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Isabel Spiegel

Isabel Spiegel is a multimedia storyteller from Los Angeles who currently works as a contracted video editor for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. You can find more of her work at her website.

Stories from Isabel Spiegel

The artist’s rendering of the USS Indianapolis. Smith often draws highly detailed features, such as the guns, separately and only later places them onto the larger work.

A Veteran’s Artistic Tribute to Naval Might and Sacrifice

JD Smith has dedicated himself to creating incredibly detailed and historically accurate renderings of warships that fought in World War II