John Berkey Websites

From the Illustrators Division

Hot dog, what a treat to discover these websites. I've been a fan of Berkey ever since I was like, seven, when I saw his art on the cover of "Our Universe" at the library. Blew me away that someone could paint like that. Plus, that book opened my mind to the beauty of space science.

His fan website is a stash of art I've never seen along with some classics. My only nitpick is the images are low res, and often scans from the printed source.

Berkey's official website is pretty good in that regard, but the selection of work is limited.

Berkey Fan Website: LINK​

Berkey Official Website: LINK​

(Thanks to TachyonArt's newsletter for the Berkey link. Read his newsletter here.)

-Jake

Ma-ko

From the Illustrators Division

Are those alpaca/capybara unicorns?

I'm seriously in love and in awe with these drawings by online artist ma-ko. Can't find any background info on him, a real mystery of a guy!

Here's a person who understands atmosphere and composition. I love an artist who gives the back ground and world of their art just as much love as their characters (if not more).

See more here:

IG: LINK​

INPRNT: LINK​

-Jake

Calum Alexander Watt's Gyrobikes

From the Illustrators Division

Calem Alexander Watts has been one of my favorite concept artists for over a decade. He's got a great style. I'd describe his style as French ligne claire meets American concept realism. I was really excited to see his designs for the recent Star Wars films.

These gyrobikes are just killer. Love the look and style of these. Would absolutely want to cruise around the desert on one of these beasts. though... I'd hate to fix a flat tire on that thing.

Website: LINK​

Twitter: LINK​

Instagram: LINK​

-Jake

The Neo Romantic Illustrations of Evan Cagle

From the Illustrators Division

I love these DUNE: House Atreides comic covers by Los Angeles based artist Evan Cagle. I'm a big fan of the eccentric and romantic look of DUNE he captures. I did love the film directed by Denis Villeneuve and the grounded brutalist design...but DUNE should be a little funky and wild in my opinion.

Cagle is a master of the scratchboard line-heavy illustration style reminiscent of Franklin Booth. He takes this early 20th century technique and style and washes it over contemporary compositions and subject matter. It is lovely. He's one of those artists that makes you realize the potential of the medium.

See more work on his website: LINK​

Instagram: LINK​

Twitter: LINK​

Here's my favorite drawing of his: LINK

-Jake

Lee White's Tarot Deck

From the Friendship Unit

My buddy, co-host on the 3 Point Perspective podcast, and partner over at SVSlearn.com, Lee White has just launched his Kickstarter project.

I'm not just a friend of Lee but also a HUGE fan of his illustrations. He's been talking about doing this for years and lately has been working on it behind the scenes. I'm so excited to see all of this come together in this project.

I love the unique take he has on the subject matter. Each one of these card has been re-thought from the ground up. I don't really know much about tarot decks, but Lee explained ti this way:

"The more modern use of the cards is they just give you a topic to think about and how it relates to your life. The cards aren't magical or tell the future or anything like that. They are more like themes to meditate on and use in the way that fits your life."

You can check out the project here: LINK​

-Jake

TO ZO

From the Illustrators Division

TONČI ZONJIĆ ( pronounced tawn chi zawn yitch) or just To Zo for short is a Croatian illustrator based in Canada and I think his work is just so darn good.

This comic is one installment of a series he calls A+M about a couple of space robots (cyborgs?). You can read the rest of them here: LINK​

I spent about an hour last Friday just soaking in all the work on his website. The man is PROLIFIC. His style is a beautiful marriage of Toth and Ware and Caniff.

Check out the rest of his work here:

Website: LINK​

Instagram: LINK​

Twitter: LINK​

-Jake

The Fantastic Imagination of Lucas Roussel

From the Illustrators Division

This guy. It's rare that I find someone I think is making something truly unique. Rousel combines the bizarre with the familiar in such a way that I can't immediately like it, yet I can't stop looking at it. I want to say his style is as if Shaun Tan and Miyazaki's Nausicaa work had a baby.

Just go over to his Art Station profile and spend your afternoon there. Really wish he'd make a book or something.

Art Station: LINK​

Website: LINK​

-Jake

Felipe Magaña aka humanmgn

From the Illustrators Division

Lately, I'm impressed with the work of Felipe Magaña a Netherlands based Chilean 2D digital artist. He's definietly influenced by Japanese artists, but I also see a little French flavor there as well. Love the character designs, rendering style, and subject matter.

Website: LINK​

Instagram: LINK​

Twitter: LINK

-Jake

The Minimalist Sci-fi Art of Hugo Moreno

From the Illustrators Division

I was first made aware of Hugo Moreno's work when I saw his short film Eclipse (2012) made while a student at Goeblins.

You can watch it here. It's nice: LINK​

Since then I've seen his work pop up from time to time in my feed, but I never pieced it together that they were done by him. Then I found his website and was delighted to see all of his work in one spot.

Really digging it. He's like a minimalist Moebius. There's a retro-futuristic flair to it. Like it's a late 20th century view of the future if Piet Mondriaan and Patrick Nagel had a baby. Maybe? Can't put my finger on it.

Check out the rest of his stuff here: LINK​

-Jake

Fluid Comic Pages

From the Illustrators Division

I love these comic pages by Matt Rockefeller. They're like dreams with images of scenes and events dissolving into each other, telling a story and just giving an overall impression of something all at the same time. Cool comic work.

These were done for his solo show: Crossroads: Stories from Dragonfly Holiday.

From Matt: "My idea was to create these singular comic images that tell a tiny story from the world of Dragonfly Holiday"

They're cool. I poked around, but couldn't find out what Dragonfly Holiday is exactly. So we'll just have to enjoy these pages.

You can see the rest of the pages (8 total) here: LINK​

Matt's Website: LINK​

Instagram: LINK​

Store: LINK

-Jake