Susan Schwake is another veteran IF’er in the news of late: The City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Cultural Commission’s very-cool Overnight Art program chose her as one of the artists for this summer’s public installations. Susan’s Dialog is a BIG window banner that makes finding a spot in the Portsmouth parking garage a little more [...]

Long-time IF’er flossy-p, whose drawings have graced our weekly topics since 2005, was selected for Curvy 5, Australia’s YEN magazine’s annual collection featuring “100 of the most exciting female graphic artists and illustrators in the world.”

Congratulations, Sarah! Check out flossy-p’s blog for more details and views…

free comic book day is the first saturday in may! every year, comic book stores across north america give away a selection of free comics to lure naive readers into a downward spiral of myopia and geekdom. find a comic shop near you for your free taste.

new yorkers do have all the fun. the illustration conference, ICON, comes to new york city July 2nd - July 5th. it starts with a sketch crawl and ends with a big party. i mention it now because there are discounts for early registrations.
the icon poster above was drawn by edel rodriguez.

Here’s another fantastic art project: “The Campaign for Drawing’s aim is simple: to encourage everyone to draw. Its annual showpiece, The Big Draw, proves that drawing can be a public activity as well as a private passion.” The ninth Big Draw will run throughout October 2008 but I mention it now so that you have [...]

The Portrait Party is one year old today! To celebrate, everyone gets a birthday card and a few of you get presents!
Here are the details.
P.s., The birthday illustration above was drawn by Christine Castro.

Poketo will celebrate the launch of its new space with “First Editions,” a show featuring limited edition letterpress and giclee prints by 25 international artists. Attendance is open to the public but they ask that you please r.s.v.p.

I’ve been surprised to receive a lot of emails asking how to throw a portrait party. There is no wrong way to do it but, to get your party started, I wrote out some instructions.
Each of the portraits above was drawn by Christine Castro in just two minutes!