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Tim O’Brien: Lil’ Kim for TIME

2012-02-16T13:25:00.001-05:00

Tim O’Brien nails another TIME magazine cover this week, this one a portrait of Kim Jong Un, the newly anointed leader of North Korea.

Benoit Tardif: Pinball Wizards

2012-02-16T12:47:00.001-05:00

Benoit Tardif illustrates an article about a pinball tournament taking place in Portland, OR for Willamette Week.

Jon Krause: Prepartum Depression

2012-02-16T12:17:00.001-05:00

Jon Krause's cover for Current Psychiatry illustrates the condition of depression before childbirth.

Elvis Swift: Four Seasons Bluewater

2012-02-16T12:15:00.001-05:00

Elvis Swift combines simple line with everyday objects to create an extraordinary series of illustrations for the Four Seasons Luxury Hotels & Resorts Bluewater Manual & Guidebook.

Keith Negley: Recent Work

2012-02-16T12:13:00.001-05:00

Keith Negley shares some beautiful new work done for a wide variety of editorial clients. For the book review section of Christianity Today, the duality of good and evil, and why you need both:

Carrie Hartman: Bathing Baby

2012-02-16T11:09:00.001-05:00

Carrie Hartman’s whimsical line style combines with photography in current issue of American Baby magazine. The article, supported by Carrie’s gently amusing illustrations, reassures nervous moms about caring for their newborns, specifically at bath time.

Asaf Hanuka: It’s Not a Bird

2012-02-16T11:07:00.001-05:00

Asaf Hanuka’s ongoing bilingual strip, The Realist, describes life as a young father in Tel Aviv. Usually laced with wry humor, this installment could not be more serious. “There's a war coming. Everyone knows it but nobody seems worried, almost as if it's just a longer winter…”

Graham Smith: PlanLink Portraits

2012-02-16T11:04:00.001-05:00

Graham Smith rocked these business executive portraits in a clean, limited pallette, retro, graphic style for T. Rowe Price financial planning magazine PlanLink.

Joyce Hesselberth: Heart Health

2012-02-16T10:57:00.001-05:00

Joyce Hesselberth’s illustration for the New York Times is for an article on the wisdom of cholesterol screening for children.

La Boca: Don’t Panic

2012-02-16T10:55:00.001-05:00

La Boca has designed this poster on the theme of Zen for alt culture magazine, Don’t Panic in the UK.

Ellen M. Byrne: The Parent Trap

2012-02-16T10:12:00.001-05:00

Ellen M. Byrne’s illustration for Bethesda Magazine addresses the “sandwich generation,” a growing group of people who find themselves caring simultaneously for their children and for their parents.

Roy Scott: B-to-B On-the-Go

2012-02-16T10:10:00.001-05:00

Roy Scott was commissioned by Haymarket Media, Inc. to create a spread illustration for its Direct Marketing News Magazine. The feature examines how executives today are “always on”- business is being conducted through mobile devices and other forms of communication around the clock.

Larry Jones: No Money? No Problem!

2012-02-16T10:09:00.001-05:00

Larry Jones created this zippy illustration for the cover of No Money? No Problem! a timely new book about getting by on a tight budget. Who knew thrift-shopping good be so glamorous?

Daniel Hertzberg: Editorial Update

2012-02-15T15:52:00.001-05:00

Daniel Hertzberg shares a couple of the recent assignments that have kept him busy in the magazine world. This image of a shattered disco ball for Time Out Chicago recalls the 2003 E2 nightclub stampede in which 21 people were killed.

Jesse Kuhn: Heal Thyself

2012-02-15T15:18:00.001-05:00

Jesse Kuhn’s bold, conceptual cover for Oakland Magazine illustrated a feature focusing on all the different alternative therapies available, and the rising popularity of these forms of medicine.

Merrill Rainey: Jack & Jill Rebrand

2012-02-15T12:29:00.001-05:00

Merrill Rainey was approached by Jack & Jill Magazine a few months back with a request to help them rebrand their core set of characters, as well as illustrate their bi-monthly comic.

Brucie Rosch: Applied Arts 2012

2012-02-15T11:04:00.001-05:00

Brucie Rosch’s image, Twitter Health Flock” for Johns Hopkins magazine will be included in the Applied Arts 2012 Photography & Illustration Awards.

Jason Seiler: Drop Dead

2012-02-15T10:35:00.001-05:00

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Jason Seiler took just a day and a half to paint his latest Obama for the cover of this week’s New York Observer. The feature story highlights the life and death of the great American urban agenda.

David Helfrey: The Aces

2012-02-15T10:32:00.001-05:00

David Helfrey demonstrates his range by channeling the artistic style of Patrick Nagel in this poster for the Portland, Oregon based sketch comedy duo, The Aces.

John Kachik: Love, Annually

2012-02-15T10:30:00.001-05:00

John Kachik shares a tenderly rendered watercolor, part of a series done every year on Valentines Day, for his wife.

Shaw Nielsen: Valentine

2012-02-14T16:47:00.001-05:00

Shaw Nielsen sends Valentine love!

Arthur Giron: MapLight

2012-02-14T16:40:00.001-05:00

Arthur Giron created this image for ALM to illustrate an article about the nonprofit researching site “MapLight.”

Ryan Snook: Winter Break

2012-02-14T15:46:00.001-05:00

Ryan Snook created this fun montage for Boston Globe Magazine to illustrate an article about cool activities for kids on winter break.

Ken Orvidas: Growth & Innovation

2012-02-14T15:38:00.001-05:00

Ken Orvidas illustrated two recent articles addressing growth and innovation from different perspectives. Managing the business risks of open innovation is represented by “Bees,” focusing on the factors that could redefine intellectual property competition in one’s industry.

Sandy Haight: Talking to Addison

2012-02-14T15:05:00.001-05:00

Sandy Haight’s image appeared as a book jacket illustration for Talking to Addison, a comic novel about a young London woman with a crush on her flat mate. He was online ALL the time making it almost impossible to get his attention…

James Yang: Trade Off

2012-02-14T14:49:00.000-05:00

James Yang’s illustration for the Wall St Journal accompanies a story about companies that reward top employees by letting them switch jobs with other employees to broaden their perspective.

Malin Rosenqvist: Lucky Peach

2012-02-14T14:33:00.001-05:00

Malin Rosenqvist cooked up a saucy batch of haute cuisine paper dolls for McSweeney’s quarterly food journal, Lucky Peach out in stores mid-march.

Dave Manning has joined Theispot!

2012-02-14T12:57:00.001-05:00

Dave Manning is the newest member of Theispot.com.

Vlad Alvarez has joined Theispot!

2012-02-14T12:54:00.001-05:00

Vlad Alvarez is the newest member of Theispot.com.

Deborah Nadel: Written on the Heart

2012-02-14T12:46:00.001-05:00

Deborah Nadel’s extensive calligraphic work for Tiffany & Co now includes this beautifully engraved message on their classic gold locket. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Margaret Hurst: Henri's Reserve Champagnes

2012-02-14T12:09:00.001-05:00

Margaret Hurst creates celebratory new artwork for client Henri's Reserve Champagnes.

Chris Beatrice – Dances with Wolves

2012-02-14T12:07:00.001-05:00

Chris Beatrice created this painting (in 24 hours from sketch to finish) for the February 13th issue of The Weekly Standard to illustrate a story called “Dances with Wolves,” about a man confronting a somewhat menacing car salesman.

Gary Alphonso: What’s Your Goal?

2012-02-13T15:58:00.001-05:00

Gary Alphonso recently illustrated a sports-metaphor-based campaign for MCAP Service Corporation, one of Canada’s leading independent mortgage financing companies. “The challenge here was that the client wanted to keep their former ad format–a full page divided into a dark blue panel (their corporate color) and a white panel,” says Gary.

Chris Whetzel: The Future of Technology

2012-02-13T15:34:00.001-05:00

Chris Whetzel blends the classic crystal ball with binary code to illustrate an article about predicting the future of technology in the latest issue of Scientific American.

Sean Tiffany: What’s the Call?

2012-02-13T14:17:00.001-05:00

Sean Tiffany found time to share images from the December installment of his regular feature for Sports Illustrated Kids, "What's The Call." As always, wacky stuff is happening on the field of play… it's up to the reader to decide if the play is legal or not.

Yuta Onoda: Mayan Quest

2012-02-13T12:11:00.001-05:00

Yuta Onoda created this illustration for the February issue of WestJet Airline's Up! magazine to go with a story was about the columnist goes on a spiritual quest to Mexico to find out if the world will end in 2012, based on the Mayan calendar.

Victo Ngai: Beware the Ghost Return

2012-02-13T11:45:00.001-05:00

Victo Ngai’s piece in the New York Times Sunday Business section illustrates how the ghost of a tax return left unfiled can come back to haunt you. When the I.R.S. detects that a person had reportable income but did not file a return… BOO!

Pete Ryan: Take Care

2012-02-13T11:42:00.001-05:00

Pete Ryan created two fun new pieces for a Family Circle Magazine article about exercising caution when choosing which vitamins to take.

Joseph Adolphe: Toro Bravo

2012-02-13T10:41:00.001-05:00

Joseph Adolphe is having a one man exhibition of powerful new paintings at Bertrand Delacroix Gallery in New York’s Chelsea gallery district.

Aaron Meshon: One Girl Cookies

2012-02-13T10:07:00.001-05:00

Aaron Meshon has applied his talent, energy and appetite to this mural commission for the newly opened One Girl Cookies café in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood.

Liz Lomax has joined Theispot

2012-02-10T15:47:00.001-05:00

Liz Lomax has joined Theispot!

Tracy Walker: Pretty Patterns

2012-02-10T15:30:00.001-05:00

Tracy Walker has been creating some new patterns and had the “Blackbirds” printed through Spoonflower, and made into tea towels. She also created the repeating pattern “She Sells Seashells” in three colorways.

Mark Thoburn: NASCAR Nationwide Series

2012-02-10T15:05:00.001-05:00

Pepper Tharp’s image of timeless glamour has helped make the annual Red Dress Gala, to benefit Women’s Cardiac Disease Awareness and Research, a smashing success.

Jacob Thomas: Wet Feet

2012-02-10T13:37:00.001-05:00

Jacob Thomas created an entire set of illustrations for Wet Feet, a company that helps job seekers with advice, research and inspiration to achieve a successful career. Here are four images from their “Insider Guide.”

Jon Krause: Digital Gluttony

2012-02-10T11:14:00.001-05:00

Jon Krause’s illustration for the Chronicle of Higher Education accompanies an article on gluttony in the digital age.

Pepper Tharp: Red Dress Gala

2012-02-10T11:13:00.001-05:00

Pepper Tharp’s image of timeless glamour has helped make the annual Red Dress Gala, to benefit Women’s Cardiac Disease Awareness and Research, a smashing success.

Solène Debiès: Magnifique by Cristina

2012-02-10T10:09:00.001-05:00

Solène Debiès creates illustrations for a weekly French fashion TV Show : Magnifique by Cristina. Each Monday, hostess Cristina Cordula presents the hottest fashion looks; Solène illustrates the backgrounds and the fashion figures.

Brian Stauffer: Decorating for the Divorced

2012-02-09T14:38:00.001-05:00

Brian Stauffer illustrates the lead article in today’s New York Times Home section about a new subset of decorators who specialize in making divorced men feel at home, alone.

Elvis Swift: Sweeter Than Cake

2012-02-09T14:29:00.001-05:00

Elvis Swift created the calligraphic logo for “Seahorse,” the flower girl / junior bridesmaid division of bridal fashion juggernaut, Watters.

Michael Morgenstern: Kimball Art Center Exhibition

2012-02-09T12:49:00.001-05:00

Michael Morgenstern will exhibit four large giclee prints at the Kimball Art Center in Park City Utah, as part of the “Visualizing Finance Show.” Three of the images are available as signed limited edition prints of 25; the best known, originally an Economist cover titled “Gone,” is printed on canvas, 30 x 40”, in a limited edition of 15.

Edel Rodriguez: VAROOM!

2012-02-09T12:25:00.001-05:00

Edel Rodriguez’ cover image for UK illustration publication, VAROOM! speaks to the cultural remix of contemporary illustration, as well as Edel’s ongoing personal reinvention as an artist.

Hyun Jin Lee has joined Theispot!

2012-02-09T11:14:00.001-05:00

Hyun Jin Lee is the newest member of Theispot.com.

Niklas Asker has joined Theispot!

2012-02-09T11:12:00.001-05:00

Niklas Asker is the newest member of Theispot.com.

Peter Arkle has joined Theispot!

2012-02-09T11:08:00.001-05:00

Peter Arkle is the newest member of Theispot.com.

Roy Scott: Pain & Obesity

2012-02-09T10:49:00.001-05:00

Roy Scott completed the third in a series of full page and cover illustrations on chronic diseases for Wolters Kluwer Health Publishing. Roy's latest is a gritty interpretation of a feature article on “Pain & Obesity.”

Mark Smith: CA Illustration Annual

2012-02-09T10:33:00.001-05:00

Mark Smith’s book cover image for Penguin, “The Collected Stories of Rumpole,” will be included in Communication Arts Illustration Annual 53.

Matt Herring: Debussy's 150th Birthday Celebration

2012-02-09T10:31:00.001-05:00

Matt Herring created the cover plus a double page spread for the BBC's celebration of Claude Debussy's 150th birthday. “It is rare for the magazine to use illustration on their cover and fantastic to be given a full bleed with little copy for the inside spread,” says Matt.

Jonathan Williams: Building a Look

2012-02-08T13:15:00.001-05:00

Jonathan Williams was commissioned by Antenna magazine to illustrate a range of layered looks for winter 2012: Party Prep - Basic Bean -Winter White

Daniel Hertzberg: More Net, Less Flix

2012-02-08T13:12:00.001-05:00

Daniel Hertzberg gets maximum mileage out of two colors in this full-pager for the LA Times about Netflix, which is now producing its own television shows, similar to HBO, and is quickly becoming a production juggernaut in Hollywood.

Edel Rodriguez: The Zuckerberg Tax

2012-02-08T12:12:00.001-05:00

[[posterous-content:pid___0]]Edel Rodriguez illustrates the OpEd page of today’s New York Times for an article suggesting that the superwealthy pay at least a little income tax on their unsold stock shares.

Maria Corte Maidagan: Medical Inflation

2012-02-08T12:10:00.001-05:00

Maria Corte Maidagan's blend of organic shape, texture, and color blends together to successfully translate any metaphor. Here, she illustrates the concept of medical inflation for The Deal magazine.

Maria Corte Maidagan: Medical Inflation

2012-02-08T12:08:00.001-05:00

Ken Orvidas: Diversity Pulls Ahead

2012-02-08T12:07:00.001-05:00

Ken Orvidas illustrated a cover story on diversified companies that perform as well as focused companies but have a measurable financial advantage during economic crises, enabling them to outperform their peers and recover rapidly when needed.

Graham Smith: Dr.Wright Lassiter

2012-02-08T11:53:00.001-05:00

Graham Smith was delighted with his recent cover for HealthLeader's magazine. “They assigned me a famous doctor to draw. It turns out he looks like a rock star! Thank you, illustration gods,” says Graham. “I could keep drawing this guy forever…”

Pietari Posti: Shop!

2012-02-08T10:51:00.001-05:00

Pietari Posti created this super-sharp series of Shop Magazine cover illustrations adorning the Spring/Summer city guides for the duty-free luxury shopping company, Global Blue.

Malin Rosenqvist: Men Who Blame Women

2012-02-08T09:58:00.001-05:00

Malin Rosenqvist created this illustration for the Swedish magazine Tiden for an article on men who blame women for all of their problems.

Chris Gall: All Hail Zuckerberg

2012-02-07T16:55:00.001-05:00

Chris Gall’s sculptural, Greco-Roman portrait of Mark Zuckerberg illustrates the “Pen & Inc” column for the current issue of The Deal magazine.

Mark Smith: The Truth About Sugar

2012-02-07T15:42:00.001-05:00

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Mark Smith’s recently channeled Mary Poppins for an illustration in Nature, a high end scientific journal. The article was titled “The Real Truth about Sugar.”

Victo Ngai: Great Green Wall

2012-02-07T14:18:00.001-05:00

Victo Ngai created this image is for February's Utne Reader to go with an article about the "Great Green Wall" project in Africa: an attempt to stop desertification and protect farm land by planting trees at the edge of Sahara desert.

Jonathan Williams: Merino Man

2012-02-07T13:04:00.001-05:00

Jonathan Williams was commissioned by Outdoor Insight magazine to illustrate a range of merino wool athletic products.

Chris Gash: Inner Peace

2012-02-07T12:07:00.001-05:00

Chris Gash illustrates the latest installment of Sean Foley’s advice column for Golf Digest, this time about maintaining inner peace throughout your game.

Celyn: The Guardian

2012-02-07T12:00:00.001-05:00

Celyn’s images for UK The Guardian continue to delight on a regular basis.

James Yang: Blame Game

2012-02-07T11:46:00.001-05:00

James Yang had great fun with this illustration for PlanSponsor magazine about fiduciary duty. In other words, who gets the blame when things go wrong.

Taylor Callery: Risk Optics

2012-02-07T11:04:00.001-05:00

Taylor Callery created this illustration for an upcoming issue of Wells Fargo. The story describes a planning strategy that gives a clear view of investment options in today's complex financial realm.

Jon Krause: Airflow

2012-02-07T11:02:00.001-05:00

Jon Krause created this dreamlike image for the cover of Nursing Magazine to illustrate an article about how to position patients with breathing problems to improve airflow during transport.

Edward Kinsella: Look Back in Anger

2012-02-06T16:14:00.001-05:00

Edward Kinsella created a quick illustration last week for a New Yorker article on a new production of John Osborne’s classic play “Look Back in Anger”.

Julie McLaughlin: The People’s Garden

2012-02-06T15:56:00.001-05:00

Julie McLaughlin’s illustration for Organic Gardening accompanies an article about an all-organic, employee-owned and maintained garden that the workers at MC Ironworks created between two of their warehouses.

Vicky Barone: Oopsy Daisy

2012-02-06T15:28:00.001-05:00

Vicky Barone has recently partnered with Oopsy Daisy - Fine Art for Kids, which has produced a variety of her illustrations to purchase as canvas wall art.

Sean Kelly: Awarding Awards

2012-02-06T14:25:00.001-05:00

Sean Kelly’s amusing illustration for the Los Angeles Times accompanies a story contemplating an award for the most award shows…

Dongyun Lee: Special Treatment

2012-02-06T13:25:00.001-05:00

Dongyun Lee illustrated an article fior the New York Times over the weekend discussing the economic rationale for a policy aimed specifically at shoring up manufacturing.

Jonathan Williams: World in Your Kitchen

2012-02-06T13:13:00.001-05:00

Jonathan Williams was commissioned by New Internationalist to create a set of 12 images for the “World in Your Kitchen” 2013 Calendar, featuring a vegetarian recipe each month from a different country.

Dave Wheeler: Built-In Risk

2012-02-06T13:12:00.001-05:00

Dave Wheeler created a two-part illustration for HBR magazine on how building risk into your business model can sometimes be a good thing.

Nick Rotondo: Barometer

2012-02-06T13:10:00.001-05:00

Nick Rotondo's cover illustration for Optometric Management magazine forecasts upcoming changes in the quality of patient care with the increased usage of electronic health records (EHR).

La Boca: Renewable Future

2012-02-06T13:08:00.001-05:00

La Boca created this illustration to accompany an article on the future of renewable energy in the last issue of Fortune Magazine.

Jon Krause: Taking Stock

2012-02-06T13:06:00.001-05:00

Jon Krause illustrates an article for Middlebury College Magazine analyzing the 2008 financial meltdown from an undergraduate point of view.

Sandy Haight: Madison Art Collective

2012-02-06T11:35:00.001-05:00

Sandy Haight has a selection of Sumi ink and brush paintings in a group exhibition this month at the Madison Art Collective, 2703 E Madison Street in Seattle.

Jacob Thomas: Head Case

2012-02-06T11:32:00.001-05:00

Jacob Thomas shares a recent assignment for 5280 Denver's Magazine about a skier who refused to wear helmets because his father used to say it made him look like a lollipop head.

Society of Illustrators 54: Book & Editorial

2012-02-06T11:30:00.001-05:00

The second of the three-part Annual Exhibition: Illustrators 54, the Book & Editorial Exhibit opened Friday night at the Society of Illustrators, NY, and will run through February 18, 2012. Congratulations to all of the talented artists represented, and a special shout to these ispotters whose work earned medals this year:

Valeria Petrone: CA Illustration Annual

2012-02-03T17:22:00.001-05:00

Valeria Petrone will have two images included in Communication Arts Illustration Annual 53.

Victo Ngai: CA Illustration Annual

2012-02-03T17:02:00.001-05:00

Victo Ngai will have two images included in Communication Arts Illustration Annual 53.

Chuck Gonzalez: Discovering America

2012-02-03T15:28:00.001-05:00

Chuck Gonzalez illustrated an article for PR Week on travel and tourism organizations that are appealing to consumers' wallets by marketing the idea of staycations or “Being a Tourist in Your Home Town.”

Federico Jordan: Class in America

2012-02-03T12:47:00.001-05:00

[[posterous-content:pid___0]]Federico Jordan’s illustration for today’s New York Times Letters to the Editor explores the topic of class in America.

Jon Krause: Why Leaders Lie

2012-02-03T12:05:00.001-05:00

Jon Krause illustrated “Why Leaders Lie” for an upcoming issue of Briefing Magazine.

Pete Ryan: The Seas Fight Back

2012-02-03T11:40:00.001-05:00

Pete Ryan created this image for Canadian Wildlife, illustrating a piece about the massive amount of carbon and methane coming up out of the ocean and into the atmosphere, accelerating global warming.

Ryan Snook: Future Worlds

2012-02-03T11:26:00.001-05:00

Ryan Snook’s full page illustration for Global Brief magazine accompanies an article about the future of intelligence gathering in the 21st century. Ryan concentrated on conveying the different worlds (stable vs. messy vs. nasty) that the future might hold.

Clayton Junior: The New Yorker

2012-02-03T11:21:00.001-05:00

Clayton Junior settles into the On the Horizon feature of The New Yorker with this image of “Poker with Jokers.”

Michal Dziekan: One Thousand Suns

2012-02-03T11:19:00.001-05:00

Michal Dziekan painted this piece as a fundraiser for his friend Dorota who is battling multiple sclerosis. Michal has created a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered prints available here. Proceeds will go towards the extremely expensive treatment that Dorota needs.

J.D. King: Doom & Gloom

2012-02-03T11:17:00.001-05:00

J.D. King created this image for Public Illumination Magazine, which is, according to J.D., “the world's tiniest international publication since 1979.” The topic this go 'round is doom and gloom.

Keith Negley: CA Illustration Annual

2012-02-03T11:15:00.001-05:00

Keith Negley’s AIDS Awareness poster be included in Communication Arts Illustration Annual 53.

Simeon Elson: This Is Africa

2012-02-03T11:13:00.001-05:00

Simeon Elson was commissioned by clothing line T.I.A (This is Africa) to produce a logo in various formats, from vintage stamp themed designs to type-only treatment.