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Hom, John

Children and kids marketing and design with emphasis on children's Illustrations for magazines, annual reports, children books, collateral, advertising and publishing, digital, various 3d, conceptual, dvd and game covers and packaging and character development. Give me a call or send me an email if you like what you see. Thanks for looking!

Baumann, Marty

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.

Calvert, Steph

Steph Calvert is an award-winning illustrator.

Specialties include:

• Hand drawn / Hand painted / Vector artwork
• Hand Lettering / typography
• Super cute characters with lots of expression
• Humor. Lots and lots of humor.
• Digital painting with hits of real world painting for texture
• Clean line work for coloring books
• Editorial and children's book work
• Illustrations for event flyers and poster design
• Product development for home decor / baby
• Surface pattern design / textile design / repeat patterns for fabric
• Apparel illustration for girls: baby / kids / tweens / juniors
• Sketching and concept art
• Color
• Trend research

A BFA in Computer Art with a focus on traditional hand drawn animation from Savannah College of Art and Design gave Steph superpowers in expressive poses as well creating illustration work with a sense of emotion and movement, and a knack for injecting little bits of family friendly hilariousness into her work.

Steph has 15+ years of professional experience, including 10 years working as an in house artist for companies like OshKosh B'Gosh and Mighty Fine.

She is a professional and doesn't cringe at revisions. She is one of the hardest workers you'll ever meet.

Her clients are located all over the United States, and have included indie brands like coloring book publisher Colorful Cities and household names like Kohl’s department stores.

Coyle, Laura

Laura Coyle creates distinctive art with wide appeal. Her clients include major brands like Target, Amazon.com, Disney and publications including Better Homes and Gardens and The Wall Street Journal.

Laura made her first foray into product design with Hasbro. She was called upon to refresh the classic Parcheesi board game, a design that had remained unchanged since the early 1900's. The challenge was to create illustrations that would highlight the game's origins in India and enhance its appeal to kids today. In working on Parcheesi, she discovered a love for designing products that can connect with people every day.

Since then, Laura's gift bag, wrap and paper ware designs have appeared on the shelves at Target, Papyrus and Hallmark.

Laura grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and earned her BFA from Auburn University. She started her freelance career living in the East Village in New York City, dropping her portfolios off with art directors while working part time as an assistant to renowned jazz photographer Jimmy Katz. Laura now lives back in her hometown with her husband Clayton, an architect, in their 1950's ranch house which they renovated together.

Ho, Jannie

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.

Favreau Studio

Best-selling author, award-winning illustrator, and creative entrepreneur! My studio is located in Alaska, where I live with my Scotsmen, daughters, and Giant Malamute.

Lunden, Einar

Einar Lunden is an experienced illustrator and cartoonist who works both for children and the general market. He does all types of illustrations, cartoons, comics, character designs, concepts, logo designs for books, magazines, online, and more. He has been extensively published in books, magazines, newspapers, online, corporate, etc. Works well on deadline. Please visit his website for sample work.

Newman, Malane

As a life-long illustrator and cartoonist, Malane Newman now mainly focuses on cartoon illustration, freelance cartooning, character design, and licensed character artwork. Contracted licensed character work includes Mattel’s Barbie – A Fashion Fairy Tale and The Toon Studio of Beverly Hills - Fairy Tale High. Her portfolio includes digital illustrations for packaging, advertising, new character development, board games and toys, and children’s books. Malane Newman has worked quite extensively with clients designing original cartoon characters and illustrating their new products. Malane Newman’s work also appears in a number of periodicals that include greeting cards, children’s books, magazines, newspapers and many others. She has also designed and developed an animated cartooned website for a line of children’s clothing and animated children’s story for use on an educational website. A real professional joy to work with! More of Malane’s illustrations can be found at http://www.malanenewman.com. Thanks for looking!

Chris Peterson Illustration

Christopher Peterson's work is marked by great attention to detail, while maintaining an informal colorful and painterly feel. His creative approach is thorough and focused, sometimes reading an entire biography when starting a rock poster. Whenever possible, photographic reference must be his own. Drawing is always central to the work. Good figures and correct perspective are important while maintaining a spontaneous flair. These are the strengths that make Christopher one of the best freelance illustrators on the west coast.

Having been the president of the San Francisco Society of illustrators, he knows this business of illustration inside and out. He is a member of the Society of Illustrators, the US Air Force Art Program, ASIP, a leading organization in the fight for copyright protection and a royalties collection society for artists. He has taught illustration at both California College of Art and the Academy of Art College.

His rock posters have won major national recognition. He has created posters for Paul McCartney, Phish, The String Cheese Incident, Sting, Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, John Hiatt, Taj Mahal and Gloria Estefan. There is a section on his work in the Art of Modern Rock (Chronicle books, 2004). His poster for John Lee Hooker won a Gold Medal in the San Fancisco Society of Illustrators, and won a place in the New York Society of Illustrators annual show and book- Illustrators 42 (Watson-Guptil, 1998). He has in fact created more than 80 posters for a variety of venues and bands. His original paintings hang in the halls of the Pentagon, as a part of the US Air Force Art program. His work has been published in the Los Angeles Society of illustrators annual book, and in Print magazine's regional design annual. In 1995, he won the bronze medal for advertising in the San Francisco society of illustrators show, in1996 he won gold, silver, and bronze medals in the San Francisco society of illustrators show.

In addition to Rock posters, Mr. Peterson does a wide variety of illustration, including storyboards, renderings, set design, murals and print.

Christopher Peterson was born in New York in 1957, and grew up in Westport, Connecticut. He received his education at the Art Institute of Boston, and then at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and began his career as an Illustrator in New York City in 1980. His current work may be seen at www.petersonland.com.

Reis, Thomas

Tom began work as senior art director for JP Morgan Chase in New York City, shortly after receiving his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1993. Two years later, he was illustrating for nationally-known publications, including Time magazine, Rolling Stone, the Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated, Business Week, TV Guide, Barron's, Forbes and Smart Money. Corporate clients have included MGM, Dupont and Colgate. Throughout his career, Reis has also worked as a fine artist, producing work with all the refinement that one would expect from a classically trained painter. His paintings are represented in numerous permanent and private collections throughout the United States. Tom currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. (Text provided courtesy the Museum of Arts and Sciences.)

Laura Ralli

Laura Ralli is an italian artist, a sculptor, a storyboard artist, a character designer, an illustrator of books for children and young. She combines traditional and digital techniques.

Seidlitz, Serge

Serge Seidlitz, an English/German hybrid born in Kenya, grew up traveling between the U.K. and Asia, and a steady diet of MTV and Mad Magazine fueled his desire to become an illustrator. He combines elements from popular culture with diverse influences to create work that forms an iconic and graphic language, and explores original ideas through maps, infographics, character design, and other media. Following his studies in graphic design at Camberwell College of Arts, he worked as an in-house designer at Cartoon Network before leaving to focus on illustration. Seidlitz has an ever-evolving list of clients, including The New York Times, The Guardian, NME Magazine, MTV, VH1, Lush Cosmetics, British Airways, Sony Playstation, Vodafone, Orange, Coca-Cola, and Honda. He won an AOI Gold Award in 2006 and his first solo show was mounted in London in 2011.

Watson, Laura

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.

Lacey, Joe

Colorful robots, kids, logo art and fun stuff for toys, video games, packaging & advertising. Joe produces animated pixel art and assets for home video games and hand held devises. Joe also writes and illustrates kids menus/activity books for restaurants. Artwork is produced digitally.

MacPherson, Bruce

Bruce MacPherson can capture humor in any situation. His expressive and stylized characters are his trademark. His anthropomorphic animals show a range of expressions most humans don't exhibit. Bruce's work lends itself well to editorial, advertising and publishing. Working with him will make you laugh.

Robertson, Michael

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.

Stanley, Anne

Vibrant, friendly and fun, line and dye illustrations, maps, food, animals, characters, nature, icons, interior overviews for advertising, packaging, corporate, children's book publishing, esl, editoral, games, infographics and more....

Tobin, Marc

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.