by SCBWI Western Washington
SCBWI Western Washington will take part in a winter exhibit at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma this year, and you're invited to submit art for consideration. The show will be held November 2014 through January 2015, and the exhibit space is adjacent to the museum store and open to the public free of... Continue Reading →
Member and illustrator Craig Orback will teach beginning and intermediate classes on illustrating children's books again this summer. Introductory classes will be held at Bellevue College starting June 28 and at North Seattle Community College starting June 30. The introductory course includes in-class assignments, basic techniques, and the business side of children’s book illustration, with... Continue Reading →
Illustrator Suzanne Kaufman suggests this great post, with insight about how the lovely and talented Debbie Ohi illustrated her new picture book, Naked!, written by Michael Ian Black and edited by Simon & Schuster vice president and publisher Justin Chanda, who was just in Seattle for our conference last month. (Poke around Debbie's site for... Continue Reading →
Illustration student Kimberly Peterson, who is finishing up a Visual Communications degree at Highline Community College, needs an informational interview with an illustrator to complete her degree requirements and is hoping one of you arty types might be willing. She can meet you anywhere in the Seattle or Tacoma area and will just need a... Continue Reading →
This workshop by the Graphic Artists Guild might actually be helpful for writers, too. Creating Sites in WordPress: What Designers Should Know Presented by Bob DunnWed. May 28, 2014, noon-1:30 p.m. (social time at 11:15 a.m.) Seattle Design Center-EAFA Gallery Get more information or tickets.
Want to help a young boy fund a library for Gondar, Ethiopia? Got a little art lying around or begging you to commit it to paper (or bytes) for posterity? Check out this appeal associated with Ethiopia Reads and consider donating an illustration for an online auction; the art will be displayed in San Jose... Continue Reading →
See the complete portfolios that won our 2014 Juried Portfolio Art Show! Portfolio creation and the selection of images and ordering is an art of its own, as these winners demonstrate. What can you learn from their presentations? Second runner-up: Corrina Luyken First runner-up: Jessixa Bagley Grand Prize Winner: Julie Bayless Each winner received one... Continue Reading →
As usual, conference faculty nearly came to blows over the judging of our annual portfolio show, as the quality of the entered portfolios was terrific and the selection of standouts was difficult. Nonetheless, they came to agreement, and conference attendees cheered at this year's winners: Second runner-up: Corrina Luyken First runner-up: Jessixa Bagley Grand Prize... Continue Reading →
David Mackintosh, the author/illustrator of The Frank Show, Marshall Armstrong Is New to Our School, and the new Standing in for Lincoln Green, has some great tips on picture book design here. — Contributed by Suzanne Kaufman
Our own Kevan Atteberry will present a Graphic Artists Guild Workshop on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 from noon to 1:30 p.m. The topic is "Just Make It Work," and he says, "This is a crazy industry with wild fluctuations in what works and what doesn't, mostly at the whim of people you'll never meet. Pursue... Continue Reading →
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