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Surtex 2012

I didn't attend this year, but I'm enjoying reading about other artists' experiences at the show:

Natalie Timmons recaps what she learned in the seminars on her blog.

Joan Beiriger gives her impressions along with an extensive list of links to help you find other artists blogging about this year's show.

Today, May 30th at 8:30 EST you can hear Paul Brent talk about Surtex 2012 in a live teleseminar.

Speaking of live seminars, Joe Sliger from Wacom is talking about tablets and taking questions today on ReneeTV at 9 pm EST.

Cindy Lindgren shows pictures of her beautiful booth and writes about her experience as a second time exhibitor the show at her blog.

Alex Colombo has a great post about the show and you can follow her blog to read more interviews from Surtex artists that she will be publishing in the coming months.

From my one-year exeperience I know the artists who exhibit are busily following up with all the prospects they met at the show in the weeks following Surtex, so it's especially nice that they are taking the time to blog about it. Enjoy!

Interview and giveaway on TrueUp.net!

I'm happy to be featured today in an interview with Kim Kight on TrueUp, the blog for the fabric obsessed! She asks insightful questions including one on "warming up" illustrator artwork, which can sometimes look too "illustratory." It also gave me a chance to talk about my online Adobe Illustrator classes on ReneePearson.com. We're giving away my Ink & Paint class which features the Wacom Tablet and instruction on how to use Calligraphic Brushes with the Paintbrush and Blob Brush tools in Illustrator. Kim will be choosing a winner Friday, May 4th, so get add your comment to the post to be entered to win!

My latest illustration epromo: cruise map

Over the years my illustrated maps have appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, Frommers Budget Travel, Cooking Light, Flight International and many others. This map of U.S. Cruise Ports appeared in American Express Escape Magazine. My agent Kiki Pollard and I are sending this out as an e-promo today, so if you received one and it brought you here - welcome! You can see more of my images at coyleart.com and alexanderpollard.com.

 

My latest illustration epromo

If you received this in your inbox today and it brought you here, welcome! My agent Kiki Pollard and I wanted to highlight my cocktail-drawing capabilities this month! You can see my portfolio on Kiki's site at alexanderpollard.com.

Happy Thanksgiving, kangaroo style

Thanksgiving got me thinking about a job I did a few years ago for this local client, (not the behemoth Australian-themed steakhouse chain). They wanted to have some fun with their logo, outfitting it for different seasons and holidays while adding a dash of their irreverent humor. The kangaroo and filmstrip logo is theirs. I had the pleasure of adding the holiday touches: the turkey, carving implements and shotgun shells.

I love a project like this. It's not my usual style, which makes it a fun puzzle to figure out and full of Illustrator goodness. And I used a lot of that calligraphic brush work I'll be talking about in my new Adobe Illustrator class next month. Happy turkey day!

 

my latest illustration e-promo: bats!

Kiki Pollard and I are sending this frightful greeting out this week - we hope your Halloween is bat-tacular!! Click here to see the full size version.

creativity

As seen on Dubelyoo.

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.

 

My latest illustration e-promo: Bullfrog Logo

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, and you can view the full-size version here.

I collaborated with graphic designer Elizabeth Hautau-Karp, to bring this logo concept to life with illustration and hand lettering. Visit my website, coyleart.com to see more of my illustrations.

My latest illustration e-promo: Flight International Cover

If you received this promo today and it brought you here, Welcome!

I had the pleasure of working on this assignment recently for Flightglobal, for the cover of Flight International Magazine. The illustration strives to capture the meeting of Parisian culture and Aviation that occurs every other year when the Paris Air Show comes to Le Bourget Airport, just outside of Paris. This is the oldest and largest air show in the world, an aviation tradition that began in 1909.

Zooming ahead to the 21st century, you can also view the interactive version of the cover and magazine (Flash required) created by Kern Roderick-Jones of FMG that features animation of my mini Patrouille de France, the acrobatic jet team of the French Air Force.

One thing I relish as an illustrator is the opportunity to research an interesting subject like this and find the reference I need for all the details. When I lived in New York, I loved to visit the picture files at the New York Public Library, but I confess I love the convenience of a Google search even more.

Here's a quick shot of the print edition I snapped on my light table. I like to add finishing touches with pen and ink, but after my initial pencil thumbnails, I draw most of the art on the computer.

My Dad happens to be a librarian at the National Naval Air Museum in Pensacola FL, so I was happy to show him that his love for airplanes, and for modeling and drawing them, has rubbed off a bit on me. Here's my Dad going the extra mile to get the best shot of his rubber band powered Fokker biplane. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

You can see the Paris Air Show cover art and more of my work on my illustration portfolio website at www.coyleart.com.