Steve Peggy Roalf does it again. This time with the great Cuneo. John, a powerfully vivid illustrator is also one of the best draughtsmen alive. Here, in full, is Peggy’s interview. Great work, all. Q: Originally from New Jersey, what are some of your favorite things about living and working in Woodstock. NY? A: I have lived … Read more
So grateful to American Illustration and the the jury this year (Steve Byram, Artist and Designer, Screw Gun Records, Chris Dixon, Design Director, Vanity Fair, Marti Golon, Art Director, Reader’s Digest, Amy Hausmann, Deputy Director, MTA Arts for Transit & Urban Design, Peter Morance, Art Director, The New York Times Science, Len Small, Art Director, Graphic Designer, Nautilus, Alex Spiro, Creative Director, … Read more
Thanks to Josh Benson, Tom McGeveren, Peter Lettre at Capital New York for making this review of NY Governors who became president (as seen through a Cuomo-esque lens) possible. Oh, just because. All characters played by current pols.
For my first cover for the redesigned NY Observer, art director Lauren Draper asked for a portrait of the mayor of NY, Bill DeBlasio, feeling triumphant after his signature agenda item, pre-kindergarten for all NY children, passed the legislature. Thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running THIS year (and maybe again next) this will … Read more
Here’s a tribute to the use of illustration as infographic; communicating information about an issue or a character directly and powerfully through drawings and paintings. In my recent travels I have been working at this in different ways. Here’s a nicely handled click-through by The Washington Post. See it HERE. On the first Debt Ceiling … Read more
