American Illustration
@amillus.bsky.social
Offering illustrators high visibility and well-derserved recognition where it matters most.
https://www.ai-ap.com
https://www.ai-ap.com
AI44 winner @melindabeckart.bsky.social
#artdirector @gailycurl @MTA
@svanyc.bsky.social
Exploring one's creativity and imagination is at the heart of art education and the classes I teach at the School of Visual Arts.
#schoolofvisualarts#subwayposters #womenwhoillustrate
#artdirector @gailycurl @MTA
@svanyc.bsky.social
Exploring one's creativity and imagination is at the heart of art education and the classes I teach at the School of Visual Arts.
#schoolofvisualarts#subwayposters #womenwhoillustrate
January 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
AI44 winner @melindabeckart.bsky.social
#artdirector @gailycurl @MTA
@svanyc.bsky.social
Exploring one's creativity and imagination is at the heart of art education and the classes I teach at the School of Visual Arts.
#schoolofvisualarts#subwayposters #womenwhoillustrate
#artdirector @gailycurl @MTA
@svanyc.bsky.social
Exploring one's creativity and imagination is at the heart of art education and the classes I teach at the School of Visual Arts.
#schoolofvisualarts#subwayposters #womenwhoillustrate
American Illustration 44 winner LOU BEACH @420characters
Bot Prophet
Personal work.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #fashionillustration #artwork #illustration #PROPHET
Bot Prophet
Personal work.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #fashionillustration #artwork #illustration #PROPHET
January 16, 2026 at 6:29 PM
American Illustration 44 winner LOU BEACH @420characters
Bot Prophet
Personal work.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #fashionillustration #artwork #illustration #PROPHET
Bot Prophet
Personal work.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #fashionillustration #artwork #illustration #PROPHET
American Illustration 44 winner LOU BEACH @420characters
Screwed (In The Great Hall of the Great King)The horror of the first three months of 2025.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #artwork #illustration #loubeach #horror
Screwed (In The Great Hall of the Great King)The horror of the first three months of 2025.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #artwork #illustration #loubeach #horror
January 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
American Illustration 44 winner LOU BEACH @420characters
Screwed (In The Great Hall of the Great King)The horror of the first three months of 2025.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #artwork #illustration #loubeach #horror
Screwed (In The Great Hall of the Great King)The horror of the first three months of 2025.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #artwork #illustration #loubeach #horror
American Illustration 44 winner CHELSEA BECK @chelseabeck.psd
@timberpress.bsky.social
#author: Ryan Mandelbau
Interior illustration for WILD NYC -- an (at times, lightly humorous)
#illustration #fieldguide #newyork #birding #spottedlanternfly
@timberpress.bsky.social
#author: Ryan Mandelbau
Interior illustration for WILD NYC -- an (at times, lightly humorous)
#illustration #fieldguide #newyork #birding #spottedlanternfly
January 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM
American Illustration 44 winner CHELSEA BECK @chelseabeck.psd
@timberpress.bsky.social
#author: Ryan Mandelbau
Interior illustration for WILD NYC -- an (at times, lightly humorous)
#illustration #fieldguide #newyork #birding #spottedlanternfly
@timberpress.bsky.social
#author: Ryan Mandelbau
Interior illustration for WILD NYC -- an (at times, lightly humorous)
#illustration #fieldguide #newyork #birding #spottedlanternfly
American Illustration 44 winner SELINA ALKO @selinaalko
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
##author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
#thekeeperofstories
Book Chain.
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
##author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
#thekeeperofstories
Book Chain.
January 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
American Illustration 44 winner SELINA ALKO @selinaalko
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
##author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
#thekeeperofstories
Book Chain.
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
##author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
#thekeeperofstories
Book Chain.
AI44 winner SELINA ALKO @selinaalko
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
##author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
#thekeeperofstories
Gallt & Zacker
Smoke from Within.
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
##author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
#thekeeperofstories
Gallt & Zacker
Smoke from Within.
January 16, 2026 at 5:23 PM
AI44 winner SELINA ALKO @selinaalko
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
##author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
#thekeeperofstories
Gallt & Zacker
Smoke from Within.
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
##author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
#thekeeperofstories
Gallt & Zacker
Smoke from Within.
American Illustration 44 winner SELINA ALKO @selinaalko
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
#author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
Gallt & Zacker
Flames and Water.
#multimediaartist #brooklynartist #fire #selinaalko #newyorkcity
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
#author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
Gallt & Zacker
Flames and Water.
#multimediaartist #brooklynartist #fire #selinaalko #newyorkcity
January 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
American Illustration 44 winner SELINA ALKO @selinaalko
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
#author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
Gallt & Zacker
Flames and Water.
#multimediaartist #brooklynartist #fire #selinaalko #newyorkcity
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
#author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
Gallt & Zacker
Flames and Water.
#multimediaartist #brooklynartist #fire #selinaalko #newyorkcity
AI44 winner SELINA ALKO @selinaalko
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
##author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
#thekeeperofstories
Gallt & Zacker
The Keeper of StoriesThe Jewish Theological Seminary.
#newyorkcity
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
##author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
#thekeeperofstories
Gallt & Zacker
The Keeper of StoriesThe Jewish Theological Seminary.
#newyorkcity
January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
AI44 winner SELINA ALKO @selinaalko
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
##author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
#thekeeperofstories
Gallt & Zacker
The Keeper of StoriesThe Jewish Theological Seminary.
#newyorkcity
#artdirector Lauren Linn @laurentlinn
#publisher Simon & Schuster
#editor Alexa Pastor
##author Caroline Kusin Pritchard
#thekeeperofstories
Gallt & Zacker
The Keeper of StoriesThe Jewish Theological Seminary.
#newyorkcity
American Illustration 44 winner @danielbaxter.bsky.social
Jimmy Carter. This peanut farmer from Georgia devoted much of his life to building houses for those in need.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44
#jimmycarter #georgia #mapdrawing #portraitdrawing
Jimmy Carter. This peanut farmer from Georgia devoted much of his life to building houses for those in need.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44
#jimmycarter #georgia #mapdrawing #portraitdrawing
January 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM
American Illustration 44 winner @danielbaxter.bsky.social
Jimmy Carter. This peanut farmer from Georgia devoted much of his life to building houses for those in need.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44
#jimmycarter #georgia #mapdrawing #portraitdrawing
Jimmy Carter. This peanut farmer from Georgia devoted much of his life to building houses for those in need.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44
#jimmycarter #georgia #mapdrawing #portraitdrawing
American Illustration 44 winner KEITH BATCHELLER @art_of_keith_batcheller
#artbuyer: Gold Line Mural #4
#artdirection and #design: Gold Line Mural #4
Gold Line Train bridge murals.
#AmericanIllustration #AI44 #artwork #illustration #muralartist #goldlinetrain
#artbuyer: Gold Line Mural #4
#artdirection and #design: Gold Line Mural #4
Gold Line Train bridge murals.
#AmericanIllustration #AI44 #artwork #illustration #muralartist #goldlinetrain
January 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
American Illustration 44 winner KEITH BATCHELLER @art_of_keith_batcheller
#artbuyer: Gold Line Mural #4
#artdirection and #design: Gold Line Mural #4
Gold Line Train bridge murals.
#AmericanIllustration #AI44 #artwork #illustration #muralartist #goldlinetrain
#artbuyer: Gold Line Mural #4
#artdirection and #design: Gold Line Mural #4
Gold Line Train bridge murals.
#AmericanIllustration #AI44 #artwork #illustration #muralartist #goldlinetrain
AI44 winner KEITH BATCHELLER @art_of_keith_batcheller
#artbuyer: Gold Line Mural #3
#artdirection and #design: Gold Line Mural #3
Gold Line Train bridge murals.
#AmericanIllustration #AI44 #artwork #illustration
#artbuyer: Gold Line Mural #3
#artdirection and #design: Gold Line Mural #3
Gold Line Train bridge murals.
#AmericanIllustration #AI44 #artwork #illustration
January 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
AI44 winner KEITH BATCHELLER @art_of_keith_batcheller
#artbuyer: Gold Line Mural #3
#artdirection and #design: Gold Line Mural #3
Gold Line Train bridge murals.
#AmericanIllustration #AI44 #artwork #illustration
#artbuyer: Gold Line Mural #3
#artdirection and #design: Gold Line Mural #3
Gold Line Train bridge murals.
#AmericanIllustration #AI44 #artwork #illustration
American Illustration 44 winner LINDA BARITSKI (aka SEASONOFVICTORY) @seasonofvictory
#representative @wearillustrationx
@smithstreetbooks
Feel Good Ink – Temporary Tattoo BookI was commissioned by Smith Street Books
#representative @wearillustrationx
@smithstreetbooks
Feel Good Ink – Temporary Tattoo BookI was commissioned by Smith Street Books
January 14, 2026 at 5:28 PM
American Illustration 44 winner LINDA BARITSKI (aka SEASONOFVICTORY) @seasonofvictory
#representative @wearillustrationx
@smithstreetbooks
Feel Good Ink – Temporary Tattoo BookI was commissioned by Smith Street Books
#representative @wearillustrationx
@smithstreetbooks
Feel Good Ink – Temporary Tattoo BookI was commissioned by Smith Street Books
AI44 winner LINDA BARITSKI (aka SEASONOFVICTORY) @seasonofvictory
@weareillustrationx
London Bloom - illustrated London city map
An intricate London themed city map illustration – created as a jumbo coloring poster for a client. #illustration #london
@weareillustrationx
London Bloom - illustrated London city map
An intricate London themed city map illustration – created as a jumbo coloring poster for a client. #illustration #london
January 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
AI44 winner LINDA BARITSKI (aka SEASONOFVICTORY) @seasonofvictory
@weareillustrationx
London Bloom - illustrated London city map
An intricate London themed city map illustration – created as a jumbo coloring poster for a client. #illustration #london
@weareillustrationx
London Bloom - illustrated London city map
An intricate London themed city map illustration – created as a jumbo coloring poster for a client. #illustration #london
AI44 winner HANNA BARCZY @hannabarczyk
#publication Book Review The New Yorker @newyorkermag.bsky.social
#rep Purple Rain Illustrators/Ella Lupo
Breasts are subject to capricious restrictions and contradictory norms. What would it take to set them free?
#artwork #illustration
#publication Book Review The New Yorker @newyorkermag.bsky.social
#rep Purple Rain Illustrators/Ella Lupo
Breasts are subject to capricious restrictions and contradictory norms. What would it take to set them free?
#artwork #illustration
January 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
AI44 winner HANNA BARCZY @hannabarczyk
#publication Book Review The New Yorker @newyorkermag.bsky.social
#rep Purple Rain Illustrators/Ella Lupo
Breasts are subject to capricious restrictions and contradictory norms. What would it take to set them free?
#artwork #illustration
#publication Book Review The New Yorker @newyorkermag.bsky.social
#rep Purple Rain Illustrators/Ella Lupo
Breasts are subject to capricious restrictions and contradictory norms. What would it take to set them free?
#artwork #illustration
American Illustration 44 winner DAVIDE BARCO @davidebarco
@stephencurry30
#publication @slam
Top Chef
For the first time in his career Stephen Curry and the Bay Area are hosting NBA All-Star Weekend.
February 2025.
SLAM
#artwork #illustration #sportsillustrator #slam
@stephencurry30
#publication @slam
Top Chef
For the first time in his career Stephen Curry and the Bay Area are hosting NBA All-Star Weekend.
February 2025.
SLAM
#artwork #illustration #sportsillustrator #slam
January 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
American Illustration 44 winner DAVIDE BARCO @davidebarco
@stephencurry30
#publication @slam
Top Chef
For the first time in his career Stephen Curry and the Bay Area are hosting NBA All-Star Weekend.
February 2025.
SLAM
#artwork #illustration #sportsillustrator #slam
@stephencurry30
#publication @slam
Top Chef
For the first time in his career Stephen Curry and the Bay Area are hosting NBA All-Star Weekend.
February 2025.
SLAM
#artwork #illustration #sportsillustrator #slam
American Illustration 44 winner SERGIO BARADAT @sergiobaradatart
Totem
Personal fine art piece. May 2024.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #fashionillustration #artwork #illustration #sergiobaradat #fineart
Totem
Personal fine art piece. May 2024.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #fashionillustration #artwork #illustration #sergiobaradat #fineart
January 14, 2026 at 4:19 PM
American Illustration 44 winner SERGIO BARADAT @sergiobaradatart
Totem
Personal fine art piece. May 2024.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #fashionillustration #artwork #illustration #sergiobaradat #fineart
Totem
Personal fine art piece. May 2024.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #fashionillustration #artwork #illustration #sergiobaradat #fineart
American Illustration 44 winner DEZ BARA @dbara1
Portrait of Mona Tougaard @mona_tougaard in Fall '24 Alaïa Couture. January 2025.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #fashionillustration #artwork #illustration #monatougaard
Portrait of Mona Tougaard @mona_tougaard in Fall '24 Alaïa Couture. January 2025.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #fashionillustration #artwork #illustration #monatougaard
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
American Illustration 44 winner DEZ BARA @dbara1
Portrait of Mona Tougaard @mona_tougaard in Fall '24 Alaïa Couture. January 2025.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #fashionillustration #artwork #illustration #monatougaard
Portrait of Mona Tougaard @mona_tougaard in Fall '24 Alaïa Couture. January 2025.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #fashionillustration #artwork #illustration #monatougaard
American Illustration 44 winner NATALYA BALNOVA @natalya_balnova
#representative: Marlena Agency @marlenaagency
Therapeutic ActionTwo-color silkscreen poster size 15x22", edition of 12. May 2024.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44
#representative: Marlena Agency @marlenaagency
Therapeutic ActionTwo-color silkscreen poster size 15x22", edition of 12. May 2024.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
American Illustration 44 winner NATALYA BALNOVA @natalya_balnova
#representative: Marlena Agency @marlenaagency
Therapeutic ActionTwo-color silkscreen poster size 15x22", edition of 12. May 2024.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44
#representative: Marlena Agency @marlenaagency
Therapeutic ActionTwo-color silkscreen poster size 15x22", edition of 12. May 2024.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44
AI44 winners ANNA AND ELENA BALBUSSO TWINS @balbusso_twins
#rep @shannonassociates
#client: Epson Italia
Epson calendar 2024 Spectacular we created a visual narrative from dance to sport with a human focus and with a strong perceptive and emotional impact enhancing the expressive power of colour.
#rep @shannonassociates
#client: Epson Italia
Epson calendar 2024 Spectacular we created a visual narrative from dance to sport with a human focus and with a strong perceptive and emotional impact enhancing the expressive power of colour.
January 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
AI44 winners ANNANELENBALBUSSO TWINS @balbusso_twins
#rep Shannon Associates LLC New York
#client: Epson Italia @epsonitalia
A visual narrative from dance to sport with a human focus and with a strong perceptive and emotional impact enhancing the expressive power of colour.
t #illustration
#rep Shannon Associates LLC New York
#client: Epson Italia @epsonitalia
A visual narrative from dance to sport with a human focus and with a strong perceptive and emotional impact enhancing the expressive power of colour.
t #illustration
January 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
AI44 winners ANNANELENBALBUSSO TWINS @balbusso_twins
#rep Shannon Associates LLC New York
#client: Epson Italia @epsonitalia
A visual narrative from dance to sport with a human focus and with a strong perceptive and emotional impact enhancing the expressive power of colour.
t #illustration
#rep Shannon Associates LLC New York
#client: Epson Italia @epsonitalia
A visual narrative from dance to sport with a human focus and with a strong perceptive and emotional impact enhancing the expressive power of colour.
t #illustration
A44 winner SCOTT BAKAL @scottbakal.bsky.social
#publication John Hopkins Medical Magazine
Lessons from COVID - Bird Flu
#illustration #johnhopkinsmedicalmagazine #birdflu
#publication John Hopkins Medical Magazine
Lessons from COVID - Bird Flu
#illustration #johnhopkinsmedicalmagazine #birdflu
January 12, 2026 at 4:52 PM
A44 winner SCOTT BAKAL @scottbakal.bsky.social
#publication John Hopkins Medical Magazine
Lessons from COVID - Bird Flu
#illustration #johnhopkinsmedicalmagazine #birdflu
#publication John Hopkins Medical Magazine
Lessons from COVID - Bird Flu
#illustration #johnhopkinsmedicalmagazine #birdflu
AI 44 winner LINDSEY BAILEY @lindseyswo
#representative @Axios
How politics is stressing us out more than everPhoto-based illustration for an article on the stresses of the 2024 election cycle in the U.S.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #artwork #illustration #illustrator #coverart
#representative @Axios
How politics is stressing us out more than everPhoto-based illustration for an article on the stresses of the 2024 election cycle in the U.S.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #artwork #illustration #illustrator #coverart
January 12, 2026 at 4:40 PM
AI 44 winner LINDSEY BAILEY @lindseyswo
#representative @Axios
How politics is stressing us out more than everPhoto-based illustration for an article on the stresses of the 2024 election cycle in the U.S.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #artwork #illustration #illustrator #coverart
#representative @Axios
How politics is stressing us out more than everPhoto-based illustration for an article on the stresses of the 2024 election cycle in the U.S.
#AmericanIllustration #ai44 #artdirector #artwork #illustration #illustrator #coverart
American Illustration 44 winner FLORA BAI @florabai.jpg
#artdirector @benjaminkemper.bsky.social
#publication @saveurmagazine.bsky.social
Series of Illustrations I created for SAVEUR magazine for their Culture Column.#illustration #illustrator #coverart #music #culture
#artdirector @benjaminkemper.bsky.social
#publication @saveurmagazine.bsky.social
Series of Illustrations I created for SAVEUR magazine for their Culture Column.#illustration #illustrator #coverart #music #culture
January 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
American Illustration 44 winner FLORA BAI @florabai.jpg
#artdirector @benjaminkemper.bsky.social
#publication @saveurmagazine.bsky.social
Series of Illustrations I created for SAVEUR magazine for their Culture Column.#illustration #illustrator #coverart #music #culture
#artdirector @benjaminkemper.bsky.social
#publication @saveurmagazine.bsky.social
Series of Illustrations I created for SAVEUR magazine for their Culture Column.#illustration #illustrator #coverart #music #culture
American Illustration 44 winner LISA ARNBERGER @missfelidae_illustration
Cover illustration for the 30th anniv. of radio FM4 about the digital transformation generation of fans and how the radio supports Austrian Music.
#illustration #illustrator #coverart #thegap #radio
Cover illustration for the 30th anniv. of radio FM4 about the digital transformation generation of fans and how the radio supports Austrian Music.
#illustration #illustrator #coverart #thegap #radio
January 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
American Illustration 44 winner LISA ARNBERGER @missfelidae_illustration
Cover illustration for the 30th anniv. of radio FM4 about the digital transformation generation of fans and how the radio supports Austrian Music.
#illustration #illustrator #coverart #thegap #radio
Cover illustration for the 30th anniv. of radio FM4 about the digital transformation generation of fans and how the radio supports Austrian Music.
#illustration #illustrator #coverart #thegap #radio
American Illustration 44 winner FLuX artist
#client @startrek @strangenewworlds
Original Art for Paramount+ & Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for a marketing campaign on streaming social and in Times Square NYC.
#AmericanIllustration
#startrek @paramountplus.com
#client @startrek @strangenewworlds
Original Art for Paramount+ & Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for a marketing campaign on streaming social and in Times Square NYC.
#AmericanIllustration
#startrek @paramountplus.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
American Illustration 44 winner FLuX artist
#client @startrek @strangenewworlds
Original Art for Paramount+ & Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for a marketing campaign on streaming social and in Times Square NYC.
#AmericanIllustration
#startrek @paramountplus.com
#client @startrek @strangenewworlds
Original Art for Paramount+ & Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for a marketing campaign on streaming social and in Times Square NYC.
#AmericanIllustration
#startrek @paramountplus.com