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World Illustration Awards 2022 Longlisted Artists, Advertising Category: Joey Guidone, Chiara Vercesi, Adrian Bauer Loe Lee, MUTI & Eglé Plytnikaité
World Illustration Awards 2022 Longlisted Artists Advertising Category: Joey Guidone, Chiara Vercesi, Adrian Bauer Loe Lee, MUTI & Eglé Plytnikaité The Association of Illustrators (The AOI), in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, recently announced the Longlist for the World Illustration Awards 2022! In December 2021, we opened our call to illustrators with the aim of celebrating great illustration. The Longlist has been selected by the jury from over 5,000 entries submitted from across the globe. The full 500-strong Longlist is now live on the AOI website for you to browse. The Longlist [...]
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Artist Talk Magazine, 6-Page Feature
ART NEWS: I am very excited to announce that issue 10 of Artist Talk Magazine was released today and includes a 6-page feature about me and my art. It’s a [...]
Spectrum Miami – December 4-8
ART NEWS: See my original works “Revelation”, “Pristina” and “Infinite” Dec 4-8, 2019 @spectrummiami Booth 720 @artblendgallery | Original, large scale ink drawings. Completely handdrawn using Faber-Castell PITT artist pens. [...]
Featured by Adobe Illustrator!
It is such an incredible honor to have Adobe Illustrator feature my latest art piece “Someday at Christmas” on all of their social media channels today! I am very humbled [...]
A Balancing Act
One of the biggest challenges I have faced in my attempts to get more illustration work is finding balance between teaching, administrative responsibilities, and my art. I find spending time [...]
Sue Todd for Spin Master Games
The art director at Spin Master Games found Sue Todd in the Directory of Illustration print edition, and commissioned her to create 41 cards for a game called Trust Me, [...]
Just for Fun
Once in a while, I find time to model and animate something purely for fun. Years ago, I devised a mechanical Valentine for my son that I thought he'd appreciate. [...]
Someday at Christmas
This year The Artist Guild of Lockport has turned the annual Holiday Art Show into a family exhibit so both kids and adults can submit artwork. Which means I get [...]
My Signature Image
On my website homepage I use a rendering of a Lego robotic rover as my signature image. The short version of this image’s story is that as part of my first [...]
Terry Tidwell spotted in his natural environment.
Tidwell was photographed at his hangout, a local dive coffee shop in Brookside. He was drinking tea and listening to who knows what, (it was the Dandy Warhols) on his [...]
Opening night at the Quimby Gallery
It was a wonderful opening night at the faculty art exhibit in the Quimby Gallery this evening. This was an opportunity to exhibit my whale illustration and a number of [...]
The Featured Five: November 2019
We hope you’ll enjoy scrolling through our selections for this month; we have everything from collages to graphic illustrations! Be sure to explore more of each artist’s portfolio. Interested [...]
My Journey, The Beginning
My Journey, The BeginningI believe in practicing what you preach. One of the things I have been telling my students a lot lately is that they need to tell their story, [...]
Forensic Graphics
Gus Revenaugh, who specializes in forensic graphics and animation at his company, Origin Point, first hired me in 2001 to assist in modeling a badly designed furnace. That went well, and [...]
Play Date | Client: SCBWI.org
Two kids playing together in a rock band. One plays his green electric guitar while the other plays the drums. Two kids palying together in a rock band. One plays [...]
UCSF Animation
About a year ago, I was hired by UCSF (University of California, San Francisco) to take over an animation project whose development had stalled. Before my involvement, relatively little had been [...]
Black Crowned Crane Painting
It’s no secret that I am a lover of all things pertaining to animals and birds. Earlier this year my husband and I took a trip to the Tracy Aviary [...]
Looking for Garbo
One of the more interesting projects I've ever worked on is developing supporting graphics for Jon James Miller's first novel, Looking for Garbo. Published on May 7, 2019 from Blank Slate [...]
Nathan Smith for Newfoundland and Labrador Tourist Board
Nathan Smith is an award-winning artist, illustrator, and designer who has been working in the creative industry for nearly 30 years. Specializing in 3D digital illustration, quirky characters, and [...]
Thanksgiving Feast
As the days get colder and shorter, it is easy to feel resentment towards the month of November. Thanksgiving reminds us, however, that we have a lot be be grateful [...]
10 Things We Are Grateful For
As the days get shorter and colder, it takes a little more effort to wake up grateful every morning. Thanksgiving is a perfect time to recenter and remind ourselves of [...]
Three Rivers Library – Family Reading Night – Minooka, IL.
The Three Rivers Library hosted their annual Family Reading Night at the Village Hall in Minooka, IL from 6-8pm on Friday Nov 8th, 2019. I was one of the ten [...]