Milt’s caricatures look like they belong in a concept art book for Pixar movies. They are wonderfully exaggerated, and reserved in their use of color. He manages to dance between a very graphic style and loud bursts of painterly strokes.
Joe Newton, designer, illustrator and the Head of Type Collections for Veer has been churning out clever, kinky and colorful illustrations week after sexy week to accompany Savage Love, the sex advice column and the alt-weekly staple written by Dan Savage.
Joe Newton’s Web Site: http://josephnewton.com
Seven Years Worth of Savage Love Illustrations: http://thejoenewton.blogspot.com/
I don’t know why but I’ve been thinking about this piece that James Jarvis did for The New York Times Sunday Review section for the last week. Sometimes simpler is better.
This portrait of Muammar Gaddafi by the Spanish Illustrator Mercedes Lagunas was obviously created during the Libyan uprising and before Gaddafi’s death last week. Like all of Mercedes’ work it is also quite obviously a bold and distinctive portrait of history.
ILLUSTRATION AGE 