It seems that most times I visit New York City, I find myself on the lower west side of the city, which is coin­ci­den­tally near the High Line, an ele­vated lin­ear park that is a rede­vel­oped for­mer ele­vated freight rail­road. I have vis­ited the park sev­eral times, and each time enjoyed myself. The park boasts ...

Look­ing at the port­fo­lio of Pieter Van Eenoge, there is a def­i­nite pat­tern to which he com­poses an image. Elon­gated com­po­si­tions are com­prised of both the ren­dered fig­ure and flat­tened space. The over­all feel­ing hear­kens a bit to the now-vintage Golden Books and even some begin­ning 20th cen­tury painting. All images via Flickr. ...

Image cour­tesy of The Paper Crane. Dee Clements, artist and direc­tor of The Paper Crane, con­tacted me recently to let me know of their new ven­ture. The Paper Crane is branch­ing out from not only a works-on-paper stu­dio, but to artist books and small press. They are cur­rently accept­ing sub­mis­sions for their col­lec­tion. Find out ...

Aure­lie Guillerey is a French artist whose dry-brush tech­nique and pop-up illus­tra­tions are delightful! Aurelie’s illus­tra­tions have been fea­tured in a num­ber of mag­a­zines and other pub­li­ca­tions. Out of her port­fo­lio, I really enjoy the pop-ups shes’s cre­ated. The con­struc­tion of the scenes and the orga­ni­za­tion of each panel is fas­ci­nat­ing. The visual hier­ar­chy and ...

Irene Schoch is an illus­tra­tor who makes her home in Geneva. Her work takes the form in books, ani­ma­tions, and in 3D. Irene uses styl­ized images to tell her sto­ries. Her draw­ings and paint­ings are flat and col­or­ful, full of energy and life. They have a won­der­ful dry-brushing tech­nique that pairs unusual col­ors together, but doesn’t ...

For Fri­day, let’s take it back a bit. I’ve always enjoyed illus­tra­tions from the 1940’s, 50’s, and 60’s. Aure­lius Battaglia was an Amer­i­can illus­tra­tor and mural­ist. He worked at Dis­ney on pro­duc­tions such as Dumbo, Fan­ta­sia, and Pinoc­chio, in addi­tion to being a pro­lific children’s book writer. Aure­lius has a sense of color that I ...

Nina Kaun is a Ger­man illus­tra­tor whose grace­ful illus­tra­tors are fre­quently included in books — both hand sewn and lim­ited run. Her style is extremely del­i­cate; the line weight and nuances of each shape look so soft, yet it’s all very sure of itself, as if every­thing is in its right place. I think her work ...

I wish I had known sooner about Jacque­line Kari Bos’s I Heart the Arc­tic book when it first came out. It is a fully illus­trated mini book inspired by arc­tic cul­tures, Inuit myth and the Aurora Borealis. I Heart the Arc­tic was inspired after a year-long series Jacque­line worked on. The book itself seems very ...