Thursday, April 25, 2013

Book Review Illustrations

Heads of StateNew York Times Book Review: For a review of Kockroach, a Kafka-esque tale of a transmorphing hoodlum.

Check out these online book reviews, some of which have accompanying original illustrations:
Washington Post
New Yorker
New York Times
Here are some process blogs from illustrators who have been assigned book review illustrations:
Gerard Dubois
Penelope Dullaghan: Here and here.
Rachell Sumpter
Edel Rodriguez (his Drawger blog frequently shows his process)
Gary Taxali
Michael Sloan




Thursday, April 18, 2013

The Universe Inside

Three artists who translate that sense that our bodies are not the limits of our selves, or maybe Walt Whitman's proclamation, "I contain multitudes":

Mee Shim

Mee Shim

Mee Shim

Susan Jamison


Susan Jamison

Sarah K Byrne


Sarah K Byrne

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Celebrity Likeness

Daniel Maffia

Rolling Stone's profound contribution to commissioning celebrity portraits.

Other great examples of celebrity portraitists or caricaturists:
Philip Burke
Hanoch Piven
Kevin Sprouls

See also... and...

Helen Green