KFC
Jones & Company illustrated the frames for a Kentucky Fried Chicken advertisement titled “Family Feud.” The illustrations were then animated by MatchFire Motion.
See more of Jones & Company’s work here.
Brian Gossett illustrated 40 images for the Facebook chatbot, a service that helps product users seeking support for issues ranging from privacy, spam filtering, dealing with bullying, and accessing old accounts. Brian’s own personal character style was melded with Facebook’s Alegria style to create unique illustrations specifically for this service. The end result is a vibrant monochromatic set of character and graphic based illustrations formatted for smartphone screens. This Facebook project was completed through the design agency Hieronymus.
See more of Brian Gossett’s work here.
Artist of the Month, June 2020: Robert Ball
Robert Ball is a British illustrator, designer, and comic maker based in London. After a successful career in graphic design, Robert decided to pursue his childhood passion of illustration at 39 years old. With high profile collaborations including HBO’s epic...
Brain Gossett was the lead illustrator and storyboard artist for the Google animation project titled MyConcerns. The goal of this Google project was to directly communicate that management and human resources are there to support employees with any concern or need they may have. The animation revolves around a single hand drawn line that supports the bold shapes, each working in tandem to communicate a clear and positive message.
See more of Brian Gossett’s work here.
Nic Jones
Nic Jones graduated from the University of Bolton with a degree in Animation and Illustration. She often finds herself inspired by the intricacy and beauty of the natural world, and applies this to her illustration and design. Her illustrations are influenced by a...
Les Echos
Jones & Company created a cover illustration for the French newspaper Les Echos.
See more of Jones & Company’s work here.
Equitable
Jones & Company worked with the advertising agency PROPHET to create an illustration library for the insurance company Equitable. This extensive project included creating GIFs and illustrating characters, backgrounds, and scenes for Equitable.
See more of Jones & Company’s work here.
Artist of the Month, March 2020: Miracle Studios
Our micro podcast A Moment with Mendola is back with the creator of our March 2020 Calendar image, Terry Tidwell from Miracle Studios. Terry is a freelance illustrator and comic artist based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With storytelling at the heart of everything he does,...
NC State University Alumni Magazine
Sarah McMenemy created a series of illustrations for NC State University Alumni Magazine’s article about a cafe near the campus which encourages it’s clients to donate the cost of a meal towards a member of the community who cannot afford to pay.
See more of Sarah McMenemy’s work here.
Artist of the Month, February 2020: Kate Forrester
This month, the creator of our February 2020 Calendar image Kate Forrester sat down with us for the second episode of our micro podcast, A Moment with Mendola. Kate Forrester is a freelance illustrator based in Brighton, UK, who specializes in hand-drawn lettering and...
RBC
Jones & Company has been collaborating with Grip Limited in Canada to create content for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) for over a year. Jones & Company developed a unique style that represents the bank and its clients for this ongoing project, which he has created a style guide for, so they can replicate it in the future. These illustrations cover all aspects of the brand, from lifestyle illustrations to icons to GIFs, and can be seen online, on their app, in print, and even on the side of their trucks!
See more of Jones & Company’s work here.
Brave Women FLX
Kirsten Ulve created the illustration for the Finger Lakes Regional Tourism Council’s campaign “Where Brave Women Winter.” This campaign sheds light on the region’s influence as an epicenter for women’s rights in honor of the centennial of the 19th Amendment.
See more of Kirsten’s work here.
See the Finger Lakes Regional Tourism Council’s campaign here.
An Illustrated Decade of Pop Culture in Review
As this decade comes to a close, we’d like to recap a few of 2010s silliest, most nostalgic, and empowering moments. With the booming popularity of smart phones and social media, we are so overwhelmed with viral content that it can be hard to keep track of it...
10 Things We Are Grateful For
As the days get shorter and colder, it takes a little more effort to wake up grateful every morning. Thanksgiving is a perfect time to recenter and remind ourselves of all the beauty and kindness we surround ourselves with on a daily basis. Every day we engage with...
John Dewar and Sons
Chris Wormell created a series of illustrations for John Dewar and Sons Scotch Whiskey for their fun series of videos, “Speaking Scotribbean.” Each video combines a Scottish and Caribbean term to create their own unique language called Scotribbean. Take a look at a few of our favorite terms below and visit Dewar’s Youtube channel to see the full collection. See more of Chris’ work here.
Children’s Books
Books inspire the next generation of creativity. Whether the content is fantastical or encyclopedic, the accompanying illustrations create a lasting impression on young, curious readers. The following illustrators tap into their childlike wonder to bring creative and...
Amazing Animation
Many of our illustrators seamlessly transition from still images to animation, bringing their characters to life. We cannot get enough of the endlessly creative approaches to storytelling our artists come up with. Whether it is through minimalist vector images or...
Éditions Dominique et Compagnie
Annick Poirier illustrated the children’s book series Charlie et la Brigade Chantilly written by Karine Lambert and published by Éditions Dominique et Compagnie. This series is written for 9-12 year-olds and takes place in a confectionery school. See more of Annick’s work here.
The End of an Era: Rob Ball’s Game of Thrones Illustrations
We bend the knee to the king of Game of Thrones illustrations: Robert Ball. Beautiful Death, Season Eight Episode Three After eight seasons and seventy-four images, Rob Ball’s Game of Thrones illustrations feel as central to the show as the Iron Throne....
Navigating Maps
We make sense of the world by creating maps of our surroundings. These informative maps guide us through the uncharted territories of life, serving as educational materials to learn about faraway places, creative devices to expand our imagination and navigational...
Illustrator Studio Tours
From home offices to shared co-ops to converted cabins, our illustrators’ studios inform their creative practice. Considering their wide range of media and style, it is no wonder that everyone’s space looks and functions differently. Today we bring you an...
Jones & Company
Capturing the spirit of the small, specialist shops of yesteryear, where a warm welcome and honest work ethic were the order of the day, Jones and Co. is a family-run studio based in Cape Town, South Africa. There, everyone plays a part – Dylan illustrates, his wife,...
Orlando Arocena
Orlando Arocena is an artist and graphic designer who works in both traditional and digital mediums. After graduating from Pratt Institute in 1994, he drew his way through Europe, co-founded Uptown Arts, and discovered he had a knack for digital commercial...
Darling Clementine
Darling Clementine is a duo of designers and illustrators Ingrid Reithaug & Tonje Holand. Ingrid and Tonje both did their university degrees in the UK, but are now working and living in Oslo. Since launching their independent stationery line in 2006, they have...
Russell Benfanti
Born in Buffalo, New York and educated as a graphic designer, Russell Benfanti has been creating iconic creatures, characters, and designs for over 20 years. His work can be seen all over the world in the form of children’s books, toys, and consumer products....
Artist Reflection: Rachael Saunders on Illustrating a Picture Book
British illustrator, Rachael Saunders graduated from Falmouth University in 2014 and currently works as a freelance illustrator in Hampshire, England. Rachael draws inspiration from the rich printed aesthetic of 1960’s children’s books and the work of Miroslav Šašek...
WOMEN OF ILLUSTRATION
We are lucky enough to represent an incredible selection of innovative and diverse women illustrators. We are celebrating Women’s History Month and last week’s International Women’s Day with a look at how the following women of illustration push the...
Harvard Business Review
BIllustrator Yann Sadi of blindSALIDA was commissioned by Harvard Business Review Magazine to create illustrations for a story about giving yourself a break. The article is titled “3 Ways To Be More Self-Compassionate”, and the idea is that being kind to yourself helps you perform better by triggering what’s called a “growth mindset”— the belief that improvement is possible through dedication and hard work.
A special thank you to Stephanie Testa for the art direction on this project!
See more work by blindSALIDA here.
Rachael Saunders | Natural Grocers Packaging Art
Client: Natural Grocers: Rachael Saunders landed her dream project when American family owned store brand, Natural Grocers requested her to help redesign the packaging for a selection of their products. Rachael worked with package design firm,...
McDonalds Arabia
Client: McDonalds Arabia | Description: Developing “Sammy” a character for McDonalds to promote the “Big Mac Craving” movement. See videos of Sammy interacting with everyday life scenarios and in the end resulting with the satisfying bite of a big mac.
See more work from Andrey here.
Spring Illustration Week
As our lawns, farmer’s markets, and household plants provide us with the color we’ve waited for, we turn to see how our illustrators are capturing the season. We’re presenting packaging illustration, book covers, and character design. From natural and...
The Happiness Project: Personal Work
The second part of our Happiness Project, focuses on personal works. The Mendola Artists were asked to reflect on 2017 with an illustration that brought them the most happiness. Many of the artists submitted images of people and places that created...
The Happiness Project: Commissioned Work
We asked our artists to submit the image they created in 2017 that made them the most happy. We received an outpouring of wonderful work and the following is a virtual gallery of commissioned images. Fantastic illustrations from publishing, packaging,...
Illustrating the New Year!
Greatness happens when art and life collide. We asked 13 of our Mendola artists to contribute to our 2018 calendar and answer our questions about their inspirations, secrets, and studio habits. We think it’s cool that Julia Green, the photo-realistic...
Fleur de Papier
Client: Fleur de Papier | Description: Illustrations for an online tale of the various careers in the Giverny Museum of Impressionism: “Iris et les graines lumineuses”
Enjoy the interactive illustrations here
Check out Caroline’s portfolio here
Rob Ball’s “Beautiful Death” Series for Game of Thrones
Rob Ball was commissioned by HBO to create a poster for every episode of Game of Thrones. This is an amazing body of work for an incredible series. His work on the seventh season wrapped up this summer with seven “Beautiful Death” images to add to the collection. See...
Little, Brown and Company
Client: Little, Brown and Company | Description: Lucy’s 12th book cover illustration for the Lady Emily series!
Check out Lucy’s portfolio here
Fighting Fantasy
Client: Fighting Fantasy | Description: Rob was commissioned to create covers for the relaunch of Fighting Fantasy books! For each cover, he chose a simple, dominant color and similar compositions to help them match as a set.
Check out Rob’s portfolio here
Château de Monthelon
Laurindo was commissioned by Château de Monthelon to create a surrealistic poster for their annual meetings Check out Laurindo’s portfolio here
Marist
Jones & Company created a poster of students to show how donations help the Marist Fund. Check out Jones & Company’s portfolio here