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Meet the Illustration West 62 Award Winners: Edward Flynn

Meet the Illustration West 62 Award Winners: Edward Flynn

GOLD AWARD Cartoons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In 1987 Edward Flynn was one of a handfull of people to graduate from the newly formed Illustration program at SUNY Buffalo. After graduation, he moved from Buffalo to New York City but ironically spent the next two decades working in the New York City Advertising industry as a Graphic Designer. He did manage to slip in his illustration talents into jobs whenever possible but for the most part Graphic Design and...

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Member of the Week Darko Dordevic

Member of the Week Darko Dordevic

Darko Dordevic is an Illustrator, Concept Artist, and Character Designer. He graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad (Serbia) as a graphic designer and a professor of fine arts. He has been working in the toy industry for more than 13 years and has worked on numerous projects for doll/toy brands such as Monster High, Barbie, the LOL OMG franchise (Tweens, Fierce), Rainbow and Shadow High, Mermaize Mermaidz, Disney Princesses, She-Ra (MOTU), Marvel Legends, Trolls, etc. Some of his...

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Meet the Illustration West 62 Award Winners: Anushua Sinha

Meet the Illustration West 62 Award Winners: Anushua Sinha

BRONZE AWARD Advertising ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anushua Sinha is an Advertising and Publishing Illustrator from Mumbai who brings a unique touch of Indian-Impressionist art to captivate audiences worldwide. A Graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, she has lent her artistic touch to notable projects with Slate Magazine, Algorand Foundation, Ziva Zerowaste, and more. Passionate about advocating for the environment through her art, she is the...

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Meet the Illustration West 62 Award Winners: Nancy Ohanian

Meet the Illustration West 62 Award Winners: Nancy Ohanian

BRONZE AWARD Cartoons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nancy Ohanian is an editorial cartoonist. Her work has been syndicated with Tribune Content Agency since 1980. In 2018, she received the National Press Foundation’s Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, downwithtyranny.com, and other news publications since 1974. Nancy...

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Meet the Illustration West 62 Award Winners: Hilary Clarcq

Meet the Illustration West 62 Award Winners: Hilary Clarcq

BRONZE AWARD Book ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hilary Clarcq is an illustrator and artist who works primarily in oil on panel. She was raised on the East Coast of the US and moved West to attend the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she earned a degree in English and Fine Art. She currently lives and works outside of Boulder. Most recently, she illustrated Dune: Messiah by Frank Herbert for The Folio Society (@foliosociety). Coming up on June 7, 2024,...

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Member of the Week Arden von Haeger

Member of the Week Arden von Haeger

Arden von Haeger is a Professor of Illustration and Academic Lead for Study Abroad at Savannah College of Art and Design. He grew up in central Pennsylvania, in the Harrisburg area. "My high school wasn’t known for its art program, but my teachers were still insisting I continue pursuing art and even go to art school, which to me was an out-of-this-world concept at the time. In my junior year, my art teacher invited people from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh to come to my school. They came...

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Meet the Illustration West 62 Award Winners: Tzenko Stoyanov

Meet the Illustration West 62 Award Winners: Tzenko Stoyanov

GOLD AWARD Advertising ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Tzenko" is a Stockholm, Sweden based Swedish-Bulgarian illustrator who often resides in Los Angeles, California. He has worked as a professional illustrator since 2001. Part of his youth, he lived in Havana, Cuba, where he started developing an interest in aesthetical matters. Later on he joined preparatory Art classes in The Art Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria, followed by studies in Visual Communication at AKI...

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Meet the Illustration West 62 Award Winners: Jime Wimmer

Meet the Illustration West 62 Award Winners: Jime Wimmer

GOLD AWARD Children’s Market Jime Wimmer is an artist in Savannah, Georgia, where she is also a full-time professor with a teaching focus on traditional drawing, digital drawing, and storyboarding. Jime earned an MFA degree in Illustration from Hartford University and a BS in Art Education from Keystone College. Even though Jime has experience in all mediums from oil to watercolor, she has developed a preference for graphite with a touch of digital color. "The instant satisfaction drawing with...

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Member of the Week Yujie Huang

Member of the Week Yujie Huang

Yujie Huang is an illustrator and motion designer specializing in advertising and publishing. He holds a master's degree in Illustration and Motion Media Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. His work has been recognized by notable institutions such as The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, Creative Quarterly, and American Illustration. Yujie Huang deeply appreciates the everyday beauty of life and often retreats into his imaginative world. He is skilled in expressing...

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Member of the Week Chinatsu Washikita

Member of the Week Chinatsu Washikita

Chinatsu Washikita is based in Peru with her husband, two daughters, an elderly dog, and seven cats. She majored in graphic design and illustration at a Japanese art university. While attending private universities in Japan, particularly art universities are expensive, but her mother is a fashion designer, was supportive of her college education. This fueled her passion, leading her to enthusiastically pursue her major and enjoy a fulfilling student life. Simultaneously, she obtained her...

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Member of the Week Bob Case

Member of the Week Bob Case

Bob Case is an illustrator, animator and the Chief Creative Officer of LAVIDGE, an Advertising Agency in Phoenix, Arizona. His career has spanned 30+ years and past clients include: Nickelodeon, HBO Films, The Phoenix Suns, The Arizona Diamondbacks, John Deere, Microsoft, Qualtrics, The New York Times and Modelo.     As an illustrator, Bob's been recognized as one of the 200 best illustrators worldwide by Luerzer's Archive magazine and has had works accepted into juried competitions...

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April SILA Sketch Lounge

April SILA Sketch Lounge

Wednesday April 24, 2024 7pm – 9pm PT Relax, sketch, fix yourself a drink, and toss it around with other illustrators on Zoom. To get the Zoom link (will be sent an hour before the event starts): RSVP info@si-la.org

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Member of the Week Jorge Mascarenhas

Member of the Week Jorge Mascarenhas

Jorge Mascarenhas was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He’s been drawing ever since he was able to hold a crayon. His illustrations have been commissioned, nationally and internationally, by clients such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, Penguin, Family Circle, Macmillan, TOR, Wednesday Books, Runner’s World, Random House, Abrams Books, Popcorn Books, New Republic, D Magazine, 5280 Magazine, Desigual, Stanford University, Chief Investment Officer, Becker and Mayer, Editorial Lumen, Six Red...

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Member of the Week Rebecca J. Jones

Member of the Week Rebecca J. Jones

Rebecca J. Jones was a scholarship student at East Carolina University from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Following graduation, she joined Out of Our Minds Animation Studios in North Carolina. Since then, she has been an integral part of the studio's success in a wide variety of projects ranging from television, film, virtual reality, and the web. Her illustration, production, and directorial efforts have resulted in numerous awards individually as well as for the...

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Member of the Week Adolfo Valle

Member of the Week Adolfo Valle

Adolfo Valle is an artist living near Grand Rapids, Michigan. He's originally from Brooklyn, NY and works primarily in editorial spaces for both online and print. He graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and later earned his MFA at Hartford Art School. He began his career working at Newsweek Magazine as an art director of covers for Newsweek International where he helped design around 400 covers over a ten year span. His illustration work is a mixed...

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March SILA Sketch Lounge

March SILA Sketch Lounge

Wednesday March 27, 2024 7pm – 9pm PT Relax, sketch, fix yourself a drink, and toss it around with other illustrators on Zoom. To get the Zoom link (will be sent an hour before the event starts): RSVP info@si-la.org

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Member of the Week Tian Gan

Member of the Week Tian Gan

Tian Gan, a concept artist at Bad Robot Games, a video game fraction of JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Production. Tian has participated in various famous video game IPs, such as Silent Hill and Pac Man. Her distinctive creativity and designs have been honored with national and international illustration and photography awards, such as Applied Art Awards, Creative Quarterly 72, Creative Quarterly 73, 3x3 International Illustration Awards, and Art Director Club 102th Annual Awards. Her work has been...

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Member of the Week Viktor Farro

Member of the Week Viktor Farro

Viktor Farro is an illustrator and designer with a focus on covers, editorial portraits and graphic novel illustration. His work has been recognized by: The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles - Illustration West 62 American Illustration - AI42 Creative Quarterly Journal 3x3 Magazine - 3x3 Annual 20 He is a 2023 graduate of the Illustration Program at Visual Arts Passage. He is represented by Kirby’s Comic Art. https://viktorfarro.myportfolio.com/...

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Member of the Week Pashur House

Member of the Week Pashur House

Pashur, grew up in the Music City - Nashville, TN – with no musical talent. Instead, he had a crazy amount of passion for art. He cut out his favorite comic strips from the daily newspapers and begged his dad to take him to a five and dime store to buy a crazy amount of comic books. It took a crazy amount of begging. While in high school he drew a crazy number of caricatures at the local theme park becoming their top artist. All his money went to a crazy amount of art supplies while he studied...

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