Lou Simeone of Illustration Pages interviews artist, Rich Pellegrino. Rich is an illustrator and artist currently working in Warwick, Rhode Island. And what you don’t know about this talented young artist you’re about to find out. Lou had the pleasure of catching up with Rich to discover more about the man behind the bold canvases of color. Go to the interview…

Kavel Rafferty’s limited edition hand printed book SPAM HEAD now available on the Nobrow website.

Illustrator Rod Hunt was recently interviewed by Lou Simeone over at Illustration Pages. Along with the many topics discussed about his career and the illustration industry as a whole – Rod offers the IP readers a look at the detailed drawings for some of his complex illustrations. Read the interview…

Behind the visions of Ashley Montague…an interview by Art Nouveau magazine

Here’s a link to a recent interview with Art Nouveau magazine…
www.an-mag.com/ashley-monatgue-knows-dope/
Hopefully this will give a bit of history and depth to the visions I create…
enjoy>>

Kareem Rizk just released a brand new website which archives all his work since 2004. It also includes a comprehensive press section, full bio/cv plus lots more. Be sure to check it out and stay tuned as new work and updates will be added regularly.

www.kareemrizk.com

In-depth interview with Canadian illustrator Peter Diamond. From his home in Vienna, Peter has worked for the likes of Plansponsor, The Coast Weekly, Backburner Recordings, and many more.

» Read the Peter Diamond interview

London based illustrator Laura Barrett featured in this fortnight’s issue of MacUser Magazine.  Images can  be seen here.

Winner of Infectious.com contest.

A few months ago there was an Infectious competition for an Apple laptop cutout design. I downloaded the template and started thinking about it…
… All the other participants made theirs like an apple on a branch or something like that. It came to my mind, “what if it is not an apple at all? What if there is something more to it than just a stylized apple?” And than it came to me that it appeared to be like PacMan from the 80’s. Maybe on the same day, another artist uploaded a PacMan design just like that! So, I realized that I would have to look beyond that.
There is a psychological phenomenon called Pareidolia. It is a brain function that finds patterns where there are none, like seeing faces in the clouds or a head on the surface of Mars. Very similar to when people see a religious image in a stain on the wall, it is always because of Pareidolia. Thus I saw a woman’s face in the apple cutout.
My hard drive broke down so I lost this idea and design. I never applied for the Apple Cut competition that Infectious hosted.
Now, months after this, I have found the time to make it all over again. When piece was almost finished my wife was looking at me working and said ”Are you still working on that Eve?” There is an half eaten apple and a woman there, she certainly is the first of her kind, so thus she became Eve.

When she was a girl, Cathie Bleck fell in love with darkness. What a powerful statement and an excellent description of her work. Certainly you’re familiar with the work of illustrator and fine artist Cathie Bleck. Read More…

Veteran Illustrator Garry Colby talks about the importance of self promotion, acquiring an art rep and more on Illustration Pages. Read More…

At Illustration Pages we continue our new series, My Favorite Artist, where we ask accomplished, well respected artists working today, the people we admire, who their favorite artists are and why. As you might recall, Illustrator Laura Smith was the first artist interviewed for this series. We recently asked Illustrator Edel Rodriguez who it is that he has drawn inspiration from. Read More…

We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Illustrator, Penelope Dullaghan, about her hugely successful site, Illustration Friday. With more than one thousand participants each week and over three thousand five hundred links from over one thousand blogs, it’s safe to say that Illustration Friday is one of the most thriving artist communities on the internet today. Read More…

We recently caught up with the very talented illustrator, Korey Scott. Korey specializes in children’s books, amusing characters and educational material. His work has garnered awards such as “Best Children’s Book” at the 2007 North Texas Book Festival and the Golden Spur Honor Award from the Texas State Reading Association (TSRA) 2005. When he’s not creating his wonderful illustrations for his clients, Korey can be found in schools and libraries teaching and inspiring children of all ages with his art. Read More.

The first Design Inspiration interview of 2010 is with Matthew Daley – “freelance illustrator and sometime cartoonist”. Be sure to check it out!

Our Frank Chimero interview is the first of a series of interviews focused on retro illustrators published by Contemporary Standard, for the Questionario d’Illustrazione Contemporanea (Contemporary Illustration Survey).

Read the whole interview here