Artists You Should Know: Brezo - painter, street artist and more….
The artist known as Brezo is a New York native who not only creates beautiful drawings and paintings but also creates puppets and costumes. Her street art is unique and striking and can be seen adorning walls, lampposts and even the ground itself. Her star is on the rise….check out her art at her MySpace page–www.myspace.com/brezo
Popularity: 3% [?]
Artists You Should Know: Joe Madureira — Comic Artist with a Manga Flair
Jose Madureira (born December 3, 1974, in Philadelphia), often simply called Joe Mad, is an American comic book artist and writer, best known for his work on Marvel Comics’ Uncanny X-Men and his creator-owned comic book Battle Chasers. In 1991 Marvel hired Madureira, a 16-year-old student at the High School of Art and Design, as an intern. His first published work was an eight-page story for the anthology series Marvel Comics Presents, starring Northstar. In the next few years, Madureira completed various assignments for Marvel’s sprawling X-Men franchise. He became the regular penciller on Uncanny X-Men in 1994 and soon rose to become one of the most popular artists in the industry.
Popularity: 7% [?]
Artists You Should Know: Reiq
Now this may come as a shock to some of you, but I haven’t really spent a lot of time on the site Deviant Art. However after finding today’s AYSK, I can see that I need to spend some more time there.
Popularity: 19% [?]
Artists You Should Know: Steve Rude - Comic Book Artist Extraordinaire
Steve Rude (born December 31, 1956) is an American comic book artist. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1982, Rude became widely known in the comics world when he and writer Mike Baron created Nexus, an independent science fiction comic book with a large supporting cast.
Popularity: 9% [?]
Artists You Should Know: Todd Schorr - Painter and Pop Surrealist
Todd Schorr (born January 9, 1954) is an American artist and one the most prominent of the group that has been dubbed “Lowbrow (art movement)” or pop surrealism.
Popularity: 17% [?]
Artists You Should Know: Jo Chen
So while looking around on myspace the other day, I happened upon Ms. Chen’s profile listed on another one that showcases creative profile designs. After looking at some of the art that she’s done it was cool to learn the identity behind some kick-ass artwork that I’d seen around before, but wasn’t aware of who the artist was.
Popularity: 6% [?]
Tim Bradstreet, born in 1967 in Cheverly, Maryland, is an artist and illustrator best known for his work on comic books, book covers, movie posters, roleplaying games, and trading cards. Working in the art world since graduating from High School in 1985, he is for the most part a self-taught artist but did receive some tutelage from illustrator Steve Venters of Fantasmagraphics in the early part of his career.
Gerald Brom (born March 9, 1965 in Albany, Georgia) is an American painter and illustrator who specializes in gothic fantasy. He signs all his work as Brom. At 20, he was working full time as a commercial illustrator doing work for Coca-Cola, IBM, Columbia Pictures and CNN.
Andrew Bawidamann is a graphic artist who makes contemporary "cheesecake" pin-up art. Born in 1976 in Dayton, Ohio just 3 miles from Wright Patterson Air Force Base, as a child he would gaze in wonderment upon the pin-up girl art that adorned the vintage aircraft on the base.
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Thomas Scott Kuebler was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1960 to a ceramics teacher and a photo engraver. Having innate artistic tendencies coupled with learning disabilities, Tom was encouraged to develop his creative skills.
Shepard Fairey's art is something you've seen before, you just didn't know the man behind it. He's been an iconic and revolutionary figure in the art world for nearly the last 20 years.
James Jean is a Los Angeles based artist and illustrator who has won many rewards for cover work he has done for DC Comics. Born in Taiwan in 1979 and raised in New Jersey, he attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City and graduated in 2001.
The comic book community lost one of it's great artists this past Sunday when Mike Wieringo, known for his work on The Flash, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Tellos (which he co-created with writer Todd DeZago), and many others, had a heart attack at the young age of 44.
Drew Struzan is an artist whose work you have surely seen on movie posters for over 30 years. His design aesthetic is the best when it comes to conveying the iconic imagery of a film.
Anita Kunz is an illustrator that has had a prolific career for more than 25 years and has had over 2000 illustrations published. Born a Canadian, she has lived in London, New York and Toronto and has worked with magazines, book publishers, advertising companies and design firms all over the world.
Mr. Despain was born in 1971 and says in his bio that he was a into creating art when he was a child. As an adult he has done a bit of everything--graphic design, comic book art and has done a lot of work for the collectible card game "Magic: The Gathering".