There's Always Money in the Banana Stand

You can see the story behind this illustration here.

Zoinks!

pakotoo.blogspot.com  Happy Halloween friends!:)

Children's Book!

Here's some new work for the children's book I'm currently working on!

www.miguel-co.com
phillyphilippino.blogspot.com

Space Oddity Downloady Goodness

www.kolbisneat.com

Hi there.

I'm a newish member of the society and figured I might as well start my contribution off with shameless self promotion.

If you'd like to get your digital hands on an illustrated (and entirely unsolicited) version of David Bowie's seminal space epic: Space Oddity, mosey on over to my site.

Should you dig it, please share it with others and maybe, just maybe, we can get this thing to become a reality!

Andrew (www.kolbisneat.com)

 

 

 more images (via Comics Alliance)

SUNDAY ARTIST: PASCAL CAMPION

pascalcampion.blogspot.com

"If I Was You" Illustration project submission

I just joined this awesome group and thought I let you know about my recent submission to the "IF I WAS YOU" project. This very fun illustration project is organized by Sandra Dieckmann, a very talented illustrator herself.
Every artist has to draw an image which is somehow connected to the previous artist. I had to do an illustration connected to something Murray Somerville said and had a lots of fun with it. You should check the site out, it is really a fun mix of diverse styles and also a fun read seeing what every one responded to the three questions every artist has to answer.
So here is what I submitted.

How the Rhino Got His Skin

Here is my first Ely for my senior class at Uarts.
Phillyphilippino.blogspot.com

I'm still kickin'!

Hey Autumn Society! It's been awhile hasn't it? Sorry about that. I still love you, don't worry. The work above is just some of the newer stuff I've done over the past few months, I didn't wanna blow the joint up so I just picked a few to lure you in. Have a look at some of my other work, won't you? Head on over to my site if you please.

<3 Bobby

Children's Book Spread

This one was a fun project. It is actually the rejected sketch for my class, but since I finished the first one so quickly, I was able to find time to do another piece. This is for the children's book called "Room on the Broom" for Tim Bower

Indi Studi

This is the middle piece for Tom Leonard's independent study class I had last semester. The story he made up was of a girl who lived in a boring monochromatic world into a colorful one. We thought it would be ideal because the class was about getting better with acrylic paints. The transitions we came up with were:

Urban environment-organic
Drawn-painted
Monochromatic- full color
Thinned out acrylic-thick
Small-large

Being the middle piece, this one has about the same amount of each.
www.phillyphilippino.blogspot.com

Robot Gestures

Character development for a children's picture book...

John Deininger

Children's Book :D

www.maryannheld.com

Hey Everyone,

Sorry I've been MIA from the blog for so long (I'm sure you all have been wondering where I am/noticed I was gone) I was working on a book for a small publishing company called Halo.
Halo skirts the border between self publishing and retail publication. Illustrators work very closely with authors and have extremely tight deadlines. I had 8 weeks to illustrate an entire book-- 14 full color illustrations-- while also working full time at my day job. But, the author I worked with was really wonderful and I did what I had to do to make it happen. I also made an incredibly stupid oversight concerning dimensions, so I can't stress to everyone enough how important it is to double check specs. Everything worked out ok, but there was almost a technical disaster on my account.

Anyway it's going to press now, and I can't wait to see it in print! It's about the relationship between a mother and son, and is really very sweet. The biggest challenge for me was creating visual interest page after page, as there is very little descriptive action in the copy. Here are a few of my favorite images from the book, 'I Love You Three Dots" (awwwwwwww!!!)

Maryann

Attention Children's Books Illustrators!

Hi Autumn Society,

I wanted to let you all know about an opportunity I have to review drop off portfolios at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's Books.

I'm Associate Designer with the company and starting this Tuesday I will be accepting drop off portfolios between 9am and 10am (with pick up the same day between 4pm and 5pm).

If you, or an illustrator, photographer, or designer you know, work in the children's market, I would love to see your work!

This opportunity to be reviewed (and hopefully have the chance for picture book work in the future) is entirely dependent on YOU. Our sister imprint, Clarion Books, has had very few portfolios dropped off and the majority have been of poor quality work. My boss may decide that we won't be accepting unsolicited requests for art. Because I am a UArts graduate who benefited greatly from our portfolio reviews (I got this job from our illustration Portfolio Day, in fact) I feel a special connection with illustrators, especially those who are just out of school or who don't have agents. If this project 'fails' we'll only be accepting work from illustrators with representation. I would hate for that to happen.

So dust off those portfolios! Break out your promos!

You can drop off your work at:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
215 Park Avenue South, fl. 12
New York, New York 10003

*Please remember, we do NOT wish to review original art works. Please submit prints and reproductions only. It helps to have your name and contact info on all your pieces, should I wish to keep them on file.*

Thanks! And happy illustrating!
Regina

2009 Holiday Color Book

Hot off the presses bringing some holiday cheer to the children of your local communities. This coloring book is collected drawings from members of the Autumn Society. What made the book extra special was that it was distributed to local childcare centers in Southern New Jersey and in Philadelphia. With a goal of hoping to spread some holiday cheer to those less fortunate in our local communities.

Thanks to Maryann Held for her cover art contributions and a special thanks to all contributed in making this project and gift to our community possible. Below are some photos of the coloring book and its interior art.

Hellbaby

This show was a lot of fun!

here's to fall and winter!

my favorite times of year are here, and this was done with my main love - pencil and watercolor - since i have been doing too much work with pencil and the computer lately

feel free to click for a larger view (but y'all surely knew that by now)

Do NOT Build a Frankenstein!

Howdy Autumnals!

My newest picture book is out just in time fer Halloween! It's called 'Do NOT Build a Frankenstein!' and here's an EXCLUSIVE look at a couple pieces inside the book!

I'll be having a book signing at Books of Wonder in New York City on Halloween day! For those of you that don't know, Books of Wonder is one of the greatest children's bookstores in the world. It'll be a complete madhouse! There will be Frankenstein cupcakes, candy, free Frankenstein trick or treat bags with every purchase of the book, and more (a giant Frankenstein head? Sure!) It even got a write-up in Time Out New York!

So come on down and say howdy!

Books of Wonder

18 W 18th st. btwn 5th and 6th ave.

Saturday, October 31st

Noon-2PM

Haaaaaapy Haaaaaaalloweeeeen!

--NN

Witchy Woman

Halloween themed pieces are always fun. Enjoy!!


Maryann

"You'd better look out below!"

From a "wild" weekend, I was inspired and did my own tribute to Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild things Are." I had a lot of fun with this one, especially working with a pastel palette and experimenting with different forms of shading. Hope to see more wild things here on the blog!

WWW.CHOGRIN.COM

Wild Things animated short 1973

"In 1973 the book was adapted into an animated short directed by Gene Deitch at Krátký Film, Prague for Weston Woods Studios."