First 2019 Craft and Draft: Friday, February 8!

Soyun Park

My works are visual development portfolios based on the story ‘The Nutcracker’
It is to build a world and magic to the story 🙂

Title: Soyun_Nutcracker_toyshop copy
Caption: The moment when I first saw you(The Nutcracker)_Digital Art_2017
Description: In the snowy day morning, Clara encounters the Nutcracker in front of the toyshop. From that moment the magic have already began.
Title: Soyun_Nutcracker_Dream copy
Caption: Dreaming(The Nutcracker)_Digital Art_2017
Description: Clara's dream is to become a ballerina. She listens to the music box every night before she goes to bed.
Title: Soyun_Nutcracker_fighting copy
Caption: The Fight(The Nutcracker)_Digital Art_2017
Description: The Nutcracker and the Mouse king are having a big fight in front of the fireplace.
Title: Soyun_Nutcracker_room copy
Caption: Clara's room(The Nutcracker)_Digital Art_2017
Description: Clara's room is filled with her dreams.
Title: Soyun_Nutcracker_hallway
Caption: Thinking about you(The Nutcracker)_Digital Art_2017
Description: In the snowy day, Clara is sitting in the hallway of her house. She is thinking about the magical story behind the Nutcracker.
Title: Soyun_Nutcracker_Living Room
Caption: Clara's Living Room(The Nutcracker)_Digital_2017
Description: This is Clara family's living room.
Title: Soyun_Nutcracker_toyshop int
Caption: Drossmeyer's working space(The Nutcracker)_Digital_2017
Description: Drossmeyer is the godfather of Clara who owns toyshop. His working space is located in the top of the toyshop. He makes magical toys here.
Title: Soyun_Nutcracker_toyshop design
Caption: Drossmeyer's Toyshop(The Nutcracker)_Digital_2017
Description: This is the design process of Drossmeyer's toyshop.

Stephen Harrington

I’m a freelance illustrator and designer with over 25 years of professional experience. Although I was trained as a traditional illustrator, I’ve found that I’m doing more work digitally in Illustrator and especially Photoshop.

Over the years a large portion of my work has been in the field of collectibles (stamps, coins, figurines, etc.), but I’ve also received commissions from Bigelow Tea, Arnold Bread, Thomas’ English Muffins and Kraft General Foods.

Title: Cranberry Apple botanical
Caption: Cranberry Apple botanical
Description: Product illustration for Bigelow Tea
Title: Alfred Duryea antique automobile
Caption: Alfred Duryea antique automobile
Description: Illustration for commemorative stamp panel
Title: Arnold Rye comp
Caption: Arnold Rye
Description: Comp for sales brochure
Title: Bessie Coleman biplane
Caption: Bessie Coleman biplane
Description: Illustration for biography of African-American aviator
Title: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Caption: Dwight D. Eiosenhower
Description: Illustration for commemorative stamp panel
Title: Molson Bottle B&W drawing
Caption: Molson Beer bottle
Description: B&W stipple illustration for sell sheet
Title: President Obama illustration
Caption: President Barack Obama
Description: Illustration for framed commemorative panel
Title: Tank illustration
Caption: WWTwo Sherman Tank
Description: B&W engraving/woodcut style illustration
Title: Thomas' Muffins, Bread B&W illustration
Caption: Thomas' English Muffins, Brownberry Bread
Description: B&W stipple illustration for product ad
Title: Cardinal, blue jay illustration
Caption: Spring songbirds
Description: Illustration of a cardinal and a blue jay for a canvas sneaker design
Title: Fokker triplane
Caption: Red Baron, World War One Fokker triplane
Description: Self-promtional illustration of World War One aircraft, executed in engraving style, digital color
Title: Barcelona Balconies
Caption: Ornate balconies in Barcelona, Spain
Description: Book illustration for Stephen Kellert's "Nature By Design"

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.

Title: a_e_balbusso_sorrow_and_such
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.
Title: a_e_balbusso_house_fire
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.