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John W. Sledd • Sledd Studios
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Illustrator, Designer, Author, Cat Herder, Dog Wrassler, Chicken Tender, Plant Grower, and a few other things.

See more at: https://sledd.com
Happy October #portfolioday, everyone!

I'm John and I'm an Illustrator/3D artist with almost 30 years of experience. For this month's entry, I'm offering a selection of #marketing images from past projects. I hope you enjoy.

You can find more of my work at http://www.sledd.com

#illustration
October 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Happy #portfolioday for July 2025, everyone!

My name is John and I'm an Illustrator/3D artist with almost 30 years of experience. For this month's portfolio, I'm offering a selection of editorial images from past projects. I hope you enjoy.

You can find more of my work at http://www.sledd.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
For this WW, take a gander at this cover illustration for ACCJ Journal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, highlighting the coming of the World Cup to Japan and Korea.

#illustration #digitalart #editorial #coverillustration #football #soccer #worldcup

June 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
It's funny when you start looking through old work and realize, wow, I really like oranges and blues.

Anyhoo, this is Money Talks. An editorial illustration created for an article in Independent Banker Magazine on the deposit insurance debate.

#illustration #digitalart #editorial #3d
April 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This was a fun marketing illustration/design piece for an alternative jewel case design for CDs/DVDs.

#illustration #digitalart #advertising #marketing #3d
April 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This pretty lady is known around Sledd Studios as the Glitch Witch. She's got one crazy backstory that may show up some day.

#illustration #digitalart #bookcovers #3d #clipstudio #scifi #cyberpunk
April 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Anybody else?
April 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Here is an oldie. Artwork for Power Slide video game packaging.

#illustration #digitalart #gaming #3d #scifi
April 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Happy #portfolioday for April 2025, everyone!

My name is John and I'm an Illustrator/3D artist with almost 30 years of experience. For this month's portfolio, I'm offering a selection of editorial images from past projects. I hope you enjoy.

You can find more of my work at http://www.sledd.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This Wednesday's piece is Watchers Lost, a piece created for a personal project that really needs to be resurrected. Soon™.

#illustration #digitalart #3d #cyberpunk #scifi #android #cinema4d
April 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Today's blast from the past is this sweet retro rocket illustration for Mortgage Servicing News.

#illustration #digitalart #editorial #3dillustration #3d #rocket #retro #scifi #business
March 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This illustration was for an article in InfoWeek magazine on Data Profiling.

#illustration #digitalart #editorial #cyberspace #technology
March 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone!

Here's a piece from an issue of Popular Home Automation. Enjoy.

#illustration #digitalart #editorial #technology
March 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I've wanted to make animated loops for my illustrations for some time now. I've never done it because, honestly, by the time I'm done, I want to move on to something new.

Not this time though. Time for a test run. Enjoy.

#animation #digitalart #editorialanimation
March 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Howdy, everyone. I just found out about #KidLitArtPostcard day, so I thought I'd whip up an entry for March.

This is a page from my book, Elorai the Butterfly.

Read it for free at https://elorai.sledd.com/read-the-book/

See more of my illustration work at https://sledd.com

#illustration
March 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This week's Wayback Wednesday image is an illustration for an article on the replacement of fax machines with the online filing of documents.

#illustration #digitalart #editorial #3d #chess #technology
March 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Your Wednesday venture into the past is this cover illustration for Mortgage Technology Magazine.

Oscar
9x12
Thomson Media
Cover illustration for Mortgage Technology Magazine issue on the Top 25 Tech-Savvy Lending Firms.

#illustration #digitalart #editorial #financial #mortgage #banking

February 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New promotional piece.

Monsters of Medicine
9x12
Cover for a non-fiction book of infamous mad doctors throughout history, or a tour poster for Heavy Metal Physicians? You choose.

#illustration #digitalart #book #cover #medicine #medical #clipstudio #cinema4d #publishing

©2025 John W. Sledd
February 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Here's a Wayback Wednesday Illustration for an article in Prism magazine, published by American Society for Engineering Education, on the future of hydrogen power.

#illustration #digitalart #editorial #magazine #hydrogen #hydrogencar #transportation
February 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Here's a good choice for Wayback Wednesday.

A cover for Casino Player Magazine from the turn of the century. Ha!

#illustration #digitalart #editorial #magazine #coverillustration
February 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
For this week's Wayback Wednesday, I present:

Opportunity
9.5x11.25
InsideCounsel Magazine

Cover illustration for an issue dealing with the opportunities presented by a declining economy.

Sadly, I don't think I got a tear sheet for this one.

#illustration #digitalart #editorial #magazine #cover
February 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Yeah. Bad to the bone. B-b-b-b-bad.
February 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I was just cleaning out a drawer and found a little pocket sketchbook that had the original thumbnail sketch for this piece.
January 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Today's Wayback Wednesday piece is a cover (and inside spread) illustration for Wireless Review Magazine.

Enjoy and hit me up if you need some groovy new imagery.

#illustration #editorial #magazine #technology
January 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM