Well, I don’t know about everyone else, but this holiday season has entirely snuck up on me. I barely saw it coming!
To celebrate, here’s a few places where you can read gorgeously illustrated children’s books online, for free. I foresee an afternoon in my future of cuddling up with pumpkin pie, some tea, and [...]

Mark Todd’s New Works at Luz de Jesus will probably go down in history as one of my favorite shows of all time. As always, his work is full of surprises, wonderfully fun, and attentive to detail. But seeing a favorite artist’s interpretation of a favorite subject matter is a rare dream come true. While [...]

Don’t miss the great interview that Comixology scored with Esther Pearl Watson.

In honor of the spooky festivities this week, I searched for really good examples of early Halloween illustrations and ended up stumbling upon some gems. The image above is from Morticia’s Morgue, a gallery of antique Halloween postcards from the author’s personal collection. Another site by Richard Anderson offers e-cards of a whole different collection [...]

A few days ago I got an email from Kris and her boyfriend Steve who collaborated on a monster for my Monster Mash contest (still happening, if you want to contribute!)… Their monster totally rocked, btw. Anyway, they mentioned that I might find this little tidbit interesting:
They met through Illustration Friday!
Turns out he commented on [...]

scott mcleod invented the 24 hour comic in 1990. artists are challenged to create a 24 page comic in 24 hours. this saturday, October 20th, is 24 Hour Comics Day! visit the site for more information on the challenge, the history, the holiday, and places where you can celebrate it with other frantically caffeinated artists.

this and the kennedy school are why i miss portland so much.

Hello all! Just a quick little note to let you all know that I will be taking a five week hiatus from ye IF blog because my husband and I are driving across Canada for our holidays. Yep, true. We live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and we are driving all the way to the East [...]