NICHOLAS SAUNDERS/HARRY POTTER ///
UK illustrator Nicholas Saunders is a lucky guy. He was given the opportunity to work for 4 months on the graphics and packaging that were used in the “Weasley Joke Shop” scene for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. He was able to come up with names for the products and all of the artwork...
ALEX NABAUM ///
Illustrator Alex Nabaum has created some amazing editorial illustrations for TIME, Newsweek, NY Times, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone and a score of other major publications. I could look at these all day.
DEKE SMITH ///
Deke Smith has the good fortune of working as a designer at JDK Design, one of the first studios whose work I can remember as a design student. His portfolio has some really incredible illustration work and prints.
ALEX WITJAS ///
I’m so glad that Alexandra Witjas sent us a message about her portfolio site. I had come across her work before and was a big fan, in fact I had it bookmarked so I could post it on here! Alex recently graduated from Pratt and is now hard at work for Mike Perry Studio. Check...
ANDY GILMORE ///
I could look at Andy Gilmore’s work all day long; the patterns, the colors, the rhythm and repitition all work together so harmoniously. Gilmore is a Rochester, NY based artist and designer, you can find some of his work here and/or here.
TWITTER PICTURE ///
We’ve written about Johanna Basford before on The Takeover. She is continuing to prove herself as a creative innovator, now creating the world’s first TwitterPicture. Johanna asked her Twitter followers to suggest ideas for a new illustration. 238 tweets later and her drawing was done, it looks incredible. This is really a great example of...
ELENA XAUSA ///
Elena Xausa is an Italian illustrator/design whose work is beautiful in its simplicity. I love the whimsical quality of her drawings, they have a great line quality, and her clean typography.
PMKFA ///
Michael Thorsby (A.K.A. PMKFA) has some really fresh stuff in his portfolio of graphic design, illustration and apparel graphics (for It’s Our Thing).
JOHANNA BASFORD ///
I came across Johanna Basford’s work this morning after reading this post at Creative Review (MUST READ!). Her illustrations are incredibly detailed and ornate, covering everything from wallpapers and ceramics to textiles and fashion. I generally don’t like to look at a lot of this stuff, but I can’t stop looking at her portfolio for...
DIMITRI SIMAKIS ///
Holy smokes I’m loving the portfolio of Dimitri Simakis.
THIS JUST IN – MUST READ///
Horrible news regarding one of our Good Folk. Lauren Nassef found out yesterday that a student in the UK has been plagiarizing her work, even winning a prestigious textile design competition by stealing her illustrations. The portfolio in question is that of Samantha Beeston, a graduate student at Falmouth University in the UK. Beeston’s site...
DAMIEN CORRELL ///
Amazing work by Damien Correll. If anyone has a spare copy of this event calendar from Fall 2008 please send it to me! I’ll pay for the shipping of course. I think the illustration is just brilliant!
