Pepper Tharp's been hard at work illustrating both cover and inside illustrations for Rodale Press' new book "Yoga Body Diet," by Kristen Schultz Dollard and John Douillard, due out April 13. (more)

When Paul Mirocha first got the client's sketch for this piece from Bioneers Collaborative Initiative, a group of pragmatic visionary planners, for the cover of their report, "Dreaming New Mexico," he hesitated to take it on for a few days. (more)

Court artist Janet Hamlin sketched suspected terrorist Colleen LaRose for the Associated Press yesterday in Philadelphia. LaRose, who dubbed herself "Jihad Jane" online, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Lynne A. Sitarski at the U.S. Courthouse there. LaRose pleaded not guilty to a four-count indictment charging her in an overseas terrorist plot. (more)

Benjamin Rivers' five-page comic for Feathertale Review, Issue 5 is a bit less humourous than most of the publication's contributions — in fact, it's downright dark. The Battle of the Sexes rages into the new century. (more)

Pete Ryan created this piece for The New Republic for an article on education reform and national standards. “I really liked the final idea; I wanted to focus on reform being a time of rebirth, growth, and opportunity.” (more)

Tim Foley’s been doing a lot of game/toy work over the past month. The samples below are for a series of Aquatic Blocks for a wooden toy manufacturer. (more)

Most artists enjoy working in variety of media; Jennifer Thermes includes the Earth itself in her paintbox. Below is a garden map that she created in January for the current issue of Woman's Day Gardening and Deck Design. (more)

Dave Stevenson illustrated the label for the 30th anniversary of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. All work was done by hand, including the lettering. (more)

Rob McClurkan created this art for a kids’ magazines joke page…Q: Why did the boy think the moon was poor? (more)

Josh Holinaty was recently asked to whip up a poster for the Improv Boys' upcoming Canadian tour. (more)

Here are two pieces Alex Nabaum created recently for Ramesh Ponnuru's column in TIME magazine. (more)

Charlie Griak illustrates the best places to live for the current cover of Minnesota Monthly. (more)

Sarah Beetson’s third exhibition, You Are Not What You Eat, explores society's preoccupation with body image and the rising global trend in eating disorders. The show sees Sarah collaborate with several fashion designers to create one-off wearable art, alongside a series of portraits and 100 Body Mass Index Badges made from original art. (more)

Rob Kelly had a blast producing this poster for “Closed for the Season,” a new horror movie that will had its world premiere at the Monster-Mania Convention in Cherry Hill, NJ this past weekend. (more)

Gant Powell illustrates a story about a woman who can't plan a benefit dinner's menu because the upscale guests all have conflicting diets... (more)

Bri Hermanson created this illustration is for an upcoming event in Youngstown, Ohio. The party has a blue theme: blue drinks, a Blues Brothers tribute band, a denim fashion show… and everyone must wear blue. It sounds like a great time, as well as being a benefit for the Mahoning Valley Rescue Mission. (more)

Ken Shafer Design Agency asked Lydia Hess to contribute to the spring issue of University of Washington's "Columns" Magazine with this editorial image of Breast Cancer Detection. (more)

Jason Greenberg conveys a sense of white, upper middle class paranoia in this illustration of James Hynes’ wildly inventive and, frankly, stunning novel “Next” for the Los Angeles Times Book Review. (more)

Keith Negley puts another face (or two) on the debate with this Op-Ed illustration for “The Health Care Letdown.” (more)

Something about Kim Rosen’s intriguing work holds our attention, no matter what.  For example, this full-page illustration for the current National Mortgage News magazine about trying to save bad mortgages might actually induce one to read the article.(more)

Raúl Colón illustrates this collection of seven Latin American folktales. Each story features side-by-side English and Spanish text and descriptions of the origins and significance of the tale. (more)

Our latest obsession is Asaf Hanuka’s documentation, via comic, of his family’s search for a home.  You can read “The Realist” in English or Hebrew, online or in the Israeli newspaper, Calcalist.  Below is week #1 to get you started. (more)

Paul Morton’s super-real (actually, substantially BETTER than real, but quite believably so) style make him a natural for packaging illustration. (more)

Nancy Doniger's work will be part of an exhibit of 20 artists called 'Women about Woman: A broad introspective retrospective,' at the Blue Door Gallery, in Yonkers, NY. The exhibit runs from March 20th through May 8, 2010. (more)

Jon Krause checks in with two recent, powerful editorial solutions. The first is a full page illustration in this months Atlantic for the article, "Letting Go of My Father", about a son’s struggle to deal with the slow decline of his fathers health. (more)

Jorge Mascarenhas is currently profiled on line in the “Fresh” feature of Communication Arts magazine. (more)

Margaret Cusack's traveling retrospective exhibition, "Uncommon Threads: Stitched Artwork by Margaret Cusack," consisting of eighty framed stitched artworks, premiered at the Museum of American Illustration... (more)

Lisa Henderling created this illustration for the European Wall St Journal to show how very fashionable are the women of Paris who ride bikes. (more)

Chris Whetzel created this powerful cover for the Hollywood issue of The Crisis magazine. The central story discusses how few African Americans are in the film industry. The art direction specified a portrait of an African American calling others to action. (more)

Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn presents Looking Out Looking In, an exhibition that brings together portraits by women artists which go beyond the surface of the face to seek an inner identity. The work ranges in scope from self-portraiture, to observations of people to whom the artist has little personal connection. (more)

Jason Mecier has a one man show of his topical mosaic portraiture opening this week at Ghetto Gloss gallery in LA. (more)

Jennifer Taylor's mixed-media art adds comedic zing to this quirky tale of Frankie, an apron-wearing marmalade cat who has the run of a hardware store at night. He empties one wastebasket, spilling its contents onto the floor, and “cleans” two counters. (more)

Laura Brown created the cute surface graphics for this line of children’s swim aids for Target. The Puddle Jumper is a great confidence builder for kids... (more)

Allan Burch created this luminous, meditative portrait of Pope John Paul II as one of 16 illustrations commissioned by the University of San Diego's President's Report. (more)

Matt Dorfman illustrates an article by “Fight Club” author Chuck Palahniuk who considers it essential to commit suicide every couple of years in order to give himself a more focused perspective on his own state of being. (more)

Here is a fast turnaround cover by Chris Gash for the Washington Post Sunday Real Estate section about what happens to your credit score when you don't pay attention to it. (more)

Damien Weighill posts the first in a series of weekly spots for the New Statesman. This week’s assignment: Rodeo Statistics. (more)

Vault49 recently completed a project for Wrigley’s Lifesavers candy which went live last week in Times Square. (more)

Alex Nabaum illustrates the continuing problems with the US bankruptcy system for today’s NY Times Op-Ed page. Without major changes to the system, interim measures won’t aid the American families torn apart by the economic upheavals of the last two years. (more)

Edel Rodriguez illustrates the downfall of just about everything we’ve ever held in high esteem for this week’s Time Magazine.  “In the past decade, nearly every pillar institution in American society — whether it's General Motors, Congress, Wall Street, Major League Baseball, the Catholic Church or the mainstream media — has revealed itself to be corrupt, incompetent or both.” (more)

Jing Jing Tsong created this image for the March issue of The Progressive for an article on combating the slurs against Spanish-speaking students. (more)

Jing Wei shares a brand new piece for SooJin Buzelli, this time for ai5000's March/April Digital Issue. Key points of the article: Being socially responsible, environmentally aware, and investing with that in mind. Beavers hanging out on a mountain? Works for us! (more)

Mark Fredrickson is right where he belongs this month, front and center on the latest issue of MAD Magazine.  (more)

This year, the SI celebrates its 52^nd year of exhibiting the best that illustration has to offer.  Congratulations to the 21 ispotters whose work was chosen for the Advertising and Institutional show, many with multiple pieces.  Here are a few samples of their outstanding work. (more)

Craig LaRotonda of Revelation Studios illustrated the cover and feature article, "Whither Securitization" spread for the upcoming issue of The Deal Magazine. (more)

Marcus Cutler recently created some illustrations for Alex Negrete of the Keep the Heat YouTube channel. The work consisted of a background for the web page, as well as some additional character illustrations for Klik, his show for teens and tweens where Alex riffs on celebrities and other topical stuff. (more)

Getting older just got a whole lot cooler thanks to the Groovy line of cards by Jess Volinski for Camden Graphics! (more)

Alex Nabaum shares the process of creating this blushing bride for LDS Living magazine. The article discusses how to deal with the roller coaster of emotions that comes with a wedding. (more)

Doug Boehm shares a couple editorial pieces he completed this month.  First up, for National Mortgage News, is an illustration about reverse mortgage reform in California. (more)

Colin Thompson’s witty illustrations wander cheerfully through "Can an Old Dog Learn New Tricks? And Other Questions About Animals," the latest handy, fact-filled guide from the "Is That A Fact?" series by Lerner for kids in grades K-6. (more)

Bryon Thompson's illustrations are featured in an exhibit called YOU! The Experience, at the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago). The exhibit showcases some of the latest medical breakthroughs and innovations; Bryon’s artwork clarifies them for the layperson. (more)

At last! Jason Little has finally found exactly the right publisher for his graphic novel, “Motel Art Improvement Service.” Dark Horse Comics will be rolling it out in hardcover in November 2010. (more)

Dave Wheeler created these semi-dimensional images for the LA Times Business section. The story concerned taking advantage of all the tax incentives available this year. (more)

Graham Smith combined his drawing skills with collage for this piece in Philadelphia Magazine. When the Philadelphia Inquirer fired Stephan A. Smith from the sports column he writes for them, he lawyered up and they had to hire him back. The Inquirer still pays him his $220,000 per year salary, but they refuse publish his column. (more)

Italian artist Mario Sughi illustrates Baker Beach, San Francisco from his studio in Ireland for Digjest Travel Guide in London.  Did you follow that? (more)

Hugh D'Andrade is a self-confessed book jacket junky. No offense to writers, but Hugh has little interest in your content; he prefers to judge a book by its cover.  All of which makes him very gifted when it comes to jacket design and illustration. (more)

Michaela Anne rides again, thanks to Jeanine Henderson's artwork for part two of a promotional package for this performer.  The design will be used on Michaela Anne's show posters as well as her promo postcards, hence the large space at the bottom that can be customized for each of her shows. Jeanine added the pistol and whiskey bottle to compliment the singer’s sultry sound- she didn't want to represent her with too "sweet" an image. (more)

Jing Wei shares four super-sweet spots done in woodcut and ink for the upcoming issue of Cincinnati Magazine, highlighting unusual things people do with their pets. (more)

Jason Seiler gives us another peek behind the scenes of Tim Burton’s 3D blockbuster, Alice in Wonderland.  This time, he worked on the Red Queen herself... (more)

Swiss supermarket company Migros keeps German illustrator Christian Lindemann busy with editorial work for their consumer magazine. He delivers, as always, funny and colorful pieces on all sorts of topics. (more)

Antony Hare celebrates spring and the birth of the iPad with this Editor's Letter illustration for the April 2010 issue of Esquire UK. (more)

Tom Richmond’s parody poster for Mad Magazine speaks for itself.  Hang on, Woody! (more)

Chris Gash approaches his regular weekly gigs in the New York Times with a fresh eye and lots of ideas every time! (more)

California Lawyer contacted Chris Whetzel with a moody cover subject: the backroom plotting behind California's Proposition #8. (more)

Sure, directors and writers have vision… but without artists like Jason Seiler to bring their ideas to life, they’re nothing but a pack of cards. Here, Jason finally shares some of the concept work he did on the frumious Bandersnatch character for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. (more)

In recent months Hand Made Maps has been creating a series of illustrated globes for Globee Ltd. The concept is to illustrate cities and their main points of interest, to be retailed in the tourism market. (more)

Angela Martini's fourth American Girl book, Smart Girl's Guide to Parties, is out now. (more)

“January Joker,” illustrated by John Steven Gurney is the first in a series of Calendar Mysteries for early readers by best-selling author Ron Roy. A tale of alien abduction during a sleepover, this mild mystery is peppered with humor and greatly enhanced by John’s chipper artwork. (more)

Rob Kelly’s weekly "Hot Seat" portrait for Time Out New York is Tim Burton. Since Burton is promoting his 3-D fantasy, “Alice in Wonderland” and he frequently wears glasses for publicity shots… it all just kind of came together! (more)

Here are three new pieces Tyler Jacobson created for Dungeons & Dragons that just went live: Battleminds, Teamwork and Fey Hunter. (more)

Zara Picken illustrated the lead editorial in this week’s Times Higher Education magazine. The feature discusses the dangers of treating students as customers by using the market model within education in the UK. (more)

Here’s what’s been keeping Kyle T. Webster so busy lately: (more)

Cathi Mingus had fun creating this fairy scene for Great American Puzzle Factory.  The finished jigsaw will have hidden elements that glow in the dark! (more)

When Mark Thoburn was approached to develop a logo for the Tea Party movement, he had a few reservations. However, the party made it clear that they wanted the logo to be able to stand alongside the elephant and donkey. (more)

Dave Wheeler illustrates an article about the importance of including home-schooled children in Cub Scout troops, for Scouting Magazine. (more)

Matt Dorfman gets right to the point with this recent illustration for Business Week on public disclosure of CEO compensation. (more)

Jerry Miller was contacted by Manhattan Media to illustrate the cover of City Hall Magazine recently. The story was a personality profile of Vito Lopez, a politician with real… character: the art direction was to think “The Godfather” or “Napoleon.” (more)

Josh Holinaty goes for the hilarious gross-out in this month’s issue of Transworld Snowboarding Mag for an article about the job market in the snowzone. (more)

This latest volume in the bestselling, award-winning series illustrated by Meredith Hamilton is due out in May 2010. Readers ages 9 to 12 will travel around the globe, from Greenland to Tasmania, learning the locations and characteristics of continents, countries, and states and provinces. (more)

Lisa Falkenstern illustrated “The Busy Tree,” by Jennifer Ward, with gorgeous, realistic drawings describing the activities that go on in a tree from roots to branches. From chipmunks and spiders to ants, this offers a fine survey of the various animals involved in the life of a tree. (more)

The Tuesday Science section of the New York Times had more than its fair share of ispotters today. (more)

Carl Wiens shares, step-by-step, the process of a recent silkscreen / collage project. (more)

Marty Blake recently completed her first assignment for the Wall St. Journal. It grew from being the section cover of the Journal Report to include two interior pieces as well. “Everyone there was so easy to work with, it was a pleasure.” (more)

Charlie Griak will be doing Outdoor Life Magazine's "This Happened to Me" feature for the March, April and May issues.  After which he might well need a vacation! (more)

Jason Seiler accepted a very short deadline from The Weekly Standard for a shot at morphing Obama and FDR. Two 12-hour days of painting, thinking and revising later, it was all worth it. “I'm happy with the way the painting turned out, learned a lot and even though it was tough, I had a blast . . . I love my job!” (more)

Pete Ryan was totally pumped to do his first "letters" piece for the NY Times. “Nice, short deadline - but it certainly does get lots of ideas flowing!! The piece was about opinions on the healthcare summit." (more)

The Guardian UK Weekend Magazine commissioned Mark Smith to create a visual for a column about hip and trendy types living in posh designer pads but looking absolutely miserable. (more)

Edward Kinsella again channels the haunting sensibility of the master for Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. (more)

Serge Seidlitz captures the ambivalence of love with this series of hand lettered posters for ITV London's new show 'Married Single Other.' (more)

It must be the first of the month if we’re taking another peek at Alanna Cavanagh’s ever-foreword-looking calendar for Workopolis. (more)

Nancy Doniger will have an etching with chine colle, and a painting in oil and acrylic, in the show 'Looking Out, Looking In' at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn. The exhibition, curated by Madeline Sorel, features portraits by twenty-five women artists, ranging in age from eighteen to eighty. (more)

Mark Smith had about 24 hours to conceive and create this artwork for this week’s London Times Educational Supplement.  Subsequently, Mark described himself as “knackered, but really chuffed” to have his work included. (more)

Nigel Buchanan visualizes some very odd seat coverings for cars in this month’s Motor Trend magazine. Salmon leather and fabric coated in ground crustacean exoskeletons which in theory encapsulate odors to keep your interior smelling… nice. (more)

Andrew Wright presents a pair of heroic-sized playing cards for Gallery Nucleus' upcoming Alice in Wonderland themed show, "Curiouser and Curiouser". (more)

Dennis Juan Ma recently completed illustrations for a children's graphic novel, “Graffiti Revolution,” for Simple Literacy Publication. The plot involves an evil dictatorial duke who learns to be kind and humorous. (more)

Patrick Welsh shares his unique point of view in this artwork for an article on winter spear fishing in the current issue of Outdoor Life Magazine. (more)

Illustration to the rescue! Alex Nabaum illustrated the abstract concept of what Yale’s finest medical scientists are bringing to fruition: an artificial pancreas. (more)

Jonathan Williams creates the mood for a short story in Prospect Magazine about love, adultery and the ever-changing shifts of power. (more)

Dutch real estate magazine Vastgoed commissioned Leon Mussche to illustrate the sorrows of home ownership. The article, written a Q&A style, covered all kinds of financial and legal problems one can face owning a share in an apartment building.  (more)

Graham Smith had a fresh take on an article about cross-cultural marketing for Plan Sponsor Magazine. Since different cultures look at retirement goals differently, some financial planners’ standard sales pitches fall on indifferent ears in the Hispanic community. (more)

Jacob Thomas has received two prestigious Society for News Design Awards for his Boston Globe “Anthologist” and “Con Census” artwork. (more)

Vegas Seven Magazine asked Jerry Miller to illustrate an interesting article that asks the question, "What Happens When What Happens Here Doesn't Stay Here Anymore?" (more)

Keith Negley was commissioned by the New York Times to illustrate the highly anticipated health care debate tomorrow night. (more)

Joel Nakamura gives us a peek at a few new pieces he’s working on for an upcoming May 2010 show at Subtext Gallery in San Diego. (more)

Artist Kyle T. Webster has now turned his fertile mind to the world of iPhone gaming.  His dangerously addictive first effort, White Lines, is a deceptively simple memory game that will get you instantly hooked. (more)

Steven Salerno visualizes the ecological greening of Pittsburgh with this illustration depicting its stylized skyline as the Emerald City for an upcoming issue of Pittsburgh Magazine. (more)

David Pohl’s latest image for O, The Oprah Magazine vividly illustrates the concept of a wolf in sheep’s clothing. (more)

Here's a recent full page illustration that Jon Reinfurt did for one of his favorite clients, Associations Now. (more)

Kim Rosen walks a fine line for The Harvard Business Review with a story on "Keeping Your Colleagues Honest". (more)

Vault49 recently finished an Alice in Wonderland themed advertorial for the new Ford Fiesta, appearing in the Sunday Times Style magazine. Vault49 created a drive-through mixed-media fantasy world full of detail, narrative, and pixie dust. (more)

Fast Company commissioned Kirk Manley to create a series of comic-based illustrations for an article in the March issue on the Disney Company. Disney's recent purchase of Marvel Comics was the inspiration for these depictions, each of which presents key Disney executives and deal makers as famous Marvel Comics superheroes. (more)

Jacob Thomas had a blast with this cover illo for the Harvard Business Review:  “I had about a day to sell the idea then a couple more to fine tune it.”  ZOOM! (more)

The March 1, 2010 cover of the New Yorker had us completely fooled this week.  A lovely, cozy, good-old-fashioned walk in the snow is the work of Florida artist Brian Stauffer. Celebrated for his edgy, raw, hotly pigmented mix of collage and drawing, Brian is clearly at peace in a cooler climate as well. (more)

Peggy Fussell had fun working on a project for Jo Ellen Soesbee of Reliable Repairs, a firm that specializes in subcontracting, repair and maintenance for residential and commercial customers. (more)

Allan Burch created this tender image for The University of Chicago Magazine, depicting the compassionate bond between a health care worker and one of her patients. (more)

Tom Richmond's latest Marlin Co. workplace poster artwork encourages older people to keep themselves in gear with a healthy diet and as much exercise as the doctor allows. (more)

Southern Living turned to Stan Fellows for this gently nostalgic look at what to wear while cooking Sunday dinner. (more)

The Champion mini slip on sneaker provided the perfect blank canvas for Ryan Snook to design a couple of custom versions for Keds. (more)

Janet Hamlin was thrilled to illustrate a cover for a biography of one of her favorite writers, Zora Neale Hurston, author of 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' (more)

Kim Herbst created this image for Bitch Magazine, for an article about people who lurk on Facebook. (more)

Chris Whetzel recently completed this illustration for Macworld. For an article was about the myriad unexpected uses for the noble Esc key. (more)

Marcus Cutler's illustration appears in this month's Canadian Running Magazine for an article called "Crossing the Line," about the author running her first 10k. (more)

Chris Gash plays the illustration field this week with the Washington Post Sunday Jobs cover art, and two images for the Wall Street Journal. (more)

Stuart Bradford illustrates a regular column for the Science section of the New York Times each Tuesday.  A recent favorite was for an article about the varied and on-going benefits of playing sports for young girls. (more)

AARP maintains a contemporary look and feel with plenty of illustration, much of it from ispotters. (more)

The March issue of the Atlantic features work by two ispotters. (more)

Scott Barnett recently completed 100 pieces of art for the Rittenhouse Archives "70 Years of Marvel Comics" trading card set, to be released in mid-April, 2010. This is the third Marvel set Scott has contributed to, for a total of 450 cards! Whew!! (more)

Lia Mercado was commissioned to create artwork and promotional material for a Black History and Art Exhibition in Monrovia, CA. The event commemorates the art and contributions of that community's Afro-American participants. Lia’s art was the basis of this collectable poster. (more)

Susan Swan's promo illustration for upcoming book three of the Daisy Girl Scouts Journal series just about jumps off the page! (more)

Tyler Jacobson is the 25^th recipient of the Jack Gaughan Memorial Award, presented by the New England Science Fiction Association.  The Gaughan is awarded annually to the most promising emerging artist in the field of Science Fiction or Fantasy; past honorees include Donato Giancola and Terese Nielsen. (more)

Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon, aka Teetering Bulb, have brought to a close their weekly online comic, King of an Endless Sky... (more)

Rob Kelly created a vintage-feel portrait of actor Mark Ruffalo for this week’s Time Out New York. Ruffalo is promoting his new noir horror movie, Shutter Island, so Rob went with an austere, black-and-white vintage feel. (more)

Mike Segawa has just completed work on the third book in the Mackenzie Blue series for Harper Collins.  Seventy-one illustrations later, McKenzie and the gang have returned safe and sound from their camping adventures.  Phew! (more)

Jeremy Forson's work is currently on view in a two man show at Doublepunch in San Francisco. The show runs through March 21st. (more)

Alex Nabaum just did a fun, full page for ESPN magazine poking fun at jocks on Twitter. (more)

"I wondered if it was my fault the aliens had stolen my grandmother." Goni Montes provides a visual stunner for the sci-fi piece 'Tourists,' by Sean Craven, which just posted to Tor.com. (more)

This stunning image is part of the Sarah Beetson's 3rd solo exhibition. (more)

Dave Wheeler created this M&C Magazine illustration for an article on what your online profile (Facebook, twitter, etc) says about you when you are searching for a job. (more)

Jon Krause's three pieces shown have been selected to appear in the 2010 Communication Arts Illustration Annual.  They'll all be featured in the editorial section of the annual. (more)

Liz Goulet Dubois catches up with some fun recipes for kids she’s illustrated lately in Highlight’s High Five magazine. (more)

Jurgen Mantzke just finished this spot illustration for EnergyBiz magazine's March/April 2010 issue. (more)

Many years ago Rick Tulka tried to teach himself the tenor saxophone. It wasn't a success. Rick did, however, subsequently find his footing in the cartoon community. (more)

Jon Flaming's been putting the final touches on 35 pieces for show that opens April 9 at William Reaves Fine Art in Houston. (more)

Charlie Griak spent a large part of last summer and fall creating these illustrations for an American Express web site promotion to card holders. (more)

Luxology selected Mark Fullerton's artwork as one of the chosen few to be displayed in their web ad for 'Luxology Image Gallery,' their iPhone application, featuring the work of some of the world's best 3D artists. (more)

Jing Wei just finished a new print for a group show at Gallery Nucleus called Curiouser and Curiouser, where artists contribute work based on Alice in Wonderland. Show opens on February 27th, and will be up for a month. Concept art and stills from the new Tim Burton movie will also be shown on opening night. (more)

Jemma Robinson illustrated the poster for the Urban Land Institute's 2010 Fall Meeting & Urban Land Expo in Washington DC. (more)

Tim Foley completed several illustrations for the Wall Street Journal this week. (more)

Mike Right created this Alpine inspired artwork for a line of Camelbak insulated “Better” beverage bottles. (more)

Matt Dorfman had his hands full with this John Edwards' portrait illustration. New York Times' editor Nicholas Blechman's brief was explicit: (more)

Rob McClurkan recently created this fun piece for Usborne Publishing. The Knights are quietly easing their way back to the castle so as  not to wake the Dragon. (more)

Cathy Gendron perfectly captures the angst suffered by female teen victims of physical, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partners in this February 7 piece for the Hartford Courant. (more)

Graham Smith got the call last week from the Topic Designer for the business section of The Washington Post. The illustration assignment involved an article about debt collectors, and how they are trying to change their perceived negative image. (more)

Daniel Hertzberg revisits a favorite book jacket project, “A Gate at the Stairs,” by Lorrie Moore. (more)

Bri Hermanson created this illustration for Aphrodisiac, a Valentine's Day themed party in TriBeCa this coming weekend. (more)

Popular Science commissioned Nigel Buchanan to illustrate some of the worst jobs in the field of science. (more)

Kevin McFadin discusses some recent spots for Richmond Magazine and ASA's Staffing Success. (more)

Kelly Dyson designed and illustrated a sex education booklet for teenagers and young adults. The booklet is published by HIT, a drug and alcohol harm reduction agency in the UK. (more)

Zara Picken was commissioned by the London Times Higher Education magazine to create this illustration for an opinion piece, which appears in the current issue. (more)

Italian expatriate in Ireland Mario Sughi talks about inspiration and process in an interview on Scamp, the Irish Illustration Blog. (more)

J. David McKenney first illustrated an animated piece for Mariah Carey's perfume for Elizabeth Arden. Mariah was so pleased with the results that he has since illustrated a few personal projects for her, including her latest Christmas card. (more)

Tom Richmond illustrated an astounding app for the iPhone, for which he has so far created 543 caricatures of the ever-changing members of the US Congress. Bobble Rep received the best possible launch when it was initially rejected by Apple as being “objectionable,” provoking a firestorm of protest. (more)

Andrew R. Wright used a hint of color and a fridge light to create this poster for the Over Ale, crafted by Chicago micro-brewery Half Acre. (more)

Chris Whetzel was contacted recently by Education Week magazine for a back page commentary image. These assignments generally involve a lot of freedom with concepts as well as image format and composition. Since this one discussed gathering data on tutor performance, Chris explored various ways to show "investigating education." (more)

This year, the SI celebrates its 52nd year of exhibiting the best that illustration has to offer. Congratulations to the 25 ispotters whose work was chosen for the Editorial and Book show, many with multiple pieces. (more)

Doug Boehm had a great time illustrating a couple of off-beat jobs recently.  The first one, for the East Bay Express, concerned people in Oakland, CA flying to South Korea for dental work and flying to Cuba for medical school. (more)

Here's a selection of David Fullarton pieces from a group show opening Feb. 11 at the First Amendment Gallery in San Francisco. (more)

Andy Rash gives us the sad vacation story in this Sunday's New York Times: Full-up ships and higher prices are the wave of the future according to the cruise ship industry. (more)

Seattle Metropolitan Magazine contacted Jerry Miller to illustrate this article about the Mayor of Seattle's efforts to provide wi-fi access to the Emerald City. (more)

Adam Wallenta's Iron Man will be the program cover image for the first annual ComiCONN celebration coming up in May. (more)

Everyone is talking about health care these days. Mark Brewer illustrates the increasing dilemma faced by those who have the means to pay for health care yet cannot locate an available physician. (more)

Scott Brundage shares some recently finished paintings for a cozy children's story pitch he’s been working on.  Just the thing for a snowbound day in February… (more)

John Kachik's blue bull image, created for Texas Co-Op Power Magazine, is about to reach a wider audience- it’s been selected for inclusion in the upcoming CA Illustration Annual. (more)

This whimsical artwork by David Coulson was recently published as the cover of Carnegie Mellon University magazine, The Link, to celebrate their new Gates Hillman Center for the School of Computer Science. (more)

Kelly Dyson (aka dontwakemeup) illustrates the Ultimate Blues Lesson with linocut illustrations for the latest issue of Guitarist Magazine (UK). (more)

Mark Thoburn created this Geoengineering illustration for Momentum Magazine published by the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment. (more)

Pete Ellis, aka Drawgood, produced this image for UK magazine Public Finance, riffing on the famous pose of the soldiers raising the American flag at Iwo Jima. (more)

For this recent book cover, Susan Tolonen was commissioned to depict the tango-like dance that can happen between a loved one and someone with Attention Deficit Disorder. (more)

Ruth Rowland's sweet, sweet Valentine is on sale throughout the UK in Waterstones, Selfridges and Harrods. (more)

The Science section of today’s New York Times boasts a beautiful image by Keith Negley on the frustrating topic of odd, minor ills… Lots of them. (more)

This is from a new campaign for Palmolive, created by Neil Duerden at the beginning of the year, which will run throughout the EU for the next few months. The imagery combines client generated photos, product shots and pure imagination. (more)

When Men's Fitness magazine asked English rugby union captain Steve Borthwick to share his expert advice on how to get the best from your team, they turned to Jonathan Williams for a double page illustration of same. (more)

Pete Ryan created this instant-read spot for The Stranger’s Book Advice column (whether it to advises love books or love advice...it’s all about love…) (more)

R. Sikoryak is participating in HOTWIRE3, a group show that includes some of the best and boldest talents working in comix today. The show takes place at Scott Eder Gallery in Brooklyn, a venue dedicated to fine art inspired by alternative comix and deviant media. (more)

Akiko Kato created this passionate portrait of Spanish flamenco dancer Rocio Molina for the New Yorker to announce her performance in the upcoming Flamenco Festival. (more)

Kathryn Rathke used simple line and negative space to create this complex portrait of John Cheever.  (more)

Jerry Miller contributed this image to the debut issue of Vegas Seven magazine. (more)

Octavio Diaz sums it up neatly! (more)

Jason Greenberg sets the scene for a battle of the sexes between two 20 something New Yorkers at a swank Christmas Eve party in this illo for the LA Times Book Review. (more)

Craig LaRotonda's "American Gothic" illustrations appear on the front and back cover of the premier issue of UNO magazine. (more)

Elvis Swift's evocative penmanship creates the mood for a series of postcards for "The Book," the massive Neiman Marcus catalog. (more)

Ryan Snook takes the true measure of a man, fertility-wise, for this illustration on the relationship between size and paternity potential. (more)

Illo Minn is a biennial exhibition featuring the work of twenty-eight commercially active Minnesota illustrators seven of whom are members of theispot.com. (more)

Federico Jordan had the honor recently of being the latest interview subject for Taiwan DPI Magazine. “I don’t have the tendency to load with noise the message in my illustrations and I always seek to reduce the codes and forms systems in my images… I like for my images to express a clear message and the appropriate synthesis of signs that accomplishes the effect that I am searching. (more)

Patti Mollica is having a terrific year so far!  The March issue of Artist’s Magazine will honor Patti with a wonderful story about her energetic New York City image, TKTS, which also a received a medal in the Landscape category of the magazine’s latest competition. (more)

Anthony Freda of Acme Illustrators created this image for Bloomberg Business Week to illustrate a story about how banks are making billions by borrowing money at low rates from Uncle Sam and lending it to consumers at high rates. (more)

Christina Wald illustrated this charming and informative story about a little bat’s dilemma. Red bats are the only bat species that can choose to hibernate or migrate. (more)

Susan Swan just conjured up this cutie for a kid's magazine article about, yup, fireflies. (more)

Jason Seiler can finally share his most recent project, the official movie poster for "The People VS George Lucas," which is set to have its world premiere at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin, Texas next month.  The film is included in their prestigious Spotlight Premiere section. (more)

Barbara Hranilovich chose symbols such as yin and yang, a lotus flower, and the door of opportunity (just to name a few) to give life to the Bee Inspired Signature Art Box.  Each box contains daily notes to inspire and energize, giving the reader something to read, do and share with others. (more)

Lesley Breen Withrow illustrated and planned the subject matter for this 40 piece faith-based greeting card collection for Gartner Greetings... (more)

Mike Tofanelli created this illustration of Alec Baldwin for The Washington Post Sunday Arts & Style section recently. (more)

Doug Boehm doesn’t generally "do" pretty, especially when the subject matter is extremely dark, such as the economic crisis.  (more)

Tyco Electronics, a leading manufacturer of solar energy systems, contracted Richard Bornemann to create an innovative illustration to help market their suite of products as a turnkey green energy solution. (more)

“Here | There” at Gallery Nucleus is Edel Rodriguez’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, featuring a collection of over 40 new paintings, drawings, assemblages, and sculptures. Influenced by the culture and myths of his native Cuba, along with American pop culture, Edel’s work deals with narratives about race, violence, mortality, and cultural displacement. With an emphasis on process, his work utilizes materials such as coffee, sugar, cedar, cotton, leather and ash. (more)

Strategic Finance came to Dave Wheeler to find a new approach to the topic of Job Search Networking.  Dave’s two/three dimensional style always provides a fresh solution. (more)

For this month’s issue of Transworld Snowboarding, Josh Holinaty shows a big red man sweeping away the old generation of snowboarding culture and the folks who milk their glorious past for all it’s worth. (more)

The merchants association for the Seattle neighborhood of Madison Valley commissioned Sandy Haight to create a design for 30 x 60" banners to line the main street into and out of the business district. The banners highlight features of the neighborhood, including family and pet friendly shopping as well as the adjoining greenbelt of Seattle’s Arboretum. (more)

Chris Gash created this illustration for a laugh-out-loud comparison of... (more)

Jamie Hogan was the perfect artist to create images for this book of poems by Susan Blackaby about animal habitats called "Nest, Nook and Cranny."   (more)

Rob McClurkan created these happy graphics for the Laundry Jumble Game, a fun learning toy for kids involving touch, memory and polka dotted underwear!  In working up the illustrations for the packaging and game cards, Rob used a lot of texture in the backgrounds and on the characters. (more)

Readers of the Sunday NY Times Magazine will remember Toronto artist Seth's serialized graphic novel, "George Sprott: 1894-1975." (more)

"The Roads Less Traveled / Jon Flaming's Texas" opens in Houston at William Reaves Fine Art on April 9, 2010. (more)

Valeria Petrone illustrated "Potty Animals: What to Know When You've Gotta Go!" a new picture book by Hope Vestergaard. (more)

Steven Salerno was commissioned to create images for the Options Clearing Corporation, which is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Steven came up with the idea of using a monolithic financial-esque building as the visual handle throughout all the images, teamed with a recurring male character who adds the action and human value. (more)

In honor of the end of a long, cold January, we present Alanna Cavanaugh’s optimistic calendar page for February, commissioned by the folks at Workopolis. (more)

This Sunday’s New York Times Week in Review section provided a genuine treat for fans of illustration. (more)

Lisa Morgan won the Highlights magazine Illustrator of the Month award recently for the delightful image, "Winter Morning." (more)

Tim Foley’s work week was WILD!  His drawing table, already crowded with his on-going series of images for the upcoming Wiccan almanac, is now overflowing with tax time images for the Wall Street Journal. (more)

Josh Holinaty gets back to his old Rapidograph roots for this character, one of several he created for Eye Weekly in Toronto. (more)

Though it’s hard to believe in the frigid depths of January, Stan Fellows assures us that spring is on the way.  Here, he illustrates the fine art of planting a tree for Martha Stewart Living magazine. (more)

A scrumptous project Traci O'Very Covey completed recently was an illustrative logo and truck design for Chow Haute Asian Cuisine on the Go!  Utah's first upscale mobile food trucks hit the streets last week and wowed people with their amazing food and can't-miss colorful signage. (more)

Flint Design asked Lydia Hess to create an image that would capture the essence of the Kona Brewers’ Festival Kona hosted every year in Hawaii. (more)

Jacob Thomas created this illustration for Paste Magazine to accompany a music review of a band called The Drums.  Their last album had a summer vibe to it; this one was said to have more of a winter tone to it, somber and melancholy. (more)

Jing Wei has a cute/fierce piece in the upcoming Year of the Tiger show at Giant Robot gallery GR2 in LA. (more)

Rob Kelly gave Rosie O’Donnell a wind-blown fashion-y look for this week's "Hot Seat" portrait for Time Out New York. She never looked better! (more)

The Los Angeles Times commissioned Michael Austin to illustrate the book review of 'The Golden Calf' by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. (more)

Dale Stephanos captures with pitch-perfect irony the almost religious fervor that surrounds an Apple rollout. (more)

Christian Lindemann's recent editorial work has taken him just about everywhere, always with a witty twist. First up: a trio of colorful drawings for Swiss magazine, Migros. (more)

Neil Duerden, a self-confessed “Mac Monkey,” is nevertheless thrilled to see that this campaign featuring his fantasy embellishments on Sony’s Vaio laptop is now live and can be shown to the world. (more)

Matt Dorfman completed two editorial assignments recently that led his work down an even more conceptual path than usual.  The first, for The Washington Post Outlook section, concerned the C.I.A’s policy of secrecy when it comes to the death of their operatives. (more)

UK artist T.S Spookytooth turned out to be the perfect choice to illustrate “A Week in Texas” for Scholastic Storyworks Magazine in New York.  Here are a two of the seven images they commissioned. (more)

Earlier in the month Vault 49 created this graphic brand identity and illustration for ClubCard, the first universal and instant Retail Rewards club.  (more)

This is a still from a short animated spot created by Jurgen Mantzke to promote a faith-based adventure group. (more)

Edward Kinsella created this transcendent image to illustrate a short story about a Civil War era spiritual medium in a recent issue of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. (more)

Michael Gibbs’ illustration "Golden Goose," which ran as both cover and inside spread in Computerworld magazine, earned a Gold Medal for Best Use of Illustration at the 2009 Folio Awards. The medal helped Computerworld's parent company, IDG, sweep the Folio Awards this year for B2B technology magazines.  Golden, indeed! (more)

Dave Wheeler created this chatty visual for Harvard Magazine to illustrate a story about students seeking out classic books for socialization. (more)

Octavio Diaz photo illustrates the inner qualities of the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s picks for best offensive and defensive varsity football players for the ’09 season. (more)

Kathryn Rathke created this portrait of politician Philip Blond as part of a series for German Sunday newspaper, Welt am Sonntag.  “Rather a lot of unkempt bangs for a Tory, I thought,” remarks Kathryn. (more)

This half page illustration by Jesse Kuhn appears in the Jan/Feb issue of the Utne Reader. (more)

Jess Volinski took a chance that paid off when she combined some of her watercolor textures with graphic elements to create her Serenity paper collection for Momenta. (more)

John Shelley came up with two startling visual solutions for a recent issue of the British Medical Journal. (more)

Ken Gamage shares his unique take on the ultimate Avatar fan-boy… (more)

Brian Biggs' wild ride of crisscrossing roads and happy campers has been published as a smartly boxed 42 piece puzzle for youngsters. Fun to give, fun to get… Just plain fun! (more)

Jurgen Mantzke created this illustration for EnergyBiz magazine discussing the ways that political candidates take various positions on energy, particularly renewable energy.  (more)

Jem Robinson conveys great enthusiasm through gesture and color for an article is about education for this week’s Independent. (more)

Kim Rosen illustrated a review of “Wrong Place, Wrong Time” by John Rich for the Washington Post. (more)

Steve Thomason designed this logo for a plumbing and supply company.  Working in Illustrator makes for a clean look and easy reproduction over a wide range of promotional media. (more)

Peggy Fussell created this clear-eyed portrait of Katrina Wagner, the “head bean” at her marketing firm, Graphic Beans, for the cover of a New Years card sent to clients. The copy reads, “This New Year’s it’s important to remember the old adage: You have to experience the bad times to really appreciate the good times.”  Inside the card Katrina looks skeptical about that… (more)

The “Considered” corner of the Sunday New York Times belongs to Michael Witte this week.  His double portrait of Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw commemorates the passing of Erich Segal, author of “Love Story.” (more)

Alex Nabaum's illustration argues persuasively for the joy of solitary reading in the New York Times Week in Review section. (more)

Martina Farrow was commissioned for the Radox ‘How to Be Selfish’ online campaign. Her soft and feminine style was used across the website in a series of illustrations that encourage putting oneself first… in the nicest possible way. (more)

Lighter Life magazine chose Paul Boston to illustrate their 16 page supplement “The Good Life Formula.” Paul’s conceptual and typographical talent were both utilized for this project; his charming illustrations are full of his trademark humor and give the booklet the feel-good factor that the client was looking for. (more)

Pete Ryan arrived at a deceptively playful solution for an American Lawyer article about jealousies between core and secondary practices, how they interact and how they are contained. (more)

Christina Wald has received Mom’s Choice Gold Award in the Values and Life Lessons category for the picture book she illustrated, “Henry, the Impatient Heron.” (more)

Camille Chisholm was commissioned by R3 Real Ryder Revolution to create a dynamic logo reflecting the action and excitement of the Real Ryder bike experience. (more)

Holley Flagg was selected to illustrate American Museum of Natural History’s 2010 calendar, including images she has painted for various Museum events and exhibitions. (more)

Mike Right’s image for Munro Campagna's annual calendar, produced in collaboration with the Chicago Bears, leaves no doubt as to his team spirit. (more)

Last month Dan Masso participated in Topps Star Wars Galaxy 5 trading card set as a sketch card artist. Here are six of his favorites… The set will be out some time in February. (more)

Jamie Hogan's lyrical dreamscape, “Lupine Land,” is part of a group show opening Friday, January 22 at SPACE Gallery in Portland, ME. (more)

Jason Mecier was commissioned by Glamour UK to illustrate a feature on the rise of prescription medicines in the celebrity industry. True to his subject-driven mosaic style, these illustrations were created with real pills. (more)

Mark Smith was commissioned by Waitrose Food Illustrated for their February edition to illustrate an article describing the troubles facing the Australian wine industry and what this is likely to mean for its future. (more)

Cathi Mingus brings her super-cute sensibility to Discovery Girl Magazine this month. Round, square, heart shaped, oval… which one are you? (more)

Michael Morgenstern illustrates the dangers of history being silenced for this week's Economist. The article emphasizes the danger of the Indonesian government's banning books, especially books about past atrocities. (more)

This month sees illustrator Sholto Walker completing some charming illustrations for two novelty children's books. “Munch” features the food-chain with larger and larger sea creatures eating each other and “Making Tracks” is an entertaining look at animal tracks. (more)

One of Mark Harfield’s favorite clients in his adopted home of Paris is My Pop Up Store. The company creates temporary retail environments and special events for all sorts businesses worldwide. Mark’s on-going work for them involves concept and creation of illustrations for their website and collateral. (more)

Harry Campbell does a truly awesome job of conveying the complexity of infrastructure in this poster for Public Works. (more)

Melanie Hall's whimsical illustration "Dandelion Man" has been included for the month of March in the 2010 calendar published by the Mazza Museum of International Picturebook Art. (more)

Ruth Rowland shares some recent samples of book covers which feature her lettering. “I do a lot of work for the publishing industry and enjoy seeing styles change as the designers I work for tackle the constant problem of standing out in a competitive market.” (more)

Yvetta Fedorova's illustration in the week's New Yorker is a sensual collage of smells evoking the author's Midwest childhood of the 1960s. (more)

Kyle T. Webster's work is just about everywhere these days; here's a sampling of the latest... (more)

Chris Gash tied up this half-page image for the AMA News magazine on doctors being included in Medicare's new payment bundling system. (more)

Michael Glenwood will have three pieces featured in the upcoming Editorial and Advertising exhibitions at the Society of Illustrators in New York this year. (more)

When Mark Thoburn was asked to created a presentation background for a “Prezi,” his first response was, “what’s a Prezi?”  (more)

Welcome to the office of the Los Angeles Counter Terrorist unit, as channeled via special agent Jack Bauer. Artist Sean McCabe perfectly captures... (more)

Here’s an in-house image Dave Arkle created as a staffer for CBS back in 2003, which he used as a promo to propel his freelance career. Seven years later, it’s as timely as ever… In fact, Dave is planning to recycle it back into his January 2010 promo! (more)

Jason Seiler's approach to this portrait, assigned by Dallas CEO magazine, was to create a mood as much as a likeness.  He decided to rely more on expression and posture than action to tell the story of Ross Perot, Jr.’s recent business woes; the apocalyptic color and lighting was inspired by the first Matrix movie... (more)

Kim Rosen’s weekly illustration for the Boston Globe Magazine’s “Coupling” column continues to be a satisfying challenge for her.  Gathered as group, they are pure pleasure to browse. (more)

Pietari Posti created these covers for a Random House travel / philosophy series by the popular British author Tim Parks. The spines of the covers, when lined up, form the Italian flag… so it would just be WRONG not to buy all three volumes. (more)

We are loving David Pohl’s quirky visual interpretation of the phrase, “It Takes All Kinds” for O, The Oprah Magazine. (more)

The latest book illustrated by Rafael Lopez, "Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day; Celebremos El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros," has received the prestigious Belpre Illustrator Award from the American Library Association. (more)

Eric Sturdevant illustrated the just-published Hummingbird Feeder for Running Press Kids. (more)

Tony Persiani's latest children’s book, “The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors," (written by Chris Barton) has just received a Sibert Honor from the American Library Association. (more)

What would life be like if you did everything that Oprah suggested you do? Caitlin Kuhwald recently illustrated an article for Chicago Magazine about a woman who did just that for an entire year. (more)

Damien Weighill envisioned a half dozen Faberge eggs to illustrate an article about up-scale food markets pretending to be the most economic place to shop. (more)

It’s not surprising that Jem Robinson's regular illustration for this week's Independent in the UK was on the topic of Haiti.  (more)

Bryon Thompson's work has been featured in The Dole Nutrition Handbook: What You Need to Eat and How to Live for a Longer, Healthier Life. The book, designed by Rodale, Inc, is a comprehensive guide to the proper nutrition and exercise needed for optimal health and longevity. (more)

Here's R. Sikoryak's new Strand Books tote bag. (more)

Here's a three-panel full color card Lesley Breen Withrow illustrated for Gartner Greetings. (more)

Kyle Webster's recent illustration for Bicycling Magazine. (more)

Early Years magazine commissioned Zara Pickens for their Winter issue, for a feature evaluating the first year of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). (more)

Congratulations to Anson Liaw, who recently learned that he will be exhibited at the Society of Illustrators Illustration West 48 Show. His winning piece, "Music by Women", is a fine example of his superimposed concepts and distinctive energy. (more)

Tim Foley hit the ground running this year with a rush job for Barrons on his already crowded drafting table. (more)

The first of the Society of Illustrators annual exhibitions opened last week in New York.  We’re very proud of the following members of theispot whose work is honored in the Sequential and Uncommissioned categories. (more)

Matthieu Forichon captures perfectly the peaceful atmosphere of concentration in the Redwood Library for Rhode Island Monthly magazine. (more)

Rob McClurkan recently worked on the repackaging of the classic game, Hot Potato. This game is much like musical chairs except instead of running around the room you toss a potato at each other until the music stops. (more)

Ken Gamage created a series of engaging images for “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” as part of the popular reading program, Hooked on Phonics. The package includes a DVD animation of Ken’s illustrations as well as a read along board book with a simplified version of the images. (more)

Just in time for the New Year, Amy De Wolfe turns her talents as an illustrator / graphic designer to thoughts of health and fitness. (more)

Phil Wrigglesworth’s whimsical linework keeps him busy illustrating all sorts of topics for publications around the world.  Here’s a sample… (more)

Chris Whetzel recently completed this piece for Macworld focusing on the use of IMAP to link all of your email accounts/locations so that you can access all of your email from anywhere. (more)

Anne Wertheim created this colorful, eye-catching image for the book "2012, Catalyst for Your Spiritual Awakening," using the ancient Mayan stone carvings as reference. (more)

Alanna Cavanagh’s worshipful silkscreen prints are tributes to well-loved, much-read Penguin Classics… right down to the coffee stains.  Now, two of them will be featured in a book entitled "Printmaking Rediscovered" published by German publisher Gestalten. (more)

Edel Rodriguez’s image for the Letters column of the NY Times is both a call to action and a fervent expression of hope.

Go here for a list of ways to help via international aid organizations. (more)

Four of Jon Krause's mesmerizing images will be on display at the Society of Illustrators next month as part of the 52nd Annual Editorial and Book competition. (more)

John Lupo Avanti created vibrant artwork for this collection of Rap/Hip-Hop re-workings that utilize African rhythmic and melodic sensibilities. (more)

Martin Simpson kicks off 2010 with a book cover for 'Demon Strike' by Andrew Newbound. It features a lenticular element that enables the demon to change facial expressions, as shown below. (more)

Nigel Buchanan managed to have fun with the unsavory topic of feral bats making themselves at home. Nigel designed the bat to be viewed right-side-up, but the client, Indianapolis Monthly magazine preferred him up-side-down... We think it works either way, as long as it’s not in OUR house! (more)

Damien Weighill finds humor in the chaotic mix that makes up a typical internet focus group, for Research World magazine. (more)

The Illustrators Club of DC, MD & VA 8th Annual Members Show opens January 14th, and Kevin McFadin is honored to have two pieces included in this year's show. (more)

This poster was created by Lia Mercado for the Cinco De Mayo Celebrations taking place in her community this year. (more)

Dave Wheeler created this fun illustration of Cub Scouts enjoying the snow for Scouting Magazine. (more)

Teetering Bulb created this warm-hued artwork for use on an autumn gift tin for Godiva Chocolates. (more)

Daniel Hertzberg’s full-page image for BusinessWeek illustrated an article about oil and how, through radiological advances, our access to Iraq, and broader use alternative energy, oil is becoming much easier to find. (more)

Matt Dorfman’s page one image for the NY Times Week in Review section illustrates the question, “What moves people to kill themselves and innocent bystanders?” (more)

Pete Ryan just loves a good conceptual brain-stretcher… which is why he always looks forward to hearing from Canadian business magazine Alberta Venture. (more)

Las Vegas Weekly contacted Chris Whetzel to do an iconic portrait of THE KING, the occasion being the birthday of Elvis Presley. (more)

Gant Powell’s portrait of Dr. Thomas Brown, an expert in Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (AD/HD) appears as a full page in the spring 2010 issue of the medical trade publication ADDitude Magazine. (more)

These three spots by Chris Gash were for an article in the NY Times Education Life insert about how full-time, tenured professors are disappearing from the American college campus and being steadily replaced by an army of adjuncts. After trying a few other options, Chris and the art directors all liked the 'invisible man' theme. (more)

Jacob Thomas busts out the color for an LA Times Book Review essay. The piece involved a writer gathering inspiration for his new book (which is about a man who wins the Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam) who then returns to California to deal with some backlash. The essayist traveled to Amsterdam, attended the Cannabis Cup and …immersed himself in the subject matter. (more)

Jorge Mascarenhas’ promotional poster celebrating Halloween ‘09 will be published in the upcoming Creative Quarterly 18. (more)

Rob McClurkan just completed the latest Dexter and Dinger comic for Baseball Youth Magazine. As usual, Dinger gets the last laugh… Woof! (more)

Louisville Magazine commissioned Cat Scott to illustrate a feature article titled "Playing for High Stakes," about how legalization of casino gambling could save Kentucky's horseracing industry. (more)

Pietari Posti created these illustrations for American Express as part of a beautifully designed coffee table book called “Extraordinary Lives: Members Since 1958.” (more)

Owen Smith exhibits his powerful Depression Era inspired paintings this month at Billy Shire Fine Arts in California. (more)

John Tomac’s first illo to see the printed page in 2010 doesn’t predict the shape of the year to come. The job was for the current issue of publishing industry magazine Folio: and concerns the less-than-sunny outlook for regional publications… Here’s hoping things brighten up soon. (more)

Georgie Fearns recently finished this "New Bundle of Joy" illustration for license in the UK greeting card market as of April 2010. (more)

Eli Harris was contacted by California Magazine over the summer to create portraits of five influential figures on the forefront of green energy technology and bioengineering. (more)

Canadian literary magazine Broken Pencil asked Benjamin Rivers to illustrate one of their fiction entries for issue 45. (more)

Elvis Swift was the go-to guy for The Boston Globe when they needed artwork for an article on the lyrical pleasures of writing longhand. (more)

Jason Seiler’s New Year started with a superfast turnaround cover for the Village Voice.

“I started work around 4:00 a.m. Monday morning, painted all day, took a dinner break and then worked until around 9:00 p.m. I then woke up at 4:00 a.m. Tuesday morning and painted until the deadline, which was 8:00 a.m.” (more)

Michael Morgenstern was recently commissioned by the Writers’ Guild magazine, “Written By,” to illustrate an article about internet freedom. The author compares the web to great inventions of the past. He argues that if the printing press had been placed under strict control, would we have experienced the renaissance that followed? (more)

EuroMan Magazine in Copenhagen contacted Josh Holinaty to collaborate on a two page spread illustrating the first decade of the 2000's and climate change. (more)

Vic Kulihin’s work is featured in the recently released Columbia University Press Film Studies: An Introduction, by Ed Sikov. Vic’s black-and-white line illustrations enhance the book’s discussions on such fundamental filmmaking concepts as editing, composition, lighting, and the use of color and sound. (more)

Kathryn Rathke’s much admired poster for the film Palindromes continues to garner praise and awards.  Adrian Curry, of the Auteurs website, recently deemed it one of the 10 Best Movie Posters of the Decade. (more)

Brianna Hermanson’s raucous crow appears in the latest issue of Creative Quarterly(#17) on newsstands now. (more)

This month marked the last "No Need for Speed" column by John Bingham for Runner's World magazine, illustrated faithfully by Kim Rosen for over a year and a half. Kim began by reading archived columns to get familiar with John's writing and quickly became inspired. (more)

When Nina Frenkel arrived for a meeting recently at Sesame Workshop's Lincoln Center offices, she was happily surprised to encounter Grover taking a nap next to a poster image she had illustrated for the Sesame Street website relaunch. (more)

This is 1 of 12 illustrations created by Alanna Cavanagh for a calendar for Workopolis. Happy New Year! (more)

UK artist Harry Malt has been working with his friends at Wolff Olins in New York on the rebrand / relaunch of America Online, newly rechristened Aol. (more)

Two of Jason Greenberg’s illustrations, "Love Triangle" and "Night Owl" have been chosen for inclusion in the Editorial category of the Society of Illustrators L.A. Illustration West 48, 2010 Show. (more)

Jason Seiler's painting of Elvis Costello is a Silver Award winner in the Entertainment/Visual Development category of Society of Illustrators L.A. Illustration West 48. (more)

Edel Rodriguez visually realizes the manic intellectual world of mid-20th century writer Arthur Koestler for a book review in the December issue of The Atlantic. Koestler, says the article, was written off as "a much afflicted scribe of his time, greedy for pleasure, haunted by guilt, who enjoyed a short vogue and was then forgotten." (more)

The January-February 2010 issue of the Utne Reader has five very different, but equally captivating, illustrations by members of theispot.com. (more)

Alan Kuperman, the director of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Program at the University of Texas, believes that our only remaining option to get Iran to cease enriching uranium for nuclear weapons is to bomb them.

A few NY Times readers see things a bit differently; Matt Dorfman illustrates this Letters to the Editor topic today. (more)

Daniel Hertzberg created this Reader's Digest illustration for an article about how the use of SWAT teams and other commando-style police units has soared in recent years, and how they're being used even for nonviolent crimes. (more)

Andrea Levy captured the overwhelm of gift giving perfectly in this December 24 cover assignment for the New York Times' Home section. (more)

Matt Herring illustrated a thought-provoking article for the Economist that draws parallels between the effect of the telegraph in the 1800’s and the Internet today on the health of the newspaper industry. (more)

Josh J. Holinaty weighs in on the never-ending myth of the dying hipster for EYE Weekly in Toronto. Cheers, Brah! (more)

Andrew R.Wright will be part of an aviation-themed group exhibition next month at Gallery Nucleus in California. (more)

Pretty fruit illustrations by Jeanine Henderson are being used singly and in combinations on the Made Drinks blog.  The artwork will also appear as branding for in-store signage and displays. (more)

John Walker has recently completed work on a new Random House edition of Jonathon Swift’s satiric commentary on human nature, Gulliver’s Travels.  John took a very simple approach to creating the drawings for the book, using nothing more than an HB pencil on Strathmore paper. The finished drawings were then scanned, imported into Photoshop, and saved as PS files for delivery to the client. (more)

Chris Gash’s weekly illos for the Business and Science sections of the NY Times challenge him to keep it fresh, for both the reader and himself, on a regular basis.  For On the Road last week Chris incorporated a photo to illustrate how business travelers are hassled to keep receipts for everything in the face of impending IRS audits in 2010. (more)

Kevin Sprouls’ WSJ hedcut style got an international workout recently from Euroman, a lifestyle magazine in Denmark.  First up was a portrait of Danish literary lion Jorgen Leth. (more)

DJ Jomai Etu commissioned Teetering Bulb to create a cover for his cosmic new space album, Kosmoniq. (more)

Don Tate rose to the challenge of creating an intriguing visual to accompany an article on battery advice for The Statesman in Austin, TX. (more)

Jing Wei recently had the pleasure of completing two assignments for SooJin Buzelli, art director of sister publications Plan Sponsor and Plan Advisor.  “SooJin's assignments are always fun to work with, due to the amount of creative liberty they allow,” enthuses Jing. (more)

Viktor Koen illustrates a resolution worth keeping for the Science section of today’s New York Times:  Don’t wait- have fun NOW! (more)

Doug Panton has been awarded a silver medal in the category of Illustration Professional and a merit in the category of Fine Art Professional in the up-coming Creative Quarterly 18, the magazine recognizing global excellence in graphic design, illustration, photography and fine art. All medal and merit winners will be exhibited in the next issue of CQ, due out in April 2010.

Ronald J. Cala’s negative/positive imagery provides a rich visual metaphor for an op-ed piece in today’s New York Times.  “Increasing the number of doctors would make our health care system worse, not better, because the United States doesn’t actually need more doctors... (more)

Dave Plunkert’s diner THINKS he knows what he wants… but as the lead story of this week’s New York Times Dining & Wine section informs us, other forces are at play in his decision.  Welcome to the world of menu engineering, where dollar signs are banned and meaningless descriptivism such as “farm fresh” eggs and “smokehouse” bacon guide the diner’s tender psyche to the pellet in the center of the maze. (more)

Mark Summers’ signature engraving style was the perfect medium for this ripped-from-currency cover portrait of Ben Bernanke for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year issue. (more)

Randy Pollak’s poster for arthouse film, "Guest of Cindy Sherman," was selected as one of the year's Top 80 movie posters by Picksflix.com. The selection is based, among other things, on creativity, design concept, relevance to the story and movie marketing perspective. Popular vote for the Top 10 is now underway... Stay tuned! (more)

For her weekly feature in the UK Independent, Jem Robinson was asked to illustrate the perceived failure of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference by creating a distressed, cracked and patched up version of the Mermaid of Copenhagen. (more)

This exquisitely executed watercolor is the work of Philip Bannister, who was commissioned by London antique dealers, Hancock's. The illustration has a magnificent timeless quality, perfect for the antique market, and will be used in all of Hancock’s company literature and correspondence material. (more)

Reached a crossroad in your life? Bill Greenhead has an app for that—in the shape of his Magic Hamster Ball creation! (more)

One of Tim Foley’s favorite illustrations of the past busy week is this quick turnaround for Barrons. The story concerned investing in shaky regions of the world, which the article's author described as 'wild west investing'. Tim was able to find very little photo reference for the particular angle he had in mind, so the final came out of thin air and pure imagination. (more)

Allan Burch was commissioned by University of San Diego to create a painting of Cathedral at Alcalá de Henares, Spain, a building whose late Gothic style is the inspiration for the campus architecture, also known as Alcalá Park. (more)

The February 2010 issue of Style at Home Magazine in Canada features Alanna Cavanagh’s mural created for Toronto boutique, Hollace Cluny. (more)

Kevin McFadin just finished up these pieces for the Wall Street Journal for an article on how to fend off the people who insist they know the 'real story' behind everything. (more)

Stephen Savage's timeless and tender children's book illustrations have earned him the honor of creating images for a previously unpublished story by Margaret Wise Brown, “The Fathers Are Coming Home.” (more)

Bryon Thompson contributed a wide variety of illustrations to the latest fun series of SHOW ME NOW books by publisher Weldon Owen. Bryon's illustrations guide readers through all of the important things in life: How To Bring Up Baby; How To Be Cool; How To Make Love; and How To Survive… not necessarily in that order. (more)

Tyler Jacobson's latest pieces for Dungeons & Dragons that just went live: The Bronzeknuckle Brothers and The Traveler. (more)

Tor.com has devoted this December to everyone's favorite cosmic tentacled thing-that-cannot-be-described from Vhoorl.

Teetering Bulb's Cthulhu contribution is their newest comic, "The Tempest Wakens." (more)

Contributors to the 4th annual 'If You Could Collaborate,' which opens at the Rochelle School's A Foundation Gallery in London next month, have been challenged to... (more)

Peggy Fussell created this illustration for TreeBalitimore, an organization that advocates the planting of urban trees in Maryland's capitol. The image, to be used on a website promoting the Million Trees Project, is a diagram showing the various types of locations where trees can be planted in order to increase the city’s green space. (more)

Traci O'Very Covey used warm gold to create an elegant yet woodsy feel in this illustration for TriFecTa, a floral, events and gift shop's holiday reception. (more)

Valeria Petrone's charmingly illustrated Clarion book, Two at the Zoo, has been nominated for a Cybil Award. (more)

Kathryn Rathke does two portraits or so a month for the German newspaper "Welt am Sonntag." Alistair Darling is one of her recent subjects. (more)

Here are a couple of illustrations Vault 49 just created for upcoming issues of the NY Times on the subject of horoscopes, particularly Aries and Virgo. (more)

Stan Fellows created this beautiful watercolor for an article called “Smitten with Mississippi” for Southern Living Magazine. (more)

We love seeing Chris Gash's deceptively simple take on things each week in the New York Times.  This week’s work includes the “On the Road” column wich was inspired by the movie “Up in the Air,” about the secret, ultra-elite class of airline customers who are offered the best, unadvertised perks. (Something we know nothing about…) (more)

Rob Kelly's Hot Seat portrait for Time Out New York this week is director of dreams and Monty Python member, the one and only Terry Gilliam: (more)

"What's the deal with fish oil?" begins today's NY Times Op Ed feature. Stephen Savage illustrates the conflict between the evils of overfishing and the virtues of omega-3 fatty acids. (more)

Steven Salerno just received his advance copy of "Pantaloon," the 1951 Little Golden Book classic that he re-illustrated for 2010 release by Random House. The story is about an energetic poodle who is determined to become the Baker's new assistant, and will stop at nothing to do so... (more)

Jorge Mascarenhas rolls out a tasty batch of self-promotion posters celebrating this special time of the year. (more)

This week's Holiday double issue of the New Yorker has three very different, but equally captivating, illustrations by members of theispot.com. (more)

You can find this light hearted illustration by Josh J. Holinaty in  Canada's The Globe & Mail today.  The article is about the memory of a soccer mom's long lost good pal: a minivan with the heart of a rally car. (more)

Zara Picken was commissioned by Futurelab to create illustrations for their main feature in Vision Magazine. The article is about a hands-on, creative and participatory approach to learning and education. (more)

It is a wise art director, indeed, who knows that the power of a well made illustration can lift even the driest material and transform it into a fascinating must-read article. (more)

Lydia Hess created this image for an article on developing bionic contact lenses. We already see a future in which the humble contact lens becomes a real platform, much like the iPhone is today, with lots of developers contributing their ideas and innovations. (more)

Jing Wei created an opener and five spots for an upcoming issue of American Way, the in-flight magazine for American Airlines. The article was about authentic Italian cooking and its inimitable results, which are largely dependent on the quality of the ingredients. (more)

Canadian artist Carl Wiens' illustrations can be found worldwide, but there is plenty going on in his own backyard that keeps him busy as well. When the Olympic torch passed through his Prince Edward County community on its way to the Vancouver 2010 games, Carl was proud to contribute the illustrations for the celebrations guide, to be held at the Crystal Palace on the town's fairgrounds. (more)

Steven Noble is helping Fentimans, an independent UK- based soft drink company, tug Coca-Cola's long white beard this Christmas. (more)

Pete Ryan whipped up these images in less than 48 hours for an article featuring the website, "Rotten Tomatoes." Not familiar with the site? You should be! It aggregates movie reviews and posts the findings on a "Tomato Meter" from fresh to rotten. The focus of the article was the site's Oscar predictability. (more)

Pete McDonnell created this Super Saver character for a recent Milwaukee Magazine cover. The story was about the inherent thriftiness of the average Milwaukee resident… Frugality is something of an art in that town, apparently! (more)

Anthony Freda's second one-man show at the Trifecta Gallery in Las Vegas, “Work Makes You Free,” is coming up in January. (more)

Jennifer Thermes enjoyed working on Kimberly Willis Holt’s latest book, “The Water Seeker.” Due out this spring, the historical novel, geared to the Young Adult audience, is about a boy with the ability to dowse (find water) and his trip west on the Oregon Trail. (more)

Ruth Rowland was thrilled when asked to work on the booklet for "The Very Best of Enya," a retrospective album of the singer's musical career spanning 20 years. Enya's original logo has been retained and Ruth’s hand lettering is used as a visual link throughout the inside of the booklet. (more)

Deborah Nadel has created the 2009 Holiday Barbie logo for Mattel's 50th birthday celebration of the popular doll. Deborah's flourished lettering appears on the packaging. (more)

This page one illustration by Octavio Diaz in Sunday's Daytona Beach News-Journal was for story the effect of non-native plants and animals on Florida’s ecosystem. (more)

Alex Nabaum illustrated the cover of Newsweek International for a story about India’s 180 degree turn when it comes to talking about carbon and climate change. (more)

Michele Rosenthal was recently contacted to create a map for the website of musician Peter Squires, which will eventually be used for an interactive tour diary. (more)

Vault 49 worked together with Quirk & Hyll, a design and communications agency, to develop illustrations for their new website homepage. (more)

Carrie Hartman created these illustrations for a holiday calendar for Santa's Traveling Workshop. (more)

John Walker recently completed this illustration for National Geographic’s children’s division for a story about footprints left behind to fossilize and become archeological evidence of the dinosaurs who roamed the Earth. The idea was to show a “slice of life” type of scene, in a way that was both realistic and time period correct, but also colorful and eye catching. (more)

When NCTM, a highly reputable Italian law firm, recently redesigned their website, they looked to the sophisticated linework of artist Carlo Stanga. Thanks to the power of illustration, their new branding is chic, professional - and entirely unique. (more)

Ken Gamage takes a kid-in-a-candy-store approach to his Holiday promo image; lots of humorous details are buried throughout... (more)

Josh J. Holinaty and writer David Berry have been toiling away at “We Hate This Place Here; It's Our Home,” a long-form comic / graphic novel, for the past few months.  (more)

Ken Orvidas is part of "The Jungle," a collection of images from 28 artists published in a limited edition of 3,000 books by NoBrow in the UK. The project parameters included the general theme (the jungle), and the use of just three specific colors plus a tint of one of the given colors. (more)

Jesse Kuhn created three beautiful images for Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine. The story concerned three alumni who were recipients of Johns Hopkins scholarships, and what they've accomplished thus far since graduation. (more)

In deference to the Great Old Ones, Tor.com has devoted this December to everyone's favorite cosmic tentacled thing-that-cannot-be-described from Vhoorl. You can purchase Scott Brundage's Cthulhu contribution from their site as a holiday card, or a baby onesie (if you think your toddler needs exposure to the maddening abyss!)  (more)

Keith Negley received a Bronze Medal from the Ozzie awards for excellence in publication design with this illustration for GreenSource Magazine. (more)

Phil Marden's subversively funny images provide the perfect visuals for Inc.com's homepage feature article, "5 Ways to Actually Make Money on Twitter." (more)

Field and Stream hired Samuel A. Minick to create infographics to illustrate an article on pheasant hunting strategies. The four distinct pursuits were to show readable progress and varied field features. (more)

Tim Foley has his hands full this week with a variety of projects… And it’s only Wednesday! (more)

Mark Fullerton of PixelBoy Studio was commissioned by Sports Illustrated Kids magazine to bring the lead character in their back page comic to three-dimensional life for the cover of their 2009 SportsKid of the Year Issue. (more)

In keeping with the merry holiday spirit (um, sort of) Kyle T. Webster created this party invitation for DC Comics, featuring characters from their Blackest Night franchise. (more)

Rob McClurkan created the packaging artwork for the game “Mouse Match” which was recently named one of the Best Toys For Preschooler 2009 by Parents Magazine. (more)

This terrific food-themed, Dickensian yuletide scene is the creation of Jamel Akib for Real Deal magazine. (more)

Dave Wheeler lets it snow cables and ear buds for this year’s Holiday Tech Gift Guide for the LA Times. (more)

Amy Saidens was commissioned by Peter Pauper Press to create a collection of five paper dolls, dozens of outfits, and three fold out-scenes where they may pursue fame and fortune.(more)

This piece was created by Nicole Allin as a self-promotional holiday postcard. "About five minutes after posting it up in my Portfolio on theispot, I was contacted by the Textura Corporation- they will be using the image for their holiday greeting card!" (more)

Working with St. Louis design studio TOKY, the St. Louis Public Library Foundation commissioned Noah Woods to create banners for St. Louis' Central Library. (more)

Kevin McFadin, recently created this piece to go with a poem on a young couple, one Japanese, one Mexican. It will be part of a larger publication that is geared towards kids and their "curricula." (more)

Three of Coco Masuda's Giclee prints are currently part of a group show at Agora Gallery in New York City's Chelsea art district. Long captivated by the beauty and elegance of the female spirit, Coco's graceful work emanates an irrepressible joie de vivre and elegance of form. Working in a sophisticated palette of crisp colors and flattened, cut-out forms reminiscent of traditional Asian decorative art, Masuda’s works project a festive atmosphere of refinement and elegance. (more)

Christine Marie Larsen's psychological portrait of author Flannery O’Connor packs a big visual punch, even as a small spot illustration. The image was recently used on the back jacket of "Flannery O'Connor: Oevres completes," published in France by Quarto Gallimard. (more)

Daniel Hertzberg created this illustration for the Op-Ed page at the NY Times on a two day turnaround: a bit of a brain crunch. The article discussed how, to fight pollution, Cap-and-Trade, which basically allows polluters to license the right to contaminate, just doesn't work. (more)

Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco reached out to UK artist Alex Williamson to participate in Adobe's Open Government campaign. (more)

Kenny Kiernan recently completed this coloring book cover for Radio City Music Hall’s annual Christmas Spectacular, featuring Santa and the world-famous Rockettes. (more)

Jon Reinfurt is the featured interview subject in the new issue of Spoonfork, the German online art magazine. A selection of eight of Jon’s illustrations appears in the issue along with a downloadable desktop wallpaper of his painting, "Three to One." (more)

Chris Gall's already wildly successful children's book, "Dinotrux" has just been named a Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Book for 2009. (more)

Leon Mussche created this illustration for an article in American Health Insurance Company’s “Group Health” magazine. Because of the anticipation of the H1N1 (or swine flu) virus, an article was published describing precautions to take against infection with germs: washing hands, keep open cuts covered, wear a facemask and cough into your elbow or a tissue. So pay close attention and keep those germs away! (more)

Caitlin Kuhwald had a blast with this illustration for Psychology Today about how Michelle Obama speaks through her choice of clothing. "This was so much fun, and so well suited for me," enthused Caitlin. "I love fashion, and I love Michelle Obama and her incredible strength and courageous style. I would have done a whole book of her outfits if they had asked me... hint!" (more)

The Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano commissioned Marty Blake to design and illustrate a set of recipe cards targeted to the nutritional needs of six different age groups. Marty's hip, retro-humorous digital collage spanned the generation gap deliciously... (more)

"Do you want the extended warranty?" Jonathan Carlson's illustration for the Hartford Courant captures perfectly the checkout line anxiety that question creates. (more)

Matt Rota conveys the complexity of politics for a recent New York Times Op-Ed piece. The article traced the bombing of Pearl Harbor back to Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy with Japan at the turn of the century. Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering peace between Japan and Korea, a conflict he was secretly promoting. (more)

Alex Nabaum created this image for a New York Times article on Medicare and doctors cyclical problem of readmitting patients to hospitals. The art director suggested, among other things, using a hospital bracelet as a symbol, but what to do with it? (more)

Mark Brewer recently contributed his artwork, "The Bessemer Converted," to the Andy Warhol Museum's permanent collection, as part of an invitation-only exhibition: Drawn to the Summit: A G-20 Exhibition of International Political Cartoons.” (more)

Mick Wiggins was honored when Penguin Classics commissioned him to create cover illustrations for the entire John Steinbeck catalog: 23 titles in all. Over the course of more than a year, Mick pushed himself to achieve the level of excellence that Steinbeck's work deserves. (more)

Three hundred of Damien Weighill's witty line drawings propelled Endless Possibilities, a huge 236 page promotion book / package, highlighting the products of Conqueror Papers. This week, Endless Possibilities was a winner at the Design Week Benchmark Awards, presented at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. (more)

Matt Sundstrom created artwork for Killington and Stowe, Vermont Mountain Guides as part of Improper Bostonian's Winter Sports Issue. (more)

Valerie Pezeron did this illustration of Transition Culture Green Hero Rob Hopkins for the Earth section of Amelia's magazine. Valerie managed to capture his cheerful energy and commitment to the causes he champions, such as sustainability and growing your own food. (more)

Simon & Schuster imprint Aladdin has recently published "Fiona Finkelstein, Big-Time Ballerina!!" written by Shawn K. Stout and illustrated by Angela Martini. (more)

Steven Salerno created a series of print ads for the international sock company, GoldToe. The new campaign was conceived as a push to direct a younger consumer toward their quality line of footwear products. (...kind of an "it's not your father's Oldsmobile" campaign.) (more)

Elvis Swift was so inspired by the logo he created for Gridley Construction, he decided to animate it. The layered components subtly echo to the act of construction, making it the perfect representative of this thriving business. (more)

Collaboration between Jared Nickerson and French design team Dandyfrog resulted in a super-fun, limited edition umbrella called Psychedelic Apples of Death. (more)

Rob Kelly's "Hot Seat" portrait for This week's Time Out New York is author Malcolm Gladwell, who was promoting his newest book, "What The Dog Saw."

Jacob Thomas recently illustrated one of those amazingly cinematic true tales for Outside Magazine. The story is about Colton Harris-Moore, an 18 year old who (among many things) stole three planes, crash-landed them and, most importantly, WALKED AWAY. The fact that he's been living in the woods and eluding the police ever since has made him a cult hero of sorts.

The blossoming creative relationship between Vault 49 and Profero Digital Marketing produced this tasty, five-foot lenticular piece, shown here ready for hanging. The four animated stages breathe new life into energetic banner artwork Vault 49 recently created for Profero's offices in NYC.

Yehrin Tong was one of nine groundbreaking artists invited to work with Fallon (UK) recently on a book design project for Orion Books. The special limited edition of nine classic novels was produced with die cut covers and endpapers; Yehrin's cover is for "A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth.

Pete Ryan painted this image for an article about America's "ripple effect" on the Canadian economy.

Peter Campofiori created this fun holiday card for New York hair salon, Cut to the Chase. The client was looking for an illustrative design that was different than the usual "winter scene" cards they had used in the past.

David Fullarton created a series of illustrations for Razorfish to appear in their book FEED, which has just been published. FEED is a report on the ways that consumers use new technology and the resulting impact on consumer relationships with brands and advertising. Which sounds rather dull, until you see what David did with it...

Urs J. Knobel illustrates a 2009 Christmas card for for Swiss company Andreas Schwab.

Mark Williams (Matthew Broderick) tries to teach astronomy to a group of pesky students at NYC's old Hayden Planetarium in "The Starry Messenger," a newly opened play at the Acorn Theatre.

Antony Hare illustrates John Lahr's review in this week's New Yorker.

Philadelphia Weekly sent a reporter out to talk to bartenders recently. The consensus was that behind all of the smiles, most bartenders can't stand most of the chuckleheads who ask to be served!

The magazine sought out Kyle T. Webster to bring the piece to life visually. "It was more of a humor piece than anything else, I think, so I took a comic-book approach to the spot," notes Webster of his final art.

Dave Wheeler just completed these Harvard Business Review illustrations for a story about how brand names can work with "Hard Discounters," a new breed of stripped down retail stores with predominantly private label (generic) inventory.

It's December 1st--- the gift-giving season has begun!

Traci O'very Covey's illustration carries the day on the front of this large postcard inviting people to a holiday event at locally owned retail store New Orientation of Salt Lake City, UT.

This month marks Jesse Kuhn's one year anniversary working with St. Louis Magazine.

Here's a new illustration her just created for their December 2009 issue, for a year in review article that didn't have a very long list of "great" news to highlight (job losses, political scandals, downtown turnaround, recessionary real estate, changes in crime, etc.).

Charles Hively's "3x3 Creative Quarterly" asks the question: Where does your inspiration come from? What person, place or thing inspires your work?

Kim Rosen's been on a roll the last several weeks creating art for the following publications:

Sandra Tsing Loh reviews several books in her article "Being a Bad Mother" for the December issue of The Atlantic.

Rob Kelly was asked to do a portrait of the band 11 Acorn Lane for the front sleeve of Everybody's Here, their newest release.

"I started drawing funny portraits of people long before I knew they were called 'Cariacatures,'" says Jason Seiler in a recent interview with Germany's #3 Magazine.

Charlie Griak created this book cover illustration for St. Martin's Press a little earlier this year. With the holidays just around the corner, the book is now available via Theispot bookstore for pre-orders.

"Cheerful from start to finish!" enthuses Publisher's Weekly today about 'Brownie & Pearl Step Out.' Brian Biggs did the art in this new children's book, set to release in December.

AARP asked Zara Picken to create a typographic illustration for their magazine, based on a six-word memoir for 'The Best Advice Ever'. Books and dogs make good companions!

Jeff Wack recently completed this stunning poster, working with The Driven Agency for the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Manchester, UK. The poster advertises the arrival of the 1,000 mph supersonic Bloodhound SSC car at the museum.

"Wherever possible we try to push the printing process to ensure that colour, format and paper quality combine to produce publications that are not just books, but collectible art objects," say Sam Arthur and Alex Spiro about their year-old project, Nobrow Magazine.

Issue 2, themed 'Jungle,' recently released, and included this gorgeous spread of Pietari Posti's work.

Kim Yakota of Toronto design firm Shikatani Lacroix recently approached artist rep i2iart about using a Tracy Walker illustration on a Scotties Tissue box.

The Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire selected an image by Sandra Pirie-St. Amour for the cover of their 2010 calendar. The painting is based on the quote "Disability is not a 'brave struggle' or 'courage in the face of adversity'. Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live."

Tim Foley's illustration for the Barrons refers to the economy, but (like everything else on the day before Thanksgiving) also makes us HUNGRY!

Just looking at Phil Schramm's work makes us thirsty, so it’s understandable that he was chosen to create these amazing images for Diageo's "Quality Classics" Campaign. 

Nigel Buchanan was commissioned to do cover artwork for UK newsmagazine The Week on the subject of Olympic funding...

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Paula Becker created this fun "what's the difference between these two images?" visual puzzle for ClubHouse Jr. Magazine. So if you have a few moments this holiday between meals or football games and need something fun to do, see if you can spot the changes.

After a successful first year, Rogers' Chocolates has re-licensed two of Sean Kane's illustrations for use on holiday tins (filled with assorted chocolates, creams, and caramels) and ornaments. Definitely a tasty project!

Just in time for the holidays, Janet Hamlin shares this guide to choosing and preparing a turkey, which was commissioned by the Associated Press. Prepping the bird can be a lot of work, but the results...mmmm...Memorable!

Stanford Kay's clean, iconic style was the perfect choice for a recent Newsweek infographic illustration.

Georgie Fearns has recently branched out into the stationary industry with 'Winter Wonderland,' a Christmas card design for the luxury travel firm, Robert Broad.

Pete Ryan created this visual hierarchy for an article about the rights of singles vs. the rights gay couples vs. the rights of married heterosexual couples.

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Tyler Jacobson shares his latest work for Wizards of the Coast's wildly popular D D gaming publication, Dragon Magazine.

Alanna Cavanagh just completed this zippy illustration / hand lettering piece for Best Health magazine.

Raul Colon's most recent picture book, "Child of the Civil Rights Movement" was written by Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young.

Edel Rodriguez has illustrated a biography (by Jonah Winter) of our newest Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, for children ages 4-8. Written in English and Spanish, the book describes Sotomayor's urban childhood as well as her adult accomplishments.

Mike Carina illustrated a recent "End of the Line" editor's column for Mainline Today Magazine. The story recalled the editor's experience of a recent run that proved more of an adventure due to his poor sense of direction.

Deb Lucke is one of 16 artists participating in a group show at Roos Arts in Rosendale, NY called “Pollinator Dreams.”

Chris Gash was contacted by New Jersey Monthly in late October to illustrate a full-page comic for their Holiday issue.

Darcy Vorhees is teaming up with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles director Roy Burdine on SPACE CHASERS, an out of this world children's property created by Burdine.

Sean Tiffany was contacted by the art director of Techland, Time Magazine's newest website that deals with all things pop culture.

Nicole Allin recently created a cute cowboy character for the packaging of Somersault Snack Co.'s latest flavor line.

When the Society of Publication Designers penned an appreciation of Nai Lee Lum, long-time art director of Fortune Magazine’s Europe and Asia editions, she was asked to select some of her favorite covers.

Paula Becker’s friendly, fun work can often be found in the pages of that perennial favorite, Highlights for Children.  Below is this month’s YBS spot, an encouragement to be kind and good to your fellow human beings. In this case, share your cookie!

Damien Weighill was commissioned by enRoute magazine for a recent food issue to illustrate a rock band of food-based musicians to go along with an article about food-themed songs.

Sean Kane created this illustration for an instructional CD about helping employees to chart a course through the changing economy and business climate.

Christine Marie Larsen recently completed a series of illustrations, icons and hand-lettering for an online book and website project for Freedom's Feast.

Chris Whetzel was commissioned by MYBusiness magazine to create some eye-catching artwork for a recent cover. It had not been decided which would be the lead article, so Chris worked up ideas for two possibilities.

Randy Pollak shares his sketch process with a recent client based on their outline for an article about businesses that are stronger after the recession than before.

Anomet Products contacted Richard Bornemann to create a realistic 3D illustration of their product, customized composite wiring.

Artist Lesley Breen Withrow and her husband, Steve Withrow, have collaborated on a brand new guide, “Illustrating Children's Picture Books.”  Sure to become an invaluable resource, the book is 200 pages of combined art instruction and storytelling insight from illustrators, writers, critics, and publishers from around the world.

Rob McClurkan was given a recent assignment to illustrate a boy and his dog inside a TV set, interacting with the audience.

Pietari Posti is one of 24 artists whose work is included in “Bellaciao,” a book which traces the imaginary history of a diamond through the 20th century.

Mark Brewer created six illustrations for the 2009 Major League Baseball World Series Program. "I was excited to get this assignment (which came through Theispot, by the way!) because I have been a baseball fan for a long time."

The New Yorker commissioned a full page illustration by Marc Rosenthal to accompany an article about our hunger for cookbooks.  Can you really learn to cook from a book?  How do you tell firm peaks from stiff ones?  How do you define “chopped”…?

Graham Smith worked closely with art directors Andy Zahn and Jesse Southerland of Philadelphia Magazine to create 18 illustrated portraits for November's “50 Most Important People in Philly” issue.

The Stranger Magazine's Genius Award ceremony, featured portrait artwork by Kathryn Rathke in two extreme sizes, the smallest and largest versions to date! The largest were the 10' x 10' banners, three of which are shown here:

This wine stained, well-lived map was drawn by Jack Molloy for the San Francisco Chronicle travel section cover to honor Robert Louis Stevenson’s residence in Calistoga.

Ruth Rowland was honored to be was asked by the Southern Poverty Law Center to illustrate an article in their magazine, “Teaching Tolerance,”  about a powerful and moving film created by a group of students at a Vermont high school.

Martin Ansin’s work was used as the poster for Taming Light, a group exhibition featuring painting, photography and illustration inspired by the films of Stanley Kubrick. The show was presented at the Light House Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin during October '09.

Eric Sturdevant created a half page illustration for HOW magazine’s for business column titled, "Be a Smarter Manager."  

As a third grader, Doug Boehm drew fictitious vehicles of destruction for his classmates, who paid him in candy. Soon after, Boehm graduated with a BFA in graphic design from the Tyler School of Art, and his first published work graced the pages of HOW's annual self-promotional issue...

For an article on the UK's mission to restore peace in Afghanistan, Jem Robinson went with the idea of rebuilding Afghanistan after it had been (metaphorically) shattered into a thousand pieces.

Akiko Kato creates another haunting work for The New Yorker. This week it's the gorgeous Penélope Cruz, starring in Pedro Almodóvar's new film, "Broken Embraces."

Sasha Hall created illustrations for the upcoming issue of Metro Detroit Bride. The article is about a newlywed couple making their first meal together: tomato & basil galettes, tortellini soup and a hot fudge sundae.

Flipping through ‘Everyday-with Rachel Ray,’ we were delighted to see Aaron Meshon’s ‘Let’s Hang’ zipper pulls for Kid Robot listed as #41 in the Holiday Gift Guide!

Stephen Savage steps off the power grid for an article in The Atlantic this month.

This image is a very similar illustration to one Daniel Hertzberg did for BusinessWeek in August, but with a hierarchy of world flags as internet-jacks. The editor of the book saw his illustration in the magazine and asked for it...(more)

Stan Fellows describes a typical assignment and the process he follows.

Jesse Kuhn's recent spot illo for the U of NH alumni mag was for an article about a woman’s pledge to lower her family’s carbon footprint. Her promise eventually led to the formation and creation of the New England Carbon Challenge – a regional, science-based, non-profit organization dedicated to finding and promoting individual solutions to global warming.

Tom Richmond illustrated Jacob Lambert's new MAD magazine article about movies based on board games, which was precipitated by Universal Picture's plans to film six movies based on Hasbro games.

Purina's Petcentric website has recently been given a makeover. Lucie Rice was chosen to create the pet themed illustrations peppered throughout the site, as well as the images for a series of monthly animations.