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A few of my favorite picks
Today I’m sharing a few of my favorite picks by my artists.
Animation by Anke Rega
Kelly Anne is currently taking my Illustrating Children’s Book course and writes, “Time for another round of Make Art That Sells Illustrating Children’s Books. I chose “Greta & the Wolves”, a wonderful text by co-teacher Zoe Tucker. I can’t wait to dig into the story and Greta’s world over the next four weeks.”
Clairice writes, “I recently did the design for these Fika cookie boxes for Valentine’s Day. So excited to see the actual packaging and is it bad I’m even more excited to eat the cookies. The lettering says ‘many hugs’ in Swedish.”
Click on this image to see a delightful video that Hsinping Pan created for Land of Nod.
Åsa writes, “Here’s a sneak peek of something I’ve been working on. Last year started out very rough but in autumn some amazing things happened. The fabulous Lilla Rogers Studio took me on and I remember telling Lilla that I’d love to illustrate a children’s book. I am so grateful that happened and for getting to work on this beautiful story The Perfect Shelter for Little Tiger Press, coming in the Spring of 2020. Crazy what can happen in a year.”
Bambi writes, “Meet Jack and Pearl… working on my characters for the latest Make Art That Sells kids book class and getting happily swept away by a world of tide pools and ocean goodness. Story by the lovely Zoe Tucker“. I can’t wait to see where this goes.
I hope you enjoyed the show! Want great art for your project? Don’t hesitate to contact us. We’d be delighted to assist you with any of your art needs. Get to know us here!
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I took a whole bunch of photos in the Studio of new products just in, illustrated by our illustrators. Plus a cool walking bird.
We have clients in so many industries and we love them all–editorial, home décor, stationery… You keep our artists engaged and busy, with loads of fascinating products you’ve asked them to illustrate.
Here’s a sampling of some recent products. Dive in and enjoy. And thank you to all of our clients, old and new, and future ones, too!
Contact us to assign or license–we’re happy to help!
Animation by Natasha Dewitz
Congratulations to Flora Waycott!
Flora’s stunning pop-up card for The Museum of Modern Art won a Louie Award for best Christmas card in the boxed category! The prestigious Louie Awards recognize the most outstanding greeting cards marketed in the U.S.
Congrats, Flora!
This is a fun one. Lots of Lovely Art’s gorgeous new art kit subscription box launched this month, fully illustrated by watercolor master Carolyn Gavin. It includes watercolors, markers, brush, pencil and an easy block colour project created exclusively by Carolyn for creating simple landscapes, as well as 3 great projects inspired by Hockney, Hundertwasser and Klee.
Happy journals and card sets by Hsinping Pan for teNeues. Coming soon: we’ve got lot of brand new books illustrated by Hsinping to show you.
Cover of The Mindfulness Journal by Trina Dalziel and card for Papyrus by Helen Dardik. By the way, the flowers on that Helen card are huge honkin’ gems.
Not only is Clairice Gifford an illustrator, but she’s a top-notch type designer, having lettered some impressive titles. Here’s a piece she did for Southern Living Magazine.
Look at these beauties we recently got in! Tara Lilly’s color palettes are charming, yet she always manages to come up with new ones. Plate series for TAG, Ltd.
You can see why Kendra’s images get snapped up for cards. They are modern and elegant, and easy to send to anyone. Here’s a recent design for Calypso Cards.
I hope you enjoyed the show! Want great art for your project? Don’t hesitate to contact us. We’d be delighted to assist you with any of your art needs. Get to know us here!
xo
See Mara Penny’s Rachael Maddow animated portrait, moon rocks chocolate packaging, and matching dog and cat dish towels.
Sometimes we just like to show you a mix of the fabulousness by our artists–from moon rocks chocolate packaging to cat and dog dishtowels.
Contact us to assign or license–we’re happy to help with your project!
I really adore Mara Penny and the amusing way she captures personalities.
Animation by Natasha Dewitz
AD’s: Contact us and we’d be happy to send you a copy of these luscious magazines of our artists’ work for children’s books and for greeting cards!
Seattle Chocolate’s “Moon Rocks” bar
Seattle Chocolate is partnering with The Museum of Flight to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the very first moon landing. This bar has been so popular they added additional print runs! Congrats, Jessica!
We love the delicacy of Flora Waycott’s work. You can see why she gets so much floral work. It has a look of vintage botanicals, yet very modern.
What I adore about Kate Mason is her earth-mother charm in her soul and in her art. (Did you know she’s got 5 kids?) Check out the ants. I’m pretty crazy about those grapes, too.
Ann Boyajian has always had a gift with drawing cats and dogs in a way that brings them to life. These lovelies for TAG Ltd.
NEW ILLUSTRATED BOOKS by our artists: Truth and daring, birds, and happiness.
Today I thought you might enjoy a selection of recent book commissions, and a bit about why each artist was asked to illustrate that particular book.
Plus, stay tuned for our new artist reveal!
Truth & Daring – A Journal for the Thoughtful & Bold (Chronicle Books)
Not only can Zoe paint gorgeous birds, but she’s also able to depict them with great specificity, as was needed for this charming instructional book.
BIG NEWS! Plus animated Hank Williams, Susan’s going to NYC, and more!
We love photographing our artists’ illustrated products as they come in. Hope you enjoy them!
ART DIRECTORS: Agent Susan McCabe will be in NYC May 16-19 showing the new artist’s work plus our brand-new collections of available card art and our children’s book portfolio of the very best work. Be sure to contact Susan to schedule a visit. Not in NYC? We’re happy to send you a magazine-style portfolio of the card art or the children’s book art to keep for reference. Just give us a shout.
Animation by Natasha Dewitz
Walter Foster Publishing
Greeting Card for Sellers Publishing
Puzzle to Go for Mudpuppy
Greeting cards for Trader Joe’s
Greeting cards for Madison Park (left) and Sellers Publishing (right)
Great spots in Better Homes & Gardens “Do It Yourself” Magazine
See Anne Bentley’s cell phone, a mermaid animation, and more new art
Animation by Natasha Dewitz
What’s on Anne Bentley’s cell phone?
Bethesda Magazine
Stunning lettering by Clairice Gifford
Hodder & Stoughton Limited
A dreamy journal by Anke Rega
Personal piece
Time for planting! by Sarah Papworth
Personal piece
Mara Penny’s midnight beauties
Running Press
Bike Path map by Jessica Allen
Adirondack Life magazine
Look at this fabulous print that Kate Mason created for Hasbro’s Baby Alive “Special Edition” doll – just beautiful!
See a spa day animation, art on a wood slice, and witty dishtowels
Animation by Natasha Dewitz
Blue Q dishtowel
True Colors children’s book by Penguin Workshop
Yoga magazine
Blue Q oven mitt
Editions Milan
Personal piece
Calypso cards
Personal piece
Another fun animation, a peek inside Sarajo’s painting studio, more great products
Dreaming of warm weather! Enjoy a peek inside Sarajo Frieden’s painting studio, more sassy Blue Q products and a nutty felt purse that I embellished using Hsinping Pan’s art.
Illustration by Anne Bentley
Animation by Natasha Dewitz
The latest for BlueQ
Sarajo Frieden‘s studio in Los Angeles
I printed out Hsinping Pan‘s cool characters, made buttons out of them, and glued them on this bag.
Animated Beyonce and a big announcement
We’re delighted to show you this lovely animated image of Beyonce by
Sarah Papworth.
Animation by Natasha Dewitz
3rd Annual Menagerie
Art by Jon Cannell
Read about last year’s Menagerie here!
Looking for some creative activities? Treasure hunt your artistic style, bird puzzle, beetle fabric, and more.
Helen Dardik for Clothworks
Plenty of Puzzles
Rebecca Jones
Anne Bentley for Galison
Carolyn Gavin for Chronicle Books
I teach a course on Creativebug called Treasure Hunt your Artistic Style. It’s a playful/analytical way you’ll get to know your own style sensibility. Try it here.
I’ll have you pick colors.
These are a few of the things I’ve done over the years. I guess I love yellow.
This charming kit is like paper dolls but magnetic. By Mara Penny for Mudpuppy.
Curl up with Hsinping Pan’s second book in this best-selling series.
Go ahead! Make some percussion!
Daniel Roode for Éditions AUZOU
Feel like drawing and painting? Sarah Walsh’s book for Chronicle invites you to draw all kinds of connecting bridges across her varied and surprising scenes.
Let’s play! This charming kit is illustrated by Flora Waycott
Do you love stickers, journaling and drawing? Take time to play in Katie Vernon’s delightful planner for Chronicle Books.
These fill-in-the-blank cards will make it really fun to write those thank-you notes. By Sarah Walsh for Compendium.
