Scott Hull Associates

The Boston Globe commissioned Mark Pernice to create a cover for G that had a tangible feel for the “The Great Divide” When parenting styles clash. Here is the resulting photo illustration and a peek at the sketches. Sorry kids, fruity pebbles don’t actually come with marshmallows.

I am really proud of this last job. This was a series of illustrations for Health Magazine, a publication from The Catholic Health Association. The series of illos went with 7 articles about palliative care. In case you’re unfamiliar with it Palliative care is medical care or treatment that concentrates on reducing the severity of [...]

Mikey Burton’s illustration gave visual impact to yesterday’s New York Times Op-Ed page. The article was on barring smokers from the workplace.

I am a huge fan in the Moleskine Soft Cover Large Plain Notebook (5 x 8.25). It’s only brand i’ll buy and I have been using them since about 2006. They are filled up with doodles, to-do list, random inspiration and the occasional grocery list. Below are a few favorite images from my recent sketch [...]

I’m really excited to have Penelope Dullaghan and Von Glitschka recognized in the first Communication Arts Typography Annual! Penelope worked with Borshoff Advertising providing hand-lettering for Indianapolis Power & Light. This was a fun assignment and you can see the whole series and read about the campaign here. Von gave Street 2 Street, an inner [...]

Andrea Eberbach’s illustration for Dance Magazine’s “Injury as Opportunity” might hold some art making truths. Andrea’s art is like dancing to the image of visual poetry. How she executes a “visual dance”, has made her career a magical one. Her choreography of beautiful creations, colorful patterns, sophisticated shapes and figures of form have graced many [...]

I’ve always had a great passion for good type design. Type plays a big part of our everyday visual life. Even the illustrative designers have and are adding a new level of communication with hand drawn type. The good people at Gestalten have visited Erik Spiekermann, founder of MetaDesign and FontShop, and of course, one [...]

Repeat business is the highest form of flatery… Doug Knopp, Creative Director for Visual Marketing Associates, has again requested to work with Curtis Parker because, “he brings a sophisticated approach to the theme.” The editorial staff at SchoolCraft Community College is excited about the new style Curtis Parker is bring to their magazine, “Bell Tower”. [...]

In 2011 Scott Hull Associates’ artists will share “living as a visual thinker”. Autism has effected my life in many ways along with other creatives. I want to start with a TED video by Temple Grandin on visual thinking and Autism. This will be the first of many posts we do relating to “visual thinking” [...]

How to Be Creative: 1. Ignore everybody 2. The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be yours. 3. Put the hours in. 4. If your biz depends on you suddenly being “discovered” by some big shot, your plan will probably fail. 5. You are responsible for your own experience. 6. Everyone [...]