Worth magazine coverIllustration: Brian Stauffer

Worth magazine cover
Illustration: Brian Stauffer

Brian Stauffer is one of my favorite illustrators. He’s been tearing things up the past few years, creating a brilliant body of work for publications as diverse as Worth, The New Yorker, Huffington., and countless altweeklies, as well as doing some knockout posters along the way. His cover illustrations for altweeklies from Kansas City to San Francisco have been powerful, pointed, and provocative….everything you hope and wish a cover illustration can be. And like a great blues guitarist, Brian keeps getting better and better, adding new shadings and nuances to his work. Just when you think you’ve got him typecast, he flips and does something incredibly delicate and beautiful like his University of Baltimore swan poster. We’ll be posting three separate batches of Brian’s illustrations today. Take a look at these seven slices of illustrative wonder, and visit Brian’s website.

Worth #20Design director: Dean SebringArt director/designer: Michael ShavalierIllustration: Brian Stauffer

Worth #20
Design director: Dean Sebring
Art director/designer: Michael Shavalier
Illustration: Brian Stauffer

Worth #19Design director: Dean Sebring Art director/designer: Michael ShavalierIllustration: Brian Stauffer

Worth #19
Design director: Dean Sebring
Art director/designer: Michael Shavalier

Illustration: Brian Stauffer

Worth #18, The Family IssueDesign director: Dean SebringArt director/designer: Michael ShavalierIllustrator: Brian Stauffer 

Worth #18, The Family Issue
Design director: Dean Sebring
Art director/designer: Michael Shavalier
Illustrator: Brian Stauffer 

Worth, #17, “The Blue Issue”Design director: Dean SebringArt director/designer: Michael ShavalierIllustration: Brian Stauffer 

Worth, #17, “The Blue Issue”
Design director: Dean Sebring
Art director/designer: Michael Shavalier
Illustration: Brian Stauffer 

New Worth magazine cover (second of two versions)Creative director: Dean SebringIllustration: Brian Stauffer 

New Worth magazine cover (second of two versions)
Creative director: Dean Sebring
Illustration: Brian Stauffer 

New Worth magazine cover (one of two versions)Creative director: Dean SebringIllustration: Brian Stauffer 

New Worth magazine cover (one of two versions)
Creative director: Dean Sebring
Illustration: Brian Stauffer 

Worth, January 2012Art director: Dean Sebring, illustration: Brian Stauffer

Worth, January 2012
Art director: Dean Sebring, illustration: Brian Stauffer