Miguel Gallardo illustrates an article about Barack Obama's "offspring"

Miguel Gallardo recently did this illustration for La Vanguardia daily newspaper in Barcelona, Spain. The article was about all the new babies who will be named Obama, Barack or Michelle after our new first family.

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Joe Morse is exhibiting in "Paint for Print" in Chicago

Joe Morse is included in the exhibition, "Paint for Print, Contemporary Illustration, Traditional Media." It opened on Thursday, November 6, at The Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College in Chicago. The exhibition continues until December 19.

Besides Joe Morse, the exhibition includes original illustrations by John Hendrix, Gina Triplett, Sterling Hundley, Gérard DuBois, Olaf Amit, Shino Arihara, Penelope Dullaghan, Aaron Jasinski, and Robert MacKenzie.

"Paint for Print" shows not only the original hand-painted artwork, but also the books and other printed materials so that the viewer can see the finished product. The exhibit shows the work of professional illustrators who use paint and other mediums instead of digital art.

Columbia College Chicago
1104 South Wabash Ave.,1st Floor
Chicago, Illinois
Gallery Hours:
Mon-Wed, Fri: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thurs: 9:00am – 7:00pm

http://cspaces.colum.edu/upcoming_at_glass_curtain/

http://paintforprint.blogspot.com/

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Forever Young illustrated by Paul Rogers is in bookstores now

Paul Rogers has illustrated a new children's book, Forever Young, by Bob Dylan. Ginee Seo and Ann Bobco at Simon and Schuster/Atheneum Books called Paul to work on the project, and they didn’t have to ask him twice. Since this is one of Dylan’s most loved songs, Paul said that his job was to not screw it up, and to do something that Bob would like. The illustrations parallel the lyrics of the song by telling the story of a kid growing up and making connections to people and to the world around him. For Dylan fans, Paul tucked a lot of references to Dylan's life and lyrics into the drawings. Most of them are listed in the Illustrator's Notes section of the book, but some are left for the readers to discover themselves.

Simon and Schuster has created a promotional trailer for the book that includes Dylan's music, and they will be distributing it soon. Paul was also interviewed by Publisher's Weekly about his work on the book.

Forever Young has won First Place, Children's Trade, Hardcover Picturebooks (non-fiction) at the 2009 New York Book Show. The show is on March 24.

Visit the websites below for more information.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc-a1kP7ITA

http://www.nybookshow.org/

http://www.publishersweekly.com/index.asp?layout=talkbackCommentsFull&talk_back_header_id=6554876&articleid=CA6594957
http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=22&pid=626273
http://www.bobdylan.com/#/songs/forever-young
http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2008/10/21/forever-young/

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Naoki Mitsuse has been commissioned to produce a new flash animation series

Tateyama Brewing Company, a Japanese sake brewery, recently commissioned our new artist, Naoki Mitsuse, to create a three-episode flash animation series titled, "Invisible." The project requirements had an open story, but required certain specific scenarios and predetermined characters. The music was arranged and produced by Sunday Mitsuru. The next two installments will be in monthly intervals. The animation will be used on Tateyama Brewing's website in 2009. Please click on the link below to view the animation.

http://goultralightsgo.com/naoki/INV/INV01.html

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Tatsuro Kiuchi Wins Two Bronze Medals

The 3x3 Pro Show has awarded two Bronze Medals in the Editorial category to Tatsuro Kiuchi. His entries had more than a majority of the judges' votes as well as one or more judges listing them as their favorites. The two entries are "Traveling with Four-legged Friends" and "Golf Orphans." "Traveling" was a rejected sketch for a New York Times article since it was similar to another illustration they had used in the past, but was published by Kadokawa in Japan as a magazine cover. The final New York Times piece was of a cat in a suitcase, also selected for the 3x3 annual. "Golf Orphans" was from a Golf for Women article about parents who are always golfing on the weekends, so the only chance the daughters have to see them is when they are at the pool near the golf course. Tatsuro also had five images selected from the Starbucks "Pass the Cheer" advertising campaign.

Greg Clarke had the cover of the New York Times Book Review chosen. Miguel Gallardo had entries selected from three different categories: the cover of Maria and Me, illustrations from Java Junkie, and "Anger" published by Magazine-La Vanguardia. Images from Get Ready: The Los Angeles Earthquake Sourcebook by Paul Rogers were honored in the book series category.

Heflinreps congratulates all our artists whose illustrations were selected for the annual. There were over 4,000 entries, with only 200 images selected by the judges.

https://www.3x3mag.com/callforentries.html

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Matthew Cook travels to Afghanistan

In 2007, Matthew Cook spent a month in Afghanistan drawing scenes for the British army. The drawings show troops on patrol and the daily life of soldiers and natives in this battle-scarred country. He is planning an exhibition in London in 2008.

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