August 2010
Mikey Burton is Custom Made for ReadyMade
This Spot Illustration by Mikey Burton for the June/July Issue of ReadyMade magazine was used in the “Place Setting” feature about Tucson, AZ. The client was thrilled with Mikey’s face-paced turnaround and original expression of the city’s colorful character.
Read more >>One Thing Leads to Another
Illustrator John Maggard walks us into the steel heart of the creative designer. Is “infographics” still a legit term? I’m not sure, since a lot of my reading of late has been occupied with books like “The New Catechism of the Steam Engine”, and my inner engineer is loving every minute of it. Have you [...]
Read more >>Visually Intoxicating
As a creative collaborator hired gun, Von Glitschka does a lot of collaborative exploratory work for agencies and design firms. Denver based Barnhart called to create a new brand character for a pitch they were developing for their client Tommy Knocker Brewery. A character development like this represents an entire company and a product line, [...]
Read more >>Managing the Chaos: Scott asks the question “What’s this buzz about the Art of Healing?”
Art Supports Healing, Activates Hope and Promotes Thriving “Health and wellness” are two key aspects in most everyone’s life. They also happen to be two key markets in today’s communication industry. So while the conventional model finds pharmacies pushing the pills, insurance companies offering protection and hospitals and doctors providing knowledge, the question remains: Is [...]
Read more >>Facebook puts art on the table with Mikey Burton.
This six foot long illustration was printed digitally on glass tables for this years Facebook Developer’s conference. SHA artist Mikey Burton kept with the theme of the conference, “Roll up your sleeves and get it done.” in his illustration. He created a piece of art littered with exactly what it takes to get any job, [...]
Read more >>Tim Gough’s interview with Gain Edit
Grain Edit interview series lead to Philadelphia: City of Brotherly Love, home of founding father Ben Franklin and the Liberty Bell, and illustrator designer Tim Gough. A man who emerges from the cheese steak littered streets of Philly to do one thing: rid the world of dull illustrations. http://grainedit.com/2009/04/08/tim-gough-interview/
Read more >>High Five!
Von Glitschka has a knack for taking a client’s idea and turning it into creative profit. Author Mordy Golding asked Von to provide him with a cover for his latest book, “Real World Illustrator”. Always eager to take on a challenge, Von created a cover that demonstrates and showcases new features in a software application, [...]
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