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The I Spot News Archive 2013

BRIAN STAUFFER: FROM BUTKUS TO BUTTERCUP

December 12, 2013

Brian Stauffer illustrated "From Butkus to Buttercup" for Playboy Magazine, wherein the writer laments the watering-down of NFL play by attempting to make an inherently dangerous sport painless and injury averse.  New rules about using the top of the helmet to tackle are called out. (more)

Tags: Brian Stauffer, Editorial, Magazine

MICHAEL SLOAN: TAKING IT SLOW

December 11, 2013

Michael Sloan takes a break from the super-fast world of digital illustration to step back and work on a nice big painting, based on a sketch of a street scene that he did in Paris last summer… (more)

Tags: Michael Sloan, Editorial, Packaging, Promotional Design

JAMES O’BRIEN: SPRICK

December 11, 2013

According to James O’Brien, “Sprick is a term from my junior high school days. Using your thumb, you held back your finger, tensing it up, and then, when you loosened your thumb, your finger snapped out at its target, the earlobe of the person sitting in front of you for example, causing sharp pain.”   (more)

Tags: James O'Brien, Animation, Editorial, Promotional Design

JASON SEILER: TIME PERSON OF THE YEAR

December 11, 2013

Jason Seiler’s  portrait of Pope Francis graces the cover of the 2013 TIME magazine Person of the Year. (more)

Tags: Jason Seiler, Editorial, Magazine

BRIAN STAUFFER: UP IN SMOKE

December 10, 2013

Brian Stauffer’s cover and  feature illustrations for this past Sunday's Boston Globe Magazine address the decline of smoking on college campuses with one demographic exception: hipsters. (more)

Tags: Brian Stauffer, Editorial, Magazine

PATRICK GEORGE: WHEN I GROW UP…

December 10, 2013

Patrick George’s “When I Grow Up…” was noted in The Independent on Sunday’s feature,  The Best Children’s Books for Christmas, which described it as being crammed full of the best sort of surprises and “strong transparent pages, once turned, do wonders with what comes before and after.” (more)

Tags: Patrick George, Book, Children's Book, Editorial, Holiday

KIRK MANLEY: CANSON COMIC ART PAPER

December 10, 2013

Kirk Manley was commissioned by Canson Paper to undertake the complete redesign of their comic art line of papers last year. Kirk revamped the look and layout of their pads, and also created super-inspiring original illustrations, in a variety of comic styles, featured on the covers. (more)

Tags: Kirk Manley, Editorial, Magazine

TAYLOR CALLERY: A TALE OF TWO COVERS

December 10, 2013

Taylor Callery kept busy last week illustrating two covers for Advertising Age. The first, which was published this week, was about Unilever's massive cuts in marketing ranks. (more)

Tags: Taylor Callery, Editorial, Magazine

CHI BIRMINGHAM: DOMINATING THE MARKET

December 9, 2013

Chi Birmingham’s new illustration for the New York Times travel column “On the Road” accompanied a story on the competition to dominate the travel-credit card market. (more)

Tags: Chi Birmingham, Newspapers

DAVIDE BONAZZI: PICAME

December 9, 2013

Davide Bonazzi combined two of his favorite subjects, dinosaurs and the New York City Subway trains, to illustrate the header for PICAME, an Italian web magazine devoted to visual arts. (more)

Tags: Davide Bonazzi, Magazine, Web Illustration
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