WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME PUSHART TO THE GROUP!

 

We thought we had all the stylistic bases covered in the world of illustration, until we met the team from Pushart! This latest addition to our group definitely adds a new dimension (pun intended). Pushart conceives, draws, builds and photographs miniature 3D sets. Smart and fast, they are perfect for quick editorial deadlines. 

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14 RAPP ARTISTS SELECTED FOR THE 2012 SOFTMART CALENDAR

Once in a while a project comes around in which we can really leverage our deep talent base.  This Fall we completed a project for Softmart, an IT consulting firm.  They wanted to do a calendar featuring 14 portraits celebrating various inventors in the IT world and they wanted each portrait to have an unique style reflecting the inventor.  Enter G&C Rapp.  We played match maker and came up with 14 artists who if we do say so ourselves, produced a fantastic calendar and a great show piece for our group.

Illustration by James Steinberg

Calculator- George Stibitz created the first

relay-based calculator in 1937 and later that year

became the first person to operate a computing

device remotely over  phone lines.

Illustration by Daniel Hertzberg

Binary Code- Claude Shannon in 1937 proposed

that binary arithmatic could be used in electronic

devices. His work is fundamental to the basic

operation of modern computers.

Illustration by Michael Witte

Computer Memory- Kenneth Olsen created

numerous devices that advanced computing

and led to the development of magnetic core

memory, a precursor to modern RAM (1960s).

Illustration by James O'Brien

Magnetic Storage- Dr. An Wang co-invented the

pulse transfer-controlling device in 1949, which

makes memory storage possible.

  
  

Illustration by Rafael Ricoy

Mouse- Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse

 in 1963, a device that facilitates the interaction

between humans and computers.

Illustration by Daniel Baxter

LCD- James L. Fergason is best known as the

inventor of the LCD, or Liquid Crystal Display.

(1970).

Illustration by Jan Feindt

Computer Switches- Dr. Erna Schneider Hoover 

invented a method for automating the phone 

system at Bell Labs, which eliminated human decision 

making in favor of a computer (1971).

Illustration by Peter Horvath

Fiber Optics- Dr. Peter Schultz is the

co-inventor of fiber optics which allows

for near-instant global telecommunications

(1970).

Illustration by Robert de Michiell

Cell Phones- Amos Joel Jr. devised a 

mechanism to hand off calls from one receiver 

to another in cellular communications, thus 

allowing the modern cell phone system (1972).

Illustration by PJ Loughran

Microprocessor- Dr. Marcian "Ted" Hoff is one

of the inventors of the microprocessor. He is 

widely credited as conceiving the idea of a 

universal processor (1971).

Illustration by Eric Zahn

GPS- Bradford Parkinson is known as the father

of the Global Positioning System. For fifty years 

he has worked in the military, academia, and the

private sector, promoting and innovating satellite-

based GPS (1973).

Illustration by Anthony Freda

Internet- Vinton " Vint" Cerf is recognized

as one of the fathers of the internet. A former 

manager at DARPA, he led groups in developing

TCP/IP technology (1974).

Illustration by Arthur Giron

Personal Computer- Dr. Mark Dean led the team that 

developed the ISA bus (that allows multiple devices 

to be connected to a single computer), as well as 

the team that created the first one-gigahertz computer 

processing chip (1981).

Illustration by Bob Staake

Digital Camera- Steven S. Sasson designed and

built the world's first digital camera. in 1975 he

cobbled together a prototype and produced the first 

digital picture- a black-and-white, .01 megapixel 

photo of a lab assistant.

PROUD TO PRESENT OUR NEWEST ARTIST, ROBERT NEUBECKER!

We are excited to announce that Robert Neubecker has joined our group! Robert is one of the most prolific editorial artists working today. His strong, unique concepts connect with a wide array of subjects, from financial to healthcare to lifestyle. And don't forget about his energetic, colorful kids' work!

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MICHAEL WITTE DRAWS FOR THE WORKBOOK CREATIVE CARNIVAL AT THE ART DIRECTORS CLUB

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Here is an excerpt from the Workbook blog regarding the event:

"Workbook's Creative Carnival party took place Thursday night, and the event was an outrageous, smashing success. With the outstanding mid-town Art Directors Club as the venue, The more than fifty photographers and illustrators took center stage to create their impressions of the Carnival scene. Twenty-five Workbook illustrators sketched what they saw, and at least as many Workbook photographers shot the scene: a contortionist, freak show, lion tamer, and burlesque performers. How about drag queens serving incredible libations and hors de oeuvres? Creative Carnival was not your average cocktail party by any means. Workbook kicked off Halloween weekend with a unique vibe that created a night no attendee will forget anytime soon. Nothing was too strange, too abstract or too risque, and an anything-goes mood defined the evening."

Workbook also announced that 43 of the pieces created were sold on site for a total of $2,150. This money will go to the ADC Scholarship Fund, which awards 5 scholarships each year for exceptional art and photography students.

SHAW NIELSEN TEACHES US HOW TO FEED A HUNGRY GIANT!

Workman Publishing recently asked Shaw Nielsen to illustrate a pop-up book called How Do You Feed a Hungry Giant? by Caitlin Friedman. A very versatile artist, Shaw can illustrate a heartwarming 30-page narrative, and also think quickly and conceptually for editorial jobs. No matter what the assignment, you can always count on Shaw for his big sense of humor and vivid imagination.

"My process for illustrating children's characters is a well kept secret - until now! I often put myself in the mindset of the character and pose myself in the mirror, making the noises I imagine the character would make if he/she could jump off the page and speak. In the case of the Hungry Giant I would find myself hunched over in front of the mirror repeating "nom nom nom!" My dog found the whole thing a little confusing and her expressions made for great inspiration for the dog, Cowgirl, in the book.

I think my favorite part of the book was working with the graphic designer to develop all of the pop-up and paper engineered elements."

-Shaw Nielsen

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DANIEL HERTZBERG: CONCEPT CONNOISSEUR

DANIEL HERTZBERG FOR CAR + DRIVER

SKETCH WORK

This was a full-pager for last month's issue of Car and Driver. The article was about a new line of Jeeps that have been released. The art director wanted it to feel like a propaganda poster, with reference to the outdoorsy-ness of Jeeps- hence the mountains in the background. Reference was provided by the art director.

-Daniel Hertzberg

DANIEL HERTZBERG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

SKETCH WORK

It was an honor to do an illustration for the New York Times a few weeks ago. It was the biggest piece I've ever done for them (about 9.5" square). The article was about the music site Spotify, which has tens of millions of songs available for free, all within "the cloud." The article also had a classical music twist, so I thought music notes raining down from the clouds would be very appropriate. Hopefully there's the sense of limitless amounts of music in this. The Spotify brand is green, so we kept it that way.

-Daniel Hertzberg

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SCOTTY REIFNSNYDER ON THE COVER OF COMMON GROUND MAGAZINE

 We are very excited to see Scotty Reifsnyder’s work featured in the recent issue of Common Ground Magazine! Scotty’s colorful work looks amazing on the cover and throughout the article Common interests, Common communities. We are pleased to share some of the process resulting in these striking images, as we have a couple of the artist's initial sketches. Scotty says that both sketches were ideas for the front cover, but the client liked them so well that one of them was used with the article inside the magazine. Check out the final images and the sketches below!

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