Joey Guidone illustration portfolio.

Joey Guidone

Ivrea, Italy

Illustration

Illustration | Motion/Animation | about Joey

Opera poster for Salome featuring a full-body illustration of Salome dancing with closed eyes, surrounded by flowing veils forming graceful, harmonious shapes. The veils delicately cover her body, with one veil subtly forming the shape of a severed head, symbolizing John the Baptist, referencing the dramatic themes of the opera.

Italian-themed advertising posters creatively merging pasta with iconic locations in Italy

Illustration of a woman eating a slice of watermelon

An upside-down world: surreal illustration of a man walking on a city road

A surreal illustration of an elegant jazz double bass player performing, with the strings extending beyond the instrument, forming flowing curves and loops in the air. The music comes alive, symbolizing the boundless and spontaneous nature of jazz.

A team on workers sitting on the blade of a wind turbine

Solitary girl sitting on a pier, lost in thought as the sun sets over the lake

Conceptual illustration featuring a scientist woman peering into a large telescope shaped like a DNA structure. The scientist gazes through the helical lens, symbolizing a fusion of scientific exploration and genetic discovery.

A man on a special bike at sunset travels with a pack of dogs. Unexpectedly, a cat appears, creating a curious interaction. The humorous illustration metaphorically symbolizes life's experiences, with the man collecting dogs representing life's journey. The encounter with a cat adds a twist, raising questions about embracing new experiences.

Illustration of a golfer swinging a driver with a long golf field in the background. A red flag is seen atop a distant cloud, symbolizing difficult goals and tough challenges.

An artistic illustration of a woman in an elegant dress with a patterned skirt that resembles an endless stairway. A smaller figure climbs these steps, symbolizing a journey of desire.

Metaphorical illustration of a partisan fighting against fascism

An artistic depiction of a soccer player walking a tightrope on a soccer field

Illustration of a doctor on a theatre stage playing a piano shaped like a hearth, symbolizing music therapy.

An elegant woman enjoying a glass of white wine under the moonlight. The wine glass creatively resembles the moon

Karl Marx sitting on a sofa with a USA flag pattern

Choosing a different path in life: A conceptual illustration

Urban gardening: A beautiful balcony oasis in the city

Illustration about combing different departments, for the Duke University magazine

Illustration of a heart with garbled veins and arteries, where one of the veins transforms into a poisonous snake. This symbolic image represents obscurity, darkness, and the presence of evil within the human soul.

Humoristic illustration of a woman sunbathing on the rooftop of a Boeing airplane during a flight.

A man stands in front of a burning, bombed city, holding the transparent silhouette of a child. Through the empty form of the child, the sky in flames is visible. One of the man’s eyes, seen through this void, is crying--symbolizing grief, loss, and the horror of the Gaza massacre.

A massive cruise ship designed like a modern city, featuring the American flag on its keel as a nod to the country's ideals

Illustration representing the creative process of writing a book

Artistic illustration: A girl on a bench feeds birds with letters instead of seeds, creating words on an open book. Birds interact with the letters, crafting a unique narrative.

Illustration of a deep-sea diver sitting on the ocean floor, using a laptop that casts a soft glow in the dark waters. The light reveals surrounding fish, corals, and seabed rocks, while a curious illuminated fish faces the screen. A surreal depiction of remote work taken to the extreme.

Cover art for James Ellroy's Brown's Requiem. Flat illustration with a limited color palette shows a car driving on a road toward a sunset view of 1970s Hollywood, capturing the era's nostalgic warmth and the iconic skyline.

Conceptual illustration featuring hands holding a yellow fork and chopsticks. The utensils merge, transforming into vertical lines that gracefully become noodles, resting in a pot. Symbolizing mutual respect among civilizations, the shared table fosters ideas and perspectives, bridging gaps through cuisine. Inspired by the visual similarities between noodles and spaghetti, the artwork portrays a lighthearted unity.

Conceptual illustration depicting people using phones, tablets, and notebooks while standing on speech balloons. Each speech balloon points toward the mouth of another person, symbolizing interconnected communication networks. This artwork represents digital communication, social interaction, and the exchange of ideas in the modern world.

Surreal illustration showing a stormy ocean contained within a swimming pool, representing a teenager's emotional struggles

Beautiful girl sitting on pier using phone to connect with the world

Man bringing light and hope to a homeless person

are genetic diseases can be referred to as "zebras" in the medical community

A conceptual illustration of a man on a ladder reaching for a book from a brain-shaped bookcase filled with books. The books symbolize memories, knowledge, and information, representing the way the human mind stores and retrieves data. The artwork explores themes of memory, intelligence, and learning.

Illustration representing writing as a tool for self-reflection and exploration

A minimalistic conceptual illustration showing the side view of a silhouetted young woman standing in the dark, illuminated by her smartphone as she reads. A robotic hand, designed with circuit patterns, reaches out gently to touch her shoulder, offering a supportive gesture.

Illustration depicting Tianzi Mountains rising from a modern cityscape with Chinese scientists at the summit, symbolizing China's dominance in the Nature Index while becoming more isolated from global scientific collaboration.

Humorous depiction of Karl Marx on his phone, perhaps discussing communism via text message

Artwork depicting a tissue box with a hand picking a tissue, revealing a tiny sad figure between the tissues, symbolizing the feeling of being treated as disposable in a relationship.

Illustration of a couple lying on a phone-shaped bed, representing modern relationships and dating apps

Illustration of a family doing a trip in the nature with their car

Conceptual science illustration featuring a symbolic representation of DNA formation through handshakes. Two sugar-phosphate backbones merge, with bases represented as hands of different colors, symbolizing unity in genetic diversity. The collaborative handshake depicts humanity's role in creating the intricate structure of DNA.

An animated illustration featuring a train emerging from a tunnel carved into a pencil. The train moves gracefully along the tracks, symbolizing a creative journey through the realm of rejected artworks. The artwork showcases imaginative exploration and artistic discovery, inviting viewers to embark on a whimsical ride of creativity and wonder.

Book cover of This Storm, by James Ellroy

Illustration of people helping each others

Surrealistic illustration of a huge tennis racket standing in the middle of the city of Turin

Book cover of Peccato Mortale, Einaudi publishing

Motion/ Animation

Illustration | Motion/Animation | about Joey

Barilla UK | Intensely Italian | Alfresco

Barilla UK | Intensely Italian | Sunset

Barilla UK | Intensely Italian | Pinching the Pasta

Mionetto Prosecco

Self-initited project, animated by Michael di Milo

about Joey

Illustration | Motion/Animation | about Joey

Bio:

Joey Guidone is an Italian illustrator from Ivrea known for his vibrant and playful style, characterized by the bold use of color, often incorporating elements of nature and pop culture references.

His work has been featured in numerous publications - including The New York Times, Science magazine, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist - and has received recognition from Communication Arts, the New York Society of Illustrators, 3x3 Magazine, and Applied Arts.

He has also worked with clients like Apple, Adobe, ESPN, Barilla, BBC, Mayo Clinic, and others, and he partners at the HSLU in Lucerne, Switzerland, and Mimaster in Milan as a coaching illustrator.

Selected Client List:

Clients include:
Apple • Barilla • Adobe • The New York Times • ESPN • Vanity fair • Italy Variety • The Boston Globe • BBC • Oprah magazine • The Economist • Die Zeit • Playboy • UCLA • The Wall Street Journal • Roche Science Magazine • Johns Hopkins University • Family Circle • Mayo Clinic • OZY • The Village Voice (partial list)

Accolades:

“The ways in which Joey uses visual metaphor to distill complex concepts into quick, memorable images and his use of bold color and composition are a great fit for our projects. We love the style we’ve seen in his work so far. We’d like these to reflect that, and the smart thinking behind solutions he’s already created. We’re trying to make our audience think a little, and give them something memorable to refer to when remembering the concepts in these stories”.
~Laura Gosnell, Unboundary.com

“Italian artist and illustrator Joey Guidone uses his talent to illustrate social issues and everyday life problems that we are facing today. The artist creates images about science, modern society and changing times. He uses different objects and symbols to build visual paradoxes and metaphors that perfectly depict social issues.“
~Hankermag.com

“We are reacting positively to Joey’s simple, elegant line quality. His ability to move the viewer, suggesting a surreal landscape or story with a tether to something real and relatable.”
~Kari Luoma, Fellow Inc.

Interview with Joey Guidone:

How old were you when first realized you wanted to become an artist?

I clearly remember a life-size-drawing of myself on a large sheet of paper with a phrase written in the middle: “Voglio diventare un artista” (I want to become an artist). I was 8 years old.

Have you studied art formally?

Yes, I did, from a young age. When I was 14, I enrolled in art school. After that, I studied illustration at the European Institute of Design in Turin, and a few years later I got a scholarship at the Mimaster school, in Milan.

Is there an artist whose work you admire? What is it about their artwork that intrigues you?

I have been influenced by many artists—mainly illustrators—but they have changed over time. The three big names of my current list are Saul Steinberg, Christoph Niemann, and Guy Billout.

How did you arrive at your current style. What techniques or authors inspired you?

I find more interesting a concept or a story beautifully conceived through a simple drawing, instead of just beautiful artwork as an end in itself. In my approach to illustration, style has not a merely decorative function, but primarily derives from the visual explanation of a specific concept; it is a function of what I want to tell.

What clues might you provide to help viewers understand your art?

My artworks are directed to as wide an audience as possible. I love illustration precisely because it is understandable and can talk to everyone, it is a democratic art that makes no distinctions. If an illustration needs to be explained, I think it failed its primary mission.

Can you describe your creative process?

Reading carefully the brief and listening to the needs of the art director can really makes the difference in this job. After that I usually explore many solutions very roughly on paper, then I refine the 3-4 best ideas into proper sketches. I consider the sketch stage the core of the creative process.

What tools do you use most in your work?

I mainly use a pen tablet and a few tools of Photoshop. However, above any software trick or Photoshop filter, I believe the mind remains the main tool of this job.

What is your favorite activity when you take a break from the studio?

I was raised in a small valley in the Alps and I’ve kept a strong connection with nature. A run in the woods around my town is enough to clear my head, especially if I am in the middle of a creative struggle.

​Joey Guidone​

Illustration

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