Brenda Salamone

A long career in children’s educational software has informed my illustration style. I love creating artwork for the kids entertainment market and working with authors to make their stories come alive. A lifelong love for traditional animation has enabled me to create art for the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity and develop a portfolio of animation background work reminiscent of the Looney Tunes style.

Title: Characters
Caption: Various character designs
Description: A mix of work created for a yet-unpublished children's book, and some personal projects.
Title: Otto_printcover_final
Caption: Mysteries of the Attic Trunk
Description: Cover art for children's book.
Title: SaguaroSunset
Caption: Saguaro Sunset
Description: Animation background design.
Title: Seagulls at Alcatraz
Caption: Seagulls at Alcatraz
Description: Chapter illustration for Mysteries of the Attic Trunk
Title: Sardines
Caption: Sardines from Cannery Row
Description: Chapter illustration for Mysteries of the Attic Trunk
Title: Bucca
Caption: Bucca
Description: Page illustration for Bucca Comes Home: a Newfoundland's Tale
Title: Bucca pup
Caption: "Mom" and Baby Bucca
Description: Page illustration for Bucca Comes Home: a Newfoundland's Tale
Title: SweetestCookie
Caption: The Sweetest Cookie
Description: 2017 Red Dot Auction for Chuck Jones Center for Creativity entry - sold
Title: PrehistoricSelfieStick
Caption: Prehistoric Selfie Stick
Description: 2016 Red Dot Auction for Chuck Jones Center for Creativity entry - sold
Title: PricklyPeril
Caption: Prickly Peril
Description: 2015 Red Dot Auction for Chuck Jones Center for Creativity entry - sold
Title: Gloria_Glamourpus
Caption: Gloria Glamourpus
Description: Gloria Glamourpus enjoys a peach daiquiri as she puts on lipstick and leisurely floats in the tranquil ocean.
Title: HepCat Meowndolin
Caption: HepCat Meowndolin
Description: A groovy kitty charms the ladies as he sits in on a jam session with his mandolin. Inspired by my love of cats and Mid Century Modern aesthetics.

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Brenda Salamone divides her artistic efforts between illustrating children's books, painting, and teaching mixed media art and character makeup to high school students.

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Anna & Elena Balbusso

In our work there is a clear reference to artists and paintings. The Italian art plays a key role in our work, it is an important source of inspiration but not the only. Every project is different, we do not work in series.There is not a specific art period but art in general, from Ancient Rome mural painting (frescoes at Pompeii), Italian Renaissance, Romanticism (prelude of modern art) Modern Art (symbolism, surrealism, Russian constructivism, Italian Futurism) and Contemporary Art. We use mixed media, traditional methods (acrylic, gouache, pencil, pen) were combined with digital programs, however we do not use the virtual paint brushes instead relying on doing all our brush stroke by hand with black gouache on paper. We work in many fields of communication with different styles: graphic style and painterly style.

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Caption: Of Sorrow and Such, Tor Books
Description: Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 58 New York Annual Competition 2016. Cover art for Angela Slatter’s Of Sorrow and Such, a dark fantasy novella published by Tor Books. Mistress Gideon is a witch. The locals of Edda's Meadow, if they suspect it of her, say nary a word-Gideon has been good to them, and it's always better to keep on her good side. Just in case. Gideon is captured, bound for torture and a fiery end.
Title: balbusso_among_the_thorns
Caption: Among the Thorns, Tor Books
Description: 2015 BEST OF SHOW JOSEPH MORGAN HENNINGER AWARD SILA 53rd Illustration West. Selected Society of Illustrators 57 New York Annual Competition 2015. This artwork accompanies the dark fantasy novella “Among the Thorns” by Veronica Schanoes, published on Tor.com, 2014.
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Caption: House on Fire, Reader's Digest Magazine
Description: 2016 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE COMMUNICATION ARTS ILLUSTRATION ANNUAL. Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 58 New York Annual Competition 2016. Our artwork accompanies the true story "House on fire" by Hollye Dexter for Reader's Digest Magazine, November issue 2015. My House Burned Down, and Here’s What It Taught Me: One Mother’s Heart-Pounding True Story.
Title: balbusso_burning_girl
Caption: Burning Girl, Tor Books
Description: This artwork accompanies the dark fantasy novella: "Burning Girls" written by Veronica Schanoes. Our artwork represents a final episode of the story. It is a clear reference to the The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers, most of the victims were recent Jewish and Italian immigrant women aged sixteen to twenty-three; it was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the history of the city of New York. The story tells about a Jewish girl growing up in an increasingly hostile environment in Poland in the late nineteenth century. She is forced to emigrate to the United States in search of work.
Title: balbusso_autoimmune
Caption: autoimmune disease, The New Yorker Magazine
Description: 2014 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE COMMUNICATION ARTS ILLUSTRATION ANNUAL The Image accompanies the article written by Meghan O’Rourke “Personal history by Meghan O’Rourke. Living with an autoimmune disease”. “Soon I could no longer write or read: focusing my eyes and my mind was impossible”. We imagined the symptoms of the autoimmune disease as a network of branches within the body.
Title: balbusso_modern_love
Caption: Modern Love, Middlebury Magazine US
Description: Image for Middlebury Magazine to accompany “Modern Love” by Leah Fessler, an in depth exploration of the desire for emotional commitment amidst the hook-up culture of college life.
Title: balbusso_moral_distress
Caption: Moral distress, Scrubs Magazine
Description: Image for Scrubs Magazine to accompany “Occupational hazards: Burnout. Compassion fatigue. Moral distress”. The article explores the causes and effects of nursing's most formidable occupational hazards.
Title: a_e_balbusso_mischief_midnight
Caption: Mischief at Midnight, cover art, Scholastic US
Description: Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 58 New York Annual Competition 2016.
Title: balbusso_the_kept
Caption: The Kept, Middlebury Magazine
Description: Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 57 New York Annual Competition 2015. Book review "The Kept" by James Schott. Article "Mother's sins" by Regan Eberhart, Middlebury Magazine 2014
Title: balbusso_tatyana
Caption: Tatyana
Description: 2013 GOLD MEDAL SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS NEW YORK- AWARD OF EXCELLENCE COMMUNICATION ARTS ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE...and other honors Image from the book "Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin, The Folio Society 2012
Title: a_e_balbusso_richard_II
Caption: Richard II, cover art, Penguin UK
Description: Winner image selected from Society of Illustrators 58 New York Annual Competition 2016. Cover art for the book “Richard II” by Laura Ashe. Our personal artistic interpretation of the portrait of the Richard II King. The title is part of the "Penguin Monarchs", series of books about Britain’s kings and queens. It is the ambitious new publishing project from Penguin, which will see 45 titles. Each book is written by a contemporary historian.
Title: balbusso_pregnant
Caption: Pregnant, “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood
Description: 2012 GOLD MEDAL SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS NEW YORK - SILVER MEDAL the 3x3 ProShow Illustration Annual No.9 Award of Excellence in the 2013 Communication Arts Illustration Annual. and other awards.... Image from the illustrated book “The handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, The Folio Society 2012.

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Brad Walker

All I’ve ever wanted to do is be creative. To show moments of time and space as dynamically and dramatically as I can. To tell a story visually, maybe not as it honestly is but as it should be.

My art is my own little world so I like to make sure it’s filled with excitement, emotion, richness and passion.

Title: Trajan
Caption: Trajan 2016
Description: Digital Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 83”x47”
Title: Cliff Divers
Caption: Cliff Divers 2016
Description: Digital Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 103”x35”
Title: Bathing
Caption: Bathing 2017
Description: Digital Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 48”x64”
Title: Mother and Child
Caption: Mother & Child 2016
Description: Digital Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 103”x35”
Title: Masquerade
Caption: Masquerade 2016
Description: Digital Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 158”x48”
Title: El Cid
Caption: El Cid 2016
Description: Digital Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 83”x42”
Title: Yin & Yang
Caption: Yin & Yang 2017
Description: Digital Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 86”x47”
Title: Delphi
Caption: Delphi 2016
Description: Digital Mixed Media & Oil on Canvas 48”x72”

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Hilary Clarcq

After earning a BA in English and Fine Art, Hilary spent many years as a graphic designer before turning to illustration as a way to combine design-thinking with her love of drawing. Her design background is evident in her illustration work, where she employs graphic elements alongside more realistic rendering.

When not drawing or painting, you can find her outdoors or discovering new places. Her favorite means of exploration are bikes, surfboards, and the printed word.

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Caption: The Musgrave Ritual
Title: hilaryclarcq_AScandalInBohemia_72dpi-1
Caption: A Scandal in Bohemia
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