THIS EBOOK WAS CREATED AS AN INSPIRATION RESOURCE. IT IS A COMPANION TO MY SKILLSHARE CLASS “DRAWING SKULLS” WHICH CAN

BE FOUND AT skillshare.com/jonbrommet

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JON CONTINOJon’s pretty handy with a pen and paper. He’s scribbled and

sketched for some companies that you’ve probably heard of.

Over the past two decades, his designs, typography, and

illustrations have graced magazine covers, t-shirts, album

jackets, murals, food trucks, movie posters, websites, and

national ad campaigns, to name a few.

NEW YORK, NY

WWW.JONCONTINO.COM

@JONCONTINO

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1. No-Brainer t-shirt design for Jon Contino Brand 2. Find Yourself t-shirt design for In God We Must 3. Jon Contino Mailing List Illustration 4. Illustration for Sperry 5. Stickers for Nike Running app

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1. BLK ICE unused concept for Nike 2. It’s Time part of the Nose Knows sticker pack for iOS 3. Doom Silence unused illustration 4. Sticker for Nike Running app Opposite - Illustration for Jon Contino Brand

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JETPACKS AND ROLLERSKATESBlake Stevenson is the guy behind Jetpacks and Rollerskates.

A pop culture addicted Designer/Illustrator from southern

Ontario, Canada. He takes on each project armed with healthy

balance of sugary cereals and saturday morning cartoons.

KITCHENER, ON

WWW.JETPACKSANDROLLERSKATES.COM

@JETPACKSANDROLLERSKATES

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1. Space Skeleton and his Cat 2. 80’s Skull 3. Jetpacks and Rollerskates logo design 4. Boombox Ghosts 5. A creative challenge from Spotify

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1. Cauldron Mixing Itself 2. Jetpacks Icon Experiment 3. Cute Kitty Perched in Skull and Cross Bones 4. Skull Flower 5. Finders Keepers

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6. Another day, another skull 7. Camp or Die 8. T-shirt design for Weapons of Mass Creation Festival

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ALEXA ERKAEVAAlexa is a freelance designer and illustrator from Turkmenistan.

Over the past 10 years she cofounded a design studio in

Ashgabat, designed and illustrated a few notable mobile games

in Istanbul. Now she works as a freelancer on branding and

interactive projects, and likes to bring designers together to

make projects for fun.

TURKMENISTAN

WWW.ERKAEVA.COM

@ERKAEVA

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1. HelloQueen - Logo design for a Halloween collection 2. Package & Logo Design For Hugo’s Mexican Restaurant & Bar 3. Witches Came to Town 4. SOS - Band logo design

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KENDRICK KIDDMy name is Kendrick Kidd and I’m a proud native of sunny Florida.

I’ve been designing professionally for the last 19 years, and have a

healthy love for packaging, branding, and illustration. I’m currently

working as a Creative Director at an advertising agency in Jacksonville,

FL called Shepherd. I also run a small design & screen printing business

during nights and weekends.

JACKSONVILLE, FL

WWW.KENDRICKKIDD.COM

@KENDRICKKIDD

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DOUBLENAUTDoublenaut is made up of Matt McCracken, Andrew

McCracken and Ross Proulx. Equal parts poster designers, beer

label creators, editorial illustrators and identity thinker uppers.

We enjoy all sorts of creative challenges in our day-to-day

TORONTO, ON

WWW.DOUBLENAUT.COM

@DOUBLENAUTDESIGN

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Last Spread, Left Page - Salud, Dinero y Amor Art Print - Right Page - Poster Design for the Nation Poster Retrospecticus 1. Mushrooms 2. Tucana Coffee logo design 3. Moth art print

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4. Illustration for La Carnita’s Tres event 5. Poster art for Converse Rubber Trakcs Live event 6. Prarie skull illustration for Hard Pressed brand

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RYAN PUTNAMPutnam’s approach to his work is fun, personal, and always

forward-looking. His goal is to combine craft functionality with

fine art integrity and the exacting principles of design.

When he is not crafting, he can be seen trekking through the

woods with his son Cyan on his back and wife at his side.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

WWW.RYANPUTN.AM

@RYANPUTNAM

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1. Halloween avatars 2. Portrait Study 03 3. RIP Photoshop 4. Marker illustration for digital wallpaper

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BRIAN STEELYBrian is a disciple of simplicity believing in eliminating the

unnecessary so that the necessary can speak loud and clear. A

true pioneer of the monoline illustrations tyle. Steely is a prolific

designer who still takes pride in taking risks with his work. The

soft-spoken guy that can say a lot with very little has earned the

right to be very discerning with the brands he now works with.

ATLANTA, GA

WWW.STEELYWORKS.COM

@BRIANSTEELY

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DKNGDan Kuhlken and Nathan Goldman were both drawn to music,

film and design at an early age, but didn’t combine their talents

until 2005 when the duo founded a design studio with the goal

of fusing these creative avenues. The pair has found a niche

in linking a personal and unique aesthetic to the world’s most

talented and iconic musical artists, brands, and businesses.

LOS ANGELES, CA

WWW.DKNGSTUDIOS.COM

@DKNGSTUDIOS

DKNG

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1. Warrior art print 2. Back of Red Wheel playing card deck 3. Oreo button for Inch x Inch 4. Die detail from Blue Wheel playing card deck

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HIMANSHU SHARMA

Himanshu Sharma is Texas-based art director during the day

and a freelance illustrator by night. You’ve probably seen his

“anonymous” work while strolling through the kids’ clothing

area and toy aisles of your favorite big-brand consumer store.

A true kid at heart, Himanshu is most inspired by what all boys

love - cars, explosions, outer space, and skulls!

SAN ANTONIO, TX

WWW.GOHEMU.COM

@GOHEMU

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1. Logo for Botanica Music Festival 2 3 & 4. Supporting images for Botanica Music Festival

1. Ouija illustration on a airplane puke bag 2. Unnamed piece 3. Fire Bones sketch 4.Trucks And Skulls work in progress 5. Nordic Ghost Ships illustration

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AARON DRAPLINLocated in the mighty Pacific Northwest, the Draplin Design

Co. proudly rolls up its sleeves on a number of projects related

to the Print, Identity and Illustration categories. We’ve traveled

the world telling our story, with over 300 speaking fiascos under

our belt and counting! We co-created Field Notes with our older

brother Jim Coudal, and our first book titled Pretty Much

Everything, is incredibly, in its fifth printing.

PORTLAND, OR

DRAPLIN.COM FIELDNOTESBRAND.COM DDCBOOK.COM

@DRAPLIN

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1. Inner Air Lock logo design 2. Unnamed piece 3. Grenade t-shirt design

IAN WILLIAMSIan Williams is a native Californian who graduated with a BFA

in Illustration from Cal State University, Long Beach. Currently

located in San Clemente, he is a graphic artist for TSURT,

designing t-shirts and posters for bands like blink-182,

Pearl Jam, and NOFX.

SAN CLEMENTE, CA

WWW.IANWILLIAMSDESIGN.COM

@IANWILLIAMSART

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1. Blink-182 t-shirt design 2. Pixies tour poster 3. Eddie Vedder tour poster 4. NOFX t-shirt design 5. Bad Religion tour poster

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1. Blink-182 t-shirt design 2. The Used t-shirt design 3. Blink-182 tour poster 4. Eddie Vedder tour poster Opposite - Cover for Travis Barker’s autobiography

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JON BROMMETThese things are always awkward. Should I talk about myself in

the third person like a wordsmith who compliments my every

trait? Or should I just keep it real? Do people still say keep it

real? I think I already messed this thing all up. Good thing no

one reads these things. Wait, what? I am a designer and

illustrator who ran out of space to tell you more.

BRACEBRIDGE, ON

WWW.JONBROMMET.COM

@JONBROMMET

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Last Page - Left - Drawn To Death merch design Right - Clothing Pattern for Imperiale Beer Cafe Opposite - Eternally Ungrateful pin illustration1. Explore Wisely block print 2. Unnamed Piece 3. T-Shirt design for Modern Day Pirates 4. Sombrero Skull block print