My first illustration in Japan has just been published – the cover of the annual Auto Camp Guide of Japan. It was a great opportunity for me to work on a new pattern of tents and trees that can be seen in the background. I quite enjoy the commercial quality of the Japanese characters on the cover. Below is one of the crazier sketches that I proposed.
Egads! Medieval penguins! For Illustration Friday’s theme of «legendary» I dresssed up my favorite couple for the occasion.
Good news! I have the pleasure of announcing that three of my illustrations have been given an award of excellence in the 2008 edition of the Lux illustration and photography competition organised by the AIIQ , CAPIC and Infopresse. Every year Lux chooses the best among projects submitted representing work produced by Quebec illustrators and photographers. Congratulations to my clients La Presse, laglisse.ca and Ritzenhoff! All the awards can be see in the Lux special issue of Grafika magazine on the stands now or on the Lux website soon.
According to Associated Press, Pierre, a 25 year old African penguin at the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, was going bald on his back and was unwilling to get into the water. That is, until biologist Pam Schaller got the bright idea of designing a special wetsuit for him last March. Since wearing the suit, Pierre has gained confidence, put on weight and is back in the mating game. This is a great example of fashion and product design at the service of science! Photo by Eric Risberg, AP. Original story here