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MFA Illustration April 29 – May 14, 2011

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May 072011

Always lovely to receive a collection of great illustrations from SVA. The exhibition brings together animations, children’s books, graphic novels, figurative paintings, comic books and other narrative works by 21 students graduating from the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Department at SVA. Curated by faculty member David Sandlin, the exhibition will be on view April 29 – May 14, 2011 at the Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th Floor, New York City.

It’s a very diverse group of illustrators graduating from the MFA Illustrations as a Visual Essay Department at SVA. Some standouts include:
• Chi Birmingham’s The Plainview Dispatch: illustrated observations of a fictional town during the height of the Gold Rush.
• The Romance of Tristan & Iseult by Philip Cheaney: interactive animated eBook for the iPad. Video sample here: http://vimeo.com/22456387
• Pimlada Phuapradit creates a curious world of defective toys.
• Korean illustrator Jungyeon Roh celebration of the vegan diet.

Here is a collection of what will be at the exibition:

: Pimlada – Phuapradit

: Mijin Lee – Public Bath

: Ryan Harley

: Jess Worby

: Petra Veliskova

: Efi Chalikopoulou

: Philip Cheaney – Death

: Erin Supinski

: Gant Powell

: Philip Bowles

: Lisa Anchin

: Daniel Fishel – Basketball

: Jungyeon Roh

: Chi Birmingham

Tactile Illustrator Owen Gildersleeve

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Jul 042010

I got very excited when I came across Owen’s work. I truly love his handcrafted use of alternative materials in order to create something beautiful and communicative. The details in his cut out crunched up paper leaves and in his hand stitched poster is madness, patient-beautiful madness. Working from London, Owen’s as created illustrations for The TATE, The New York Times, Douglas & Gordon, Money Magazine and The Guardian. I love that handmade design/illustration still has a place in this world where artworks are created by means of a mouse click. I hope you enjoy Owen’s work as much as I do.

: Owen Gildersleeve-Quero Sentir a Vida

: Owen Gildersleeve-You’ll Laugh and Cry

: Owen Gildersleeve-Video Game Piracy

: Owen Gildersleeve-Video Game Piracy-close up

: Owen Gildersleeve-Motive Sounds

: Owen Gildersleeve-Thou Shalt Do the Right Thing-close up

: Owen Gildersleeve-Thou Shalt Do the Right Thing 1

: Owen Gildersleeve-The Great Old Ones

: Owen Gildersleeve-The Clean-Technology Race

: Owen Gildersleeve-Abscission

: Owen Gildersleeve-November

: Owen Gildersleeve-Eight Weeks of Bruce

: Owen Gildersleeve-Cutting Taxes

: Owen Gildersleeve-Alone in the Empty Cottage

: Owen Gildersleeve-Back too School

: Owen Gildersleeve-Winter Sweater

Alexander Jansson – A mystical magical world

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Apr 102010

Working from his design studio “Sleeping House” in Sweden, Alexander Jansson creates mysteriously beautiful worlds where intricately drawn music vans fly through the air, cute characters play music and lively cities appear from the dark heavy mist. Although the artworks seem gloomy they evoke not feelings of darkness but rather feelings of life, light and music.

: Alexander Jansson-Chuck and Bosco

: Alexander Jansson-Flying Car

: Alexander Jansson-Her Only Friend The Moon

: Alexander Jansson-La Voiture de Bruit

: Alexander Jansson-Lake of Fools

: Alexander Jansson-Ramone Bosco

: Alexander Jansson-Selma

: Alexander Jansson-Sorychta Sisters

: Alexander Jansson-Teeth and Tooth

: Alexander Jansson-The Bearded Baumann Brothers

: Alexander Jansson-The Forest Panorama

: Alexander Jansson-The Sad Story

: Alexander Jansson-The Sleeping House

: Alexander Jansson-The Umbrellhats

: Alexander Jansson-Weatherworn

: Alexander Jansson-Well

Istvan Banyai – Politics, social absurdities, american pop culture

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Mar 272010

Istvan is a very successful commercial illustrator and animator who gained prominence in the mid-1980s in the USA.

Its odd but I find his illustration unusually easy to visualize - flavor and setting. He seems to have a real knack for isolating the subject matter through clever use of colors and layout. Politics, social absurdities, american pop culture, war and sexuality are all things he infuses in his art. Enjoy!

A tribute to the legendary Norman Rockwell – Happy Birthday

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Feb 032010

“Norman Rockwell was a 20th-century American illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States, where Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over more than four decades. Among the best-known of Rockwell’s works are the Willie Gillis series, Rosie the Riveter, Saying Grace (1951), and the Four Freedoms series.” – Wiki

: Norman Rockwell

: Norman Rockwell – Before the Shot

: Norman Rockwell – Begging

: Norman Rockwell – Buttercup

: Norman Rockwell – Doctor and the Doll

: Norman Rockwell – Fishing

: Norman Rockwell – Gossip

: Norman Rockwell – Growth of a Leader

: Norman Rockwell – Mirror

: Norman Rockwell – Mother and Daughter Singing in Church

: Norman Rockwell – Taller

: Norman Rockwell – The Muscleman

: Norman Rockwell – Triple Self Portrait Poster Card

: Norman Rockwell – Norman Having Picture Taken

: Norman Rockwell – School Fight

: Norman Rockwell – Mysterious Malady

Illustrations by Tomer Hanuka

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Dec 122009

Based in New York Tomer Hanuka is an illustrator and a cartoonist. He works on a range of projects for magazines, book publishers, ad agencies and film studios. In 2008 he won the British Desgin Museum award as part of the Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions. Currently he teaches at the School of Visual Arts and is working on a graphic novel with his twin brother Asaf.

On his blog he shows his illustration process from sketch to final artwork: www.tropicaltoxic.blogspot.com. Find below a selection of his work: