Grey Advertising in San Francisco has been working with Swedish illustrator Krister Flodin to produce a massive series of images for Adobe Inc.

To create a recent portrait of Amy Winehouse, artist Liz Lomax employed drawing, sculpting, painting, powdering, set design, lighting and photography.  And Brillo pads.

Amy Winehouse by illustrator Liz Lomax

Marie Antoinette never said her infamous line ‘Let them eat cake.’ Think Anne Boleyn had six fingers? One of her biographers said she had ‘an extra nail.’ A nail isn’t a finger. There’s more, much more.

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Out of nearly 4,000 illustration entries, 3×3 Magazine has finally narrowed it down to the top 200 illustrations to be exhibited in their 5th annual competition.

Illustrated by Inkymole (Sarah J. Coleman)

Typeface designer Mark Simonson created ‘Felt Tip Woman‘ based on the handwriting of graphic designer Patricia Thompson. Here’s how that font got its quirky name.

It’s the annual that sets the industry standard.  Gorgeous artwork from Anna & Elena Balbusso, Daniel Bejar, Chris Buzelli, Harry Campbell, many more.

“This was a difficult project for me,” says artist TheIspot.com” href=”http://arttalk.theispot.net/index.php?topic=99171.0″>Alan Witschonke, “because I challenged myself to develop a new style specifically for this book, based on the art of the Mughal Empire.”

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