February 24th – Altpick’s Weekly Member Round-Up

This past week we highlighted work from illustrators Janice Fried and Klaus Kremmerz and photographer Greg Whitaker. To see more of their work, please visit their pages on Altpick.com.

Illustrator – Janice Fried‘s mixed media work has been published widely and she is always exploring new ways to work and new venues to work in.

Illustrator Klaus Kremmerz is skilled in creating projects for clients in the editorial, publishing, and advertising industries, in addition to animating his art in simulating 2 and 3-dimensional space.

Photographer Greg Whitaker‘s portfolio includes award-winning imagery for advertising, healthcare, manufacturing & energy resources, global non-profits, and publishers.


To see more of the artists’ work, please visit Altpick.com.

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February 17th – Altpick’s Weekly Member Round-Up

This past week we highlighted work from illustrators Keith Lee, and Donna Grethen; photographers Simon Puschmann and Rick Souders. To see more of their work, please visit Altpick.com.

Illustrator – Keith Lee incorporates traditional drawing elements into his digital illustrations to create his unique style.

©Keith Lee

Illustrator – Donna Grethen loves to incorporate rough Ben Shaln lines, vintage posters, hand lettering, bold colors, and collage influences in her creative process.

©Donna Grethen

Photographer – Simon Puschmann – lives, loves, works, and breathes photography whether it’s still or moving.

©Simon Puschman

Photographer – Rick Souders/Souders Studios has one of the largest food photography studios in the Rocky Mountain West. Rick is best known as the “Mile High Food and Beverage Guy”.


To view more of the members’ work, please visit Altpick.com.

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February 10th – Altpick’s Weekly Member Round-Up

This past week we highlighted work from illustrator members Sergio Baradat, Julia Kerschbaumer, and Gregory Nelson; photographer Ryan Ketterman. The members specialize in editorial, advertising, commercial, and publishing projects. To see more of the artists’ work head on over to Altpick.com.


Illustrator SERGIO BARADAT combines neoclassic sensibility with a contemporary point of view attempting to make the viewer look at the familiar through a new lens.

©Sergio Baradat

Illustrator – JULIA KERSCHBAUMER – creates a mix of plan shapes and retro textures, interconnected forms and often combined with lettering.

©Julia Kerschbaumer

Illlustrator – GREGORY NELSON – creates editorial and greeting card illustrations for editorial, publishing, commercial, and advertising clients.

©Gregory Nelson

Photographer – RYAN KETTERMAN licensed drone pilot specializing in industrial and corporate advertising photography and video with a style consisting of colorful and energetic imagery.

©Ryan Ketterman

To see more of the members’ work, please visit Altpick.com

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February 3rd – Altpick’s Weekly Member Round-Up

This past week we highlighted work from illustrator members Luisa Jung and Ken Orvidas and photographers Lisa Predko and Cliff Badowski. See more of the artists’ work on Altpick.com.

Photographer Cliff Badowski mainly works in the music industry creating images for album covers, marketing, brands, and recording artists’ promotional campaigns.

©Cliff Badowski

Illustrator Ken Orvidas specializes in creating images for annual reports, collateral, websites, publishing, editorial, and advertising assignments.


Photographer Lisa Predko has a keen eye for vibrancy, individuality, and style essential in creating images for editorial, commercial, and advertising.

©Lisa Predko

Illustrator Luisa Jung seeks to translate complex topics into striking, colorful images for advertising, publishing, and editorial projects.

©Luisa Jung

Please visit Altpick.com to see more of the member’s work.

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January 27th Altpick Week in Review

This past week Altpick highlighted 4 members, which included Illustrators Kevin Learn, Teresanne Creative, Jon Krause, and photographer Kent Miller. Here are some samples of their work, to see more images please check their portfolios on Altpick.

Illustrator Kevin Learn – specializes in celebrity, editorial, and conceptual illustrations.


Illustrator Teresanne Creative is a graphic artist, illustrator, journalist, and designer. She specializes in vector art and adds her own illustrative skill to informational graphics and maps.


Illustrator Jon Krause creates images with strong compelling concepts, compositions, and a tasteful color palette.


Photographer Kent Miller‘s lifetime passion grew from the inspiration of people around him. Kent collaborates with commercial and editorial clients on portraits, landscapes, architecture, and product shots.


To see more of the members’ work, please visit Altpick.com.

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Photographer George Kamper’s “Everyone Under the Sun” Campaign

©George Kamper

George Kamper’s assignment for Broward County’s “Visit Lauderdale” campaign was to focus on promoting an authentic welcoming vibe and a diverse community approach. The six-day motion and stills shoot incorporated a wide variety of locations and challenges. Working closely with the director and art director helped to insure a smooth and fruitful shoot.

©George Kamper
©George Kamper
©George Kamper

“That George Kamper does some mighty fine work. To be honest, there are so many great shots we are just getting started with choosing more as the campaign rolls out. It’s a nice situation to be in to have more (and more) options to consider.” CD Thom Hart

To see more photos from the shoot, please click here.

To see more of George’s photography please visit his website and his page on Altpick.

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Altpick Members’ Year in Review :: Favorite Images for 2022 Part Two

As we wrap up 2022, Altpick takes a closer look at our members’ ‘favorite’ images from this past year. It seems that times of difficulty inspire wonderful imagery paving a way for new beginnings. While perusing the artists’ work, be sure to take a closer look at each image…some may make you wonder, some may make you smile all will give you a deeper understanding of the human condition. Enjoy! For more of the artists’ work, please visit Altpick.com.

Joey Guidone, Illustrator

©Joey Guidone

Anthony Nex, Photographer

Bob Stevens, Photographer

Jenni Catullo, Illustrator

Ken Orvidas, Illustrator

©Ken Orvidas

Barbara Kosoff, Illustrator

Davide Bonazzi, Illustrator

©Davide Bonazzi

Paul Tong, Illustrator

Paul Garland, Illustrator

Tom Cocotos, Illustrator

©Tom Cocotos

Donna Grethen, Illustrator

Luisa Jung, Illustrator

©Luisa Jung

Keith Lee, Illustrator

©Keith Lee

Ellen Weinstein, Illustrator

©Ellen Weinstein

Andreas von Buddenbrock, Illustrator


To see more of the artists’ work, please visit Altpick.com

To view Altpick Members’ Year in Review Part One click here.

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Altpick Members’ Year in Review :: Favorite Images for 2022 Part One

As we wrap up 2022, Altpick takes a closer look at our members’ ‘favorite’ images from this past year. It seems that times of difficulty inspire wonderful imagery paving a way for new beginnings. While perusing the artists’ work, be sure to take a closer look at each image…some may make you wonder, some may make you smile all will give you a deeper understanding of the human condition. Enjoy! For more of the artists’ work, please visit Altpick.com.

Arlen Schumer, Illustrator

©Arlen Schumer

Umberto Grati, Illustrator

Janice Fried, Illustrator

George Kamper, Photographer

©George Kamper

Keith Barraclough, Photographer

Turning Pictures, Photographer, Director

Irene Peña, Photographer

©Irene Peña

Lyn Alice, Illustrator

©Lyn Alice

Harry Giglio, Photographer

©Harry Giglio

Teresanne Creative, Illustrator

©Teresanne Creative

Ryan Ketterman, Photographer

Urs J. Knobel, Illustrator

Robert Houser, Photographer


To see more of the artists’ work, please visit Altpick.com.

Stay tuned for Altpick Members’ Year in Review::Part Two!

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Friday, November 18th – Altpick’s Weekly Member Round-Up

Each day Altpick highlights one of its members, and on Friday there’s a ‘Round-Up’ feature. This week’s Altpick featured 4 amazing artists ranging in style from classic to unique: Owen Brozman not only has illustrated comics, and published books but also illustrates commercial work; John Sledd has solid experience working with editorial, design studios and video game developers; Italian artist Umberto Grati‘s different styles can find solutions for any type of assignment and meet any deadline and Artist Rep Morgan Gaynin has a group of illustrators who have been specifically selected to fulfill an array of assignments. Please be sure to visit Altpick.com to see more of their work.


Owen Brozman illustrates comics, advertisements, murals, album covers, magazines, books, and more. His recent work includes F—K, Now There Are Two of You, and the New York Times best seller You Have to F—king Eat, the sequels to the best-selling classic Go the F—k to Sleep. He also illustrated Kindness & Salt, a cookbook by the team behind Brooklyn’s Buttermilk Channel and French Louie, and the graphic novel Nature of the Beast.



John Sledd has been working in the graphics “industry” for close to 30 years and has spent the first five of those years in print shops, advertising agencies, and corporate graphics departments. The rest has been spent running Sledd Studios, where John’s clients have ranged from design studios to video game developers and everyone in between.


As a versatile painter and illustrator, Umberto Grati has collaborated with art directors on editorial projects for weekly, monthly, and daily magazines. His different styles can find solutions for every type of assignment. Umberto works quickly and always meet his deadlines.


Morgan Gaynin Inc. is a premier illustration agency representing many award-winning international artists with styles that can match any art director’s needs in advertising, editorial, corporate, and design.


Be sure to visit Altpick.com for more amazing work!

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This Week’s Member Focus Round-Up

Altpick.com highlights this week’s Member Focus artists: Illustrators Alicia Buelow and Jameson Wilkins; Photographers Karen Ollis and Lisa Powers. Check out more of their work on Altpick.


Illustrator/Designer: Alicia Buelow

Alicia Buelow’s illustrations combine found objects with text, drawings, photographs, and other surprises to create provocative, richly-textured images. Alicia is happy to work for a wide range of clients, from small to large, developing illustrations for magazines, web, marketing collateral, newspapers, book covers, cd packaging, posters, software packaging, fashion merchandise, advertising, and more.

©Alicia Buelow

Interactive/Web Designer: Jameson Wilkins

Jameson Wilkins is a graphic artist and web developer with more than half a decades worth of game, educational web interactions, and educational webpages experience. Jameson graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design with a bachelor’s in Illustration in 2010. Since then he has worked as an independent game developer, e-learning web developer, web and social media marketer, graphic artist, and even animator.

©Jameson Wilkins

Photographer/Fine Art Photographer: Karen Ollis

Authenticity is important to Karen Ollis. Whether photographing the outdoors, people, or products, her approach is to tell the story with depth. Karen’s attention to detail and design quality highlights her creative ability. “The painter in me enjoys conceptual layered works which tell a story in a single frame”.

©Karen Ollis

Photographer/Fine Art Photographer: Lisa Powers

Lisa Powers was born in France, of French/Italian/American lineage, and raised in New York and Los Angeles. After working as a creative director in a small advertising agency in New York she decided to quit her job and immerse herself in learning photography. With a borrowed NIKON 35mm camera and some guidance from reading the TIME/LIFE books on photography, she started shooting.  


To see more of the artists’ work, please visit Altpick.com.

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