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Karl Kwasny has updated his portfolio at Monaux with yet more compelling illustration work. I love the drawings for The Decemberists.

written by Christopher | tags: Drawing, Illustration, Karl Kwasny, Monaux

Renowned illustrator (and one of my personal favorites) Hellovon has updated with a new website.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Hellovon, Illustration, Watercolor

Henri draws. And well, that’s about all I have to say about that.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Fashion, Henri Draws, Illustration

Nick Lu recently updated with more of his signature brand of illustration work.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Illustration, Nick Lu, Painting

Justin Renteria is a local Denver illustrator with some really great work in his book. His website displays his work a little too small but you can visit his blog to see larger images. The above piece actually arrived in my mail as a self-promotional work and I was really impressed by the guts displayed in the subject matter. It’s a bold thing to mass mail and it didn’t go unnoticed.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Colorado, Drawing, Illustration, Justin Renteria

Illustrator Chris Ede has updated his site with some new work (and a new site overall).

written by Christopher | tags: Chris Ede, Drawing, Illustration, Vector Art

Duncan and Sarah have a nice little combined illustration portfolio happening at Crayon Legs.

written by Christopher | tags: Crayon Legs, Drawing, Illustration, Sharpie

Klaus Voormann is a globally-celebrated illustrator who has been generating album art creative since 1958. His work includes the cover for the Beatles album, Revolver. You have no doubt seen his work before and now you can peruse a large cross section of his portfolio at his site.

Thank you for the link It’s Nice That.

written by Christopher | tags: Album Art, Art, Drawing, Illustration, Klaus Voormann

The talented illustrator Andrew Archer has updated his portfolio since I last posted his work way way back in January.

written by Christopher | tags: Andrew Archer, Art, Drawing, Illustration, Painting

I am really digging on the line-art style illustrations of Tommy Penton today. Something kind of 60’s about them but still current and contemporary.

written by Christopher | tags: Drawing, Illustration, Line Art, Tommy Penton

“Merijn Hos (1978, Enschede, NL) who is also known under his alias Bfree, is an Artist and
Illustrator from Utrecht, the Netherlands. He graduated in 2004 from the Utrecht School of
Visual Arts with a B.F.A in Illustration.

Since then he divides his time working 50 percent as an Illustrator working on commercial
projects while the other 50 percent of his time is dedicated to his own projects such as ex-
hibitions and independent publishing.

The main characteristics in his work are at first sight long-legged characters with high-heel
shoes and big hairdo and freckles, a lot of colours and abstract psycadelic landscapes.
But when it comes to content, you will find a lot of elements such as ghosts, life and death,
friendly and cute expressions and hidden messages.

A lot of the work reflects on issues in todays society and everyday interaction between peo-
ple in terms of escapism, organised confusion and friendship and loyalty.”

Call me crazy but I guess I am kind of a fan of ‘long-legged characters with high-heel
shoes and big hairdo and freckles, a lot of colours and abstract psycadelic landscapes’. I mean seriously, who isn’t?

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Merjin Hos, Pen and Ink

Strange and a little disturbing collage work from Cullen Stephenson. I have seen a lot of this kind of work lately and can’t decide how I feel about it but whenever I see it, I always end up being drawn in by it.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, collage, Cullen Stephenson, Drawing

Who knew that by 1930 there was already 30 ways to die by electrocution (as illustrated in this Flickr set from a 1931 illustrated German book on electric safety)? There are some pretty strange ways to go in my opinion as well. I can’t figure out what the hell is going on in a few of them but I think I have come pretty close to going the same way as in the illustration above.

written by Christopher | tags: 30 Ways to Die of Electrocution, Diagrams, Drawing, Illustration

The pencil drawings of artist Zdzisław Beksiński are mind blowing. If you are wealthy and have money to burn on art, buy a drawing.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Graphite, Pencil, Zdzislaw Beksinski

Wow, every once in a while you stumble on something accidentally and are really impressed. Marco Zamora’s work is familiar in an urban-influenced kind of way but the deeper you get into it the more you begin to realize just how fantastically rendered everything is and just how much detail is happening in his compositions. I wish desperately that he had larger images of his work on his site but regardless, it is worth clicking through almost every image. I was especially taken by his paintings. Beautiful work.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Marco Zamora, Painting, Screen Prints

Nick Deakin has some really great updates in his illustration portfolio.

written by Christopher | tags: Drawing, Illustration, nick deakin, screenprinting

These new hand-drawn surface patterns from artist/illustrator Nate Williams are pretty sweet.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Illustration, Nate Williams, Surface Patterns

I am really digging what Morgan Blair is producing, described as an illustrator but I would call it art.

written by Christopher | tags: Acrylic, Art, Drawing, Illustration, Morgan Blair