Illustrator Research {Greg Mably}

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Greg Mably

Greg Mably is an Illustrator who has been recognized with honors from publications such as the Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, AIGA, as well as National Magazine Awards. In 1991 Mably graduated with a Bachelors in Communication Arts from the Ontario College of Art. He is constantly having work published in major publications and Magazines. His work is very interesting in content. I find the work to be something that I might look into further down the road. His incorporation of typography with illustration is always something I aspire to eventually work with again.

Illustrator Research {Jim Bradshaw}

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Jim Bradshaw

Jim Bradshaw is an Illustrator with a comical addiction to cartoons. His depiction of characters is simplistic and executed in a manner accompanied with mixed media. He works for a range of clients such as Better Health Magazine, Nabisco, Children's Television Workshop, Rose Art, Nylabone, etc... I enjoy his use of textures along with the illustration work. He is definitely one worth looking into after graduation again.

Illustrator Research {Joanna Barnum}

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Joanna Barnum

Joanna Barnum is an Illustration major from the Maryland Institute of Art with a BFA in painting. Her style of working is very expressive in that she utilizes very loose strokes in her paintings. She has a combination of incorportating fantasy, fairytales with childlike impressions. Her works have a lot of mixed media with incorporations of watercolor. Her work that she creates personally revolves around many explorations with fantasy and mythological inspiration
Her clients include: Mystic Pop Magazine, Pentacle, SageWoman, Words and Numbers, Scroll Quest, Cutting Audio, Cricket Magazine, and Berengad Games.

Illustrator Research {Bella Pilar}

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Bella Pilar

Bella Pilar is a Fashion Illustrator who originally started as a makeup artist and decided to create her own looks from flesh to canvas. She prefers watercolor as her medium of choice. She went to FIT in NY and Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. She has also begun dabbling in childrens books. Her clients include:Baltimore, BeeBrio, Cosmo GirlD Magazine, Dallas Observer, Destination Wedding, Elegant Bride, Essence, Family Circle, Fashion 18, Fine Gardening, Girls Life, Glamour Hamptons, Hartford Courant Los Angeles Weddings, Marie Claire, Milwaukee Magazine, Nail Pro, Naperville, Natural Health ,Positive Thinking, Skirt Magazine, Somerset Collection ,YM etc.. I really enjoy her loose style of working. She has some very nice line work going on in her paintings.

Illustrator Research {Glenn Barr}

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Glenn Barr

Glenn Barr is an illustrator with a BFA from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. His work ranges in media from traditional to digital. He has had several different clients such as: The Ren and Stimpy Show, Wood Woodpecker, Juxtapoz, Film Threat Magazine, etc. He creates these types of surrealistic enviornments with his characters. I can definitely see a lot of influences in pop culture, and the idea of making good and evil share a similar 'playground'. I find his work to be very creative and intuitive and hopefully can involve some of these ideas in my future work.

Illustrator Research {Camille Rose Garcia}

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Camille Rose Garcia

Camille Rose Garcia was born in Los Angeles, CA and grew up in the lala land of Orange County the Utopia of suburbia. She creates imagery incorporated with Fairytales and cartoon characters that are unrealistic and drunken. There is almost a bit of a grungy graffiti style to her work. She has had work for several clients such as, Flaunt Magazine, Rolling Stone, Juxtapoz, Paper Magazine, among many others. I really enjoy her color palette with limited colors and yet she plays so well with complimentary colors as well.

Illustrator Research {Ryan Sanchez}

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Ryan Sanchez is an Illustrator who grew up in California around western settings. This upbringing led to his fascination in his later work. He studied at Art Center in Pasadena CA and attended The University of Southern California graduating with a BFA in Fine Arts. Sanchez has done work for countless advertisements and editorial work. He is also currently working with children's books. His clients include: Saatchi & Saatchi, Simon & Schuster, Anheuser Busch, Random House, Schwartz and Wade Books, Microsoft, Warner Brothers, McCann-Erickson, Foote Cone and Belding, Ogilvy and Mather, IBM , The New York Times, Spin Magazine, Billboard, RJ Reynolds, Harcourt Brace, Sony Pictures Television, The Monogram Group, Saban Entertainment, ShipShapes, Back Home Pictures, Lucky Magazine, Business 2.0, Bicycling, POZ Magagine, SourceMedia, Stuff Magazine, John Cutler, ESPN, Big Builder, American Airlines, BBH USA, Bicycling Magazine, CIO Magazine, Detroit Home, LA Weekly, National Geographic, The Village Voice, Indianapolis Monthly, Men's Fitness, Men's Health, Milwaukee Magazine, Rio Promotions, UCLA Magazine, Tu Ciudad Magazine, The New Republic, Lillie's, Guitar World Acoustic, David Nicolas Photography, Santa Fe Reporter, Runner's World Magazine, Russell Simmon's One World Magazine, Utne Reader, Trader Joe's, Texas Monthly, and Urban Latino.

I find his compositions and themes to be quite interesting. I actually find this to be something useful in having these ideas incorporated in my own work. You should definitely check out his wesite.

Illustrator Research {Bob Staake}

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Bob Staake

Bob Staake is an Illustrator who has had over 42 books published. His illlustration technique is mostly digital, along with occasional traditional mediums used. His work is stylistically simple in that it reflects minimalistic aesthetics. His work appears in various print collections such as magazines, books, newspapers, cereal boxes and even CD-ROM games. His clients have included the New Yorker, Turner Broadcasting, Target, Sports Illustrated, Kenner Toys, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Walt Disney Company, The Ren and Stimpy Show, Hallmark, The New York Times, Juxtapoz, Netscape, Forbes, etc...

Illustrator Research {Greg Simkins}

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Greg Simkins

Greg Simkins is currently my favorite Illustrator. He was born in 1975 and graduated with his BFA in Studio Art from California State University of Long Beach in 1999. He started an alias for his grafitti work and began calling himself Craola. His style of working is typically very large and with acrylic, oils, and airbrushing. Some of his clients include: Disney, Mattel, Upper Playground, Juxtapoz, To Die For, Vans, Converse, AFI, Saosin, Gym Class Heroes, Pennywise, STRANGEco, Ningyoushi, Kid Robot, Zero Friends, Pulse International, etc...

Illustrator Research {Jeff Soto}

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Jeff Soto

Jeff Soto graduated from Art Center in Pasadena in 2002 receiving his BFA in Illustration. He utilizes forms of graffiti hip hop and other forms of popular culture in his pieces. He reflects on elements from his childhood. His colorful visuals are absolutely breathtaking. He works with a variety of media such as oils, acrylic, airbrushing, etc. Some of his clients include: Sony Music, Warner Bros, The Broken Wrist Project, Entertainment Weekly, The Village Voice, Esquire, City Pages, Morrow Snowboards, The Boston Phoenix, Juxtapoz, United Airlines/Fallon, and Outside Magazine.