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10 best artist and illustration agents in New York City

Creative Boom

With the rise of digital tools both for making art and sending it around the world in an instant, in one sense, it's now easier than ever to make money as a freelance illustrator. With its rich tapestry of art galleries, publishing houses and media outlets, New York City is a veritable hub for illustration agents.

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The Alternative Limb Project by Sophie de Oliveira Barata is where art meets science

Creative Boom

Artist and sculptor Sophie de Oliveira Barata has combined art, technology and science to create artificial limbs, which are wearable art pieces for performance and exhibition. Her studio offers bespoke products to amputees that either blend in with their bodies or stand out as wearable pieces of art for the user. Photo by R.

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Rafael Medeiros on enduring the Hollywood strikes as a freelance graphic designer

Creative Boom

Graphic designer and art director Rafael Medeiros shares his experiences. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Medeiros moved to LA in 2012 after graduating in Brazil in graphic design. To give a practical example of how things are slowing down, he notes that currently, actors cannot approve images of themselves used in a piece of key art.

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Paula Scher and Jonathan Yeo launch online courses in design and painting with the BBC

Creative Boom

Described as the "master conjurer of the instantly familiar," she straddles the line between pop culture and fine art in her work. In a typical project in 2012, Scher created a new logo for Windows 8 that took it back to its roots as a window. Early in the development process, Scher asked: "Your name is Windows. Why are you a flag?"

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Remembering Bob Gill: “There’s no such thing as a bad client”

Design Week

He later studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts before moving to New York. The team worked from a mews house off Baker Street (alongside a receptionist and her dog) with clients including Penguin, Pirelli and Time Life. Speaking to Design Week in 2012 , Gill did not hold back.

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How photo licensing platform Stills is helping designers create the best work of their careers

Creative Boom

As a designer, art director or creative director, it's a constant struggle to source the right images for your work. Finally, Stills adds thousands of fresh images each week, so you can always expect something new (and something your clients haven't seen) to help your work truly stand out.

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She Was Only changes its name to Extract, marking a new chapter for the London studio

Creative Boom

It's been over a decade since She Was Only launched, the design studio founded by Chris Vickers and Craig Scott in 2012. We've remained deliberately small and maintained very close working relationships with our clients since day one, even as they've grown in stature and size over time. Contemporary Art Decoded. Amalia Boier.

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