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10 Illustration Rules I Learned the Hard Way

Dan dos Santos

  Many will say that there are no rules in art. And that's true when it comes to creation. But when it comes to the business of Illustration, I do have a set of hard rules that I never break... mostly because I've learned the hard way not to. I thought I'd share with you some of those rules in the hopes that you can avoid the same suffering.     1. If you paint…

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Bob & Brad

Arnie Fenner

April 21, 2025 - In the past month we've lost two absolute legends of the Illustration community, Robert E. McGinnis [above left] at the age of 99 on March 10 and Brad Holland [above right] at the age of 81, following heart surgery on March 27. Renowned for his paperback covers—over 1300 of them!—hundreds of magazine illustrations, dozens of classic movie posters, and numerous gallery paintings, Bob McGinnis was an artist’s artist and, quite simply, one of the best of the best. He started his career as a teenage apprentice at the Walt Disney Studios before enlisting in the Merchant Marine during World War II. Following the war Robert joined the Fredman Chaite Studios where he created all sorts of advertising art while working with Frank McCarthy and Robert "Bob" Peak. A chance meeting with Mitchell Hooks in 1958…

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