Interview: Edwin De La Rosa

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Top 10 Defgrip posts of 2011

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Scrapbook 2011: Nuno Oliveira

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Premiere: Skavenger

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Posts Tagged — illustration

Julien Pacaud

Julien Pacaud

December 18, 2011

Check out some cool illustrations by Julien Pacaud.

Chris Piascik

Chris Piascik

November 9, 2011

Damn, just came across Chris Piascik’s stuff. His SITE is full of all kinds of sweet illustrations that I just spent a 1/2 hour looking through. Extra bonus for the background in BMX. Cool stuff.

Q&A: Jon Contino

Q&A: Jon Contino

July 21, 2011

Honestly, I don’t know what took so long for this Q&A with Jon Contino to happen. Harrison and I both love his stuff, we’ve featured him on here before, so there really is no excuse. Anyway, Jon Contino is an amazing illustrator based out of New York who specializes in hand lettering. His work looks [...]

All The Buildings in New York

All The Buildings in New York

June 20, 2011

Nuno sent over a link this morning to a blog titled ‘All the Buildings in New York’… Which is “An attempt to draw all the buildings in New York by James Gulliver Hancock.” Pretty stoked on the drawings and it would be amazing if he completed his task and actually drew every building. Check out [...]

50 and 50 – The State Mottos

50 and 50 – The State Mottos

April 28, 2011

50 AND 50 IS A CURATED PROJECT WHICH ATTEMPTS TO CONSTRUCT A HANDSOME NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT OUR COUNTRY. FIFTY DESIGNERS, ONE PER STATE, HAVE ILLUSTRATED THEIR STATE MOTTO, CREATING SOMETHING STEEPED IN HISTORY BUT COMPLETELY MODERN AND UNIQUE: A KIND OF DESIGNER’S ATLAS. All these came out awesome. Go HERE.

Kelsey Dake

Kelsey Dake

January 26, 2011

Kelsey Dake is a New York based illustrator that has done some great work for awesome clients including Antenna Magazine and the New York Times! She hit us up to say what’s up and we ended up talking her into putting together some Defgrip Wallpapers for the site! Keep reading to check out her work [...]

All My Bikes Zine

All My Bikes Zine

January 25, 2011

Illustrator Chris Piascik put together an awesome zine illustrating every bike he’s ever owned. Check it out!

Archan Nair

Archan Nair

January 18, 2011

Archan Nair is an illustrator based out of India with some great collage work. Thanks to Laura Keener for the link!

Patrick Hruby

Patrick Hruby

March 15, 2010

Check out some great illustration work from Patrick Hruby!

Q&A: Wilmer Murillo

Q&A: Wilmer Murillo

November 30, 2009

I came across Wilmer Murillo’s work while browsing flickr and have looked forward to his updates ever since I marked him as a contact. Check out the gallery section of his site to get a good feel for his stuff. I hit up Wilmer with a quick Q&A, so click below to check that out.

Chris Gray Design

Chris Gray Design

November 13, 2009

Chris Gray is a designer from Manchester, England how works under the name We Shall See. He has some great design and photography projects on his site and I’m really into his simple illustration style.

Kevin Cyr

Kevin Cyr

November 2, 2009

I came across this via It’s Nice That and had to post it here! I for some reason have a strange fascination with cityscapes and old rustic cars, and miscellaneous piles of junk.. I cant help but to snap a pic most of the time I come across a the stuff, I cant explain it! [...]

ANDY KEHOE

August 25, 2009

Check out some rad illustrations by Andy Kehoe HERE.

MARCUS WALTERS

July 5, 2009

Just spent a good amount of time poking around Marcus Walters’ site. Its full of rad illustrations and artwork. Check it out HERE.

An Awesome Book!

An Awesome Book!

May 11, 2009

An Awesome Book is a kids book from Dallas Clayton and as he puts it “it’s better than any book that’s ever existed”. You can see the whole book here, but keep reading for a preview and a wonderful video from Dallas Clayton himself!

Dust La Rock

Dust La Rock

March 30, 2009

Joshua Prince aka Dust La Rock is a Brooklyn based designer who is the illustrating fource behind Fools Gold Record. Check out some of his work after the jump –

GRAIN EDIT

GRAIN EDIT

March 11, 2009

Grain Edit is a site that I’ve bookmarked recently, which is a nice illustration based blog. They focus on design work from the 50′s to the 70′s, as well as current designers who have similar styles to that time period. They are also having a contest right now where you can win some sweet stuff, [...]