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Category Archives: Design
The Year Ahead with Artist Gayle Kabaker and Astrologer Susan Miller
When Susan Miller contacted Gayle Kabaker last year asking to illustrate her 2015 calendar, Gayle quickly realized that this was a great honor. “I sent her many of my favorite illustrations to choose from and we narrowed it down to what became a … Continue reading
Posted in Altpick, Art, Design, Illustrations
Tagged 2015 calendar, acryla gouache, animal photography, Aquarius, Aries, astrology, Astrology Zone, Cancer, Capricorn, gayle kabaker, Gemini, Jackie Meyer, June Brides, Leo, Libra, Pisces, Sagittarius, Scorpio, social media, Susan Miller, Taurus, The New Yorker magazine, tv personality, Virgo, Warner Books, water-color
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Happy 2015 :: “Explore. Dream. Discover”
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your … Continue reading
Posted in Altpick, Art, Branding, Design, Illustrations, Photography, Typography
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Distress, Death and Graphic Design
by Clare Ultimo Sept 25, 2014 The Urban Outfitter Kent State shirt design. It’s almost embarrassing to talk about it. On the one hand, what power could a shirt design have? Shirt designs come and go in seasons, like everything … Continue reading
Gina Binkley Brings Her Photography to the Forefront
Born in the sunny southern U.S., illustrator and designer Gina Binkley is the granddaughter of two tobacco farmers. Her rural upbringing nurtured her interests in folk art, quilting, antiques and animals. She uses these passions from her early years as inspiration for her … Continue reading
Posted in Altpick, Art, Design, Illustrations
Tagged animals, antiques, assemblages, book covers, Chicago Tribune, collage, Fast Co, folk art, Gina Binkley, Harvard Business Review, new york times, quilting, still life, Time Out
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Rudy Gutierrez Illustrates US Postage Stamp :: Music Legend Jimi Hendrix
Reposted from the US Postal Service Born in the Bronx, New York, and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, Rudy Gutierrez received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. After graduating, he made a career for himself … Continue reading
Posted in Altpick, Art, Design, Illustrations
Tagged abstract, art, hendrix, Rudy Gutierrez, urban, usps
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AltPICK’s Heroes :: This is What We Love
Joel Holland, Oliver Wetter, BC Kagan to name a few have contributed some wonderful insights on our Altpick Connects blog. Here we have a collection of the latest entries beginning with Joel Holland, The Letterer, Illustrator and Pizza Maker. … Continue reading
Posted in Altpick, Art, Design, Illustrations, Photography
Tagged batman, BC Kagan, Beach, Duran Duran, Eric Cassee, joel holland, lettering, lifestyle, mariano rivera olympics, music, musicians, New Romantics, Oliver Wetter, ryan ketterman, school, Shawn Ehlers, students, summer, Teresanne Russell
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