Visiting Illustrators! Wednesday, November 18th!

Meet us in the Pit on Wednesday, November 18th, at 6 pm, for an evening with three great illustrators: Bill Thomson, Doug Andersen, and Dennis Nolan. Yowza!! That's a whole lotta illustrators. Are we lucky, or what?!?! Check out some of their work here:

Bill Thomson,Doug Andersen and Dennis Nolan

Be there to see their original stuff, hear war stories about the biz, and participate in a casual Q&A exchange. These folks are super-talented and are looking forward to meeting you, too!

This image ©Bill Thomson. Event generously sponsored by the Straightors Fund.

Blab! (For Our Latest Project)

Visual storytelling doesn't get much better than THIS for us illustration folks. Blab! is an annual collection of illustrated work gathered and edited by Monty Beauchamp, designer and art director. It is SO worth a look-see!

Check out Blab! for a head-start on your survey of the tremendous variety of approaches to visual storytelling that are possible. Get inspired!

Children's Book Fair This Weekend!

It's here again! And don't miss it- it's a great opportunity to see terrific (terrific) authors and illustrators for children's books. It's a real list of super-stars, so come by to see some of the presentations or get some autographs on your favorite books. Take a look:  link to the 2009 Book Fair

The Raab Associates Prize!

It's here! The Raab Associates Prize is once again upon us and we're poised for fun and excitement! The specs you seek are here: Raab Prize specs

Also, go here to view past submissions and winners: Connecticut Children's Book Fair/Raab Prize Page

Interested in Tattoos?

Lots of people are. Here is a contemporary artist/illustrator/designer/tattoo artist, Mitch O'Connell, who is makin' his way. He's got a good blog. Check out the link here: Mitch O'Connell's Blog.

This image is the cover of his recent book. You can find a link to his book (on Amazon) on the right-hand side of this blog.

Polish Posters- Have a Look!

More quick, but amazing, research! Here's a nifty little visual survey of Polish posters. Want to break out of your standard conceptual and/or layout thinking? Take a look at some of these:

Nifty Little Visual Survey of Polish Posters

Featured here:

GRIDO, 1962

En las tinieblas_1977

Metanoia 2009

In the spirit of providing even more interesting links for ART 3210's (ongoing) research on our current project, Posters for Metanoia 2009, here is a link you should check out. While you're there you can also follow links to other resources that would spark your brain cells. You can't go overboard on information at this stage!

Metanoia site

DRIVE-BY-PRESS IS COMING!

Artist/printmakers Greg Nanney and Nick Alley from Drive By Press will be visiting the department on Sept. 24 and 25.
•       Thursday, September 24 at 7:00pm. they will give a presentation in rm 106 ARTB.
•       Friday, September 25 at 9:00 am they will display lots of prints collected from across the country on tables in the pit.
•       At 10:00 Friday they will start printing t-shirts with woodblocks at the mobile press (a cool set-up fabricated on the back of their vehicle) at either the print shop or next to the art building.

See drivebypress.org, drivebypress.com. Better still, google Drive By Press Images – lots about them online!

FREE TEXT FRIDAY

The first opportunity of the new semester is up! Get crackin'!

(Click the title. It's a link. Then bookmark it. Or use the link to your right.)

TWO Tickets LEFT!

That's right, "Art Out Loud," the SI workshop with TOP sci-fi and fantasy illustrators is SOLD OUT. Except I have two tickets left!! 'Cause I'm the best professah evah!! (Last year we were shut out).

But seriously, this will be one heckuva show, so why don't you join us?! Ticket is $10 cash at the event (they're holding it for you).

Oh yeah, and you'll be able to see the awesome "Spectrum" show as well. Your jaw will drop. Really.

ART 3210, Fall 2009

Hello Campers!

Can you believe it? Another semester is upon us. I know what you're thinking. "I can't WAIT to find out what we're doing in Topics In Illustration this fall!!"

Well, avail yourselves of the link to the right (under "Links You'll Love") for the Illustration Area wiki. Explore- look for a folder called "ART 3210, Fall 2009" (genius, I know!). In there is an announcements page and a pdf file of materials you need on the first day. (In the "Navigator" box on the right hand side you can switch between seeing pages or documents- the announcements page is a page, the pdf file is a document. You won't see both items at the same time in the Navigator box)

Good luck and see you soon!

Amazing Opportunity for Fantasy Freaks!

Hi Folks- gearing up for the new semester! I have six tickets reserved for any of my fall students who can demonstrate a significant interest in this type of illustration work. Tickets are (really) hard to come by, so don't miss out.

Contact me! I know you're out there!

Host:	Society of Illustrators, NY
Type:	Music/Arts - Performance
Network:	Global
Price:	$10 students, $20 members, $25 non-members

Date:	Saturday, September 12, 2009
Time:	1:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:	Society of Illustrators
Street:	128 East 63 Street
City/Town:	New York, NY
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Phone:	2128382560
Email:	kevin@societyillustrators.org

Description

Top fantastic artists will demonstrate their skills and techniques in an open forum.

Artists include:

Charles Vess
James Gurney
Sam Weber
Greg Manchess
Donato Giancola

Refreshments included

***** You must purchase a ticket in advance. There will be no walk-ins accepted due to space limitations. Please contact kevin@societyillustrators.org to reserve a space.

RSVP kevin@societyillustrators.org 212 838 2560
www.societyillustrators.org

illustration by Charles Vess