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Summer 2009 |
Volume 04 |
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Editor : Anne Telford |
Published by SERBIN COMMUNICATIONS | Design by SPUR |
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| Medical Illustration Source Book | Directory of Illustration | PLAY! Illustration and Design for Toys & Interactive Games |
 Portrait of Jorge Colombo by Daniel Blaufuks. |
Campaign Spotlight: Jorge Colombo Giving a whole new meaning to the term “finger painting,” New York City-based illustrator Jorge Colombo produced the June 1st cover of the venerable The New Yorker magazine using the Brushes mobile painting application on his iPhone. He painted the cover in less than an hour. The $4.99 application records all of your actions, which are stored in a .brushes file that can be downloaded directly from your iPhone or iPod touch via Brushes’ built-in web server. The hue/saturation color wheel allows infinite color choices, including transparency, and several realistic brushes and the extreme zooming feature allow artistic flexibility. Jorge Colombo was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1963, and moved to the United States in 1989. (“It's pronounced ‘George’, by the way—it's not a Spanish name,” Colombo explains.) Since 1998 he has lived in New York City with his wife, artist Amy Yoes, who like her husband alternately employs painting, photography and film in her work. |
 Cathie Bleck, Detail of Mythic Voyage, 9 x 12, inks and kaolin . |
What's Hanging Group Exhibition: Cathie Bleck, Don Fritz, Jenn Porreca |
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Good Books Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators & Creatives, by Richard Brereton, published by Laurence King Publishing c/o Chronicle Books, www.laurenceking.com, hardbound, 240 pages, 250 color illustrations, $30, offers a voyeuristic look into the sketchbooks of a stellar roster of artists including Peter Saville, Mark Todd, John Hendrix, and Henrik and Joakim Drescher. The illustrations are complemented by interviews detailing how the artists use these vital tools of the trade and how their sketches relate to their finished works. You just may be inspired to crack open a new notebook and start drawing. (MORE BOOKS) |
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Good Surfing justseeds.org — I first became acquainted with Just Seeds Visual Resistance Artists’ Collective when my stencil artist neighbor down the street in San Francisco introduced me to Josh MacPhee, the founder. This group is dedicated to promoting the work—and ideals—of artists who make political statements and create messages of hope and solidarity. Check out compelling art from the U.S. and other countries and see the issues that influence these artists. mediabistro.com — At first glance it might seem like this site for writers and editors wouldn’t be a good fit for illustrators, but there are many features that might well prove worthwhile. Take for instance their job listings, “Revolving Door” feature that chronicles the myriad moves within the publishing industry (good to know who you should be contacting!) and their online courses that cover such relevant topics as learning how to write a comic book or graphic novel—to go along with those illustrations. (MORE SURFING) |
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Industry Advice I picked up the following information from PRNewsChannel.com, a journalist-created press release newswire I receive. The statistics cited about social media may prove interesting. Although on a personal note, I must admit that at present I am, for some inexplicable reason, unable to access my Facebook account, which is driving me crazy. If any of you out there have tried to “Friend” me, please bear with me! I vow to get to the bottom of this if I have to storm their offices in Palo Alto on my next Bay Area trip! That said, I believe Facebook and LinkedIn are great tools. Twitter, I’m not so sure about. Does anyone really care if you’re at the grocery store? Or at the local coffee house? |
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