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New drumskin: Gulf Pelican Posted 4 hours ago
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Animated Mouk! Posted 20 hours ago
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My Foodie ABC now available! Posted 31 hours ago
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Matt Vincent for Harper’s Magazine Posted 32 hours ago
Matt Vincent has illustrated the cover of the September issue of Harper’s Magazine. [Link]
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Here’s my second illustration selected for the cover of POETRY Magazine out of Chicago. [Link]
Christopher Denise Posted 40 hours ago
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Spirit City Toronto Posted 42 hours ago
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Check out the latest from Miss Mindy and Buff Monster! Posted 42 hours ago
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Miss Mindy and Buff Monster 01 Posted 43 hours ago
Dynamic duos … Poncho and Lefty, Harold and Maude, Peanut Butter and Jelly, Bonnie and Clyde …. Miss Mindy & Buff Monster! Music from Lafayette Louisiana’s sweet indie concoction Brass ... [Link]
Unfinished classic Disney pencil test Posted 44 hours ago
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Newsound Album Art Posted 45 hours ago
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I’ll Get the Ice Cream Posted 2 days ago
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A Hard Day’s Fight Posted 2 days ago
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Cardmaking and Papercraft Posted 2 days ago
I created several illustrations for the October issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine which readers can cut out to make their own cards with. Really enjoyed doing the pattern designs! ... [Link]
How To Kill Osama Bin Laden Posted 2 days ago
IGI Member, Eoin Coveney, share with us one of his last commissioned work. A very nice project indeed. It was the first commissioned work from my agent, NB illustration. The ... [Link]
From the reference box # 87 Posted 2 days ago
#87 - British Discovery First Day Cover Stamps. Issued on 19 September 1967 this set of stamps commemorates, "four aspects of British discovery which have changed the course of modern ... [Link]