Monthly Archives: February 2009

Introducing Alex 'Warble' Harrison

Posted at 10 pm on February 27, 2009 by alexmathers

From Fulton, Mississippi, Alex Harrison is an illustrator and painter who counts ‘enchanted art gloves, special paint pens and magical scissors’ as his tools of the trade. His work is of the type that grabs one firmly by the throat before getting a sharp slap across the face – in a good way of course. Harrison’s work is busy and engaging and I am reminded of the surrealist art of the mid twentieth century in parts, whilst remaining unique, refreshing and contemporary.

Icon Designs of Tom Nulens

Posted at 10 pm on February 25, 2009 by alexmathers

Posted in: Vector Illustration

Being a member of istockphoto.com, the site that allows contributors of photography, illustration, film and now audio to sell their work, I felt it necessary to draw attention to one of the site’s real success stories in the illustration world. Tom Nulens, who goes by the name ‘Sodafish’, has caught my eye with his extremely successful series of beautiful icon designs.

The Subliminally Unimaginable World of James Jean

Posted at 12 pm on February 5, 2009 by Alex Mathers

Posted in: Painting

No illustration blog should be without mentioning comic artist, illustrator and painter James Jean. Described as the ‘rockstar of the illustration world’, James captured my attention a while ago with his exceptional draughtsmanship and imagination.

Virtual Goods in a Virtual World

Posted at 12 pm on February 4, 2009 by Alex Mathers

Posted in: Technology

I was contacted recently by one Jeff Clarke, who describes himself as a “Design Evangelist at Viximo”. He promised that his Viximo Elves had decided that my work was worthy of inclusion in the Viximo community. Was this something i should take any notice of?

Feature

Posted at 12 pm on February 3, 2009 by Alex Mathers

Posted in: Vector Illustration

I have been featured on another blog by Tanya Fujiki-Hastings. There is a little bit about my interests and the site i work for: iStockphoto, as well as a few samples of my work. Thanks to Tanya for putting this together. I’ll try not to let the fame get to me.

First Post Ever

Posted at 9 pm on February 1, 2009 by alexmathers

Posted in: Uncategorized

Hello moon ape enthusiasts!

This is an exciting moment because this is the first post of my new blog. I hope to post regularly here with quite a mix of illustration-related things that are of interest to me and things that I think will be of interest to you. The content will be focusing on illustration news and stories, illustrators, typography, photography and graphic design. This sounds general, but I’m hoping the more I write here, the more some kind of a theme and focus will develop.

We’ll see how it goes…

Be sure to check out my work and be sure to comment regularly if you feel the need to.

Alex