View from the Zoo

Two works by Julien have been recently selected for the 8th annual international 3×3 Professional Show illustration competition in New York. The multitasking octopus was published as a self-promotion piece in a lovely book about illustrators and their studios called Work/Life2 while other adaptations have appeared on a licensed product in Japan and in an editorial feature in Canada. The second winning piece is an editorial illustration produced for La Presse newspaper in Montreal, Canada, for a feature on children whose parents are psychologists.  The 3×3 Professional Show received entries from 41 countries and is organised by 3×3 magazine of contemporary illustration. The illustrations will appear in the 3×3 Annual on newstands this Fall.

3×3 has just announced their winners for this year’s edition of the Children’s Show, a juried collection of illustrations and books for children. Just to get in, the majority of the eight judges have to vote for the piece. I’m very happy to announce that three of my entries were selected – one for a newspaper illustration about relaxing activities for kids during Spring Break, a second for a poster showing the handmade Bambino sled and, the third, for the ADzif line of blackboard wall decals «Memo». Congratulations to La Presse, goslide.ca and ADzif! 

All the winners will be published in the upcoming annual No.7. 3×3 is a magazine of international contemporary illustration, published in New York. In addition to the magazine, 3×3 organizes three juried shows each year and publishes an invitation-only directory.

I just received my copy of the 2010 3×3 Illustration Directory and there is my Christmas tree on page 246 at the head of the whimsical section. With over 300 illustrations, this directory is special. It is curated like a show by the one and only Charles Hively, publisher of the wonderful 3×3 magazine of contemporary illustration and is by invitation only. Each illustration is carefully displayed to create a harmonious continuity throughout the book. There are lots of animals, too. Great work, Charles!

Sorry to have been inactive this long. I have been working on restructuring my website and reworking my designs into viable collections available for licensing. Here’s an ad that will be running in the next Total Art Licensing magazine. You can see a few samples of new patterns and designs on the left that I will present on this blog soon. The website, well, will be ready once my collections are in order!