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

How can you resist Valeria Petrone’s adorable blue speckled version??  And if you’re in Vicenza Italy, the Museo Civico di Bassano del Grappa has all 50 on display this month.

Valeria Petrone paints Señor Blanco, a vinyl toy from Atom Industries

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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Distiller William Grant & Sons commissioned artist Jonathan Williams to help build an identity for this new triple malt whiskey.

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.

The combination of Jack Molloy’s illustration and Elvis Swift’s lettering proved positively intoxicating at a recent awards show.

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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Hannah’s work appears in five locations throughout San Francisco, as well as on limited edition bottles.

“When I finished my head drawing of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,” says Janet Hamlin, “it was taken to him per the Geneva Convention rules, for approval, and he asked for me to ‘fix the nose.’ I would not be allowed to move until I did.”

Karen Greenberg: “They did two spreads on me (although it’s in Chinese) and I am among great company here. Stefan Sagmeister is in it, as well as Carin Goldberg, Mirko Ilic, Jeff Moores, and Tom Nick Cocotos. It’s quite exciting!”

For the past year, Israeli artist Einat Peled was tapped to create drawings for a book celebrating the 10th anniversary of Manta Ray, one of the hottest waterfront restaurants in Tel Aviv.

The 2008 CA Illustration Annual will include ‘Unknown Girl’ by Jorge Mascarenhas.  The artist comments on the piece in this article.

How will China’s economy perform in the wake of the upcoming summer Olympics? Artist Dorfman visualizes.