Lala Lad­cani is an Argentinean-based artist. Thanks to Google Trans­late (!) I was able to view her site and under­stand a bit more of the kind of projects she’s invovled in. She has a wide-ranging port­fo­lio that not only includes illus­tra­tions, but com­mu­nity projects, draw­ing, and graphic design. Lala is well rounded; She works on ...

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 ...

After writ­ing about Ben Javens, I can’t get Alice and Mar­tin Provensen off my brain. Their work is really superb and exactly what I’ve been in the mood to look at for the past few days. Mar­tin and Alice were a husband/wife illus­tra­tion and writ­ing team. Both orig­i­nally started as cartoonist/animators for Dis­ney and the Wal­ter ...