Society of Illustrators LA
illustration west 47 show flyer
I was notified on New Year’s day that one of my illustrations was accepted by the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles into the Illustration West 47 annual.
“Over 140 artworks created by artists all over the world were chosen by a panel of renowned illustrators and art directors, and we will announce the winners among them for Joseph Morgan Henninger Award (Best of Show) and the Patrick Nagel Award (For Excellence) on opening night.”
The piece that was accepted was one I did for Benjamen Purvis back when he was at The Las Vegas Weekly. It was titled, “Doth Anyone Read Anymore?” and it was a satirical portrait of an annoyed William Shakespeare.
GALLERY NUCLEUS
210 East Main Street
Alhambra CA 91801
Show runs from March 28 – April 3
the ispot.com
I have an account on the ispot which happens to be a well known (large) online illustration site.
It also has an interesting blog.
Please feel free to visit my page there if you are interested.
Communication Arts
Communication Arts 48th Illustration Annual
2008 is off to a good start. In April, I was notified by e-mail that Communication Arts had accepted my portrait of Norman Mailer for the 48th Illustration Annual!
Addy Award
The Job from Hell
While I was in San Francisco attending the Illustration Academy, I was notified that The Las Vegas Advertising Federation had honored a design project I contributed illustrations to with a Gold Addy!
Thanks to everyone for inviting me to be a part of The Job From Hell!
Dale Sprague, David Adler, Joslynn Anderson at Canyon Creative and Joe Castellano at Color Reflections.
Mailing lists
Adbase is an online custom list service for design professionals. They tout themselves as a “The easiest way to reach new clients”. After using them for a couple of years, I like them—especially because they make e-mail campaigns as painless as possible.
If you want an alternative mailing list service, then how about Agency Access? They recently acquired Steven Langerman Lists (consolidation goes on—world without end.)
Another great website is Brands of the world. A colleague who used to work at Virgen Advertising mentioned this site once and expressed some reluctance to share such a useful website for fear that popularity might cause its demise. Here it is anyway!
Illustration Academy
The Illustration Academy is held in Richmond Virginia (it used to be held in Independence Missouri) and brings students together with some of the best professional illustrators working today. Worth every penny if you are serious about illustration.