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.

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 [...]

An interview with the artist

Client: Thriving Family magazine
Art Director: Lexie Rhodes
Title of Project: Finding Friends as a Mother
Target Audience: Parents/families
What was the creative challenge? The magazine needed someone to capture the sense of two mothers sharing stories and companionship and represent it in an illustrative way.
How did you resolve the challenge? The art director had [...]

Curtis Parker

Mesa, Arizona has a plan. The way they see it, their combination of resources makes them the optimal location for businesses in aviation, healthcare, tourism and education, so they’re launching a move-to-Mesa campaign encouraging those businesses to do just that. For help giving the campaign a visual voice, they brought in Curtis Parker.
His [...]

Client Interview with Adrienne Pitt

Artist/Illustrator used: Meg Hunt
Title of project: Gardening section, Jamie Oliver magazine
Describe your target audience/client base: Those who are fans of Jamie Oliver and his work and food, those who love to cook and desire to get more involved in cooking, or those who are interested in a gorgeous lifestyle magazine [...]

There are a lot of art books out there that are how-to’s – How to mix color, how to paint a face, dealing with composition and drawing, etc. But in the many, many paintings I’ve looked at over the years, my first thought is hardly ever, “How did the artist paint that?” Instead, I’m wondering, [...]

Artist Interview

Client: RAZ Imports
Art director: Ken Row
Title of Project: “Bug Me” product line – Ladybug pattern
What was the creative challenge? The main challenge in licensing is trying to come up with a sellable idea that hits a broad range of tastes. Then you have to choose the right colors and produce it in a way [...]

A story

It’s amazing. Not only will my work be featured prominently in the Young Scientist Exhibit at the Yellowstone National Park, but I also got the pleasure of creating it during an incredibly eventful and interesting time in my own life. So while there were a lot of great things about this project, I’d say [...]

An Artist Interview

Client: TIME for Kids
Art director: Drew Willis
Title of Project: Earth Day Cover
Target audience: Elementary School kids
What was the creative challenge? To create a composition that depicted believable characters and make-believe environmental super-heroes, all in a very short time frame.
How did you resolve the challenge? I owe a lot of my creative ease to [...]

An Artist Interview

Client: Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon
Art director: Tim Engle
Title of Project: 2010 Flying Pig Marathon Winners Poster
Target audience: Marathon runners, families, and residents of the Cincinnati area.
What was the creative challenge? To develop a poster that would be awarded to runners in the marathon. The client wanted something that would capture the fun [...]