illustration friday

The tag illustration friday is used frequently by illustrators in their blogs when entering a weekly illustration challenge. A topic is posted every Friday and then participants have all week to come up with their own interpretation. Each entry is then posted on illustrationfriday.com. The competition is very popular, and published illustrators of children's books regularly enter the weekly challenge.

Topics are picked each week from a list of suggestions that have been emailed by participants. If you have a topic suggestion, you can submit it on the Illustrationfriday.com web site. Illustration Friday also has an art forum where you can discuss creative issues, ask questions or just get feedback on your work. Looking to find people in your area to start an illustration group? The art forum is a good place to start. Illustration Friday was created by illustrator Penelope Dullaghan.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “illustration friday”

• IF • Music

  
  Flying Colors — Authority: 110
  Music is the universal language of mankind. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow original painting - corporate collection - Memphis, TN - USA - "The Musical Tree" watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 72"H x 72"W (triptych) • © Lisa Rivas A painter paints pictures on ...
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• Article Title Unknown

  
  Journal to a Muse — Authority: 119
  Illustration Friday: Music If I were braver (whatever THAT means!) , Id have tried to draw each of the cats (and the cheetah) from "scratch" and the same with the instruments. As it was, I did some digital cutting, pastinc and alterating.Coments and critiques welcome. Thanks for looking.
  2 days ago

• Illustration Friday: Music...to me

  
  studio lolo — Authority: 121
  If youre a fan of these magnificent birds then youre a fan for life. The caw-ing of ravens is music to my ears because I understand them. Theyre magical, mystical and misunderstood . Heres my kick-off to the holiday season replacing four calling birds with my beloved corvids, 4 cawing birds! ...
  3 days ago

• Illustration Friday: Music

  
  French Toast Girl — Authority: 127
  Four years ago, (and I cant believe its been that long) I posted the companion piece to this CD cover as my Illustration Friday entry for "Cold" . I like how they work together: My husband is an amazing piano teacher , and I sing, so as you can imagine there are loads of opportunities for music and art to meet ...
  3 days ago

• music

  
  Alice's Drawing Board — Authority: 104
  a wholly new (and presently uncomfortable) interface.
  3 days ago

• Illustration Friday: "music"

  
  Studio McCann — Authority: 110
  Thought this would be a fitting piece for this weeks topic of "music"
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• Illustration Friday: Music

  
  Dabbled — Authority: 526
  I’m making up for lost time apparently this week. This is the fourth (or third, depending on how you look at it!) in the black and white series … Related posts: New Watercolor: The Creator Illustration Friday Sketchbook – "Resolve" An Illustration Friday Robot- on an actual friday, no less!
  4 days ago

• Illustration Friday - Music

  
  Teri's Painted Daisies — Authority: 130
  The theme word at Illustration Friday this week is Music. I have done a lot of music sketches over the years because of a local Tucson band; Old Pueblo Brass Band.  My friend is their librarian so I got to enjoy a lot of concerts. For more of my music sketches look here. Happy Illustration Friday ...
  4 days ago

• Cartoon: Musical Tech

  
  Speartoons: comics, cartoons and illustrations from Kevin Spear — Authority: 125
  Spear-Cartoon_3560 , originally uploaded by speartoons . Cartoon of boy and dad at computer. Boy says, "Youre listening to classical music on the Internet? Doesnt that violate some techie code of conduct?" I drew this comic in Adobe Illustrator CS2. It also is for Illustration Friday . This weeks word is "music." ...
  4 days ago

• IF*music

  
  ida.s sketchbook — Authority: 121
  The music that came from the strange red bird, soared softly throughout the mountain landscape. I had never heard a more beautiful song.
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• Singing in the grave.

  
  Why I did it — Authority: 117
  Time for a new cartoon! Actually, although the color is new, this is quite  old – one of the first cartoons I ever did, and part of a series I did with coffins. Actually, death is a fairly common topic with cartoonists. I heard Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor of the New Yorker, say that he gets a fair number of dead ...
  4 days ago

• An Unbalanced Robot

  
  Dabbled — Authority: 526
  I was playing around last night, and came up with this guy. I think he’d make a cute t-shirt! (I like this style, it reminds me of the Tracer Bullet strips from Calvin and Hobbes!) Related posts: Doh! Salute the Robot Nation! Robot Bathtime – or an excuse to try out my new watercolor pencils
  5 days ago

• Illustration Friday - Unbalanced

  
  Michelle Henninger — Authority: 120
  Crossing the creek by way of stepping stones, was not as easy as Victoria thought it would be. Only one of them on this adventure didnt seem to have any trouble: Whiskers. Cats were just nimble that way. Claude on the other hand, didnt even make it to the first rock without sliding in. Well, "sliding" wasnt exactly ...
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• Illustration Friday: Unbalanced

  
  Elegant Bloggery — Authority: 123
  Why yes, I have got my priorities straight, thankyouverymuch! ----- Just a quick little watercolor and ink illo for Illustration Friday (which I mean to do every week but only end up doing every other month). This one is a self portrait... with cupcakes. Seriously, who needs an apple when you have a stack ...
  6 days ago

• Illustration Friday – Unbalanced

  
  Diane Clancy's Art Blog — Authority: 115
  Every week Illustration Friday has a challenge for a specific word. It is a great way to showcase your work and a wonderful opportunity to meet lots of wonderful people! Anyone can join in with their entry to Illustration Friday . I so much enjoy doing this challenge. This week is Unbalanced. This vibrant, colorful ...
  6 days ago

• Free Clip-art: Unemployed man 042

  
  Gnurf — Authority: 107
  A sad, unemployed man holding up a sign with the text “I Work For Food”The ZIP-file includes the image in PDF, PNG, SWF and SVG  file formats.Download: 042-unemployed-manA more polished and clean-cut version in AI8 EPS format is available at ClipartOf.com, iStockphoto and ShutterstockRelated posts:Free Clip-art: ...
  6 days ago

• Illustration Friday: Unbalanced

  
  Errantry — Authority: 115
  A little cotton-candy circus fantasy for Illustration Friday. You can see it larger here . The panels were done in Inkscape, the lines with a pen and everything else in Photoshop. The texture in the background is from the endpapers of my great-grandfather’s autograph album, which as best I can tell was in use ...
  6 days ago

• Article Title Unknown

  
  Journal to a Muse — Authority: 119
  Illustration Friday - Unbalanced As you might imagine, I had lots of ideas for this topic. I did the bottom one first, but loved the quote from Ann Landers. Therefore: Two for the week.
  6 days ago

• IF • Unbalanced

  
  Flying Colors — Authority: 110
  The challenge was to create an upward movement even though it holds a center diagonal line. Was it achieved? Please leave your opinion, thanks! original painting - private collection - Nashville, TN  - USA - "Fall" watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 38"H x 38"W • © Lisa Rivas ...
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• Work From Home Tuesday: 10 Blogs for Freelance Animators and Illustrators

  
  Freelancing and Outsourcing Tips, Commentary, Analysis, and News from oDesk — Authority: 468
  Freelance animation and illustration are among the creative fields booming here at oDesk, so we thought our talented animators and illustrators deserved their very own list of helpful and inspiring blogs and web sites devoted to their craft. If we’ve missed any of your favorites, let us know! THINKING ...
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