Our debut at Surtex 2013

Here we are ready for day one! 

Featuring prints and patterns from participating artists:  Sarah Beetson, Alanna Cavanagh, Harvey Chan, Katy Dockrill, Betsy Everitt, phil, Mark Hoffmann, Monika Melnychuk, Ian Phillips, Thom Sevalrud, Tracy Walker and Tim Zeltner.

From left:  Ian Phillips, me (Shelley Brown), Tracy Walker, Betsy Everitt and Alanna Cavanagh.

Our pillow and plate presentation drew a LOT of oohh's & aahh's!  Thank you Ian Phillips, for doing such a fabulous job of designing our booth!

Ian holds up two of our custom pillows seated below our fabulous plates!  We held a draw for the pillows and plates following the show.

Tina Roth Eisenberg aka Swiss miss checking out our artists' work for some Tattlys!

Me (Shelley Brown) with Arren Williams, Creative Director at the Hudson's Bay Company.  

Alanna Cavanagh for The Globe and Mail

"I thought of her immediately when I heard Ian Brown was writing about men's shoes" said The Globe's Design Editor Cinders McLeod, on selecting Alanna Cavanagh to illustrate the article My Cinderella Season, for the Focus section of The Globe, Saturday October 13th.  We love the Harris Tweed pants she collaged into one of the illustrations.  A typical pose one might assume whilst reading The Globe, don't you think?

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Illustration Married with Photography

We are seeing a growing trend whereby illustration is combined with photography. Below are a few examples of different approaches. Sometimes the client supplies the photos, although frequently the illustrator shoots their own photos or stock photos are used.

Greg Stevenson created the hand-lettering and icons layered over the photo of Jeff Bridges, supplied by the client, Ink Publishing.

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Anne Horst created a montage of stock photos and illustration to create this image on social media for the cover of Marymount Manhattan College Magazine.

Alanna Cavanagh's minimal and whimsical line illustrations create a great contrast with the rich fabrics in the photo supplied by Fabricut for this Trend Drapery ad.

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John Webster created this piece with stock imagery and client supplied photos of Sorbara Hall on the St.Michael's campus at the University of Toronto. The article was on the history of the use of the campus in film.

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Aaron Bihari used a photo with a duo-tone treatment for the background in this piece, to contrast with his illustrated VW bus.

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This is an example of how Janice Kun creates a dream-like image with the use of her own original photography as well as stock imagery.

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Margaret Lee often sets up her own photo shoots on location and uses a unique colorization to create whimsy and drama.

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Bruce Emmett often stages elaborate sets, with himself as a model, in his photo-illustrative work.

Happy Valentine's Day from i2i

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Alanna Cavanagh walllpapers Style at Home Booth

Margot Austin, the Senior Design Editor of Style at Home, recently hired Alanna to create a mural (wallpaper) for their booth at this year's IDS11. The interior design show is held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from January 27 to January 30, 2011.

Alanna in front of the mural on opening night.

Travel Month at i2i

It seems to be "travel" month at i2i. Alanna Cavanagh created a fashionable view of trips to Paris for Hemispheres Magazine, Ian Phillips supplied these incredible maps of walking tours in 5 cities for Viv Magazine and Tim Zeltner continues to create amazing landscapes for United with art direction from Barrie D'Rozario Murphy.

Alanna Cavanagh's cover for Hemispheres Magazine

Ian Phillips City Maps for Viv Magazine

Bookmark by Alanna Cavanagh

If you happen to pick up any of the books illustrated by the i2i illustrators, you could swing by Good Egg in Kengsinton Market to pick up a bookmark, illustrated by Alanna Cavanagh.

Alanna Cavanagh Lends Her Line to UK Cover of "Hello Heartbreak"

Alanna Cavanagh worked with Art Director Justinia Baird-Murray to create this fun, whimsical new cover for the  Penguin UK paperback edition of of Hello Heartbreak by actress and author Amy Huberman. Alanna says this was a fabulous project as it combined two things she loves to draw: cropped figures and hand lettering. If you're considering adding this to your summer reading list, please note this cover is unfortunately only available in the UK. Maybe the new cover will be picked up in North America as the cover itself is receiving rave reviews, as noted by Leah at  Chick Lit Reviews .

What to Wear for the Rest of Your Life - illustrated by Alanna Cavanagh

In bookstores now -Kim Johnson Gross's newest fashion advice book, What to Wear for the Rest of Your Life: Ageless Secrets of Style.

Alanna has provided her own fabulous fashion sense and love of pattern to the interior illustrations.

Alanna even provided a fabulous "interior" for the author's photo.

Hear Kim Johnson Gross speaking about her new book

Hi-Tech Gadgets for Mom and Dad

Alanna worked with Art Director Vickie Vidana Ellman and Creative Director Campion Primm to create illustrations for the Technology section in Viv's May issue.