PUBLIC MARKS from sbrothier with tags illustration & illustrator

Check out this adorable (or at least, it starts out adorable) and creative sketchbook that Hope Larson compiled with the help of fellow artists at the MoCCA festival this past weekend. Shown here are the first two pages by Hope and husband Bryan Lee O’Malley.

If you have never used an airbrush, you will probably be way ahead of the game when approaching Illustrator's "Gradient Mesh" tool for the first time. I have found it to be one of the most frustratingly time consuming and counterintuitive computer drawing tools. This is especially true when compared to Photoshop's "Paintbrush" tool, which is very similar to an actual airbrush in its operation and use. Some intrepid artists however, seem to take to Illustrator's Gradient tool quite well. Yukio Miyamoto is a perfect example of someone who was not deterred by the extra effort

There are artists who love to live in the media limelight and others who prefer discretion. Erich Von Gotha belongs firmly to the second category. Despite having worked as an artist for well over twenty years he has only just begun to give interviews.

Wonderful hand typograhy

Peter uses a comprehensive collection of found papers as his palette which are coloured, patterned or textured by their printed, written or worn surfaces, with this media he 'paints' his collages. He shades with density of print and creates substance and movement with lines plucked from old maps or manuscripts. His pieces use mark-making in an innovative and humorous way to create a collection of beasts and clothing which exude character and wit.

Watch Steve Hamaker (previously) use his Wacom Cintiq to colour a panel from Jeff Smith’s Shazam! Monster Society of Evil. For more, check out this second video which is a screencap as opposed to a live video. (via the Flight blog)

The drawings and lettering are most impressive ... He's been working hard at it with intense focus and it shows!!

R. Crumb

Obviously an extraordinary talented artist and, particularly, letterer ... very sensitive and careful linework; I wish I could be so careful and sensitive with mine!

Chris Ware

Fuckin' bad ass work. Hank Williams III

Carlo Giovani creates some extraordinary illustrations sculpted and folded out of paper. But once you visit his site, you’ll see he doesn’t limit himself to paper — he’s got illustrations made out of Lego, fabric, and even food. There’s animation, motion graphics, infographics, stickers, t-shirts… you name it. Slow down, Carlo! Save some work for the rest of us!

Now that I've done two Matt Groening fan art pieces in anime style, here's an anime fanart in Matt Groening style! Everybody loves My Neighbour Totoro.

a growing collection of curious creatures and the stories behind them

In September of this year I began my mission to draw one Pirate a day for 100 days straight, and today I cleaned up and uploaded Pirate number 100. I am mentally and physically exhausted. If this post is less than articulate it's because I have been up for many hours and my brain don't work properly. When I'm done posting this I am going to sleeeeeeeeeeeep. Still, It feels great to know I have finished on time or thereabouts. I uploaded the images to a flickr set, where you can view the images as a slide show, leave comments and so on. For the sake of consistency with the rest of this blog I've also put all the images behind the cut tag below, but that might take a while to load and my friend whose webspace I use will hate me, so don't say I didn't warn you! I should mention that since the drawings were originally commissioned for an online role-playing game, they depict not only pirates but the creatures whose world the pirates inhabit. I guess the title of this project might be slightly misleading, because a fish with a pirate hat on isn't strictly a pirate, but I hope no-one will hold that against me. I should also point out that I've ordered it so the first twenty or so are all the lowly skulking creatures and pirate children, the last 20 are the mighty warrior pirates, and then everything in between is everything in between. That's just so you don't get confused when you click the link expecting to see pirates and instead you see a bunch of fish wearing hats.

Illustrator extraordinaire / Call 917 776 8010

story board et illustration de mode / "Mon regard est sensibilisé par la femme contemporaine et urbaine. Je recherche l'accessoire et l'attitude qui vont accentuer sa personnalité et son originalité. J'aime définir les contours par le vide, les reliefs et les couleurs sont mis en valeur par les matières du tissu."

Nikki McClure lives with her son Finn and husband Jay T in Olympia. Nikki uses an x-acto knife to cut her designs into paper.

Parra's distinctive style draws strong influences from skateboarding, hip hop, sampling, pop art and Hieronimus Bosch. Eclectic musical influences from Donovan to Slayer also influence his style and attitude.

Born in 1974. After living in Osaka, Toronto, Tokyo, London, started my career as a freelance illustrator in Tokyo, Autumn of 2004. In terms of creation, I try my up most. Enjoyment is important to me. Communication is the key thing.

bon style / un peu impertinent à la Paul Cox

The World’s Top Illustrators Draw The World’s Top Footballers. «Football Heroes» is a complete collectors picture album featuring 60 World Cup teams: all the 2006 qualifiers plus the most famous teams from World Cup history. It contains over 700 individual player portraits drawn by 50 illustrators from 17 different countries. «Football Heroes» is a non-profit project. All the illustrators involved have donated their time and talent for the love of the game.

Nishant Choksi's portfolio

a virtual animation studio, is the brainchild of animation superheroes Jared Deal (NYC) and Garnet Sylberg-Olsen (Vancouver).

Peepshow is a collective of illustrators & designers who promote their work through a group website, exhibitions, projects, presentations and printed material. Art direction, design, styling, animation & illustration for Toyota, Diesel, Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, Howies, Cake, the V&A, Central St Martin School of Art & Design, BBC...