Even the wordiest of magazine publications, The New Yorker, uses some form of art. Yet instead of glossy photographs, the prestigious zine uses illustration. I recently discovered the video below on Drawn, a blog featuring illustration, animation and cartoons. It details the artistic process of New Yorker illustrator Tom Bachtell:
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I also recently came upon the fantastic illustrator and designer Julia Rothman after finding her city sketches on Design Sponge. Don’t you just love how whimsical her work is?
Perhaps its that whimsy and playfulness that attracts me to illustration as an art form. I also find that it tends to have so many applications, even outside of print. Rothman, for example, has made hand-drawn prints for textile and wallpaper. And Anthropologie is now featuring the work of some fantastic illustrators on some of their t-shirts. Check out this little video about Parisian illustrator Gabrielle Ambrym, whose work is featured on Anthropologie’s lobster T:
