Kreayshawn!
Illustration for Complex Magazine by Gluekit, 2011.
U2 Goes 360
Here’s a recent illustration of U2 that we did for Entertainment Weekly’s Must List. Get well soon, Bono!
Idolizing Glambert!
Here’s a recent illustration we did for Rolling Stone about American Idol’s Season 8 breakout contestant Adam Lambert!
The Lost Albums
Khulami Phase by Lauryn Hill. Album Art. (Photo-illustration for Vibe Magazine by Gluekit, 2009)
Dream Factory by Prince and the Revolution. Album Art. (Photo-illustration for Vibe Magazine by Gluekit, 2009)
We were recently commissioned by Vibe magazine to create album art for some of the most anticipated “lost” albums of the last few decades, which included albums by Prince, The Commission (a Notorious B.I.G. side project), Lauryn Hill, and 50 Cent. This was such a fun assignment to work on, since it allowed us to do some really intensive image and typographic research while we immersed ourselves in each artist’s catalogue. Mark Shaw, the art director we worked with on the project, asked us to do a short write-up for Vibe about how we went about making the illustrations, and our inspiration for each of the final four covers. The interview is up here!
Michelle Shines on New York!
Last week we created the Michelle Obama illustration which graced the cover of New York magazine. Drawing inspiration from a wide array of sources, including Andy Warhol’s brilliant mid-1980s Interview covers (glamour! kitsch! mood lighting!), we were so happy with the way this turned out.
Cylons Are Among Us!
And Cylons are also on the pages of Rolling Stone. Here’s an illustration we did recently for Rolling Stone’s Television column, featuring some of the stars of Battlestar Galactica!
Skittlelicious Atlanta!
This is an illustration we did for the lovely folks at Atlanta magazine at the end of last year. We really loved the latitude they gave us to create this bright piece, which accompanied an article about the craziest news stories, local and national, of 2008.
Gluekit in Wired!
The February 2009 issue of Wired Magazine, currently on newstands here in the U.S., features a Gluekit illustration for their Jargon Watch column (Gluekit loves speech bubbles!). We were super thrilled to be asked to do a three-dimensional black and white illustration, which follows along in the same tradition as many of our image projects. Thanks, Wired!
And They All Fall Down
Gluekit illustration for New York Magazine last fall. It originally accompanied a review of “A Tale of Two Cities,” a play whose Broadway run ended early in November.
Che
This is a recent illustration we did for Entertainment Weekly of Benicio Del Toro in Steven Soderbergh’s new epic film Che.
Raising the Bar
Recent Gluekit illustration for a review of the TV show Raising the Bar in New York magazine! And yes, that is Mark-Paul Gosselaar (aka Zack!) from Saved by the Bell. (We actually did another version that’s totally SVB’s out… maybe we’ll post that in the future!)
The Era of the Mathly Monks
Here’s Gluekit’s illustration for Dave Itzkoff’s review of Neal Stephenson’s Anathem, published in this weekend’s New York Times Book Review!
Happy Birthday New York Magazine!
One of New York’s most fabulous institutions, New York Magazine, celebrates its fortieth anniversary this week! For their anniversary issue, Gluekit created a collage of some of the people who’ve helped shape New York over the last four decades. Our favorites included Warhol, Jackie O, and that young-looking Seinfeld front and center. Here’s to another forty years!
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