Creative Quarterly 27 Winners Announced

CQ will be featuring a couple of my illustrations on their online gallery for Creative Quarterly 27. The Alternative Medicine cover illustration for Oakland Magazine and the Momo Monster illo for St. Louis Magazine.

Congrats to all the other CQ winners as well! Here's the full list and post from CQ's website

Congratulations to our winners and runner-ups. Judging was tough as always and there were a good many pieces that fell just shy of getting in. Winners will be featured in Issue 27 coming out this Spring; we’ll also feature them and our runner’s-up online as soon as the issue is out.

*Denote multiple winners

CQ27: Winners
Fine Art: Professional
Jerry Berg
Garrett Bergemann
Laura Bifano
Bryan Christie
Matthew Dols
Michael E. Hockenbury
Bruce Humphries
Anita Kunz
Alison Kuo
Francine leClercq
Douglas Malone
Charles Williams
Brandi La Zard

Fine Art: Student
Erica Hoosic, Meyers School of Art

Graphic Design: Professional
Brian Danaher*
Jeff Dumire
Andrew Effendy
Simon Fong
Ian Jamieson
Reina Koyano
Andrew Nilsen
Colin Nun
Ologie
Shine Advertising
Joe Shouldice
Brian Singer
Daniel Taylor

Graphic Design: Student
Viktoriya Dubskiy, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Jiin Kim, Art Center College of Design
Karen Liong, Academy of Art University
Jennifer Reeves, University of North Texas
Wayne Tang, Art Center College of Design
Jennifer Wijaya, Academy of Art University*
Shushi Yoshinaga, Drexel University

Illustration: Professional
Vlad Alvarez
Scott Bakal
Sylvie Daigneault
Matthew Daley
Mohamed Danawi
Paul Garland
Ilaria Grimaldi
Jerry Hoare
Mark Hoffmann
Daniel Horowitz
Yina Kim
Karen Klassen
Monika Maniecki
Doug Panton
Jon Rice
Matt Richards
Jamie Runnells
Mario Zucca

Illustration: Student
Blaine Burgos, Fashion Institute of Technology
Maelle Doliveux, School of Visual Arts*
Kisung Koh
Jessica LeClerc, New Hampshire Institute of Art*
Haejeon Lee
Llewellyn Mejia, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
Adam Osgood, North Carolina State University
Elisabeth Pulido, Brigham Young University
Angela Rizza, Fashion Institute of Technology
Cecilia Ruiz, School of Visual Arts
Nancy Zhang, OCAD University

Photography: Professional
Andy Bloxham
William Castellana*
Paula Dixon
Adam Goudreau
Frank Hamrick
James Heil
Alan Horsager
Ken Mizoguchi
Kelly Nicolaisen
Johanna Warwick

Photography: Student
Russell Beazell, Ringling College of Art & Design
Elizabeth Bowman, UW La Crosse
Danielle Burke, Ringling College of Art & Design
Sarah Gersbach, Moore College of Art & Design
Sol Han, Seoul Art College
Andrew Hefter, Savannah College of Art & Design
June Korea, Art Center College of Design
Sophie Schwartz, Laurel School
Gabriella Sturchio
Jerome Sturm, Radford University
Samantha Swartz

CQ27: Runners-Up
Runners-up will be displayed on the online Gallery Spring 2012.

Illustration: Professional: Runner Up
Richard Abarno
Abbey Aichinger
Paula Airth
Scott Bakal
Dan Billen
Kristina Carroll
Samantha Chron
Caitlin Clarkson*
Alice Crawford
Sylvie Daigneault
Matthew Daley*
Mohamed Danawi*
Peter Diamond
Bojana Dimitrovski
Andy Gabrisiak
Denise Gallagher
Paul Garland
Barbara Ana Gomez
Ohara Hale
Jesse Kuhn*
Anita Kunz
Anne Lueck
Cassia Lupo
Nicholas McNally
Mr. Papriko
Jake Pauls
Doug Pedersen
Pimlada Phuapradit
Andy Potts
Nick Ramos
Corinne Reid
Franziska Walther
Michelle Woodward
Daniel Zender

Illustration: Student: Runner Up
Ricardo Bessa, Kingston University London
Danielle Feliciano, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
Kelsey Heinrichs, Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Amanda Ho, Brigham Young University
Jaesun Kim, Art Center College of Design
Agnes Lee, Art Center College of Design
Veronica Miller, Pratt
Amanda Mocci, Université du Québec à Montréal
Elisabeth Pulido, Brigham Young University*
Bill Rebholz, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
Mushk Rizvi, The Academy of Arts
Katie Skau, Pratt

Fine Art: Professional: Runner Up
Takanori Aiba
Scott Bakal
Amanda Bennett
Ben Bonner
Alexander Bostic
Alistair Chang
Bryan Christie
Brent Funderburk
Jenie Gao
Michael E. Hockenbury
Shauna Holiman and Penny Putnam
Joseph Kucinski
Anita Kunz
Kresimir Letinic
Julie Lieberman
Douglas Malone*
Viki Quinn
Semion Rabinkov
Dave Sheppard
Lucy Wilson

Graphic Design: Professional: Runner Up
Paula Airth
Naama Benziman
Kelly Bryant
Ellen Bruss Design
Namoo Kim
Leibold Associates, Inc.
Daniel Mason
Mucca Deslgn Corp.
Andrew Nilsen*
Jimmy Parker
Nick Ramos*
Kriston Sellier
Shine Advertising*

Graphic Design: Student: Runner Up
Lauren Bernal, University of North Texas
Ashley Bryant, Shepherd University
Randi Giles
Julie Goodwin, Academy of Art University*
Adam Hale, Art Center College of Design
Kevin Han, Art Center College of Design
Paul Hoppe, Art Center College of Design
Sonya Houston, Tyler School of Art
Shin-Yun Huang, Academy of Art University
Erin Kim
Michael Kim, Art Center College of Design
Mercy Lomelin, University of North Texas
Carol Ly, Tyler School of Art/Temple University
Aanchal Mandhyan, Academy of Art University
Macy Nguyen, University of North Texas
Ji Yong Raisa Park, Art Center College of Design
Johnny Selman
Wei Sun, Academy of Art University
Sarah Surrette, Tyler School of Art
Andrea Yung Toth, Academy of Art University
Molly Weber, Academy of Art University
Ben Wong, Academy of Art University
Shushi Yoshinaga, Drexel University

Photography: Professional: Runner Up
Marti Belcher
William Castellana
Bryan Christie
Victor Currie
Erin Dobosiewicz
Natalie Evans
Alan Horsager
Catherine Redmond
Bev Short
Bev Short
Alec Sun
Kimberly Boyd Vickrey
Daniel Victor

Photography: Student: Runner Up
Cyndi Waldron

Creative Quarterly 22: Winners Announced

Stoked that another illustration will be in the next Creative Quarterly. Uni-cube was done for the ADC Cube Project and will be featured in CQ 22.

Congrats to all the other CQ winners as well! Here's the full list and post from CQ's website

Creative Quarterly is pleased to announce the winners of CFE 22. All winners will be exhibited in the next issue of Creative Quarterly, on the newsstand Spring 2011. The winners and runner-ups work will be posted on our Online Gallery in Spring 2011.
*Denote multiple winners

Winner
Illustration: Professional

Scott Anderson
Carlos Araujo
Scott Bakal
Andres Guzman*
Steven Hughes, Primary Hughes Illustration
Robin Hursthouse
Bee Johnson
Jesse Kuhn
Chris B Murray
James Ng
Inga Poslitur
Nick Ramos
Rick Sealock
Mark Smith
Oliver Weiss*
Daniel Zitka

Illustration: Student

Tuesday Bassen, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
JungYeon Roh, School of Visual Arts


Fine Art: Professional

Pamela Dewey
Brad Gray
Andres Guzman
Joyce Ho
LaBounty + Johl
Johann Wessels

Fine Art: Student

Martin Arnold, University of Mississippi
Janie Askew, University of Georgia
Brandon Cramm, University of Wisconsin- Stout

Graphic Design: Professional

Mark Oliver, Inc.*
Chuck Nivens
Mervin Pakaste
Ji Yong Park
Jessica Ring, The Garden

Graphic Design: Student

Brian Banton*, York University
Tisha Boonyawatana, California State University, Long Beach
Jeremy Honea*, Texas State University, San Marcos
Bruce Mai, California State University, Sacramento
Yumi Nakamura*, School of Visual Arts
Ngoc Ngo, Academy of Art University
Jose Rivera, California State University Sacramento

Photography: Professional

Navid Baraty
Leland Bobbé
Amy Fichter
Jenn Grossman, Jenn Grossman Photography
Frank Hamrick*
LaBounty + Johl
Rachel Nemecek

Photography: Student

Robby Cavanaugh, Cal Poly Pomona
Ashlee Larsen
Amanda Longoria, Texas State University
Megan Rath*

Runner-up
Fine Art: Professional

Kevin Bernstein
Jessica Kale
Peter Kraemer
Robyn Lee
Carmen Li
Josue Romero
Tamara Staser-Meltzer
Christine Style
Marc Yannarelli

Fine Art: Student

Seguli Cho, RIT
Soyun Choi, Kookmin University
James Louks, Black Hills State University
Rachel Sard, Washington University in St. Louis

Graphic Design: Professional

Mario Estioko
Dawn McCusker
Ji Yong Park*
Jamie Runnells, Jamie Runnells Design
Danny Warner

Graphic Design: Student

Kristine Campbell, Truman State University
Meghan Dunaway, Mississippi College
Robert Gaszak, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Darshita Mistry
Yumi Nakamura*, School of Visual Arts
Tomoko Ogino*, Art Center College of Design
JunYong Sim, Art Center College of Design

Illustration: Professional

Wesley Bedrosian
Graham Franciose
Mark Hammermeister
Keiko Murayama
Chiami Sekine
Keiko Tokushima
Oliver Weiss
Kyle White

Illustration: Student

Courtney Billadeau, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
Will Cardona, OCAD
Mark Ingram, Art Center College of Design
Michelle Schwartzbauer, Minneapolis College of Art & Design

Photography: Professional

Darryl Baird
Michael Barlas
Philomena Carroll*
Leni Johnston*
Abigail Wellman
Daniel Zitka
Gary Zuercher

Photography: Student

Robby Cavanaugh, Cal Poly Pomona
Caleb Clark, Louisiana Tech University
Jordyn Hill, Utah State University
Emily Hoffman, Converse College
Christine Lenzen, University of Notre Dame
Ashley Matthews*, Louisiana Tech University
Rachel Woolf, Severna Park Senior High School

Here's a little video from the ADC Cube Project opening too...



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Utne Reader Illustrated Blog Series

One of my favorite commissioners of editorial illustration, Stephanie Glaros of Utne Reader, has recently started an ongoing Utne Reader Illustrated blog series. Making herself that much cooler now in the illustration world, and giving the readers some insight about the editorial illustration process that goes on behind the scenes. She just featured a recent illustration that her and I worked on together about retirement. You can check out the article here: Utne Reader Illustrated: Jesse Kuhn.

Utne Reader has really been influential in my career as an illustrator so far. I’ve had the opportunity to work on many articles with Stephanie over the past couple years. It’s where good ol’ Greetings From Mr. Bird got his birth certificate, which went on to win awards in AI 29 and CQ 17, and has also been cloned and hung on the walls of many homes now throughout the world as limited edition illustration art prints.

So many other illustrators that I admire have contributed work to the magazine over the years; several of whom are mentioned on Utne’s website. Since its inception in 1984, Utne Reader has relied on talented artists to create original images for stories that express powerful emotions, brilliant new ideas, and humorous storytelling. Browsing through back issues of Utne Reader is like a tour of “Who’s Who” in the illustration world. Artists like Gary Baseman, Brad Holland, Anita Kunz, Bill Plympton, and Seymour Chwast have graced our pages over the years, to name just a few.

My life as an illustrator is still in it’s infancy and I’m really grateful for the opportunities I’ve been given by people like Stephanie. It was only three years ago that I left an unfulfilling design-monkey desk job in the midwest with dreams of New York City and a desire to do something different. I had always really wanted to be a full-time illustrator. To get to wake up everyday and draw. No more clocking in and clocking out. No more Monday morning status meetings. Someone who actually gets paid to think—and draw—for a living... what a concept :)

Thanks again for supporting my dreams Stephanie, and for supporting so many other freelance illustrators in our community!



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Editorial Illustration for 417 Magazine - Top Ten

Talk of the Town illustration editorial illustration for 417 Magazine. It went with a quick article on how Branson had been named a top ten vacation city by Fodors.

materials used: pen and ink, textures, and adobe photoshop.



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Editorial Illustration for St. Louis Magazine - Best Docs Issue

These editorial illustrations were done for a couple of articles in the Best Docs issue of St. Louis Magazine. The top one was for an article on how to stay healthy as you get older; titled: Don’t Stop! How to keep doing everything you love—even when your joints are creaking and your back aches. The one below was for an article outlining how to keep tabs of your child's growth; titled: Baby Steps: A parent’s guide to tracking their children’s development—from birth through middle school.



materials used: pen and ink, textures, and adobe photoshop.



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Editorial Illustration For Library Journal - Taming the eReader

This was an editorial illustration done recently for the cover of Library Journal. The issue was expanding on their recent ebook summit where they hosted their first-ever virtual summit on ebooks. It was an all-day think tank with sessions, commentary on ebooks, their future, how libraries have to deal with them, and what to expect. After speaking with the art director, conceptually we thought librarians trying to rope down an ebook (taking some inspiration from Gulliver's Travels) to represent the challenge libraries will have with getting some control over ebooks in the very near future would make for a compelling cover image. It was a fun cover illustration to work on and Kevin was great to work with over at Library Journal.



materials used: pen and ink, textures, and adobe photoshop.



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Editorial Illustration For 417 Magazine - Titan of the Triathlon

Talk of the Town editorial illustration for 417 Magazine. It went with a quick story about a local 417 guy who qualified for the world Ironman competition in Florida. The headline for the story was "Titan of the Triathlon."

materials used: pen and ink, textures, and adobe photoshop.



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Editorial Illustration Utne Reader

Really pleased with the final illustration Utne chose for the current issue that just hit the news stands this week. The article was on civility... with a subhead that reads "Be civil, or I'll beat you to a pulp." The piece goes on to discuss the state of modern day civility (or lack thereof).

This was originally commissioned as a spot editorial illustration. Utne entertained the idea of actually running it on the cover instead because they liked the way it turned out so much too, but ultimately opted for a photography cover in the end. Check it out on page 90 of the July/August issue if you come across a copy.

Limited Edition - Hand Signed & Numbered Prints available!