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Category: Illustration

  • Daniel Dos Santos

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    Dan Dos Santos is a Connecticut illustrator who has done work for a variety of commercial and editorial clients, including Boeing Aircraft, Scholastic, Ace Books, Penguin, Tor Books, UpperDeck and Wizards of the Coast. His refined realist style allows him to create convincing images of fantastic subjects, including lively dragons, startling monsters, convincing wizards and…

  • The Art Department (Irene Gallo)

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    As in almost any field of endeavor, the quality and character of art directors runs the gamut. At their worst, they fulfill the cliché as a source of headaches and the butt of jokes for designers and illustrators. At their best, however, art directors play a significant role in the course of design and illustration,…

  • Frank Brangwyn

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    Frank Brangwyn was a unique and individualistic painter, water colorist, illustrator, muralist and graphic artist who is hard to categorize. Critics had difficulty classifying him while he was active and writers still have difficulty today. Unfortunately, he often unjustly winds up in the “forgotten Victorian painters” bin. From the grays of his early marine paintings,…

  • Gregory Manchess

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    Gregory Manchess is one of the major illustrators in America. The fact that he is represented by Richard Solomon is a clue. His clients include Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, Smithsonian and The National Geographic. He has been featured in articles in Communication Arts, Step-by-Step Graphics (now Step Into Graphics), the Artist’s Magazine and…

  • Claude Bordeleau

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    Claude Bordeleau is a Canadian illustrator, designer and cartoonist who has done work for Warner Brothers and Cartoon Networks as well as a number of other editorial and advertising clients. Bordeleau has a springy, lively cartoon illustration style with lots of energy and color that is nicely restrained with precision linework. He uses a rich…

  • Illustration Mundo

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    Illustration Mundo is a portal/blog (for lack of better terms) devoted to illustration. It was created by Illustrator Nate Williams because he felt the lack of a portal site specifically for illustration (as opposed to those which included design, photography, film, etc. as well as illustration). The site has recently incorporated Erik Olsen’s illustration podcast…