New Illustration Website

Jeez, I've really been slacking on Doppelganger posts. It's just taken a backseat to illustration and design stuff right now.

Speaking of illustration. Please check out my redesigned website and let me know what you think!

http://BTillustration.com

SHAMELESS PLUG: Vote For My Linsanity Design on NYTimes.com

Vote for my Lisanity design at: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/02/28/magazine/linsanity-new-look.html

Illustrator Tributes: Brodner and Juhasz's Odd Couples

Great illustrators think alike (or maybe it was the editor's idea.) Anyhow these came out at the same time. Steve Brodner's Odd Couple tribute on the cover on National Journal and Victor Juhasz Odd Couple tribute in Rolling Stone.

Beat-Up Romney (and Obama) Covers

New York Magazine and a Bloomberg BusinessWeek cover comp that didn't actually run.

Kinky 'Merger' Covers

One of my doppelganger sources tipped me off that the kinky Bloomberg BusinessWeek merger cover had it's predecessor. The Economist did a 'sexy' merger cover in 1994. 'Get yo freak on.' Thanks to Jamey Fry for the spot.

Men's Journal vs. Rolling Stone Russia

Men's Journal from December, 2011 and Russian Rolling Stone from January, 2012. Both publications are published by Wenner Media. Thanks to Benjamen Purvis.

Seattle Space Needle Covers

Current covers for Seattle Magazine and Seattle Met magazine. (Note: this is one of four different covers that Seattle Met ran that month commemorating the 50th anniversary of the World's Fair.)

Thanks to Michael Wichita/John Keatley.

GQ Australia & Wired Doppelganger

The top spread is from the February 2012 issue of GQ Australia while the bottom is a spread from the July 2011 issue of U.S. edition of Wired. Thanks to Leo Jung.

Illo Confidential Blog

A quick shameless plug:

Please check out the illustrative collective/blog I'm a part of.

The artists of Illo Confidential: Brett Affrunti • Kelsey Dake • Alex Fine • Daniel Fishel • Michael Freiheit • Chris Gash • Daniel Hertzberg • Thomas James • Joel Kimmel • Patrick McQuade • Keith Negley • Jacqui Oakley • Noah Pfarr • Thomas Pitilli • Peter Ryan • Ryan Snook • Jon Sperry • Brian Taylor • Kyle T. Webster • Daniel Zalkus

Please bookmark, like and follow us at:

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Hot Rock Chick Doppelganger

On the left, Revolver's cover from 2005. On the right, Rolling Stone Italy from August 2006. Thanks to Laura Behnert. (and Andre Mora)

Time's Intentional Romney Doppelganger

Clever cover followup from Time. More on Time's new Romney cover at Folio.

Movie Poster Design Cliches

This is only a sample of all the movie poster design cliches over at: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/64047251.html

Great stuff!

Steve Jobs: Bloomberg Businessweek vs. Book Cover

Info on the book here. Book will be released in Feb. 2012.

O Magazine vs. AARP Magazine

On the left is a spread from July/August 2010 issue of AARP. On the right, a spread from the latest issue of O the Oprah magazine. Thanks to Dian Holton and Scott A. Davis for the tip.

Demi Moore Vanity Fair Cover Tributes & Parodies

Hitler Illustration Doppelganger

Interesting doppelganger story from the Atlantic.

Chicago vs. Seattle Beer Covers

Chicago's July 2011 cover. Seattle Magazine's October 2011 cover. Thanks to Chris Skiles for the tip!

Book Cover Ripoff

Found here.

Lady GaGa Inspired by Kylie Minogue

Found at EW.

Book Cover vs. Movie Poster

Found this here.

Paint-By-Number Covers (UPDATE)

Added a CQWeekly, In These Times and Mad Magazine cover to the collection. Thanks to Jamey Fry for the CQ cover and to the anonymous commenters for the Mad Mag and In These Times tip.

The Incredible Shrinking... (UPDATE)

Added a new Time cover (Ex-President). Thanks to Jamey Fry.

Time Mag & Book Cover Doppelganger

Thanks to Josh Klenert.

Numbers Faces Movie Posters

Thanks to Matt McClane.

Sarah Palin Covers Over at SPD

More Palin covers over at SPD.

Scientologist Magazine Mocks the New Yorker

Read about it here.

Some Recent Citizen Kane Tributes

Village Voice cover and spread illustration by Jesse Lenz, art directed by John Dixon. Dallas Observer cover illustration by Alex Fine, art directed by Alexander Flores.

9/11 Anniversary Covers

The Village Voice cover was from Sept. 25th, 2001. (Art director: Ted Keller, Photographer: Andre Souraujon.)

Reader's Digest is using the same image for the September 2011 issue.

"We thought the Voice cover was so brilliant, so perfect, and so under-seen, that the image should be used again" said RD's creative director, Robert Newman.

Also included a few more 9/11 covers with a similar feel.

Thanks to BN for the covers and info.

Greek Doppelgangers Galore!!

I came across this blog today. It has a ton of tributes, ripoffs and everything in between. It's mainly Greek magazines taking off on U.S. magazines. I posted only a few.

There is a lot more on their site:

http://celebphotocopy.blogspot.com

Paste Magazine's Nod to Time

Here is Paste's (January 2010) tribute to Time's famous 'Is God Dead?' cover. Also included a Wired cover that looks as if it was a less obvious tribute.

FSB & Reader's Digest Ironic Cover

FSB (Fortune Small Business) cover from May 2008 and Reader's Digest for November 2009.

Fortune Small Business specifically commissioned photographer Michael Cogliantry for the FSB cover. (The type the crook is holding was actually real and made of foam core.) Photo editor for the shoot was Katy Howe Binder.

Looks as if Reader's Digest bought secondary rights to the image and added their own type in the crook's hands.

Thanks to Scott A. Davis for the images and info.

Milton Glaser Updates His Iconic Dylan for AARP

A cool illustration for the May/June 2011 issue of AARP. Design Director Scott A. Davis commissioned Milton Glaser to update his classic Dylan illustration. Thanks to Robert Newman for the heads up.

Worth checking out my previous post where Vanity Fair pays homage to Glaser.

Attack of the Stock Photo Model!

Washingtonian vs. Florida Lifestyles and Travel. Seen at the newsstand in Penn Station, New York City. Photo by Erik Spooner. From SPD.

American Gothic Magazine Covers

After seeing the latest 'True Blood' magazine cover for EW, I thought I'd see what other covers used this concept. Any other notable 'American Gothic' covers I'm missing? I have a feeling there are some more recent tributes that I'm missing.

Weinergate AM NY vs. 2008 Voice Cover

Similar concept. Village Voice cover from 2008 (AD: Ivylise Simones) and this weeks AM NY cover (AD: Christopher Sabatini).

Thanks to Robert Newman for the tip!

Kurt Cobain Newsweek & Rolling Stone Photo

Looks like the Newsweek cover was from 1994 while the RollingStone cover was a 2002 story.

The Russians are Taking Over!!

Well, I assume that's all Russian. From this link.

Maxim vs. GQ (German)

Maxim cover from March 2007 and GQ German cover from September 2007.

Perez Hilton thought these covers were too similar. Story over at FishBowlNY.

Hirschfeld vs. Hirschfeld

If you ever wondered how classic illustrator Al Hirschfeld would illustrate today's stars, wonder no more. Matt Hirschfeld is continuing with the original Hirschfeld look. Here is a NYT piece on the artist. Interesting....

CityPages' Tribute to It's Past

Citypages in Minneapolis gives tribute to it's first issue ever (then known as Sweet Potato.) Thanks to Michael Kooiman.

Time Facebook Cover

How could I forget the Time Facebook cover. Benjamen reminded me. Add this to my previous post.

Time & Businessweek Multi-Colored Covers

Another one from Andrew Horton. Thanks!

Rolling Stone & Billboard Adele Font Fun!

Thanks to Andrew Horton for the spot.