Category Archives: Altpick

These are a few of Jane Mjolsness’ favorite things…

Posted on August 14, 2013 by The Pick

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”

Posted on August 9, 2013 by The Pick

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

Posted on August 8, 2013 by The Pick

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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Carolyn Ross :: Intense and Powerful

Posted on August 1, 2013 by The Pick

Photographer Carolyn Ross chose this image as one of her personal favorites because she had a specific vision in mind of what she wanted to capture.  “I feel like all the elements came together to make it a breath-taking photo. … Continue reading →

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Food Photographer William Swank :: In His Own Words

Posted on July 23, 2013 by The Pick

William Swank and his wife, photographer Lennette Newell,  went to a book signing at the Fraenkel Gallery many years ago for Richard Avedon’s Sixties book. Lennette asked him what his favorite image was. He replied “the one I took yesterday”. … Continue reading →

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Jon Blacker’s Musical Ink

Posted on July 17, 2013 by The Pick

Musical Ink is a portrait project from Toronto based photographer Jon Blacker that spotlights 62 musicians and their tattoos. This exciting volume of imagery not only has something for every musical taste – featured artists range in genre from heavy metal to hip hop … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 11, 2013 by The Pick

by Zave Smith In today’s crowded multi-channel media market, it has become more important  than ever for companies to create communications that are on brand.  We live in the era of very short attention spans.  We live in an era … Continue reading →

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James Adamé and Crew Work with Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Posted on July 8, 2013 by The Pick

Art Director James Adamé and some talented folks cooked up this cool video with Kareem Abdul Jabbar, who in 2009 anounced that he was suffering from a form of leukemia, Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood and … Continue reading →

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Illustrator Janice Fried :: In Her Own Words

Posted on June 25, 2013 by The Pick

Illustrator and fine artist, Janice Fried never knew a time when she wasn’t drawing or doing some kind of artwork.  “My mother is also an artist so I grew up learning to find beauty in all kinds of things like … Continue reading →

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“Urban Surfers” by Chris Sembrot

Posted on June 17, 2013 by The Pick

There’s nothing quite like the motivation of a beautiful woman to get you to try a sport that you’ve always wished you could do but never thought you could pick it up past your 10th birthday. This is the motivation that … Continue reading →

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