We're all intrigued with the creative process and what sometimes gets created, but not used, in a project. Ian recently shared an alternate sketch for a recent project he did for Canadian Underwriter. Here are the two different versions he created for the article "Investigating Personal Injury Fraud". The first is the image that did not get used- a more playful take on the issue.
Monika Melnychuk created these fun characters for a guide by RIFSSO - an organization that helps the Ontario Francophone community access health and social services provided in French. The guide is for parents to help their teens investigate careers in health and social services, and the necessary education for each option.
"Earth laughs in flowers" - Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Karen Weire-Jimerson included that great quote in her article "From Barren to Brilliant: Early spring bulbs are colorful antidotes to a drab winter". phil created the snowdrops below to accompany this article in the early Spring issue of Country Gardens. This was posted while watching snow drift by outside - can't wait to see my first spring flowers!
For many of us - this time of year is cold and yucky and we're all getting a little stir crazy - might be a good time to try a new indoor project. Check out the current issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine. Betsy Everitt created this image to accompany an article in the February 2011 issue of Creating Keepsakes on fun ways to boost your creativity in scrapbooking.
Tim Zeltner painted the cowboy boot used as the award for the Cowgirl Up! show, now in it's 6th year. It began as a show and sale held at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Arizona. It is a month long Spring show of art by women artists who work to capture the spirit and lifestyle of the West in their art.
Janice was given the challenge of creating an illustration of the Sinking of the Concordia for Reader's Digest. This ship sank off the coast of Brazil in February of 2010. All 64 people aboard, students in the West Island College Class Afloat program of Lunenburg, N.S., were rescued.
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Anne Horst created the illustration below for an article on decoding children's dreams and nightmares in the February 2011 issue of Today's Parent. This issue is chock full of information on sleepless nights (for parents) and the science behind kids dreams, why we dream and, what they mean.
Aaron Bihari recently created a series of 5 illustrations to accompany the story of the castaways from " The Wreck of the Grafton". This play appears in READ issue 9, Survival.
John Webster created this chalkboard collage to accompany an article on social networking and kids in the school context. The article "What's The Skinny On Social Networking For Teens?" by Cindy Matthews, appeared in the recent issue of OPC Register. It gives an overview of how teens use social networking, some guidelines for teachers and students as to how to use social media appropriately and the possible benefits social media may play in the school setting.
We would like to introduce the newest illustrator to join i2i art, Bruce Emmett. Bruce studied illustration at the Syracuse University School of Art. He lived and freelanced for many years in NYC. In the mid-1990's he plunged into digital art and now juggles his time between the computer and the easel in his studio in France.
Fairy Liquid Posters done with Grey London
Final Style at Home mural
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.
Canada Post has released the next in their popular Lunar New Year stamp series. Tracy Walker illustrated this elegant rabbit to celebrate the Chinese year of the metal rabbit. Embossed foil stamping was used on the stamps as a reference to the "metal" element of this Year of the Rabbit. For more information about the stamp and the traits of the Year of the Rabbit, pick up a free copy of Details magazine from Canada Post. This year should feel more peaceful than the previous Year of the Tiger. The Year of the Rabbit will begin February 3, 2011, but these stamps might sell out before then - so hop on down to the post office today!
Design by Paul Haslip and Lauren Rand of HM&E Design Communications.
Margaret Lee created these beautiful images for an article on "armchair escapes" appearing in the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Midwest Living. The feature allows the reader to travel with the authors of seven stories to different events and places like skipping stones across a lake or a drive in a convertible along Lakeshore Drive in Chicago.
In Canada, winter = hockey. Gary Alphonso recently provided new imagery for a "Hockeyville" logo for Kraft Foods, working with Gerald George of Brandid. Kraft, in partnership with the CBC and the NHL holds the "Hockeyville" contest, asking communities across Canada to submit stories about their hockey community spirit - who has the most and why? The winning communities receive prizes such as $100,000 to upgrade the home arena, an NHL pre-season hockey game hosted in the community arena and other events.
Greg Stevenson created the playful handwriting and doodle style illustration that overlay the photographs on the cover story for Go Magazine's December 2010 issue.
Anne created this conceptual illustration to accompany a recent article in UUWorld Magazine. "Dinner with Monsanto" by Michelle Bates Deakin, covers the potluck dinner that occurred between Rev. Nathan Walker and some of the members of The Philadelphia Unitarian and two spokespeople from Monsanto. The dinner occurred after a sermon the Rev. Nathan Walker gave got the attention of scientists, media and Monsanto. The Rev. Nathan Walker wrote a sermon, "Sovereign Seeds", as an open letter to Hugh Grant, the CEO of Monsanto. In the sermon, Walker challenged Grant to respond to seven “moral questions” about Monsanto’s relationships with farmers, consumers, scientists, the government and others.
Margaret Lee worked with Art Director Kathleen Oudit of Harlequin to create the new paperback version of A Timely Alibi by Ilsa Mayr.
Ian has always wanted to illustrate for Utne Reader and now his illustrations grace page 28 of the Nov/Dec 2010 issue! Check out "Secret Liaisons in the Middle East", an author's experiences while traveling and writing about gay life in the Middle East.
