Lauren Panepinto | Muddy Colors

Center It! (or, Why a Good Illustration Doesn’t Automatically Make a Good Book Cover, pt.1)

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, July 20th, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto I look at a lot of portfolios, and in almost every review, the artist asks...

Agency in Nude Portraits, via Seraph: Strength Laid Bare

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Monday, July 3rd, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto Two years ago I wrote an article for Muddy Colors about my feelings on...

AD A/B Testing

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto So I was up at Illustration Master Class this weekend and as I was...

Artists and Mental Health: Brian Wilson vs. David Bowie

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, May 25th, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto I’ve been working on a project that has had me doing a ton of reading...

LIVE ProjectCast with Dan Dos Santos

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, May 18th, 2017

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Troll Tactics

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, April 27th, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto At Spectrum this weekend we had a panel called Fight Club, during which we...

How to Talk to Art Directors IRL (Spectrum Live 2017 Edition)

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, March 30th, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto I’ve been art directing book covers for over 10 years now, and hands...

Visual Hierarchy

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto I’m not an illustrator. I don’t paint. When I draw, I generally...

So, is it Design, or is it Illustration?

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, February 2nd, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto As you all may or may not know from previous posts of mine, I am a graphic...

The Dreaded Flood of the Student Interviews

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, January 5th, 2017

By Lauren Panepinto Note: This post is a bit out of the ordinary, in that it’s more of a...

Failing for the Right Reasons

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, December 22nd, 2016

By Lauren Panepinto As I’m writing this post, it’s the December Solstice—literally the...

AD Access

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, December 8th, 2016

-By Lauren Panepinto If there’s one question I get more than any other, it’s how do...

A Solitary Mann Documentary

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Friday, November 25th, 2016

-By Lauren Panepinto This summer at Legendeer in Alberta, Canada I had the pleasure of meeting...

Make Good Art

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, November 10th, 2016

By Lauren Panepinto I have been struggling to find a way to write my column here this week, after...

Subconscious Inspiration

Posted by Lauren Panepinto | Thursday, October 27th, 2016

By Lauren Panepinto Apologies in advance, tonight’s post is going to be a quickie, because I...

Christine Griffin on Penric’s ProgressWow, does this palette speak to me...
Justin Van Liew on Giant KillerGotta say, and it should be known that I own Elsewhere, this might be my favorite Jesper Ejsing piece of all time. You totally nailed this difficult a…
Ivan Thompson on Giant KillerI really love this composition. I Think you nailed it!
Lou Bispo on The Savvy HunterBeautiful work, thanks for showing your process!
Lou Bispo on Inktober and Some Various Styles in the Ink MediumGreat collection, thanks for putting it together for us! Another favorite of mine is Joseph Clement Coll.

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