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Category: Illustration

  • Christopher Moeller

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    Christopher Moeller is an illustrator and comics artist who is one of the foremost proponents of fully-painted comics art. Rather than the traditional um… lines and colors format, each panel is a painted image. Many painted-comics artists use watercolor (see my post about Alex Ross), but Moeller uses an opaque medium (it looks like acrylic…

  • C. F. Payne

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    C. F. Payne is one of America’s foremost illustrators and caricaturists. His wonderfully realized illustrations have been featured on the covers of Rolling Stone, Esquire, Mad, Time and many other major magazines. The link below is to his gallery on the Illustrators’ Partnership site. There is also a gallery of work for sale on The…

  • Robert Chang

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    Illustrator, concept artist and comics artist Robert Chang works in both traditional and digital media. His 2D digital work is often done in Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop. The “Goodies” section of his site includes tips, techniques and downloadable custom brushes for Painter. There are also several excellent and detailed tutorials for his digital work,…

  • Michel Gagné (update)

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    I wrote about Michel Gagné‘s wonderful illustrations and comics back in August, but his galleries have recently been revised and are always worth another look. They are now arranged more logically and new work has been added. The site also includes an expanded listing of his books, my favorite of which is Odd Numbers, a…

  • Tadahiro Uesugi

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    I’m not always fond of minimalist illustration. Too often artists will pare down their approach to the point where it loses visual interest. Not so with Tadahiro Uesugi. Areas that others might leave flat and lifeless, Uesugi makes alive with beautiful patterns and wonderful textures. His superb design sense, refined control of color and playful…

  • Douglas Klauba

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    Chicago illustrator Douglas Klauba does illustrations for posters, book covers, calendars and various editorial and commercial clients. His work shows influences from Art Nouveau, classic movie posters, WPA murals and golden-age illustration.