Workman Press Book Illustration

I owe Workman Press something of an apology.

Regretfully, I made an error a few posts back. I mistakenly attributed a book to Quirk Publishing!

The book in question is actually an offering from Workman Publishing. I worked with Art Director Jean-Marc Troadec on this satirical work. The book is The Anthology of Really Important Modern Poetry. I thought I would share some more of the work from this wonderful read today.

Book Illustration Scans

In my previous post, I took scans from the actual book. Today, I discovered the folder of original art files. I present some of these portraits here.

This is essentially a collection of hedcuts, like I pioneered for the WSJ. For this project, though, I added a little engraving twist just for this book. Here are some of these portraits of celebrity-‘Cicero’s’ of the day. I hope you enjoy them.

Perhaps you’ll pick up a copy of this witty tome from Workman Publishing… you won’t be disappointed!

Some celebrity hedcut portraits from the Workman Press book The Anthology of Really Important Modern Poetry

The Bieb

Courtney Love

Snooky

Pamela Anderson

(no identification necessary)

Puff Daddy

Kim Kardashian

Mel Gibson