07.09.07
Zina Saunders draws (out) art directors
What I liked about art directing, was that I love working with people and I love pulling strings and love finding artists. And I always liked typography, even though I wasn’t a great typographer. See, an art director can do it all. You can be an editor, you can be a designer, you can be a mover, you can shake things around, you can do formats; I just like the entirety of the process. But as an art director I never really loved photography; I was always much more involved in illustration. I always preferred it.
Illustrator Zina Saunders, who for some time has been posting a series of illustrations of and interviews with other illustrators, has now started working on art directors. Steven Heller is the first.
See also Zina’s several other galleries, and her websites ZinaSaunders.com and Overlooked New York. My favorites: Profile of James, the Super and An Ethnic Treasure Bites the Dust.
Illustration detail copyright © 2007 Zina Saunders. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Zina Saunders said,
July 9, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Thanks for posting this about my Steve Heller profile. And also for mentioning the other stuff I’ve been doing!
I’m particularly glad because it’s introduced me to your fascinating blog; I expect to spend a lot of time, reading back into it.
Plus, I love your headline!
India Amos said,
July 9, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Well, thank you for doing the series so I could post about it!
I wasn’t sure about the headline, because are your works drawings, or paintings? Something in between? But wordplay is always irresistible.
Eric Skillman said,
July 10, 2007 at 10:12 am
Wow, great link! Thanks, India!
I look forward to the profile of newly-crowned Art Director India Amos any day now…
India Amos said,
July 10, 2007 at 10:14 am
Ha.
Zina Saunders said,
July 13, 2007 at 5:47 am
They begin life as a drawing and then grow to maturity as a painting. And I love the headline!
bluebeard2 said,
July 13, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Just wanted to say beautiful illustration at the top of this post.
India Amos said,
July 13, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Be sure to click through to see the whole thing!