Alessia was born in Milan, Italy where she currently resides. She has been drawing since early childhood and realized early on that she would turn her hobby into a rewarding career as an illustrator. After graduating at the European Institute of Design in Milan, with a major in Illustration and Multimedia Animation, she decided to focus on illustrating for children. During her studies, Alessia was introduced to Corel Painter software and was immediately shocked, amazed, and captured by its unique capabilities. As a result, she decided to give up her palette and paint-brush to completely dedicate herself to the study and exploration of digital art. Nowadays, she spends most of her time with her two favorite and very close mates... her MAC and Neve, a faithful Labrador retriever.

Born and raised in northern Ohio, Michael graduated from Bowling Green State University with a degree in painting. He spent ten years as a toy designer and character developer, before trying his hand at illustration. His work has appeared on many children's products, greeting cards and magazines, and has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators. An avid collector of mid-century art and design since the 80's, Michael's vast array of influences include many modern masters such as Calder and Miro, as well as illustrators like Jim Flora, Alice and Martin Provensen, and Mary Bair. Michael lives in a spacious industrial warehouse loft in downtown Cleveland, where he enjoys painting, cooking and listening to the extensive collection of vintage soul, jazz, and Brazilian music he has acquired over the years.

William Low is an award winning painter & illustrator with a reputation for using light, color, perspective. Creating images that viewers find an immediate emotional connection with. William Low has hundreds of stock images available for re-use and licensing. Author of "Old Penn Station" and "Machines Go To Work", "Machines Go to Work in the City" - picture books by Henry Holt Publishers in bookstores now.

Anthony lives with his wife Kathryn and three children, Isabella, Eimilia, and Rory along with two cats, Maurice and Jasper in a small village in Cheshire, in the northwest of England. Since he graduated with First Class Honours from the Liverpool School of Art in 1989, he has illustrated more than 200 children's books, as well as magazine articles, advertisements, theater posters and corporate brochures. Whilst studying Anthony was Highly Commended in the Reader's Digest Young Illustrators Competition. He has also a Smarties Gold Award for 'The Owl Tree', has twice been short-listed for the Sheffield Book Award and was nominated for the BBC's 2004 Blue Peter Book Award for 'Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths. In his free time he enjoys the theater, traveling and watching Liverpool Football Club.

Dan Funderburgh is a Brooklyn-based illustrator, artist, and wallpaper designer whose creations are rooted in the world of decorative arts. Dan was born in Seattle and reared in the Midwest, receiving a BFA from the University of Kansas with a focus in illustration. After moving to New York in 2001, Dan established a partnership with the now Brooklyn-based wallpaper studio Flavorpaper, where his designs are hand-screen printed. The wallpapers have been featured at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair and at Pulse Miami, and are a part of the Cooper-Hewitt's permanent collection. Occasional collaborations with companies like Brooks, Furni, and Gravis have allowed the work to live on bicycle seats, furniture, and luggage. Dan's personal and gallery work includes letterpress and screen prints, sculptures and installations that play off of historical ornamentation. Revealing an acute appreciation for both the baroque and utilitarian, Dan's work often combines the language of ornament with objects that surround us. Clients include: Soho House, Brooks England, Gravis, Nixon, Target, Chivas Regal, The New York Times, The Paris Review, Condé Nast, Scion, Nike, Microsoft, HP, Burton, Penguin Group, Hodder, Grey, Ogilvy, Dwell, Surface, JDK, Hachette Book Group, TED Talks

Stephan Walter lives and works in Zurich where he was born in 1982. Stephan started work in the graphic design world at an advertising agency. During his time at the agency he made up his mind that the only way for him to express his passion in graphic design was for him to become self-employed! Stephan studied Graphic and Media Design at the F&F School for Art and Media Design. After graduating, Stephan pursued his dream. He worked for the F&F School, Freitag AG and for some local bands from Zurich. During this time Stephan was resolving his own style and approach. He quickly developed his own picture language by learning a lot of techniques related to handling alternative design softwares. A year after graduating, Stephan flew to New York to conduct research and development work with Stefan Sagmeister. Stephan has now practiced for six years as an independent illustrator and graphic designer trading under his own brand name of radionacional. Over the last six years Stephan has worked for many clients; many of them in the cultural arena. Stephan's client list includes: David Byrne, Brian Eno, Wired Magazine, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Columbia University, Volkswagen, die Zeit, Levis, Sagmeister Inc, Elle and many more. Stephan also teaches and lectures at schools for design, mainly in his beloved discipline: Typography!

John S. Dykes lives and works in Sudbury, Massachusetts (near Boston). John works in acrylic, pen and ink and watercolor, collage, and digital. His clients range from editorial and corporate illustration to children's books as well as self generated projects. He has been recognized with awards and other fine kudos from the Society of Illustrators, the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, including gold and silver medals, Communication Arts, American Illustration, Print, 3x3 Annual, How Magazine, the AltPick Awards, and Step by Step Graphics.

Macky Pamintuan was born and raised in Davao, a city in the southern Philippines. As a young child, drawing was his favorite pastime and an activity that brought him delight and satisfaction. Early on, his parents discovered that giving him paper and pencil was a sure way to keep him busy, quiet, and out of trouble. He still remembers the day when he successfully drew Mickey Mouse and Superman, a huge breakthrough and a sweet triumph. He moved to San Francisco at age 21 and in 1998 enrolled in the Academy of Art College to pursue illustration. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in December 2003. When not illustrating, Macky enjoys playing basketball, his other true passion.

Clients Include: Advertising Age, The Atlantic, Billboard, Exhibitor, LA Times, Money, New York Times, Variety, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and many more.

Anna Lazareva has wanted to be an illustrator since she was a little girl. She started to study drawing when she was 4. Anna graduated from the University in 2007 where she majored in journalism and the history of art. Her thesis project was about the relationship between editorial illustrations and the articles they are created for. She has attended summer courses at School of Visual Arts and Parsons New School for Design. Anna's source of inspirations are: fashion blogs, vintage photos and her travels around the world. Now she works at her little studio in Moscow, and she would love to work with you.

Stylized, calligraphic vector or brush & ink line art with vibrant watercolor tones for elegant, contemporary images on logos, icons, spots and concept illustrations seen on advertising, book jackets, magazines, product packaging and across the web.

See also http://sandyhaightfineart.com.

The fourth girl in a family of 8 children, Colleen Madden made it through childhood pretending to be a space princess with a wookie sidekick and drawing in her cardboard box art studio. Colleen graduated from a small liberal arts school in Massachusetts, with a contract major in illustration and English literature. She is currently residing in the Philadelphia area, with her writer-husband, Patrick, and their 2 sons, Sean and Gabe. She is daily inspired by her 3 boys, who champion the quirkier and more complicated side of life and always, ALWAYS make her laugh out loud. She has illustrated for many different kinds of clients and is the recipient of an International Greeting Card Louie Award. When not illustrating, Colleen can be found battling slugs in her shade garden or pretending to be a long-distance runner.

Neal Aspinall does illustration, logos, vintage luggage stickers, travel posters, typography, and is a big plus in the coneptual department. Email now for an estimate: neal@nealaspinall.com web site: www.nealaspinall.com poster store: www.nealaspinall.com/stock phone: (414)774-3808 Neal does retro, type, logos, posters, icons, illustration, vintage luggage stickers, poster stamps & classic fruit crate labels. He also does a lot of sports & corporate conceptual images. Clients include Nordstrom, Hire.com, Infoworld, Macy's, Harley Davidson, Dell, & Southwest Airlines. His work has appeared in CA, Society of Illustrators, PRINT, & GRAPHIS. Contact him today to get an estimate on a custom job, stock image, logo design, or purchase a print. neal@nealaspinall.com He works in Adobe Illustrator and images are emailed in a matter of seconds, & quality is maintained at any size. He was recently inducted into the Art Institute of Colorado's Hall of Fame.

After giving marine biology a try in college, Susan decided to fall back on a more stable and lucrative profession: illustration. With her artist/writer husband Allen Crawford, she formed Plankton Art Company in 1999. Susan's stylized, graceful forms are largely inspired by nature and mid-century modernism. She has worked for Target, Warner Bros., Chronicle Books, Knopf, Ride Snowboards, Hasbro, National Geographic Kids Magazine, Discovery Channel and The Smithsonian National Zoo. The most ambitious project she's ever worked on was a series of 400 hand-rendered identification key illustrations of fish, plants and other undersea creatures for The American Museum of Natural History's Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, where her drawings are on permanent display. Susan's paintings and drawings have been exhibited at numerous galleries, most notably Jonathan LeVine Gallery in Chelsea. She lives in a historic Quaker town in Central New Jersey, where she often goes on kayak trips in the Pine Barrens to look for tree frogs and orchids.

With over 20 years experience as an Illustrator, Jim has a wide range of styles & skills seen at http://www.jimstarr.com. Jim received his BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 1982. Today, Jim primarily illustrates electronically, but also continues to work in traditional techniques. My goal in every assignment is to work closely with the designer/art director to come up with a conceptually strong and well designed illustration." Jim has worked for a wide range of clients needs including logos, icons, package design, editorial, corporate, portraits, event posters, and web graphics. Jim works in many different styles including graphic, scratch board, airbrush, woodcut, pastel, paintings, watercolor, pencil, and pen and ink. His work has been accepted into Print magazine, the Society of Illustrators Annual, and the Washington DC. Illustrators Club Annual Exhibit. Fresh,conceptually strong, well designed digital illustration, specializing in archictectural, comic, comic conceptual, comic humorous, conceptual, digital, multiple styles, pen and ink, realism, science, wacky, whimsical, logos , graphic , scratchboard, pastels, paintings, airbrush, speckled, textured, posters, icons, web, art, editorial, corporate, travel, books, children, education, entertainment, games, gaming, gameboards, comic, humorous, design, industrial, industry, manufacturing, labor, infographics, maps, lifestyle, architectural, impressionistic, line with color, line and color, montage, nature, animals, stipple, silhouette, sports, technology, computers, transportation, vacation, wildlife, historical, retro, traditional, wacky, whimsical, scratch board, digital, llustrator, photoshop, painter, collage, black and white, black & white, watercolor, vector, pencil, oil, acrylic, realistic, realism, photo realism, painterly, packaging, package, financial, money, investments, investing, characters, identity, government, political, cartoon, charts, diagrams, business, food, dining, landscapes, medical, magazine, arts, music, childrens books, display, point of purchase, pop, holidays, partys, identity

Artist, author and illustrator, Miles Hyman's creates images for advertising, packaging, books, magazines, galleries and museums throughout Europe and the United States. A native Vermonter, he studied literature and fine art at the Buxton School, then at Wesleyan University. He moved to Paris in 1985 and studied drawing at the Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His first illustrated books and graphic novels began appearing in 1987 with French publisher Futuropolis. His work has since been appeared, on both sides of the Atlantic with Libération, Le Monde, Télérama, XXI, Muze, Marianne, Gallimard, Baleine, Actes Sud, Denoël, Casterman, FSG, Knopf, Viking, Chronicle Books, the New York Times, The Boston Globe and The New Yorker Magazine to name a few. His work is exhibited regularly in European and North American galleries, including solo and group shows in Paris, Geneva, Brussels, Barcelona, Beverly Hills and New York City. Most recent exhibits include major shows in Paris at the Galerie Barbier & Mathon, in Brussels at the Galerie Champaka.

Jim combines traditional skills, textures, ephemera, objects and digital media in his conceptual collage illustrations. The results are unique and often surreal images.

Intelligent illustration and flash animation for editorial, corporate, advertising and design firms. Keyword search over 1000 stock illustrations available online, direct from artist. Recent clients include: Computer Associates, eQuest, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Ingram Micro, Ladies' Home Journal, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Scholastic, SHRM, Sprint, U.S. News and World Report and many more...

Conceptual illustration combining photos, photo textures and graphic forms. Online portfolio and stock search with over 1800 stock images. Digital. Contemporary. Fresh and fun.

Peter Strain is an AOI (Association of Illustrators) Critics' Choice Award-winning illustrator based in Belfast.
He specializes in creating carefully composed, hand-rendered illustration and typography and always tries to experiment with texture and mark-making techniques to keep his work evolving.
His work is hugely influenced by film and music and aims to tackle social, political and cultural issues with a highly distinctive hand lettering style, bold imagery and humour.
Clients & Projects include: Land of Giants, Empire, Esquire, Queens Film Theatre, The Ulster Hall, Unilever, Work Style Magazine, Jameson and The University of Ulster.

Conceptual, editorial, graphic illustration. This is one of many styles that Larry works in. Please check out his personal website for much more.

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Originally a student of political science, French-Canadian artist Rémy Simard began his career as an illustrator in 1980. Working from Montreal, he creates computer-generated illustration for a large variety of clients including Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Federal Express, General Motors, Citibank, Fidelity Communications, Better Homes & Gardens, Book-of-the-Month Club, McGraw-Hill and Scott Foresman, in the U.S.; and Chrysler, Nissan, Banque Nationale de Paris, Cantel, Ville de Montreal and YTV in Canada. He has also written and illustrated several children's' books, including Monsieur Noir et Blanc, a finalist for Canada's Governor's Prize. To relax after all this work, he likes to race around on his motocyclette!

Mark McGinnis is an illustrator and designer based in Brooklyn, NY. Partial client list: The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Poetry Foundation, Harvard Business Review, The American Lawyer, Miller McCune, Hanley Wood, SF Weekly, San Diego Union Tribune, Hollywood Reporter, Variety Magazine, Mt. Sinai, Emory University, Southern Poverty Law Center, Northeastern Law magazine, Stanford Social Review, University of California Berkeley, Pacific Standard, Johns Hopkins and Mas Context. Recognition: Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2011, Communication Arts Design Annual 2011, Society of Illustrators Annual 2011, 3x3 Annual 8, 3x3 Annual 7, Creative Quarterly 21

Valentina was born in Cuneo, a small town near Turin, Italy. As a young child, she was always drawing and painting. She spent most of her time creating that she often missed her school bus because she did not want to leave her poor crayons and pencils at home. Growing up, she wanted to be a veterinarian, an archeologist or even an astronaut. However, she spent most of her free time drawing and taking painting classes. As a result, she finally decided to make her great passion into a career. Valentina attended 3 years at IED ( European Institute of Design) in Turin and studied juvenile illustration. Nowadays, she spends her days with her IMAC (a constant love and hate relationship) and her cute but fat cats.

Tracy attended San Jose State University and graduated with a degree in graphic design with a concentration in illustration/animation. For the next decade Tracy focused on building a career in graphic and web design, but Tracy's passion for telling stories through pictures persisted. In 2010, she left her design job at a children's museum to focus on being a full-time illustrator. Tracy can now be found working from home in San Jose, CA. Her daily inspirations are her son, husband, and a hairy dog appropriately named Harry. When she's not working, you'll find Tracy reading, collecting picture books, knitting, or tinkering on her computer.

Creating medical and scientific imagery for the advertising, publishing, and educational markets

Raised on a wheat farm in Montana. Traveled to Portland Oregon. Schooled at Pacific Northwest College of Art. 8 year stint at W+K. Freelancing and living large in the Northwest. Good with photoshop, illustrator and a no.2 pencil.

Peter is an award winning illustrator working in advertising and picture books. In the past he has art directed pre-school television series and ads as well as designing for award winning animated films both in Europe and the US. His work has a mid-century appeal with an emphasis on stylised design resulting in a funky and humorous style that makes people smile ... and of course buy things. Peter's work has been featured on Drawn, IllustrationAge and The Little Chimp Society as well as being awarded by American Illustration, The Creative Quarterly Journal and 3X3 Pro-Illustration and Childrens Books showcase.

Conceptual/whimsical line drawings, sometimes with collage elements. For editorial, book publishing, corporate, and advertising. Also icons, wearables (Swatch) and animation for web and TV

Conceptual solutions to editorial and corporate assignments. Now offering animation.

The collection of animals were done for Penguin Books Astrology series "Sydney Omarr" The ship drawings were created for the maritime industry. They were drawn on-location during Fleet Week in New york Harbor.

Alex Williamson was born in England in 1973 and now lives and works as an illustrator and Graphic Artist in London. Alex Williamson has a BA Graphic Design (printmaking) from Leeds Metropolitan University and an MA in Communication Design from the RCA. Alex creates original artwork using cut-out, collage and print techniques, combining found ephemera, drawing and photography. His work is concerned with experimental graphic process, fiction and narrative. Alex works on a wide range of commercial commissions and projects in the publishing, corporate, editorial and advertising sectors as well as producing and exhibiting personal experimental work. He also lectures in Design for Interaction and Moving Image on the Graphic Design BA at the London College of Communication. Previous clients include: Vodafone, Science Museum, Lastminute.com, Penguin, MTV, Washington Post, Levis, Havana Club Rum, Tiger Beer, The Guardian, Time Out, Orion, GQ, Macmillan, NatWest, Sony, BBC Radio One, Random House, The Economist, ICM Models, Gartner, McKinsey, Fortune Magazine, The Independent, The Face, Sunday Times, Getty Images, Financial Times, Portobello Books, The New Yorker, Department For Transport and Citigroup. Alex Williamson also works in Moving Image - previous clients have included: MTV, BBC, Channel 4, E4, Chrysalis, October Films, Big Life, Parlophone, Polydor, Rough Trade, Nickelodeon.

Jackdaw is a graphic artist and commercial illustrator who originally trained at the Maidstone College of Art in the UK, graduating with a First Class Honours Degree in Graphic Communication. Originally working from a studio in the East end of London and then Oxford, he has created a body of work for a diverse range of clients globally, in both the advertising and editorial worlds. Creating vibrant images that interweave expressionistic painting and mixed media techniques with hand-drawn elements and photography, the energetic and captivating results are often complex, beautiful and edgy reflections of contemporary culture. Previous clients include: Vodafone, Asahi Beer, Saatchi Advertising USA, Philip Morris Inc, Pfizer Pharmaceutical Inc. USA, The Irish Times, The Guardian, Scholastic Publishing USA, Penguin Books, Carphone Warehouse, Cream, and the Welsh Assembly.

Gayle's work is used in marketing collateral, advertising, editorial, animation, web design and logo and brand development. She welcomes challenges, and she really loves to work with her clients to help them achieve exactly what the need. women

Tom's work is both classical and contemporary and juxtaposes symbolism, concepts and realistic form to tell a story. His work is a hybrid of illustration, design and photography. The distinctiveness of each is combined to create a contemporary visual solution. Clients range from major international corporations, agencies, design firms and publishers to smaller new businesses, boutique agencies and firms. Specialty areas include business, healthcare, technology, concepts, finance, editorial, etc.

With over 20 years of experience, Marc Tobin produces a wide variety of Creative Imagery ranging from Magazine, Children's Book and Poster Illustrations to Logo Design and Web Graphics.

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Philadelphia, Jannie moved to New York to study illustration at Parsons School of Design. After working as a graphic designer and an art director at many fun places such as Nickelodeon, Scholastic, and TIME Magazine for Kids, she decided that illustration was her true calling. Jannie (also known as Chicken Girl) now specializes in illustrating for the children’s market, with her work appearing in both trade and educational books, magazines, toys, crafts and digital media. She currently works and plays in Boston, MA with her husband and daughter.

Ian grew up in Bogotá, Colombia and studied graphic design at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He still lives there with his wife Ana and 2 children, Avril and Ian. He is fortunate enough to work in his home studio, where he is able to share his passion of drawing and painting with his children while working on projects. He started drawing at an early age and when he was six year old, his parents enrolled him in his first painting, sculpture, and character design class. He remembers his first attempt at illustration drawing Transformers and "Condorito" (a comic character based on anthropomorphic condor from a Chilean cartoonist). He was hooked. Ian continued to study art with plastic artists. When not illustrating, he enjoys spending quality time with his children, playing soccer with his friends, watching movies and traveling. He has recently visited Argentina, Cuba, and Peru.

Curtis Sayers is a technical illustrator who communicates information through the use of cutaway drawings, exploded views, product renderings, infographics, and 3D animation. He specializes in creating technical illustrations that explain complex processes and products with creative precision.

Classic vintage poster style digital art Influenced by everything from travel posters to matchbooks and inspired by some of the great commercial artists of the first half of the last century. Specializing in posters, covers, logos, and lettering for advertising, sales promotion and licensing. Clients include: The NFL, Disney, PGA, Pepsi, Apple computer, Target, Hasbro, The USGA Yum Brands, Ghirardelli, ESPN, Parker Bros., Major League Baseball, Wall St. Journal, Wall Mart, TravelSmith, Bacardi, Wizards of the Coast, Starbucks. . Classic poster style illustration and typography

Fun, fresh illustrations of loopy kids, cuddly animals and wondrous places... created in acrylic paint and digital collage, with a retro twist and often featuring custom vintage hand lettering. Specialties are children's books and food illustration.

a blending of traditional and digital media with a conceptual focus.

In 1964 Kathryn (Kathy) Hughes sat next to me (Joe Heiner) in our sixth grade classroom at Ensign Elementary school in Salt Lake City, Utah. While quietly sitting at her desk, Kathy was struck by a ruler hurled at me (I ducked) by our teacher, Mr. Anderson. We became close friends. After the eighth grade, my family moved to Montreal, P.Q. Canada. It was a long time till I saw Kathy again. Kathy's family stayed in Salt Lake City where Kathy later attended East High School. Kathy married, moved to San Francisco and had one son, Michael. After returning to Salt Lake City, Kathy graduated Cum Laude from University of Utah with a BS degree in Social Sciences. She taught nursery school for two years, became a single parent and a secretary for Architects and Planners in Salt Lake City. I attended Beaconsfield High School near Montreal, studied art and photography at Brigham Young University, and Art Center College of Design, married and had two children. I assisted commercial photographers Ed Goldstien and Carl Furuta. I also assisted David Willardson, illustrator, shooting detailed 4X5 photo reference for his airbrush illustrations. Willardson taught me airbrush techniques and helped develop an airbrush / photographic illustration style. My first portfolio of ten photo / illustrations quickly generated assignments from movie studios, advertising agencies, magazines and recording companies. With the help of the same great reps who represented Willardson, assignments came from across the country. This afforded a move back to Utah. Work went well from Utah and I became a single parent. Fifteen years after sitting by Kathy in sixth grade, she married me. We now have five children (combined) and work together in our studio in Alpine, Utah. Our studio continues to create realistic photo / illustration for clients across the country. Kathy is studio manager and stylist. I am photographer / computer illustrator. Early works were a combination of airbrush and silk screen on photographic prints. Current work is digital, a merging of digital photography and computer illustration. We have received numerous awards including The One Show Gold Award and our work is represented in the permanent collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art. Clients include: Lucasfilm, Salisbury Communications, ABC records, Y&R, Foote Cone & Belding, Satchi & Satchi, Merck, McDonalds and Coca Cola. I hope you enjoy our work. Joe Heiner Joe and Kathy Heiner Studio

Minick uses bold pen-like lines, thoughtful composition and a saturated palette. Sam has sixteen years of experience as a freelance illustrator and eight years as a graphic journalist. He has created work for Volkswagen, Kelloggs, Field & Stream, Smithsonian Magazine, Ringling Museum and Adobe. His tenure in the newsroom makes him a reliable resource for dynamic, accurate and integral visuals on tight deadlines.

Symbols, icons for design and marketing Mike Quon, prolific and eclectic illustrator who first popularized the brushstroke style, works in pen and ink and digitally to create vibrant and evocative images for print, editorial, advertising, brand identity, packaging and promotion. Appreciates the power of art, communication through art, art directors, art buyers and anyone else who loves art.

Images that inform...explaining the concept visually...transforming complexity into clarity. Illustrations used in how-to and home improvement books, for product advertising and packaging, in textbooks and training materials, in owners and users manuals, for litigation and trial support, and in assembly instructions.

Working in oils, Jim Salvati's paintings are textural and layered. He has created paintings for various industries including feature film, the surf industry, advertising and publishing. With a strong interest in portraiture, Jim particularly enjoys painting for the theater. Jim lives, paints and surfs in California and is an instructor at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

Marty Baumann has worked as an artist at Pixar Animation Studios as an illustrator, graphic artist and production designer on such films as "Toy Story 3," "Cars 2," "Mater's Tall Tales," and many others. He also helped develop theme park installations, toy packaging and Pixar corporate branding. Beyond Pixar, Marty has rendered illustrations and developed characters for toy manufacturers, magazines and newspapers, illustrated children's books, created logos, info-graphics, Web sites, broadcast promotions and presentation art for Hasbro, McDonald's, HarperCollins, Chronicle Books, National Geographic, Scholastic Books, Universal Studios, Weekly Reader, Johnson & Johnson, Nickelodeon and many others. Recent projects include a redesign of the classic game Monopoly, a redesign of the Cheetos mascot, Chester the Cheetah, and llustrations for Hasbro and Listerine. Marty has been a rhythm and blues singer/guitarist for nearly 30 years. He’s shared the stage with Jr. Walker and the All Stars, Fenton Robinson, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Hound Dog Taylor's Houserockers, Danny Gatton, John Hammond, Johnny Winter and others. Marty’s CD "Let’s Buzz Awhile" features 13 original blues tunes.