Jim Higgins: Drawing Lessons from Great Comics Masters Aug. 23 – Oct. 11

Rick Sealock

I love illustration. Although illustration possesses few secure signposts pointing the way to success, it offers enormous freedom – of medium, style, and content. And on a societal level, illustrators are expected to be the seers of contemporary culture. They pick at the many threads making up our various cultures – political, social, economic, artistic, etc., – and weave them into challenging images that are both read and responded to. Illustrators have the freedom to simultaneously consume and create, and their work does exactly the same. It is a profession that draws from and adds to our cultures, with the potential to effect immense change.

Title: John Entwistle
Caption: An Illustrated History: John Entwistle Hotel Room.
Description: A image illustrating the demise of Who bassist John Entwistle at the hard Rock Hotel, during a long night with a stripper and a bunch of cocaine for Desert Companion Magazine, NPR
Title: PQ Pauline Marois
Caption: Parti Pooper
Description: Nineteen months after Pauline Marois led the Parti Québécois to victory, she dragged it to defeat. How will history remember the province’s Iron Lady?
Title: Hawksley Workman
Caption: Our Country: Hawksley Workman
Description: Workman had won critical acclaim for his blend of glam rock with cabaret pop while being inspired by the panorama of the Canadian Shield
Title: DC Area 51
Caption: The Truth is Out Where?
Description: A image created for Desert Companion Magazine NPR article:I needed to know: Are aliens real? So I took a ride around the perimeter of Area 51. On my bike!

Yewon Park

I currently work at Blizzard as a concept artist. I have developed strong skills in creating characters and backgrounds, as well as refining my painting and drawing abilities. My observational skills give me an excellent eye for detail and I have the ability to emulate various artistic styles with ease. My interests are Visual Development for Game, Animation and TV

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Carrie Hartman

I have worked on many kinds of illustration projects; editorial, corporate, children’s books, character design and development for a nationally animated commercial, advertising, greeting cards, comic books, stationary, surface design, murals, animated projects and more. I enjoy immensely the challenge each new project brings. I love telling stories through my work whether that is for a picture book, an editorial piece or other type of project. I love creating characters that have something to say. I work in many different ways; sometimes with traditional media such as inks, pastels and colored pencils, digitally or a combination of both.

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Caption: Editorial Project - Sampling European Delights
Description: A full page spread for AAA Travel Magazine, featuring different tours available throughout Europe
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Description: Illustration for Seattle Monthly, featuring local restaurants and pastry shops
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Caption: Don't Be Scared Mom
Description: Illustration for American Baby Magazine, about how nervous new moms are taking care of their newborns
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Caption: A Clean Break
Description: Illustration for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. An article about needing to 'break up' with some of the services you use if you no longer can afford then. Such as a cleaning service, personal trainer, hair stylist, etc
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Caption: Pets At Work
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Caption: Fresh
Description: Digital Painting
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Caption: Feeling Free
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Caption: Where Are All the Minnesotans
Description: Spread from the picture book, "Where Are All the Minnesotans", published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2017
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Caption: Shop
Description: Illustration for Minneapolis-St. Paul Magazine, for a feature on best places to shop.
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Caption: My Mouth Is A Volcano
Description: Image from "My Mouth Is A Volcano", a picture book about children who interrupt. The book was honored with the 2006 top award from the (AEP) Association of Educational Publishers, for the best illustrated picture book in the education market.
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Caption: Kitchen Gadgets