Friday, October 28, 2011

Manifest Studio Wall



It's been awhile since I last gave a plug to Manifest.
One of the things I like about the drawing studio is the way artists are encouraged to pin up their art. While I'm drawing, there are always numerous examples of great work looming over me that inspire and otherwise bolster my efforts by setting the bar very very high.

These photos were taken at the old studio in the Essex building. The artwork on the walls was accessible to the public whenever the Essex hosted one of their Friday night Artwalks.



About nine months ago, Manifest moved the drawing studio to its current location in Madisonville. The art is still pinned up and frankly, it just gets better and better. The only problem is, without a regular open house event, there is no way to view the pieces unless you sign up for drawing sessions or take a workshop. To remedy this, Manifest has created a virtual studio wall on its website. You can view samples of the artwork done in the studio over the years.

This feature is in the early stages and hasn't been getting a whole lot of action. I thought I'd help by spreading the word. I have a couple of watercolors there, and plan to post more as time allows.

In the meantime, I'm still posting recent work (like the one at the top) on my blog.

update: 1/27/12
I've found a photo of Manifest's current studio in Madisonville. I think it's a beautiful environment to work in.



Thursday, October 27, 2011

Books By the Banks 2011

Jared Lee, Jerry Dowling, Christina Wald, Jeffery Ebbeler at the Reception Friday Night




John Maggard and C.F. Payne signing books and posters

Me and The author, Carole Gerber, of Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomer
Judy Collins Signing

Jerry's way cool, caricature of Judy She even signed it!










Jerry has more pictures and commentary here: http://web.me.com/kenstewartphoto/DOWLING_2/Dowling_Blog/Entries/2011/10/23_BANKING_ON_THE_BOOKS.html









Here are some images Jerry and my friend Scotti took. There was a really good crowd this year. I bought a fair amount of books myself.  I regret I did not get pictures of all the illustrators though...

Monday, October 24, 2011

CityBeat cover


Once upon a time, I worked for CityBeat. I drew a weekly editorial cartoon, several covers, and then a weekly sports cartoon. After a two year hiatus, I finally was asked to do this week's cover (with a little reminder from me). Here it is. Sans Dirty Rat!


Hey Everyone,

Christina said I could post about our appearance on Fox 19 Tomorrow. Not really Illustration....but kinda, sorta in the family...lol
We will be doing our annual appearance on Cincinnati's Fox 19 morning show around 8:45am showing our Halloween makeup. Our guest artist Jodi Byrne http://www.jodibyrne.com will be showing some cool Kids makeup. We will post some stuff later in the day about our appearance on our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/anythingairbrushedplus.

Hope you will tune in....Hopefully I'll make lunch Wednesday also.

Illustrator News: Jeffrey Ebbeler at Blue Manatee October 29th

Saturday, October 29 · 10:30am - 11:30am
 
Illustrator Jeffrey Ebbeler will do a story time and signing for his newest book, Haunted House, Haunted Mouse. A Halloween-themed craft project will follow.
Free event, ages 2 and up

Jerry Dowling: Visit to COVINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL-Photos!

As promised, some pictures of Jerry at his visit to COVINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL during his talk to Craig Cleveland's class.

More images on his blog here:http://web.me.com/kenstewartphoto/DOWLING_2/Dowling_Blog/Entries/2011/10/22_GIGS.html


Sunday, October 23, 2011

Portfolio Sites Revisited

I did a talk at Books by the Banks today about illustration. I mentioned portfolio sites and thought I would post some resources:

Guide to some free portfolio websites:


http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/2009/11/19/9-free-online-portfolio-sites/

Carbonmade
Coroflot
deviantART
Flickr

Good pay portfolio sites:

ChildrensIllustrators.org
Directory of Illustration
Hire an Illustrator!
The iSpot
Workbook

Good Illustration Resources:
Escape From Illustration Island: http://escapefromillustrationisland.com/

SCBWI (Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators): http://www.scbwi.org/

Imagine FX

Concept Art: http://www.conceptart.org/

Feel free to add any links you guys like. What are your favorite portfolio sites?

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Halloween Holiday

Great seeing everyone today at Habit's. I hope to make the weekly lunch meetings well, a habit.

Yeah, yeah, I hear your groans.

I created this for a newsletter for the company I work for. I was able to add a little homage to Maurice Sendak in there.

Just a friendly reminder that there's only 66 days, five hours, and thirty-four minutes left to shop!

Books by the Banks: A Working Pop Up!

My dream of having a working pop-up has come to fruition thanks to excellent illustrator and paper engineer Jeff Ebbeler.


I made several mock-ups that will be at the Books by the Banks show Saturday based on the dies he created. Bellow is a video of his initial working mock up.









By the way, I will be doing a panel with Andrea Cheng at 11:00am on Saturday. The full schedule of panels is here.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Carson Palmer



With the news that a deal is in the works for Carson Palmer to be traded to the Oakland Raiders, I figured I'd post a few of the illustrations I did of him during my years at The Post. Personally, I'm glad Mike Brown finally relented on this one.

Mr. Cincinnati - Carl Lindner



Mr. Lindner was one of the first individuals I was asked to draw when I began working at the Cincinnati Post more than ten years ago. This is the illustration I completed for the Reds 2001 special section cover.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Books by the Banks 2011


Books By The Banks:

Saturday October 22nd, 10am-4pm At the convention center...

A ton of illustrators there this year:

   Dowling, Jerry:   Drawing the Big Red Machine
    Bowers, Tim:   Dream Big, Little Pig! (written by Kristi Yamaguchi)
    Ebbeler, Jeffrey :   Haunted House, Haunted Mouse
    Hillenbrand, Will:   Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze!
    Lee, Jared:   Black Lagoon Series
    Lyon, Tammie:   Olive and Snowflake
    Payne, C.F. :   Lineup for Yesterday
    Reinhart, Matthew :   DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book
    Wald, Christina:   Habitat Spy; Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomer; The Wild Life of Elk
If I missed anyone, please let me know...

There are also some panels. I will see what is up and post here soon.

Jerry Dowling: Visit to COVINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL


Craig Cleveland Says: Fellow CINCINNATI ILLUSTRATOR JERRY DOWLING will be lecturing to my Graphic Design classes at COVINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL this coming Friday, October 21st (8am-9:30am). We'll be discussing his work, his illustration style, taking questions from the students, and Jerry said he might be able to whip up a couple of caricatures of a few students! 

Hopefully pictures to follow!

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Liquid Television is Back!

Since there are a lot of animation fans in this group, I thought I would post this.

MTV has just put a bunch of their old animation on their site from Liquid Television. This show was on in the early 90s before the hideous barrage of reality TV times...

Here is on funny one:



Get More: MTV Shows

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Back in Town and New Book Cover!

Here is a little post on the final cover design for my book coming out in Fall 2012...
It is a wrap around cover and below is the full composition. This one has a really cool concept. For those interested, here is the sketch














I just got back from a vacation in Greece. I did some urban sketching while there I need to scan. In the meantime, a view of Santorini from a bar where mom and I sampled some local vintages.