Doug Martin continues to provide beautiful and detail rich paintings for the covers of the Seaside Knitters Series, written by national bestselling author Sally Goldenbaum. You can see the other four books in the series - all illustrated by Doug Martin- at Sally's site and browse knitting patterns and recipes as well.
Jillian Ditner an Applied Arts Illustration Award Winner
Jillian's piece "Sunrise", created for the Globe and Mail Facts and Arguments Section, won in the Young Bloods category of the 2011 Applied Arts Awards. All winning work will be showcased in the May/June issue of Applied Arts.
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Tim Zeltner illustrates article on talent
Tim lent his conceptual talents to illustrating this article on finding, growing and cultivating "talents" - the article appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of Brigham Young University Magazine.
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Sarah Beetson illustrates "Much Ado About Nothing"
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Betsy Everitt illustrates article on play in Kindergarten
Betsy, in her usual playful, naive style, was the perfect choice to illustrate the article "Are We Paving Paradise?" by Elizabeth Grue, in the April issue of Educational Leadership. The article tackles the shift that has occurred in education that promotes achievement over play. Elizabeth Grue also argues a case for including unstructured play in the curriculum.
Philippe Béha illustrates 2011-2012 Season for Theatre Francais
Théâtre Français de Toronto has another exciting line-up of plays for 2011-2012. In his creative conceptual style Philippe Béha has illustrated four of the plays along with the cover image for this Season's brochure.
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Janice Kun - Shedding Layers for Spring
Janice Kun has created these two new pieces which include elements of drawing, collage, watercolor, and photography. The elements are digitally manipulated in Photoshop and combined with multiple effects layers. Janice wanted to allude to the search for a truer sense of self and the shedding of the layers of constraint. Spring often seems to be a natural time for transformation and transition- a stripping away of the old to make way for the new.
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Tim Zeltner illustrates Earth Day Canada 2011 Poster
This year's Earth Day Canada Poster art was created by Tim Zeltner, with art direction from Brad Pearson and Keith Treffry. The theme of this year's program is environmental action at the grassroots level through the four seasons, from coast to coast. A big challenge to illustrate in one poster! I think it's sure to become another sought after "classic" Zeltner landscape.
Thom Sevalrud selected for 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide
Thom Sevalrud is featured in Luerzer's Archive - 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide. A selection of top art directors worldwide identifies a list of illustrators for the publication. After an illustrator is selected, they are then invited to enter work commissioned from the prior 18 month period. Thom's winning illustration (below) is on page 210 in the 2011/12 volume.
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Tracy Walker a winner in Applied Arts 2011 Illustration Awards
Tracy Walker's Earth day poster, created in collaboration with Brad Pearson and Keith Treffry of Earth Day Canada, has won in the poster category of the Applied Arts 2011 Photography &Illustration Awards. All winning work will be showcased in the May/June 2011 issue of the magazine, the Winners Gallery on the Applied Arts Website and at the annual Winners Exhibit, to be held on Wednesday, October 26 and Thursday, October 27, 2011 at Artscape Wychwood Barns in Toronto.
The Power of Print
The Association of Magazine Media has been running some ads that caught our eye! We decided to re-post one here in support of their campaign.
Ian Phillips Alternate Sketches
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 illustrates guide for careers in health services
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.
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phil paints the first flowers of Spring
"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!
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Betsy Everitt illustrates Scrapbooking ideas
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.
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6th Year of Cowgirl Up!
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.
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Janice Kun illustrates the Sinking of the Concordia
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 illustrates Children's Dreams
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.
