Category Archives: Illustrations

Altpick Members 2011 Image Round-Up – Artists’ Choice

As we celebrate the holidays, we also would like to celebrate the incredible talent on Altpick.com.  Altpick Members were asked to choose their favorite image that they created this year.  Here is Part One of the 2011 Image Round-Up – … Continue reading

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Student Creativity: One Judge’s Thoughts

Julie Lieberman from SCAD, Savannah College of Art and Design, recently invited me to speak to the illustration department students about marketing and promotion. We made it fun with a contest to design an Altpick postcard that would be sent … Continue reading

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Anastasia Vasilakis’ 25 Days In Berlin

These images are my travelogue of the 25 days I spent in Berlin. I jumped the sea to see where a new love would go. I followed my heart and a voice. Literally. Berlin was the backdrop to the mysterious, lush, all … Continue reading

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Head Hunter On the Loose

If Graeme Bandeira isn’t chasing a football around the pitch, he can be found chasing footballers around with an ink-loaded mapping pen. Bandeira’s self-promotional project combines his appreciation of some of the world’s greatest players with his love of pen … Continue reading

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Dear Petunia,

Never mind you are what you eat. Consider you are what you paint. Artist/illustrator/watercolorist Denise Hilton Campbell’s above watercolor rendition of petunias suggests naturally that she is a lover of botanicals. View her collective works and we add people lover … Continue reading

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Think Differently.

Paul Garland couldn’t let yesterday’s events go unmarked – the sad news of the loss to the world of a true visionary and a person who has changed his life personally, along with the vast majority of the planet, but … Continue reading

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Wednesday Tip Jar : Need New Business Cards?

Need new business cards?  Let’s make it easy… Business Cards are still very important, especially in the networking scene.  Do you have a business card?  Need a new look?  Well, here’s a special offer from one of our Altpick Awards … Continue reading

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Up In Arms :: David Cooper In Character

“I learned from early on to really pay attention to what came out naturally when I doodled on scraps of paper …” David paid attention. With his distinctive and unforgettable illustrations, both big and bigger, he has left his ink. More … Continue reading

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Wednesday Tip Jar :: Be Authentic, Be A Storyteller

Yesterday I attended the OMMA  Global conference in NYC and I had the pleasure of sitting in on the keynote speaker Kim Kadlac, Worldwide Vice President at Johnson & Johnson, and case study seminars with HP, Zappos, HBO, Mullen, BBDO … Continue reading

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The NYTimes Drops the “Fbomb”

“The Mother F***er With the Hat,” Stephen Adly Guirgis’s foul-mouthed play about addicts and adultery, has been a surprise hit since it opened in April.  The reviews were mostly, and the positive presence of Chris Rock, in his Broadway debut, … Continue reading

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