Meilo So's latest children's book

So & Co. Books is now selling The Grumpy Old Sailor written by Janice Armstrong and illustrated by our artist Meilo So. The book project took two years to finish. It is the first of four books by the pair. A young boy named Magnus tells the story of the old sailor who lives in the Shetland Islands. Mike McDonnell of The Shetland Times says, "Since Meilo had over all control of the production, the final result is a very professionally finished book which does full justice to the lavish illustrations; the inserted 'spy glass' on the front cover is a nice touch. At one stage, the children in the book burst into a chorus of What Shall We Do With A Grumpy Sailor, and the answer is easy, buy the book!" The pictures are from the book launch at the Shetland Museum.

http://www.soandcobooks.com/2010/01/blog-post.html

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Heflinreps American Illustration 29 Winners

Congratulations to our artists Tatsuro Kiuchi and Kathy Osborn for their winning entries in the AI 29 contest.

Tatsuro had two winning illustrations for an essay series titled, "Alleys of Japan in the 1950s." They were for a magazine issued by Zenriren, a Japanese association of hairstylists and barbers. Kathy's winning entry is a personal piece called, "God Knows."

You will be able to see all the winning entries at the American Illustration website listed below. Click on AI29 and search for the artist by name.

http://www.ai-ap.com/

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Visit our booth at SURTEX 2010

Our sister company, Paper Road Art Licensing, will be exhibiting at SURTEX again this year at the Javits Center in New York. Sally Heflin says, “What I love about SURTEX is spotting trends within all this amazing artwork, combined with the anticipation of finding the right licensee, manufacturer, or retailer." Paper Road has many new collections created specifically for SURTEX, as well as a backlist of sure performers for home, publishing, gifts, and more. We'd love to see you at Booth 639 from May 16-18. Check out our portfolios and latest news at http://www.paperroadart.com/.

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Naoki Mitsuse's flash animation for Tateyama Brewing Co.

Artist Naoki Mitsuse's latest TV commercial for Tateyama Brewing Co. is called "Topoli," and introduces a limited edition sake label also designed by Naoki. The song is by singer Anna Vissi, one of Greece's best selling female artists. Naoki is currently working on another flash animation series for Tateyama Brewing Co. called "Invisible Again."

Tateyama Brewing TV CM "Topoli" 30 sec 2009 from Naoki Mitsuse on Vimeo.

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We welcome Killington Arts as our new partner agency

We are pleased to announce Killington Arts as our new partner agency, handling all inquiries from the UK. Owner Kit Killington has a degree in Fine Art from Winchester School of Art, and an MA in Museum and Gallery Management. By building a new agency in London, she anticipates responding quickly to the ever-changing demands of the market, while also nurturing the careers of her illustrators. We look forward to a productive and mutually beneficial relationship with our new partner.

Killington Arts
http://www.killingtonarts.com/

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Hanoch Piven's Faces iMake iPhone Application

Artist Hanoch Piven has just imake Faces iPhone Launch the application based on historical Drawing Objects with workshops. It Allows You To create your own faces with objects and to save and share them. Hanoch say, "I am very excited to introduce Imake Faces, The iPhone App Where You Can Make faces using everyday objects. Imake Faces was born in Dessau the head of Eyal, owner of iMagine Machine. Eyal has-been the engine behind this for the last three months and Without His unlimited energy and calm leadership this would Not Have Happened! I'm happy to be Eyal's partner on it! "Check out the Video Below to see how it works. The Teaching Palette website has a review of Faces imake.

http://www.facesimake.com/

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/faces-imake/id357230884?mt=8

http://theteachingpalette.com/2010/04/04/app-review-hanoch-pivens-faces-imake/

http://www.iphone4kids.net/2010/04/11/faces-imake-and-weve-made-so-many/

http://www.crazymikesapps.com/faces-imake-iphone-app-creative-craziness/

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Owen Freeman is working on a series of covers for HarperCollins UK

Artist Owen Freeman just finished the cover of Naked Lunch: The Restored Text for HarperCollins UK, and is currently working on a series of re-issues of books by William Burroughs. Owen says, "Given Burroughs's visceral narrative style, I sketched out as many visual cues as possible while reading, keeping an eye out for those which continued throughout the book. Also, the flexibility to take the imagery in as many strange directions as needed was a huge help to the process, thanks to the art direction of Jo Walker." You can read more about Naked Lunch on HarperCollins's website below.

http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/51874/naked-lunch-william-burroughs-9780007341900

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Paul Rogers illustrates The Frozen Rabbi for Tablet

Since the beginning of this month, Paul Rogers has been doing illustrations to accompany the serialization of "The Frozen Rabbi" novel by Steve Stern. The illustrations are for Tablet, an online magazine. The story is about a nineteenth-century rabbi from a small Polish town who is encased in a block of ice and turns up in the basement freezer of a twenty-first-century Memphis home. Tablet is running daily installments of the novel over a period of nine weeks. Paul says, "At first, art director Len Small wanted one drawing per week, but the story is so rich that I agreed to do a drawing a day. I really like the idea of reviving the serialized novel online." All the illustrations to date are on Tablet's website below.

http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/books/frozen_rabbi/26783/the-frozen-rabbi-part-1/

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Hanoch Piven's exhibit at The Skirball Cultural Center

From March 10-July 11, "Making Faces: Playful Portraits of People You Know by Hanoch Piven" will be on exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Hanoch's show will contain 22 portraits of well-known people, including six original collages. Included in the exhibit will be Hanoch's depiction of Barbara Streisand, which won a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators, as well as the other portraits shown here. Hanoch will also be holding two workshops and giving a lecture while he is in town. For more information, please visit the Skirball's website below.

http://www.skirball.org/index.php?option=com_ccevents&scope=exbt&task=detail&oid=40

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Metro Design Studio and Paul Rogers team up for campaign

Paul Rogers continues to illustrate metro stations and modes of transportation for the Los Angeles Metro Transit Authority. He's been out scouting various locations in an around the L. A. area for reference photos for over 40 illustrations for the MTA. They are being used in the Past, Present and Future campaign as posters, brochures, billboards, signs, etc.

Staged images courtesy of Metro Los Angeles © 2010 LACMTA

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Poketo.com sells wallet designed by Jared Schorr

The Poketo online store is now selling a wallet designed by Jared Schorr as part of a series of cut paper wallets. The first picture shows the outside of the wallet, and the second is the interior. Janet Lee of Poketo interviewed Jared on the Poketo blog about his design. He said, "I wanted to do a wallet with a lot of monsters running and having fun, kind of like a Ryan McGinley photo. You don't really know what is going on, but you wish you were there. Though the monsters are running for their lives, they are still enjoying themselves." To read more of the interview or to purchase the wallet, visit the Poketo website below.

Interview: http://www.poketo.com/blog/2010/02/11/paper-series-artist-interview-with-jared-schorr/

Wallet: http://poketo.com/shop/archives/1016

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Poetry Magazine publishes four covers by our artists

Greg Clarke, Kathy Osborn and Tatsuro Kiuchi had some great covers on four recent issues of Poetry Magazine. Greg's illustrations in November and February were "The Poet Takes a Walk" and "The Codependents." Kathy's illustration from the June issue was "The Good Egg," and Tatsuro's "On the Beach" graced the July cover.

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Faber and Faber commissions Miguel Gallardo for pocket guide series

Miguel Gallardo is in the midst of illustrating about 30 new paperback covers for Faber and Faber. In 2009, Faber released the first two books in the series, Haydn and Handel. Wagner and Britten will be published in 2010. Miguel is currently working on the illustration for the Pocket Guide to Bach.

http://www.faber.co.uk/search/site/?search_query=pocket

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Dennis Balogh's portrait in Success magazine

Dennis recently completed a multiple-pose portrait of Jim Rohn for Success Magazine. Dennis really captured his vitality and made it look as if he drew him from real life. Dennis says, "When beginning the painting stage I paint very loosely in a transparent wash and early on introduce broad spontaneous brush strokes, some of which I lose in the course of the painting. My constant goal is to keep liveliness with my technique, remembering that I'm painting and not just trying to duplicate an image. Every face has its strong characteristics that I try to accentuate with pencil line and brush work. Midway through and when I finalize the painting, I apply opaque brushwork that accents and gives the art its overall color strength."

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