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We’re ready to announce this week’s topic, but first please enjoy the wonderful illustration above by Jessica Warrick, our Pick of the Week for last week’s topic of SHARP. Thanks to everyone who participated with drawings, paintings, sculptures, and more. We love seeing it all!
The Month of Love is a weekly art challenge started by illustrator Kristina Carroll. Every week in February, there’s a new challenge related to the subject of “Love”. Participating artists respond by creating a new piece and posting throughout the week. There’s an impressive roster of core artists, but the challenges are also open to anyone who wants to submit a piece by posting to Tumblr with the hashtag #monthoflove. The month is coming to an end and there’s some fabulous work up on the site, including the three images below, by Kristina Carroll, Lee Moyer, and Michael Marsicano.
Be sure to check it out and follow along at monthofloveart.com. Much of the work is available as prints throughSociety6 and you can also see the past two years’ worth of challenges and art here.Also, keep an eye out in October for another monthly challenge called Month of Fear.
THE RULES: Draw a map of an imaginary place. It must be an imaginary place that YOU imagined; a place YOU invented. All ages are welcome to participate, though we won’t be judging the maps on how well they’re drawn. That is to say, maps made by older people who draw very well won’t necessarily win out over maps made by little kids who are still working on their drawing chops. They’ll be judged by how much Colin and I like them and the main things we like when it comes to maps of imaginary places are creativity and originality. Just have fun and make something great! Additional rules by publisher here.
THE PRIZES:
Grand Prize: These four giant one-of-a-kind prints, signed by Carson and Colin.
Second Place Prize: this little drawing of Septimus that wasn’t in the book.
Third Place Prize: a signed copy of Wildwood…..in German! (hee)
THE FINE PRINT: All entries must be received by Friday, May 4th. Contest winners will be announced Monday, May 7th.
Nate and Salli from They Draw & Travel asked me to be the judge of a student illustration contest on their illustrated map website. The students were from the Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio. Out of 25 maps I had to pick 3 winners. It wasn’t an easy job because there was a lot of great student artwork. The maps I picked are pictured here and you can see larger images and read more about the contest on They Draw & Travel‘s blog here.
For you illustrators and artists that teach or like makin’ stuff with your own kiddies, Susan Schwake of Art Stream Studios has recently published a new book, Art Lab for Kids.I received a copy recently and it’s amazing!
A bit from the press release: “Art Lab for Kids will bring out your own creative style and voice with 52 fun, refreshing, and creative art projects that are great for children and set into weekly lessons. The exercises include drawing, painting, printmaking, paper, and mixed media. Such open-ended lessons as these can be explored over and over – with different results each time! Each lesson is inspired by the work of a contemporary artist, including Rebecca Emberley, Lisa Congdon, Megan Bogonovich, Amy Rice, Georgia O’Keefe, Chuck Close, and author, Susan Schwake.
Susan has kindly offered to give away a copy of the book to Illustration Friday readers! Please leave a comment of your own favourite art project as a child and I will randomly select a winner.
The contest ends Friday, March 9 at 5:00 p.m (MST).
My most memorable project as a child was being asked to design a logo for a local housing project. This was when i was ten and to this day i can probably still re-create from memory what i drew. it involved a crane and a house combined in dynamic way and the company name (cala) underneath… who knew i’d still remember that.
Andi Osiek said, on 3/6/2012 11:10:00 AM
It’s hard to narrow down the choices but I would have to say that embroidery was my favorite art project as a kid. I don’t do it nearly as much as I should now… so relaxing.
claudia said, on 3/6/2012 11:10:00 AM
great book! As for my favourite art lab when I was a child, i loved making puppets with recycled materials.
Lisa Kretchman said, on 3/6/2012 11:27:00 AM
Sounds like a great book! My favorite art project when I was a kid was probably paper mache sculptures.
Gina said, on 3/6/2012 11:32:00 AM
I clearly remember using pastels for the first time as a young child. My very supportive mom had signed me up for an art class and we used the pastels in a little park in the spring. I still have that drawing. I plan on buying your beautiful book for my talented niece, and my own children as well.
Robin Bulleri said, on 3/6/2012 11:36:00 AM
My favorite art project as a child was making kaleidoscopes using beads and paper towel tubes.
Audrey said, on 3/6/2012 11:40:00 AM
That sounds like a fabulous book! My favorite art project was learning how to use real watercolors; I loved that they weren’t frozen in the little tubs.
Ashleymarie Sey Lively said, on 3/6/2012 11:56:00 AM
My absolutely favorite art project as a kid was melting crayons and making crazy abstract melted color art.
Denise said, on 3/6/2012 12:01:00 PM
Ohhh weeee! What a lovely giveaway! My favorite art project as a kid was pasta necklaces! I used to paint the pasta my favorite colors and make necklaces for everyone in my family…now i dont remember if they wore them!
Carrie said, on 3/6/2012 12:26:00 PM
My favourite art project when I was little was melting crayons between wax paper, and seeing what the outcome would be!
UncommonGoods’ first design challenge of 2012 has begun and is a unique experience for graphic designers and illustrators. They have teamed up with Susty Party, a Brooklyn start-up that sells sustainable party ware, and Recyclebank, an online community that rewards its members for making eco-friendly decisions. The call is for an original graphic or illustration that could be stamped onto cups and plates to be sold at UncommonGoods for summer parties and picnics. Designs will be selected by UncommonGoods merchants, voted on by our online community and judged by a panel of various backgrounds. The winning designer will receive $500 and a vendor contract.
Visit their site to find out more. And here to read the official rules.
It would be great fun and exposure to get your work on products!
ArtLA in Santa Monica, CA is hosting a student art contest right now. It’s open to students of any age, and it’s free to enter. Prize for winning is $10,000 in cash, a new MacBook Pro, and a gallery show at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, CA, along with some other great perks. (Super wow!)
Read the contest rules here. Register for free here.
They Draw & Travel is hosting a new illustration contest called YOU-TOPIA! Founders Nate & Salli will be giving away $1500 in cash and prizes to 9 artists that create the best hand-crafted map of their favorite places in their favorite city! Nate says “we’re looking for maps that are super PRETTY, focusing mostly on special things that you won’t find in any guidebook.” It’s a super fun way to commemorate your favorite place in the world.
They Draw & Cook, the illustrated recipe site, is hosting another contest. This one is sponsored by YouBeauty.com and is called Eat Pretty for the Holidays. If you have a favorite healthy holiday recipe that deserves a little of your artistic embellishment, head on over to TDAC and take a shot at their $500 grand prize.
2011 marks the third annual Chicago Public Library Design Contest and they are currently accepting submissions at their website. Each year, one Grand Prize Winner is selected to have his/her poster design showcased throughout the city as the centerpiece of the library’s awareness campaign. It’s tremendous mass exposure for young designers!
A panel of 3 judges – Mary Dempsey (Chicago Library Commissioner), Steve Musgrave (Artist) and Nick Scimeca (Creative Director at We Can’t Stop Thinking) – will vote on submissions to determine the pool of 30 finalists.
The winner will be honored at the contest finals, held October 11 in the Winter Garden of Harold Washington Library Center, and will receive a professionally framed print of their winning design. A 2011 People’s Choice Award Winner, selected by online votes at their Flickr page, will be also recognized at the finals & presented with a framed print of their design.
This year, they are looking for original poster designs which celebrate any of the past twenty One Book, One Chicago selections (complete list HERE) or the overall theme of Chicago reading together.
The deadline to submit designs is Sunday, September 18.
It’s really simple for participants to get started and entered! There is no cost to enter the contest. Complete info, suggestions & official guidelines can be found HERE.
We have a winner for the Mike Mills book Drawings from the Film Beginners and the soundtrack for the film. 108 comments were left on the last entry, and a random number was chosen – comment #52, Helena!
Congratulations, Helena! An email is on its way to you explaining how to redeem your prize!
In collaboration with Booooooom.com, Poketo is launching its first-ever open call, wallet design competition. Artists and designers are invited to submit graphics inspired by the theme, “Before Life”. Selected submissions will be entered into a final voting competition and the winner will be featured on poketo.com and booooooom.com along with the wallet being sold among the works of 200+ international artists on poketo.com.
Start designing and submit! Show us, what does your “Before Life” look like? What did the world look like before we all got here? Did it have a lot of color? Did it ooze with neon? Did that primordial sludge really look quite handsome? Design it in a 300 DPI, 8.75″ width x 4″ height and submit to Poketo. Deadline is July 3, 2011.
About Poketo
Born out of a belief in “art for your everyday,” Poketo is an online destination for design-driven wares that take art off the gallery walls and into people’s lives. Since 2003, Poketo has grown from an upstart creative enterprise known for their limited-edition vinyl artist wallets to a leading lifestyle brand that retains its indie vibe. Over the years, Poketo has been commissioned by Nike, MTV, SF MoMA and, more recently, Target to create exclusive lines stamped with Poketo’s signature fun and functional style.
To date, the shop has collaborated with over 200 international artists to produce lifestyle wares that infuse art in daily living. Poketo’s line of wallets, stationery, housewares, accessories, and apparel have appeared in New York Times Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Real Simple, Dwell, Entertainment Weekly and more.
About Booooooom
Booooooom.com in one of the largest art and design blogs on the web with over 3.2 million pageviews each month. Its also known for its inventive creative challenges done in collaboration with Converse and Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, among others.
Use your talents to highlight City Harvest—New York City’s first and only food rescue organization. Enter your illustration today, to help Uncommon Goods design a new Plate with PurposeTM, the Harvest Plate.
The winning designer will receive $1,000, and the chance to be included in the Uncommon Goods holiday catalog. City Harvest will receive a $5 donation with each sale of the new Plate with PurposeTM.
The winning design will be etched onto a gold or copper-frosted glass plate.
Entry deadline is June 16, 11:59 PM ET.
You may submit up to 5 black-and-white line drawings that evoke City Harvest’s mission to rescue food for New York’s hungry.
Just a quick note to let you know that the deadline for CA’s Illustration Competition is tomorrow (Friday, Jan 7). After that date there is a late fee applied. So get submissions in soon!
The digital era is being embraced by the art world, and now YouTube users have the chance to have their work featured among the likes of Warhol, van Gogh and Picasso at one of the world’s most renowned art establishments, the Guggenheim Museum. While the curatorial process can take years to result in Guggenheim exposure, winners of YouTube Play’s project will be displayed at the Guggenheim in October of this year.
Guggenheim and YouTube Play’s partnership was developed to uncover the “most creative video content in the world.” The Guggenheim will select a shortlist of submissions to be evaluated by an international jury of experts and celebrities from the worlds of art, design, film and video, with the final 20 videos on display at the Museum.
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So, among many of the hats I wear in the illustration field, I’m the vice president of ICON6, which is the only creative conference in the US that focuses exclusively on ILLUSTRATION.
It’s been 2 years of a lot of work to plan an unforgettable event people leave with A LOT from, making it worth their money, energy and time.
Now, we’re almost there, merely 2 weeks away, and I can say with certainty that we, the board, have proudly achieved our goal: This is the best ICON ever, packed with art directors and art buyers, illustration stars, educators and a couple of networking events (full disclosure: I’m the events chair too) that will make sure you don’t remember what you did last night.
The conference rate is about to go up, so hurry! If you’re wondering if it’s worth it, I can assure you won’t regret it- and I’m supposed to be the queen of networking and self-promotion.
Speakers include The New York Times, creatives from the illustrated United ad campaign, Christoph Niemann, DreamWorks, Yuko Shimizu, Random House, Tim Biskup, Wired, Taschen and Bil Donovan among others.
ICON6 – LA July 14-17, 2010
www.theillustrationconference.org
See you there!
Fernanda Cohen
ICON6 Vice President & Events Chair
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don’t forget TODD OLDHAM, ELI HOROWITZ (MCSWEENEY’S), SAMMY HARKHAM, JORDAN CRANE AND MORE! it will be the best one yet. and art center alumni or students get a discounted rate!
Hi Everyone at Illustration Friday! It’s Kelly Light from the “Ripple” blog. I wanted to stop back and say a huge “THANKS!” to all of the Illustration Friday contributors who came to Ripple and donated their talent and time to help the Gulf Oil Spill animal victims. In one week Ripple went from having 100 cards to having 600 cards. We went from raising $1,000.00 to help clean oiled animals to more than $5,000.00 (as of 6/22). That figure keeps growing and the art keeps coming everyday. Artist from all over the globe showed up to throw their pebbles in. The messages they shared were of care and concern, anger and frustration and even hope for an end to this catastrophe. From across the United States the message was clear — whether near a beach or not — we need to do what we can to help. Small sketches, small donations that add up not only in dollars but in heart.
As a result of Ripple, I get personal updates from a woman cleaning birds in Florida with the IBRRC (one of the non profits Ripple helps). She said it takes 3 bottles of Dawn Dish Detergent to wash one bird. One $10 sketch card buys three bottles. So we have raised enough money to clean roughly 570 birds. I made a deal with myself to run this blog as long as the oil spills. I want the oil to stop now. But as long as it’s flowing I’ll be here and will welcome any new art submissions.
Thanks again to penelope and Brianna for the support, the huge hook up — and the inspiration! ~Kelly
Today we have a very special topic to announce. The topic is “Ripple”, suggested by Kelly Light. Kelly is making an effort to help with the Gulf oil spill. Please read below for the details on how you can contribute:
“It’s hard to make ripples in oil soaked water. But throw enough stones and you will!
It’s not about the politics or the corporation. It’s about the animals. It’s about not feeling helpless in the face of an overwhelming disaster. We’re illustrators. We don’t lose touch with that kid inside who marvels at the creatures who swim below and fly above the sea. We draw them. We are inspired by them. We need to help them.
The Ripple blog was started on the 45th day of the Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe. The oil spill in the Gulf is now over 50 days old with no sign of stopping. We may be too small as individuals to do some grand gesture- but together our small gestures can be grand.
This week’s Illustration Friday topic is “Ripple” and I ask you to consider creating your work this week as a small 2.5″ x 3.5″ sketchcard. The subject should pertain somehow to the Gulf – the oil spill – the oceans and the creatures that live in it and around it. The cards can be submitted to [email protected] as a jpeg along with your links and a few sentences about you (ie: where you live, etc).
These will be made available for a small donation of $10.00 to either The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies or The International Bird Rescue Research Center. I have no affiliation with them. Every penny will go. When the cards sell, We ask for a donation confirmation and you will be asked to sign the back with a thank you. Then mail them to the address you are sent. If we all do small acts together- we can cause a ripple- and it can grow. We can DO SOMETHING. Thank you, thank you for checking this out and thinking about it.” ~ Kelly Light
Any questions or need clarification? Please send inquiries to Kelly at [email protected].
Hi! I just wanted to make you aware of a fun little contest going on over at Escape from Illustration Island. The rules are easy: all you have to do is participate in Illustration Friday topics for the whole month of February (so 4 total). Post your illos here at IF like you normally do, but also add your link in the comments on this post. If you do all 4 weeks, you’ll be eligible to win Drew Stuzan’s tutorial DVD called Conceiving and Creating the Hellboy Movie Poster Art.
Find out more about the contest here. (This should be super easy for those doing IF every week anyway!)
Mail Me Art is a British-based project, run by Darren Di Lieto, the founder and co-editor of the illustration news portal the Little Chimp Society. Over the course of a year, the first Mail Me Art project brought together a vast collection of artistic work sent in the form of mail by both professional and amateur artists of all ages from across the world. A wide variety of media were used in an equally wide variety of styles and the work arrived on everything from postcards and envelopes to boxes and pieces of wood.
Mail Me Art 2 is now up and running — and ready for submissions! It is hoped that this will be as successful as the first project – if not more so!
Mail Me Art 2 will run for around 6-8 months (deadline for the project is April 2010), with a signed copy of the book plus an art-related prize given away each month to the artist of our favourite submission. They are planning to propose a follow up book, possibly called Mail Me More Art, and if they have half as many submissions as the first Mail Me Art project did they will run another exhibition.
A 24hr. head start! Élena Nazarro writes: “I’m starting up “Every Day In May” again, where I (and others who join in) are committing to paint/sew/write/create for 31 straight days. We’d love to have you join, especially if you think you need a kickstart. Goodness knows I do!”
WHAT: Launch Party for A Curious Collection of Cats
WHEN: Thursday, April 9, 7-9 pm
WHERE: Diesel Books, 5433 College Avenue Oakland, CA 94618 (mere blocks from Rockridge BART)
WHY: You get to meet the fantastic, Michael Wertz, and his new book!
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My most memorable project as a child was being asked to design a logo for a local housing project. This was when i was ten and to this day i can probably still re-create from memory what i drew. it involved a crane and a house combined in dynamic way and the company name (cala) underneath… who knew i’d still remember that.
It’s hard to narrow down the choices but I would have to say that embroidery was my favorite art project as a kid. I don’t do it nearly as much as I should now… so relaxing.
great book! As for my favourite art lab when I was a child, i loved making puppets with recycled materials.
Sounds like a great book! My favorite art project when I was a kid was probably paper mache sculptures.
I clearly remember using pastels for the first time as a young child. My very supportive mom had signed me up for an art class and we used the pastels in a little park in the spring. I still have that drawing. I plan on buying your beautiful book for my talented niece, and my own children as well.
My favorite art project as a child was making kaleidoscopes using beads and paper towel tubes.
That sounds like a fabulous book! My favorite art project was learning how to use real watercolors; I loved that they weren’t frozen in the little tubs.
My absolutely favorite art project as a kid was melting crayons and making crazy abstract melted color art.
Ohhh weeee! What a lovely giveaway! My favorite art project as a kid was pasta necklaces! I used to paint the pasta my favorite colors and make necklaces for everyone in my family…now i dont remember if they wore them!
My favourite art project when I was little was melting crayons between wax paper, and seeing what the outcome would be!