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Work Showcase: Paola Pagano
WORK SHOWCASE: Paola Pagano The Directory of Illustration highlights unique work from multi-skilled and talented artist, Paola Pagano. Bespoke Masks Bespoke Scarves Artist: Paola Pagano Studio Project: Patterns and illustrations on textiles Website: PaolaPaganoStudio.com ABOUT THE ARTIST: Paola Pagano graduated in Graphic and Multimedia Design at Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy. She recently moved to Milan where she works as an illustrator and designer. Paola spent the past 6 years in NYC working for a variety of institutions and brands. With over [...]
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Fire and Ice: Taking the Juno to Extremes
It’s been a while. The writing has been sporadic, but the search has been on-going, spanning continents and states of matter. To wit: While on a business trip to London, [...]
Age Quod Agis, Abe
Do what you are doing, even if what you’re doing is drinking. Barbara and I recently discovered, separately and then together, that having a cosmo while we’re doing anything else [...]
Fat Cosmo
Barbara hosted a belated Mardi Gras party a few days after Ash Wednesday. Of course she wanted to have an on-theme cosmo; I was invited over on Thursday night before [...]
Name That Cocktail
“As every man has his genius, every woman has her juno.” —Bulfinch's MythologySeveral months back, this blog announced a scheme to rename our favorite drink, and we pledged that 2011 [...]
The Social Media Samba
You may have noticed that there are a few new links on the sidebar, notably tumblr and twitter links. I've decided to step further into the waters of social media, [...]
Illustration Friday- Future
Space-themed jumpsuits will be all the rage in the future!
Out and About part 2
So more on creating work for SCBWI, part 2! Let's start from the very beginning- the horrifically awful looking composition doodle.Every drawing I make starts with something this loose and [...]
Thursday Doodle, Scrimshaw series (IF, Wings)
Another for the Thursday doodle series of silly pirate captains (now officially named the Scrimshaw series). This time we have the good Cap'n N. Ares with his trained doubloon-seeking birds: [...]
Out and About at the SCBWI conference
Last weekend was a time of busily running around doing my best to look professional and fantastic- it was time for the yearly Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators [...]
In the Papers!
If you happened to pick up the Seattle Times on Sunday, you might have noticed something familiar on the front page of the NW Arts & Life section. An [...]
Other than the incision, there’s no pain.
The title of this post is based on a snippet of overheard conversation on the street. I think the speaker was talking about taking his dog to the vet for [...]
En väldigt svensk smak: A very Swedish flavor
Much to my possibly misplaced delight, Kalles Kaviar is once again stocked at the friendly neighborhood Ikea. I got hooked on the stuff while visiting a friend in Sweden a [...]
Character-Building
Been working up a storm of character designs lately, some professionally, and some for personal projects. Here are a few. Above is the line-up of a kind of cowboy version [...]
Character-Building
Been working up a storm of character designs lately, some professionally, and some for personal projects. Here are a few. Above is the line-up of a kind of cowboy version [...]
Holiday Gloom!
The Art Director at SCOPE Magazine always asks me to take the darker angle on the stories I get assigned, which is great. So here, miserable Marley and the Ghost [...]
Eva Ibbotson covers
Three soon-to-be reprinted covers for Penguin/Dutton Children's Books:
just in time.
Phew! This painting sat in a corner unfinished and mocking me for two years before I was challenged by a friend to finish it in under a week. I won't [...]
just in time.
Phew! This painting sat in a corner unfinished and mocking me for two years before I was challenged by a friend to finish it in under a week. I won't [...]