illustrators

The tag illustrators is a popular tag often used by bloggers discussing the people who illustrate books. Drawn is a well-known blog about illustrators. Many illustrators also blog regularly and their blogs have huge followings. Some examples include the blogs of Mo Willems, author / illustrator of the popular Pigeon series of books and Elizabeth O. Dulemba, illustrator of The Prince's Diary.

Illustrators often blog as a way of promoting their books. This trend will likely increase, as book publishing companies are relying less often on traditional book tours, and the burden is increasingly placed on illustrators to use the internet to promote their books. In addition to using their blog to promote their own work, many illustrators are using their blogs to promote the work of other illustrators. A great example of this is Picture-Bookies a group blog written by eight children's book illustrators.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “illustrators”

• McBess – Malevolent Melody @ Concrete Hermit

  
  Raver Ria — Authority: 117
  On my day off, the boy and I went to Concrete Hermit to check out McBesss Malevolent Melody. I swear, he has some awesome illustration skills. I especially liked the way he drew shoes. I know random comment. But I thought it was pretty cool, maybe because I miss my dunks so when I saw pen to paper shoes I cooed a bit. ...
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• yahoo! youreka! x mrb

  
  blankanvas — Authority: 474
  My boi and undoubtedly, one of the nation’s best illustrator (or visual stylist, like he likes to refer himself as), Mr B , has created a gorgeous car decal for Yahoo! Youreka! – an exciting online treasurehunt that allows you to redeem nifty prizes for your astute eye on their properties. On a side note, ...
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• Mess

  
  Little Jenny Wren — Authority: 126
  I think this is politely called Creative clutter.I think it is actually a big mess.This is what greeted me this morning, the telling evidence of yesterdays events.Yesterday afternoon I had to go out to the Big School to pick up Kate after orientation day for Grade 7 next year.Can you believe she is going to high ...
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• Illustration by Nick Lu

  
  swissmiss — Authority: 734
  Made me look. Illustration by Nick Lu .
  2 days ago

• Five Flickr Friday

  
  Fuel Your Illustration — Authority: 413
  Time for another installment of five flickr friday, happy friday everyone. Also, if you know of someone that NEEDS to be a #fff contestant, leave a comment with a link to their beautiful work. We’re always on the lookout for more talented folk. Astrid Yskout p e l l e t pedro hamdan ken garduno ...
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• LongLiveAnalog | Chad Kouri

  
  swissmiss — Authority: 734
  Last week I had the pleasure to meet Chad Kouri , one of the forces behind The Post Family here at swissmiss studio. Lucky me, he gave me the above collage as a gift which will soon be hanging in Ella’s room. YAY! Check out the rest of his collages on his site, longliveanalog.com . (Is that the coolest url ...
  4 days ago

• My woodland, My nightmare – Out on a Limb

  
  Jessica Fortner Illustration and Sculpture — Authority: 92
  “Out on a Limb” is the second illustration for the “My Woodland, My Nightmare” series. This piece continues the themes started with  Burden to Bear , which I posted last month. Further works in the series are  to be posted soon! Shown above is the sculpture made for “Out on a Limb”. The owls were ...
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• R.L. Stine Helps to Celebrate KPMG’s Family for Literacy 1 Million Book Milestone

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 470
  Renowned children’s author R.L. Stine recently joined First Book in celebrating the distribution of one million books that KPMG’s Family for Literacy has made possible during the first two years of our partnership with the audit, tax, and advisory firm. Just in time for the author’s favorite holiday, the ...
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• The Amanda Project hits shelves

  
  First Book Blog — Authority: 470
  Guest blogger Lisa Holton is the CEO of Fourth Story Media, a new media company that tells stories that unfold across books, the web, mobile phones, and other forms of media. Fourth Story Media’s first series – The Amanda Project - is now live, and the first book Invisible I hit stores last month. I grew up ...
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• Ep. 113: STERLING HUNDLEY - The Illustrator and The Fine Artist

  
  SiDEBAR - COMICS, ART & POP CULTURE — Authority: 493
  Youth, it is often said, is wasted on the young. In the case of todays guest, I gotta disagree. Hes only 33 years old and as an illustrator, educator and now, fine artist, he has the accomplishments behind him of a man twice his age. Impressive. Im thinking we first became acquainted with the name Sterling ...
  5 days ago

• Have you learned to share?

  
  Brave new world — Authority: 409
  Photo courtesy of Eliselovesprada on Flickr Marie Salinger just shared with me an excellent blog post written by Andrew Douch, No learning for unauthorised persons.    Andrew expresses his disappointment in the fact that many teachers are reluctant to share what they create for their students’ ...
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• Dalí in Wonderland

  
  { feuilleton } — Authority: 552
  I’d only seen one or two of Salvador Dalí’s illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland before but you can see the complete (?) set here . These date from 1969 when Dalí was well past his prime as an artist but they’re still worth a look to see how he tackled each chapter, using the skipping girl ...
  5 days ago

• Pictures to Tell a Story

  
  Athena Dreams Design — Authority: 114
  Sometimes pictures tell a story just as it should be told, and just as it should be heard. And so, some pictures to tell a small piece of the story of CORE: art & design of the torso. Words to come later in the week.       (I love this persons reaction to ...
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• Learn Something Every Day

  
  swissmiss — Authority: 734
  I am loving this site: Learn Something New Every Day . (via @ bobulate )
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• Beardsley at the V&A

  
  { feuilleton } — Authority: 552
  This battered item is my copy of the V&A guide to the landmark Aubrey Beardsley exhibition held at the museum from May to September 1966. That exhibition introduced Beardsley to a new public and made his work very trendy for a while, helped by the Beardsley-styled sleeve of the Beatles’ Revolver album which ...
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• Illustrator Floyd Cooper in St. Charles

  
  What's New With Cynthia Reeg — Authority: 99
  I had the great opportunity yesterday to see illustrator, Floyd Coope r, in action at the Missouri SCBWI conference in St. Charles. The award winning illustrator demonstrated his unique style of erasing--using a kneaded eraser to create the underpainting for his works of art. Somehow Mr. Cooper was able to create a ...
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• Awesome picture book illustrators #6: Johnny Gruelle

  
  The Sound of the Noising Machine — Authority: 126
  Unlike many of the other illustrators in this series, Johnny Gruelle wrote most of his works.  He secured his fame with his creation, Raggedy Ann (and Andy).  He is best known for this series of books but he illustrated several others, as well. Posted in Awesome Picture Book Illustrators, Uncategorized
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• Awesome picture book illustrators #4: John Tenniel

  
  The Sound of the Noising Machine — Authority: 126
  Mr. Tenniel is the eldest illustrator featured thus far. Tenniel was not a full-time illustrator of books but rather spent most of his time working on editorial cartoons for Punch magazine.  Still, the in addition to a version of Aesop’s Fables , he illustrated a couple of immortal whoppers, namely Alice’s ...
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• Illustration Week Highlights

  
  Words and Pictures — Authority: 128
  Posted in Class Projects, Current Students, Education, Events, Exhibitions, Illustration Dept. Events, Illustration Faculty, Illustration Industry, Inspiration, News, Talks/Lectures
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• Treasure-house … the American Children’s Rare Books Collection

  
  Sheryl Gwyther - author — Authority: 119
  Thanks to a SCBWI (Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators) bulletin advising their American members to contact the librarians at the Library of Congress Children’s Rare Books Collection in Washington DC and arrange a tour, I did so too – well, I was there and I’m a member of SCBWI’s Australian ...
  1 week ago

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