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 story telling our artists come up with. Whether it is through minimalist vector images or hyper realistic CGI renderings, they push their unique styles even further to create clever […]
Ben The Illustrator | The Sleep School
Ben The Illustrator created an extensive series of 70 illustrations for an innovative sleep clinic in London called The Sleep School. The illustrations cover a wide range of topics around sleeping and health for their blog and social media. He brilliantly captures their positive approach to health, looking beyond quick fixes with medication and instead […]
Rachael Saunders | Walker Books
Rachael Saunders illustrated the picture book, Pop-Up Palace Pets, published by Walker Books in collaboration with the Royal Historical Palaces. This fun pop-up celebration of royal animals through the ages is full of facts, flaps and surprising stories. Dogs, cats, monkeys and rats – there’s something for everyone in this fascinating pop-up history of royal […]
Luke Lucas | Mickey’s 90th
Letterer, Luke Lucas helped celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday, Curator Eddie Zammit and Radio Velvet created Mickey Mouse Arthouse. An exhibition featuring the works of 90 artists from around the globe. The exhibition ran from 17/11/18 – 28/2/19 in Melbourne, Australia. See more work by Luke here.
Dalia Adillon | Lawrence King Publishing
Dalia Adillon was commissioned by Lawrence King Publishing to illustrate “Amelia Earhart” by Isabel Thomas. The book is part of the “Little Guides to Great Lives” children’s book series. Dalia was selected to illustrate the life of the inspiring Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and a pioneer of women’s rights. […]
Jude Buffum | Mindful Monsters
Inspired by other daily drawing challenges on Instagram, such as “Inktober”, Jude Buffum created the #Blocktober2018 challenge to motivate other pixel-style illustrators to draw a different pixelated monster each day for the month of October. Drawing on his own experiences with yoga and meditation, Jude created the Mindful Monsters series, which paired each monster with an appropriate […]
Jude Buffum | The Oregon Trail
Jude was approached by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to create 8-bit pixel style illustrations for lessons in Adulting from the Oregon Trail. The book is a snarky, faux-advice book inspired by the classic computer game, The Oregon Trail. Jude had the pleasure of collaborating with author Lauren Reeves on illustrating the fifty life lessons throughout the […]
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 enchanting to bright and dazzling, each of these artists have mastered their style for the season. Poked […]
Laura Barrett | Museum of Childhood
Client: Museum of Childhood | Laura’s illustrations furnished the space of an interactive play area for children. She teamed up with designers StudioArc and for the Edinburgh’s Museum of Childhood. To read how these illustrations took shape read Laura’s blog See her portfolio here Click the rabbit above to go to Laura’s whole portfolio
Caroline Attia | 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
Tom Froese | GQ France
Client: GQ France | Description: For June and July’s Manuel de Style in GQ France, Tom created these humorous and fun illustrations! Check out Tom’s portfolio here
Debbie Powell | MARK IS
Client: MARK IS | Description: The MARK IS shopping mall in Minato Mirai, Yokohama, Japan, commissioned Debbie to illustrate a birthday cake for their 4th anniversary! The cake is decorated with people who shop there as well as landmarks in Yokohama. Check out Debbie’s portfolio here
Oliver Sin | University of Chicago
Client: University of Chicago | Description: Oliver created illustrations promoting a 24 hour fundraising event at University of Chicago to support future academics, students & research. Check out Oliver’s portfolio here
Jones & Company | Marist
Client: Marist | Description: Jones & Company created a poster of students to show how donations help the Marist Fund. Check out Jones & Company’s portfolio here
Kirsten Ulve’s Truck Wrap Illustration
Our NYC-based illustrator and designer, Kirsten Ulve, was asked to create a large-scale illustration for Tapad Inc/Telenor Group, the global marketing technology company. Tapad needed a high-impact image to support their breakthrough technology and ability to connect brands with millions of unique consumers across billions of devices. Utilizing her talent for drawing fun, whimsical and slightly-off […]
Get Inspired for 2017
We’ve curated a fantastic selection of illustrations showcasing some of the group’s best work from 2016. We hope it serves as inspiration for the great possibilities of 2017. Illustration is a wonderful, evolving medium and illustrators have found increasingly relevant ways to utilize their talents. The first section focuses on self-initiated work and leads off […]
Welcome to the Future!
2017 arrives in less than a month, but you can get a glimpse of what it looks like today. We’re happy to welcome 2017 with our new Mendola calendar! Thirteen of our artists contributed wonderful artwork that you can enjoy all year long. You can even learn a bit about each of the contributing artists with […]
The Artworks Illustration Agency
A boutique agency located in London, The Artworks represents a select group of talented illustrators from the UK and Europe. Since 2009, Mendola has been the group’s exclusive representative in North America, and it’s been a smashing success! The talent is an excellent complement to Mendola Art with many of the artists working primarily or […]
Milky Tea for Super Bowl 50!
After the great success of last year’s NFL Super Bowl campaign, Milky Tea was asked to build on the campaign by creating additional 3D character illustrations for the NFL Super Bowl 50 Experience. Working alongside US agency Blind Society, the aim was to go one step further this year and create another set of memorable characters, showing the wide […]
HPP Heroes Uncommon Strength
Alexion Pharmaceuticals and the W2O Group hired Miracle Studios to design characters and assets to create awareness for a rare disease, Hypophosphatasia (HPP). HPP is an extremely rare, debilitating metabolic disease that affects bones, muscles, and lungs. Patients who have the disease fight a heroic battle, working through their symptoms to live full lives. Miracle created super […]
Inspirational Publishing
Mendola Artists offers a range of talent to satisfy a variety of publishing needs. Our UK partner, The Artworks, supplement our group with unique selections for fiction covers. Our more realistic artists are great for YA, Romance and Action Adventure. Lastly, several artists have completed specialty book projects such as cookbooks. Many of the artists […]
Artists Choice Awards
In the spirit of awards season, we’ve decided to create our own: The Artists Choice Awards. The idea is simple: it’s the image that each artist believes is their best of 2014. No micromanaging from the agent peanut gallery. It’s not always readily apparent why some images were selected, but we’re sure the artists have […]
