Norman Rockwell was an American illustrator, famous in his day, and still familiar to most Americans. He was known for his slice-of-life magazine covers for The Saturday Evening Post, from the 1920s-1950s. Today he’s considered an important 20th century painter Norman Rockwell often gets associated with the conservative, racist politics of 1950s white America. So...Continue Reading

A Short History Lesson From 1890s – 1960s, in what is nostalgically known as the “Golden Age of Illustration,” it was a no-brainer to have at least one full time illustrator on your design team. This changed in the 1960s, when the technology finally arrived that made it affordable to reproduce photography. People were tired...Continue Reading

The discourse around people who are tired of “flat art” has been going on for several years now. So I’ve been wanting to do a break down of where flat art comes from, what are the misconceptions, what are the criticisms, and which criticisms are worth paying attention to. First, some history Flat art dates...Continue Reading