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Started Out as a Fish. How Did It End Up Like This? A meme about…

We congratulate Dr. Andrea Ghez (of UCLA) for being one of three physicists to share…

Level Five Graphics, Inc. is very pleased to help Emily Scott promote her business.  She…

The life of an artwork is hard to predict. An old design finds new life…

Level Five Graphics is proud to support the effort to make motorcycling safer, and get…

The South End Rowing Club is a premiere spot for marathon swim training in the…

Located in the historic Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco Mercantile specializes in California keepsakes designed by artists…

In a sport of life and death, high achievements are run-of-the-mill. Level Five is so…

The New Year’s Day Alcatraz Swim is one of the toughest of the year because…

South End:  Sport and Community at the Dock of the Bay is a comprehensive history of…

From logos and art for club swims, to posters for club functions as well as…

This set of four Open Water: San Francisco postcards is available for purchase at Green…

Though not Level Five’s usual bailiwick, we were contacted for some decorative illustration to dress…

In the fall of 2018 and 2019, Zina participated in a group show called “Seismic…

Zina’s design came in as a finalist in Bridgegood’s Inspire Oakland competition. This competition searches…

In the fair, flanneled and authentic city of Portland, Oregon, every February, The One Moto…

Zina Deretsky and Alan Lapp presented “Communicating for Life” for the Association of Medical Illustrators…

Level Five was commissioned to create a lasting landmark in the Glen Park neighborhood of…

Zina published two articles about cacti on LiveScience. The first – a personal account of…

The Dirtbag Challenge is an annual San Francisco underground chopper building tradition created by Poll Brown.…

Al and Zina hold hands on a ride across the Oakland Bay Bridge. To capture…

In the summer of 2013, Zina was invited to teach to classes on science illustration…

at Johns Hopkins, 1911–2011 The Johns Hopkins Department of Art as Applied to Medicine was…

In the decade of Zina’s relationship with National Science Foundation, this press release stuck with…

In 2003, Zina had the chance to interview Lama Purevbat, an influential Mongolian monk who…

2002-2003 found Zina and Al in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia on a Luce Scholarship. They were…