always been my preferred tool. Nowadays I draw a lot on the iPad Pro, but before that I was mostly using a Pilot Parallel Pen to draw. It’s meant to be a calligraphy pen but the immediacy and speed with which you can change from thin to … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from Japan, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Brooklyn? A: My favorite thing about New York is the people—my friends from multicultural backgrounds, and the artist community here. Sounds very ordinary to say, but New York is full of surprises. I love Tokyo because everything works efficiently, the train comes on time and is clean, the products … Read the full Story >>
Peggy Roalf: Which came first, the brush or the pen? Amalia Restrapo: Where did the pencil go? PR: Please describe your work process—is most of your work done directly, or do you also use digital media? AR: I like my work to have strong ideas behind it. When I have that, I just start brainstorming. I don’t write anything down, it doesn’t help me, … Read the full Story >>
Tonight, artist Marcllus Hall will be at Desert Island Comics, in Williamsburg, to launch Kaleidoscope City. His first graphic novel, this is story about a man recovering from a love affair gone wrong as well as a love letter to the city he lives in. The book presents a young artist as he wanders the streets, sketchbook in hand. Throughout the four seasons, … Read the full Story >>
It's a litigious holiday season: On Tuesday, we noted that the performer Bruno Mars is being sued for copyright infringement by a photographer after he posted a childhood photo of himself on social media. The photographer, Catherine McGann, took the photo of Mars in 1989, when Mars was three or four years old. In June, Mars published the photograph to social media. He did … Read the full Story >>
Closing June 3: Public Access at Naval Cemetery Memorial Landscape The Brooklyn Naval Cemetery Landscape is 1.7-acre publicly accessible landscape that now servesas a point of respiteand reflectionalong the length ofa 14-milewaterfront greenway in Brooklyn. As a part of the Navy Yard, the sitehadbeenlargely off-limits and out-of-sightto the public since its use as a cemetery was decommissioned in the 1920’s. After a recent renovation, … Read the full Story >>
Joe Ciardiello is a Western New Jersey-based illustrator best known for his brilliantly-drawn portraits of jazz musicians, authors, politicians, and actors. He received the Society of Illustrators Hamilton King award in 2016 for his portraits for the book On the Snap. Ciardiello's work has appeared in countless magazines and newspapers and isn't limited to just portraits. He creates his illustrations with Rapidograph pen and … Read the full Story >>
Gina Triplett is a Philadelphia-based illustrator and artist. In addition to extensive editorial illustration, Triplett has created imagery for books and book covers, packaging for Whole Foods, a poster for the New York City MTA, product design, and much more. Her bright, vivid illustrations are made with pen and ink and paint, and then "cleaned up" digitally. Triplett also works in partnership with her … Read the full Story >>
Keith Haring became a widely-celebrated artist for his comic-like drawings and paintings in the New York subways in the 1980s. At his lecture at Cranbrook on September 25, 1987, in conjunction with the museum’s commission of his Detroit Notes mural, Haring discussed his intentions in these early subway explorations: “I started making drawings that were figurative after doing abstract work for almost five years, … Read the full Story >>
Q: Originally from the Motor City, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in our favorite 51st State? A: Originally from Detroit, [for me] the best things about Brooklyn are all of the cool bands and shows to see, the other artists who live here, and of course the super cheap rents. Q: Do you keep a sketchbook? What is … Read the full Story >>
Victor Juhasz is an Upstate New York-based illustrator and visual reporter. His editorial work has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers. For many years Juhasz has had a high-profile gig illustrating the politics column for Rolling Stone, skewering political figures of all kinds with perception and wit. His recent cover of RS, Trump the Destroyer, made a giant splash on social media. A relentless … Read the full Story >>
Last week we spotlighted photographer and filmmaker RJ Muna's International Motion Art Awards-winning "Written in the Margins," a unique stop-motion video about finding oneself in a place without remembering the steps taken to get there. Today we feature another IMAA-winning video from Muna, "Crosswalk." The perceptive 3:56 piece contemplates life in the slow lane--that is, the demarcated path we use to get from one … Read the full Story >>
Vancouver-based illustrator Calef Brown was given considerable artistic freedom when he was commissioned to create an image for official merchandising at the 2013 Corona Music Festival in Mexico City. "The only criteria were to try and include some references to Mexico City landmarks and design the image so that it worked well on a black t-shirt," he says. At the time, Brown had been … Read the full Story >>
Friday, June 17-Thursday, June 23 National Week of Making. Building on last year’s National Week of Making, this year’s Week will highlight the diversity of Makers big and small, young and old, urban and rural. The Week of Making is an opportunity to for individuals in communities throughout the U.S. to participate in Making activities locally, celebrating the innovation, ingenuity and creativity of … Read the full Story >>
In Jean-Philippe Delhomme's illustrated world, captions speak as loudly as his expressive paintings of people on the verge of crisis. He being French, perhaps these crises are an existential thing. But this is a new brand of existentialism for sure, custom-made for our consumer society. Delhomme's droll satire exposes the aspirations of highly mobile people looking for just a little something more: To be … Read the full Story >>
On my way to see the Good Design show at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) today, I was stopped in my tracks by another show whose space is defined by whorehouse pink walls. Stepping off the elevators onto the third floor, I came face to face with a quartet of famously aggressive posters by graphic designer James Victore; videos of work by … Read the full Story >>
