American Illustration 44 winner STEPHANE DEFAGO @stephane_defago
POORUNICORN
Montreal.
The innocence of the burning forest...
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American Illustration 44 winner PAUL DALLAS @pauldallas_artist
IN YES NO OUTIN YES NO OUT.
Promotional piece for Rarebird Graphic Design about questioning one's own perception of reality.
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American Illustration 44 winner ANNA DALLA VIA @anna.dallavia
Things unsaid. Risograph print in 3 colors.
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American artist Norman Rockwell painted this image in 1918, when he was only in his early twenties and the First World War was still reshaping everyday life. Rather than showing soldiers overseas, he turned to the emotional labor of the home front like waiting, reading, hoping, and fearing. On a sandy bluff above a dark blue shoreline, four young white women gather in a mood of waiting rather than leisure. One sits front and center in a rose-and-rust patterned dress, elbows on knees, her chin pressed into both hands, staring out with tired, worried eyes. Beside and behind her, a woman in blue folds inward toward the sea. Another in a mustard-brown dress and broad hat sits in profile. A fourth stands in a pale blue-gray dress with a deep red sash, her arms lifted over her head against a sky crowded with swelling clouds. At their feet lie a small basket and a letter marked by wartime censorship. Far below, tiny figures dot the beach, but their distance only deepens the feeling of separation. The women’s bodies feel suspended between stillness and strain, as if time itself has slowed. The picture so effective because its drama is quiet. The sea becomes both literal horizon and symbolic barrier, the place where loved ones have vanished from sight. The censored letter matters because it stands for contact that is partial, delayed, and controlled by war. Even good news arrives wounded. Painted in oil on canvas and then published as the cover of Life on August 15, 1918, the painting turns magazine illustration into shared national feeling. Rockwell gives each woman a different posture of anxiety, so the scene is like a study of longing: exhaustion, vigilance, resignation, and stubborn hope. It is sentimental, yes, but not shallow. The artist asks us to remember that war is endured not only in battlefields, but also in the aching intervals between letters, on porches, in parlors, and here, on a bluff above the sea, “till the boys come home.”
“Till The Boys Come Home” by Norman Rockwell (American) - Oil on canvas / 1918 - Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art (Lakeland, Florida) #WomenInArt #NormanRockwell #Rockwell #AGBMuseum #AmericanArt #art #artText #WWIArt #AmericanArtist #BlueskyArt #arte #AmericanIllustration #1910sArt #WarArt
AI44 winner SID DANIELS @siddanielsofficial
The Art of Fashion
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AI44 winner AARON DANA @aaronhdana.bsky.social
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Inside the NBA Top 50 Commissioned work teasing the highly-anticipated ranking of the top 50 players in pro basketball as voted on by the cast of Inside the NBA. October 2024.
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American Illustration 44 winner JOHN CUNEO @johncuneo3
#publication @gardenandgun.com
Good Dog: Camp June Bug
John Cuneo paints a camp dog with a penchant for stealing toilet paper. May 2024.
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American Illustration 44 winner JOHN CUNEO @johncuneo3
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Man of ConvictionCover of the New Yorker released 1 hour after the Hush Money verdict was announced convicting Trump on all counts.
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American Illustration 44 winner SOL COTTI @solcotti
#representation Ella Lupo @purple_rain_illustrators
#publication The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com
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AI44 winner @grahamartwork.bsky.social
Liberty Glitches
I illustrated this image of the Statue Of Liberty as a reaction to Donald Trump being inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States of America
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American Illustration 44 winner @alsoalso.bsky.social
Robot Whisper
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American Illustration 44 winner MATT CHASE @doble_entendre
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American Illustration 44 winner LINZI CHEN @linnzi_chen
Fashion Institute of Technology @fitmfaillo
Other Odyssey
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American Illustration 44 winner LINZI CHEN @linnzi_chen
Fashion Institute of Technology @fitnyc @fitmfaillo
Other Odyssey
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AI44 winner MAURA CLUTHE @fragmentedm
KEEP THIS (in your heart)
This is from a small series of collage pieces that I completed in July 2024 for an exhibition.
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AI44 winner MAURA CLUTHE @fragmentedm
KEEP THIS (in your heart)
This is from a small series of collage pieces that I completed in July 2024 for an exhibition.
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American Illustration 44 winner@richchane.bsky.social
Bryan Gardiner written an book review examining the ways in which humans interact with modern robots.
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American Illustration 44 winner AKSHITA CHANDRA @akshitachandra
The Atlantic
How Is It This Close?
The most remarkable thing about the 2024 presidential election is that roughly half the electorate still supports Donald Trump.
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AI44 winner CATHERINE CHAN @ohmyartchan
For the 35th Anniversary Catherine was tasked to create art that celebrated the history desserts people and locations that make Demetres special. .
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AI44 winner CATHERINE CHAN @ohmyartchan
For the 35th Anniversary Catherine was tasked to create art that celebrated the history desserts people and locations that make Demetres special.
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American Illustration 44 winner PETER CASSELL @petecassell
Caricature of the character Lucas Sinclair from Stranger Things played by actor Caleb McLaughlin. January 2024.
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American Illustration 44 winner RYAN CASEY @drunkdrawn
Pet Portraits Series
Intoxicating Art. September 2024.
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American Illustration 44 winner ELI CARSON @eliillustrates.bsky.social
#school #representative Savannah College of Art and Design @scaddotedu
10 Figures Illustration by SCAD Student. January 2025.
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AI44 winner EMANUELA CARNEVALE @brodino_digitale
#represtative Marlene agency @marlenaagency
On a bench beneath two rows of trees that evoke their home they sit side by side: the one who remains and the one who will be remembered forever.
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American Illustration 44 winner CARLOS Carmona Medina
Travel posters
The Culture Curious is a project of travel illustrations that encourages exploration of lesser-known paths and connect with diverse cultures with open hearts.
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American Illustration 44 winner JOHN JAY CABUAY @johnjaycabuay
The story of Ryo who sets sail on the sunset at his tiny boat and a mysterious swirling rainbow of colors appears from the depths of the ocean.
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AI44 winner JOHN JAY CABUAY @johnjaycabuay
The story of Ryo who sets sail on the sunset at his tiny boat and a mysterious swirling rainbow of colors appears from the depths of the ocean.
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American Illustration 44 winner MICHAEL EUGENE BURDICK @michaeleugene
Closer&Closer
The PropositionOn-going series of pausing movies to do a "film study" mixed with warm ambient lighting from my apartment.
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American Illustration 44 winner BIANCA BUONCRISTIANI @biancabou
The front row of a fashion show in Milan during Fashion Week.
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AI44 winner JONATHAN BRUNS @jonathanbrunsfineart
Severance Character Series
This is an india ink series of the MDR team from the AppleTV show Severance. December 2024.
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