The end of each year brings a variety of "best of" lists covering movies
to desserts. So why not illustration? We asked our illustrators to
pick their best of 2012. No editing from the hovering agents, simply
their favorite from this past year. Interesting to see the results. The pieces are seldom the biggest jobs or the ones with the greatest
commercial appeal. We've compiled the results below. Each image can be
enlarged for a better view, and of course you can go to our website (www.mendolaart.com) to
see complete portfolios. Happy New Year!
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| Caroline Attia Personal illustration from "To the land of the Aurora Borealis", a short film Caroline is currently developing. |
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| Jon Ball (Poked Studio) A robotic mouse from the future, created in 3D. |
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| Rob Ball The cover of a special "Mayfair" edition of Hedge magazine ... also a chance to for Rob to draw his hometown: London. |
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| Shelly Bartek Ad campaign for Blue Moon and its mother company MillerCoor. |
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| Ron Berg A new breed of Reindeer with antlers gone wild -- a Christmas self-promotion piece. |
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| Steven Bonner This monochrome piece for Kempertrautmann shows how Audi grips the road. |
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| Jude Buffum Commissioned for a time-travel themed art show promoting So You Created a Wormhole: The Time Traveler's Guide to Time Travel. |
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| Echo Chernik "Bridgette the Yarn Zombie" -- a 17-foot-tall image for Yarn Zombies, LLC. |
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| Steven Chorney Cover for 100 Top Fantasy Movies with images of the top six. |
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| Matthew Cook The 'point man' of a patrol has a cigarette just moments before entering an insurgent ambush. Helmand, Afghanistan. August, 2012. |
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| Michael Crampton Winner of 2012 US Open poster competition. |
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| Lucy Davey Mock book cover advertising British Airways' USA trips. |
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| Amy DeVoogd Ad campaign for TW Telecon -- "Get a cloud connection that's safer than safe." |
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| Digital Progression "Sky Shoes" for Sky/WCRS. "We like this because it's not a very typical subject for CGI and, more importantly, it's very shiny." |
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| Kate Forrester One of 9 leather-bound children's classics for Barnes & Noble. |
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| Neil Duerden Design for the Wonka Ice Cream Truck (Alcone). "How often do you get commissioned to create a part of your childhood?" |
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| Andrey Gordeev Ad for Gas-O-Fast (McCann India). "I actually drew the benefits of vegetarianism." |
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| Julia Green Cover for Survivors: The Empty City. |
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| Adam Hancher Spot in Smith Journal for "Virtual Economy," an article about how many entrepreneurs get rich off things that don't physically exist. |
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| Charlie Hill "The Beacon" portrays the physician as both explorer and leader, shining light on darkness. |
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| Bunky Hurter Comp of a girl reading on a tablet. |
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| Bob Hynes To-scale illustration of a mural to be installed at Berman Academy in Washington, DC. |
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| Kenny Kiernan "All elections should be this much fun!" Game package design for FoxMind's Democradiculous. |
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| Jim Kopp Vector illustrations of a woman and dog with interchangeable mouths. |
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| Jeff Mangiat "Jesus was Tempted" -- part of a 3-year project to update artwork for the Bible. |
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| Joey Marsh Every Wednesday "The Ice Cream Man" parks on Bognor Regis beach. It never gets busy, and Joey still hasn't seen his face. |
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| Bill Maughan Samuel Adams "Black and Brew" label art (Boston Beer). |
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| Mick McGinty Package design for Leapster's "Animal Genius". "It's fun to illustrate an animal from each classification that is colorful, interesting, and non-threatening for little kids." |
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| Sarah McMenemy Part of a series of images for the Aireloom mattress range for Kluft Mattresses. |
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| Arthur Mount Infographic for Expedia about beach vacations and activities. |
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| Tom Newsom Santa is ready to deliver gifts on his 1936 Harley. He has some help from friends, and the Malemute pup might get a ride too! |
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| Christopher Nick Two playful pups waking up to enjoy a cozy Christmas morning. Created for Barton Cotton's Holiday card. |
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| Swan Park Editorial illustration for Annabelle magazine. Snowflakes added for a winter touch. |
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| Debbie Powell Rizzoli book jacket for 101 Cookbooks, 501 Classic Recipes. "Rizzoli was lovely to work with and gave me full reign over the illustration. I'm so happy with the finished design and how it looks on the book!" |
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| Frank Riccio A chapter illustration for the fantasy novel The Broken Circle. Depicts one of "the twelve" bathing. |
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| Heidi Schmidt Flat color icons. |
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| Rosie Scott Illustration for a 2013 calendar of superstitions. British superstition: "Don't step on a crack or the bears will get you." |
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| James Shepherd Boy blasting through a tunnel. |
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| Dan Sipple Spec piece depicting Pepsi in Los Angeles. |
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| Lindsey Spinks Spot illustration for Financial Times article "A Disuniting Kingdom." |
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| Hugh Syme "This was a self-promotional piece -- and, as always, it was an absolute delight working with Hugh." |
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| Dahl Taylor "Verloren" Samuel Adams limited edition beer label. |
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| Jeff Wack "Big Fish" poster for the upcoming Broadway production based on Tim Burton's "Big Fish" film. |
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| Sam Ward Box cover for "Flippin Frogs," a Mattel game. |
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| Zutto "Wonderland": Children see the world as a mixture of imaginary and real things. |
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| Mary Woodin "Farmers Market": piece for an exhibition of food paintings to coincide with the Aldeburgh Food Festival in Suffolk. |
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