Back in December of 2009, I received a call to be one of the three artists to design the poster and logo graphics for the 2010 US Open Tennis Championships. I began with doing about 15 pencil sketches and then produced 15 color pieces. After the reviewing the art, the client narrowed it down to [...]
Over the past 20 years, I’ve had a hell of a crop of interns from every school imaginable, including Savannah College of Art and Design, Pratt, SVA, Academy of Art University, Brigham Young, Parsons, RISD, Ringling School of Art and Design and Syracuse University, among others. Generally speaking, the students have heard of me or [...]
On Friday evening, June 25, the annual President’s Dinner and Hall of Fame Presentation was held at the Society of Illustrators. The inductees into the Illustrators Hall of Fame this year were Chris Van Allsburg, Charles Edward Chambers, Earl Oliver Hurst, Orson Lowell and Wilson McLean. John Jude Palencar was the recipient of the prestigious [...]
Every time I update Scott Brundage’s portfolio, I feel as if I’m doing him a disservice. Don’t get me wrong, the art looks good, but it just feels so lacking in animation. And I’m not criticizing there him, either. I mean this literally. Every month, Scott creates a piece for Tor.com that is at least [...]
A couple of days ago, a young man showed up at our office unannounced and introduced himself as an illustrator in need of a rep. Obviously we were caught off guard. Being a relatively polite fellow I advised him that this was not a good time for us, nor the best way to get my [...]
Last friday my staff and I were invited to the opening of the Society of Illustrators, EARTH: Fragile Planet. As the Society of Illustrators press release explains, it is “a nine week exhibit showcasing 120 of the world’s most accomplished illustrators giving them a forum to set forth their personal views about the state of [...]
When Murray Kimber found himself stranded overnight in the mountains while on a bike trip in Oaxaca, Mexico, he knew there would be an upside. Kimber found the silver lining by generating the mishap into an article he wrote and illustrated for Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine. “I pitched the editors the idea of a group [...]
For the last few years I’ve been invited every May to review the graduating undergraduate and MFA work from the illustration department of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. The various departments organize the annual spring show for the 18 separate art schools… quite an undertaking. I am one of approximately 1000 industry [...]
Ever look at a New Yorker cover and wonder where the idea came from, and how it came about? I did… a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, before I was an agent. I’d be sitting in my doctor’s office nervously awaiting my appointment and recent copies of The New Yorker would [...]
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This weeks' Featured Illustrator is James Bennett
