The "Imagine This" animated series created for The New York TImes Arts Section was awarded a gold medal in the editorial category at this year's Society of Illustrators Exhibition.
Thank you to the Society, the judges, The New York Times, and art directors Richard Aloisio and Rodrigo Honeywell.
Here's a new animated illustration for the New York Times about the crisis of middle-income Americans. Art Direction by Nicholas Blechman. You can read the article online here.
It's a thrill to get to work with a talented artist every year when art directing and designing the Directory of Illustration. This year's volume was illustrated by the fantastic Paul Blow.
To see scads of great illustration portfolios visit www.directoryofillustration.com !
For the second year in a row the Theatre Project poster series was awarded a gold medal in the Advertising category at the annual Society of Illustrators Exhibition.
Thank you to the Society, the judges and the folks at Theatre Project.
Here's the second in a series of limited edition posters for TMBG's year long stand at the Music Hall of Brooklyn. The posters are 12 x 18 and printed using 4 color process and puffy screen printing ink on heavy stock. Go see TMBG the last Sunday of 11 months in 2015 and get a poster while they last! Tickets available here.
David Plunkert is now on Tumblr, and you can follow him here. Check back often! Posts daily.
Here's a recent piece I illustrated for the Chronicle of Higher Education. The story is entitled "Science's Creativity Crisis." You can read the story, by Roberta Ness here.
Here's the poster for "Rhapsody" at Theatre Project Feb. 20-22. Vincent E Thomas/VTDance presents a new performance piece exploring the profound writings of several African American writers and poets and the aspects of place/sacred spaces and time that have an impact on writing. Printed one-color offset on Mohawk Straw 80# cover. 14x23. Show details here.
I created the art and character designs in this animation for week 6 of They Might Be Giants' Dial-A-Song project. Video directed by Jeremy Galante & David Cowles. Animation team: Brad Pattullo, Mike Genz.
Here's the 2015 TMBG Dial-A-Song Radio Network Wall Calendar. For Network affiliates only!
Here's the week 4 post from They Might Be Giants 2015 Dial-A-Song project. A new song every week. Video directed and animated with David Cowles and Jeremy Galante with character designs by Dave Plunkert. Support this project and get the track on iTunes: http://geni.us/iDAS4 or on Amazon: http://geni.us/DAS4 or get Dial-A-Song Direct at https://drip.fm/dial-a-song-direct
It's They Might be Giants Week at Spur!
Here's the first in a series of limited edition posters for TMBG's year long stand at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The posters are 12 x 18 and printed using 4 color process and puffy screen printing ink on heavy stock. Go see TMBG the last Sunday of 11 months in 2015 and get a poster while they last! Tickets available here.
I switched up my palette a bit for this illustration for The New York Times. The story is about Lenore Skenazy, best known as "America's Worst Mom" after allowing her then 9-year-old son to ride the subway alone. She has since written a book "Free Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Chidren (With Going Nuts With Worry)," and now has a t.v. series on Discovery Life Channel where she works with over-protective parents to help them loosen their grip on their kids' freedom.
As Skenazy says, "kids need roots and wings. Parents give them roots. I give them wings." You can read the article here.
Join us at our studio on Wednesday, December 17th, 6:00 - 8:30 pm for a holiday party and a special signing of "Edgar Allan Poe Stories and Poems", the recent collection of Poe’s works published by Rockport Books and fully illustrated by David Plunkert!
Listen to Dave’s interview with Aaron Henkin on “The Signal” discussing the book’s release and what it was like to work on the project here.
Grab a copy of the book, enjoy festive food and drinks, and take advantage of our 10% off sale on all art prints and posters. Get your holiday shopping out of the way in good company! You can RSVP on the event page here. We hope to see you there!
Tonight at 6:30, Dave will be joining a panel of 6 artists in an event at the Society of Illustrators to celebrate the release of Criterion Designs, a coffee table book featuring their famous redesigns of special edition DVDs and Blu rays.
Hosted by Eric Skillman, the guest artists also include Greg Manchess, Yuko Shimizu, Leanne Shapton, Adrian Tomine, and Ron Winberly.
Details here: societyillustrators.org.
Use code 15OFF50 at check out to take advantage of the Spur store's Cyber Monday sale! Deal ends 12/2 at 12:30pm. Don't miss out!
Here's the poster for "The Odyssey" performed by Charlie Bethel. At Baltimore Theatre Project Dec 4-14. Printed one color offset on Mohawk Straw 80# cover. 14 x 23. Show details here: www.theatreproject.org
Here's the poster created by Spur for this year's National Portfolio Day Baltimore, hosted by MICA! For event details click visit the MICA website. Participants can meet with representatives of over 50 of the nation's top art colleges and universities.
My new hardcover book, Edgar Allan Poe Stories & Poems, is available now! Published by Rockport, the book features 12 of Poe's beloved stories and 12 of his most famous poems, all accompanied by illustrations.
