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Category: Illustration

  • Ryan Wood

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    Ryan Wood set out originally to pursue a career in illustration, but found his calling as concept artist in the video game industry, and relegates illustration work to the side. He is currently working for Avalance Software, a game development studio that was acquired by Disney. Though he does maintain a presence on the Shannon…

  • Ivan Bilibin (update)

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    From time to time, I like to check back on artists I’ve written about a few years ago and see what new resources for their work have appeared on the constantly expanding internet since I last wrote about them. I took a look this morning at sources for Ivan Bilibin, a terrific Russian illustrator that…

  • Edward Sorel

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    Edward Sorel’s wonderfully loose and gestural cartoon illustrations have been featured on the covers and interiors of magazines like The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Harpers, Forbes, The Nation, Esquire and The New York Times Magazine for a number of years. His pen and ink and watercolor images capture personalities, places and situations with wry humor…

  • Society of Illustrators 2010 Student Scholarship Competition

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    Wow. Judging by the work shown in the Student Illustration winners gallery of the Society of Illustrators 2010 Student Scholarship Competition, we are in for a treat as a new wave of talented illustrators readies themselves for professional life. There is a astonishingly high level of ability on display here, along with imagination and the…

  • ArtMagick

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    ArtMagick one of those delightful art sites dedicated to a few related genres of painting; in this case some of the more interesting movements in late 19th and early 20th Century art. According to their own description: “ArtMagick is a virtual gallery dedicated to the continual quest of seeking out obscure 19th century artists and…

  • Dinotopia: The Art of James Gurney

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    It’s always a pleasure when you get to see artworks in person that you’ve become familiar with over time in reproduction; so I was delighted to have the opportunity to see some of my favorite fantasy illustration from James Gurney, author/artist of the terrific Dinotopia series of illustrated books, in a new exhibition at the…