Topic: Illustrious Illustration

Illustrious Illustration: The Best of Jersey Shore DeviantART

Like Jersey Shore? We do too, though not quite enough to doodle Snooki’s pompadour on the pages of our sketchbooks. Some folks take their fandom more seriously, however, and there’s some pretty killer JS-themed art floating around. We scoured DeviantART and tracked down the best work created in tribute to JWOWW and the gang. More »

Best Of Crushable

From Scott Pilgrim to Golden Girls nesting dolls; from Lady Gaga‘s portrait creator to Janice Dickinson‘s rage, we’ve brought you the best of Crushable, from last week! More »

Illustrious Illustration: Lady Gaga Unicorn Artist Rose Briccetti

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While Lady Gaga biting into a unicorn may seem like the most random (and brilliant?) image in the world, artist Rose Briccetti promises the idea wasn’t hers. In fact, most of her work features “large mainframe computers” and “retro office scenes.” But when someone asked the artists on Etsy.com in April to make them a picture of “Lady Gaga devouring a unicorn….you know, how a lion would eat his prey or something,” Rose couldn’t resist putting in a bid to win the project, especially after the item was picked up over at Regretsy.com and gained some attention. (The request was posted on Alchemy, a part of Etsy where people can request custom items). More »

Illustrious Illustration: Matt Burrows’ Psychedelic Manhattanscape

21-year-old New Yorker Matt Burrows is to be envied by art students the world over: His intense paintings have been described as a “dynamic internal language that is at once graphic, painterly and compelling,” but also kind of reminds us a borderline-schizophrenic R. Crumb-meets-Danny Hellman from the Village Voice. More »

Illustrious Illustration: ‘Toy Story 3′ SPOILER ALERT From DeviantArt

“Queen Of Dorks” on DeviantART is an artiste of cute who combines Manga with pop-culture references to produce an overall overload of cuteness. And we’re OK with that. We love it. And if you haven’t yet seen Toy Story 3 … More »

Illustrious Illustration: Sophie Blackall

Australian-born illustrator Sophie Blackall paints the random musings of chance encounters on her blog missedconnectionsny.blogspot.com and sells them for $40 on Etsy.Tom Rosinski, a graphic designer based in New York, picks Sophie’s whimsical brain for Crushable. What’s your background? Before … More »

Illustrious Illustration: Rachel Lewis

Crushable writer Tom Rosinski , who’s also a New York-based graphic designer, caught up with buzzy young British illustrator Rachel Lewis, whose work was recently honored at the D&AD Awards. Tom: Can you tell me a little about your background … More »