Ed. I’ve added further links to the discussion of spec work and Pixish. As the only non-illustrator blogger at IF, I often post things that appeal to me without full awareness of the implications for artists, professional or otherwise, though I try to be mindful. It’s a great lesson to me that this casual endorsement [...]

whitney houstin said it best: “learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.”
so, in honor of valentine’s day, the Portrait Party will celebrate the greatest love of all with an entire month of self-portrait parties. draw yourself. share the results. self-portraits will be posted until midnight on february 29th.
(feel free to share your [...]

kerstin klein (portrayed above by several of her portrait partners) is the winner of the portrait party scavenger hunt. kerstin was the runner-up in the first portrait party contest but, with an actual factual portrait party, she sniped the scavenger hunt from jennifer m. lee. visit the december archive to see what i mean.

Rate My Drawings is having a Christmas drawing competition. Could be fun! ho ho ho!

Russ Roca posts a video recap of Davy and Peter Rothbart from FOUND magazine performing at Open in Long Beach.

Not only is it a great video, but - look at all that lovely art on the walls! (A nice way to sample the IF show from the comfort of your computer monitor).

From the FOUND website: [...]

the first portrait party contest went so well. i’m excited to offer another one.
i will trade portraits with whoever wins the following portrait party scavenger hunt.
contestants must complete a portrait swap with the following subjects:
a parent
a child
a sibling
a significant other
an old friend
a peer
a teacher
a hero
a stranger
an enemy
click HERE for the details.

Hello creative people,
I thought I’d pass this opportunity along… the chance to do a cover (!) for a national magazine called “Storytelling Magazine”. Details below:
I got an email from an art director who is looking for cover art for this bi-monthly publication distributed nationally to people interested in telling and listening to stories. For each [...]

Illustration Friday and Open are excited to showcase twenty-five community-chosen artists at the first ever Illustration Friday gallery show!
The show begins November 3rd and runs through January 20th.
Open is located at 2226 E. 4th St. in Long Beach, CA (map).
The IF community created 678 total entries, and if you haven’t taken a [...]