Category Archives: Altpick

Joel Holland, The Letterer, Illustrator and Pizza Maker

Joel Holland is a former point guard and current amateur pizza maker based in the East Village of New York.  He is also an illustrator/hand-letterer whose clients include The New York Times, Penguin Books, TIME, Pentagram UK, Weiden + Kennedy … Continue reading

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BC Kagan :: 1980s New Romantics Era

Internationally published photographer, BC Kagan, is best known for her portraits of emerging punk rock, new wave and alternative rock bands.  The long list of eminent bands and musicians she has photographed includes, among others: U2, Aerosmith, Phish, The Police, The Cars, … Continue reading

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Zave Smith Gives Back

A short, two minute video about Zave Smith’s work with Flashes of Hope. To see more go to Zave’s website and Altpick page.

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Illustrator Teresanne Cossetta Russell :: In Her Own Words

Teresanne Russell specializes in vector art and adds illustrative skills to information graphics and maps. Teresanne tells us, in her own words, a little about her favorite images. In her own words :: Teresanne Cossetta Russell Out of a pool … Continue reading

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Eric Cassée Goes Back to School :: TIME Magazine Assignment

Eric Cassée got his start in photography shooting for the local papers on Maryland’s eastern shore.   After a stint studying landscape photography in Italy, he decided to stick with shooting people and interned at Daylight Studios in Paris.  While at … Continue reading

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Photographer Ryan Ketterman Picks His Favorites

Editorial and commercial photographer, Ryan Ketterman, runs a client-friendly, service-oriented business where he believes creativity often is the result of team effort and working closely with his clients.  Ryan specializing in people and corporate photography with a style consisting of … Continue reading

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Blair Kelly Shares His Favorites

Blair Kelly grew up in a world surrounded by all things Crayola, Lego and Play-Doh, so it was inevitable that he would end up loving art class in high school and eventually attending art school.  Blair graduated from Sheridan College’s … Continue reading

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These are a few of Jane Mjolsness’ favorite things…

Jane Mjolsness’ artwork has appeared on packaging, editorial applications, books and book covers, fashion, greeting cards.  Jane enjoys illustrating complex emotional issues, women’s issues, relationships and food in a stylized, simplistic, elegant manner with great attention to composition, color and … Continue reading

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Sergio Baradat’s Series of United Nations Stamps “SPACE”

Space World Space Week is an annual event, declared by the UN General Assembly and is observed during the week of 4-10 October. World Space Week is the largest annual space event in the world. Some of its goals are … Continue reading

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Summer Greetings from Alessandro Bonaccorsi

The ‘Lemon Shark’ or better know as the ‘Yellow Shark’ has the most distinctive color among the shark species.  Illustrated here by Alessandro Bonaccorsi from Zuppassion, the yellow shark is mainly found along the Southeastern coast of the United States … Continue reading

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