Archive for April, 2010
A 6th Grade Animation
I don’t often share my students’ artwork here but this one was an accomplishment. My sixth graders collaborated to create an animated short, Cartoon Madness! Each student contributed his or her own cartoon. The only rule was that something had to enter from the left side of the screen and exit to the right. Within [...]
Posted: April 30th, 2010 under artists.
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Behind the scenes of IF
A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Lou of Illustration Pages about the sneaky, behind the scenes stuff of Illustration Friday. Ok. So it’s not that sneaky, but you might be interested anyway. Some of you who’ve been with IF from the get-go might already know most of the answers. :) You can read [...]
Posted: April 23rd, 2010 under artists.
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Club Art
During most of March and half of April, 2010, I worked on the biggest project I’ve ever created. I was commissioned to illustrate all the walls of a mega restaurant/club called Sugar out in Long Island based on a campaign I illustrated for a boutique based in Chicago back in 2005- which launched my fashion [...]
Posted: April 22nd, 2010 under artists, celebrate, The IF Bloggers.
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Mid-Century Female Illustrators
Hello there, This is my first Illustration Friday post! Thanks for having me here. I wanted to share this great blog called Female Illustrators of the Mid-20th Century created by illustrator and IF participant Leif Peng. I loved seeing the art by women from this time. Here are a few that I found interesting. I’m [...]
Posted: April 22nd, 2010 under artists.
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5th Annual Doctors & Derrieres Fundraiser
A lovely local event that I would like to share with IF readers :) Art on the poster by Roger Garcia – 5th Annual Doctors and Derrieres Fundraiser Doctors and Derrieres is a unique fundraising event in its 5th year where medical students pose nude for talented local artists and sculptors. Art pieces in diverse [...]
Posted: April 19th, 2010 under events and openings.
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SVA’s 2010 “Classical Myths Transformed” Junior Thesis Show
The School of Visual Arts has great gallery space in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Until April 24th, the space hangs the annual “Classical Myths Transformed”–the junior thesis show giving a contemporary portrayal of Greek mythology and classical literature. Rumors say that Tom Woodruff, chair of the illustration and cartooning department, said it was his [...]
Posted: April 19th, 2010 under artists, events and openings.
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Anita Kunz & Luba Lukova SI Lecture 4/21/10
I’m producing and moderating a lecture with famed artists Luba Luvoka and Anita Kunz. They’ll discuss social propaganda posters, their commercial and personal work, as well as working in a field mostly ruled by men. Wed, April 21st, 6.30-8.30. Society of Illustrators of NY, 128 East 63rd Street (@ Lex). http://societyillustrators.org/upcoming/kunz.cms – Fernanda
Posted: April 18th, 2010 under artists, events and openings, news, The IF Bloggers.
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Workshop with camilla engman
Announcing a very special workshop in Goteborg, Sweden with Camilla Engman. (!) Join Camilla in her studio and learn the art of making different backgrounds and textures, work on a special collaboration, shared collections and personal projects. We will also learn the skill of making crochet characters. At the end of the week there will [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2010 under workshops.
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