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My latest illustration e-promo: Bride

If you received this in your in-box today and it brought you here... hello! This is the latest e-promo from my rep Kiki Pollard.

Visit my website, coyleart.com to see more of my illustrations.

 

Subway cell service comes to NYC

Back in 1999 I created this illustration for a self-promotion ad I placed in (the now defunct sourcebook) Showcase in 2000. At the time, nobody had cell phone service on the subway, but the idea of portraying this was enticing and it seemed like it wouldn't be very long before it became reality. Well just this week, over ten years later, cell phone service has arrived in the New York City Subway. Here's a list of stations (just six at the moment) on the MTA website.

Beging Illustrator class giveaway

Renee Pearson is teaming up with Design House Digital and to celebrate, we're giving away a free class! You can choose from a selection of classes including my Beginning Illustrator class. Just visit the Design House Digital blog post announcement and comment by October 1st with the name of the class you'd like to win!

CS5 Width Tool Beautiful Strokes Demo

I've posted a new Illustrator tutorial on my YouTube channel to demonstrate how to add beautiful variable width strokes to existing art in Illustrator CS5. It's an easy, versatile and highly editable way to give your artwork a fine calligraphic brush look.

I made the tutorial using the swirls,curls and frames we create in my Swirl Shop workshop. So check out my latest video lesson on YouTube and start swirling!

Fall color in North Georgia

The leaves are still green, but fall color has arrived in North Georgia.

We happened upon Burt's Pumpkin Farm last weekend and came home with a wheelbarrow full of orange and yellow and green.

On Burt's website, they call it a "one day fall vacation" which is absolutely true. You can bask in the gorgeous color, eat some pumpkin bread, visit nearby Amicalola Falls and be back to Atlanta in time for dinner.