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Directory of Illustration Artists Shortlisted in the World Illustration Awards 2025!
Directory of Illustration Artists Shortlisted In The World Illustration Awards 2025 The Association of Illustrators (The AOI), in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, recently announced the 200 projects that have been shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2025! The shortlist has been selected by the judges from over 4700 entries from 85 countries following a rigorous and competitive judging process. The shortlisted 200 projects are included in an exciting Online Showcase curated by the AOI’s Awards Teams, with contributions from partners and judges. The Online Shortlist Showcase is a celebration of [...]
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WELCOME TO KATERINA!Magnificent…
WELCOME TO KATERINA!Magnificent montage illustrator, Katerina Sotiropoulou has just signed with Lemonade! Katerina’s style is extremely adaptable and she has worked for Kidslit and Adult fiction publishers across Europe. She joins [...]
Ripley
10x10colored pencil on tinted paperFor a while now I have been tinkering with the idea of doing pet portraits. but I needed to find a way to make them unique [...]
Parasaurolophus Linocut Process
My latest Substack is up and I show the process of the Parasaurolophus linocut prints that I made yesterday. So, check it out, if you are so inclined. Click here.
Parasaurolophus Print
5x6.5print on bristol boardFor those of you who might have been paying attention, I did a sketch of said Parasauropholus, the very best of all the hadrosaurs, sometime back. January, [...]
EY’ UP IT’S YORKSHIRE…
EY' UP IT'S YORKSHIRE DAY!Our Yorkshire office would like to wish you a happy YORKSHIRE DAY! Lemonade’s Yorkshire girl, Dawn Machell was the perfect illustrator to celebrate this day with [...]
LARA KESSIA BOOSTS YA…
LARA KESSIA BOOSTS YA BESTSELLERSGraphic novel and Young adult fiction illustrator, Lara Kessia has just update her fantastic folio on our site, featuring some of her latest showstoppers from character [...]
Ultraman Series Four Kickstarter
A Kickstarter for the Ultraman, Series Four card set is going on via RR Parks cards. I did do some sketch cards for this set, with some of them shown [...]
Ozzy Tribute
Ozzy was the coolest. He just wanted everyone to have a great time and for the world to be more loving and kind to each other. Doesn’t get more metal [...]
KSENIA COVERS THE…
KSENIA COVERS THE CLASSICSKsenia Spizhevaya has just updated her spectacular portfolio with another batch of book covers she has created for some leading Publishers. She is the perfect choice for re-creating the classics [...]
Uptown Grand Central
I was lucky enough to paint for the fourth time with @uptowngrandcentral at 124th and Lexington. As usual, I like my pieces to tell a story and to make people think. This [...]
Drop Dead Sketchy July 2025
This past Wednesday was the July meet-up for the sketch group, Drop Dead Sketchy at the Detroit Shipping Company. Nothing special from me, I tell ya. I ended up doing [...]
Harborview 2
We finalized the second part of the Harborview Terrace mural. Four new walls and retouches in the playground we painted in 2023. I added two Hop-Scotch games to add some [...]
Illustration for Optimum
View this post on InstagramA post shared by Optimum (@optimum)A couple of months ago, I was contacted by Optimum and News12 to create a couple of illustrations for their "Don't [...]
LUIGI LOVES PACKAGING A…
LUIGI LOVES PACKAGING A PUNCHLemonade create lots of branding images for the food and drink sector and this realistic fruit illustration by Luigi Russo Sas seemed ideal content for the [...]
DYNAMIC SCENES FROM NATHAN…
DYNAMIC SCENES FROM NATHAN DANIELSThe vastly experienced Nathan Daniels is an expert at creating mesmerising crowd scenes and over the years he has produced scenes for some of the biggest [...]
Directory of Illustration Artists Shortlisted in the World Illustration Awards 2025!
Directory of Illustration Artists Shortlisted In The World Illustration Awards 2025 The Association of Illustrators (The AOI), in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, [...]
Go Figure! Sketch Night July 2025
This past Saturday was the re-emergence of the Go Figure! sketch night that was usually held at Rainy Day Art Supplies. They have been in the process of moving to [...]
AXANA’S FANGTASTIC’…
AXANA’S FANGTASTIC’ FOLIO UPDATEThe Agency’s retro styled illustrator, Axana Zasorina shares her breath-taking talents again, by creating this vintage style illustration of Dracula for an innovative Alcohol brand. Axana is [...]
Is it Quitting Time?
The writer Chip Brown contemplates his pending retirement and finds that he’s not looking forward to it all. He’s not alone, many people derive their identity and sense of self [...]
Detroit Zoo Sketches
So, I did get in a couple of sketches from yesterday's trip to the Detroit Zoo. Nuka, the polar bear at the top was an experiment with capturing movement, as [...]
MIRIAM GAMBINO JOINS…
MIRIAM GAMBINO JOINS LEMONADE!Graphic novel/picture book illustrator, Miriam Gambino signs to our talent roster with a growing reputation in the Children’s book sector. We are excited to be working with [...]























