I will have some location drawings shown in a group show “Being There” curated by dear professor at SVA’s MFA program Carol Fabricatore. Reception is on November 28th. You can read about the show and other details here.
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This year’s judging for the competition is officially over. It was a great experience judging the editorial category, and getting inspired by all the amazing submissions. Congratulations to all the accepted illustrators including medal winners. You will be hearing from them soon.
Goes to my ex-roommate and the one and only James Jean, and to Kagan McLeod, how funny how we ended up becoming such good friends! Thank you both of you for coming to talk to my students despite your busy short stay in New York. You guys were AMAZING!
Nicholas Blechman of NY Times Book review commissioned me a portrait of writer Neil Gaiman which got published today. I have to thank Neil for posting such nice comment on his site, and Nicholas for choosing the perfect subject for me to illustrate. Thank you, thank you, thank you. (I will post the image onto my site soon.)
1) Read PASTE Magazine AD José Reyes interview article here. Great resources especially for illustration students to read. Thank you José, I am very flattered. I will try to show you multiple sketches from next time on, he he.
2) Shawn Barber was in town. Thank you for showing me your new world of tattoos. And, you can own Shawn’s Tattooed Portraits book too.
Thank you Mark Heflin of AI-AP, and super talented design team: Ian Allen, Tracy Boychuk and Jen Roddie of Tooper.
