2010 Eustace Tilley Contest

The New Yorker’ dapper gent, Eustace Tilley is offering himself up for another make-over. Deadline is January 18, 2010. Learn more about the contest.

Found via The New Yorker

Charity Feat: Put Yourself In Christoph Niemann's Shoes

Charity Feat: Put Yourself In Christoph Niemann's Shoes

Found via Unbeige

On Tour

Whew! We’ve been quite busy the last week or so and need to catch our breaths. Charles and I have been traveling through Paris and London, visiting illustrators and universities. So far Charles has given lectures at University of Hertfordshire, Central St Martin's College of Art & Design and Sheffield University. Today we're visiting Loughborough University and tonight Charles is speaking again.

Charles has written about this trip on the 3x3 Blog, where he describes in-depth our experiences in school and in Paris where we met illustrators Eric Giriat and Rick Tulka.

Hello Stranger

With a bitter wind, whipping through the crimson-tinged trees, it dawned on me that it is truly autumn. Time flies. And it especially flies when you're totally engulfed in a project. For the past 6 weeks I've been concentrating on our sister publication 3x3's Illustration Annual No. 6. The result? A beautiful 264-page compendium of today's top illustrators and the fact that this blog has been sadly neglected.

Have no fear though, in the next few days I will be more diligent in my posts. And in the coming couple of weeks, I will hopefully have no shortage of inspiration to share as we will be taking a journey across the pond. There, we will meet students and educators of design and illustration.

Aliens Love SpongeBob

This image illustrates how long it takes for our television signals to reach the rest of the galaxy. On a side note, now that we’ve changed to digital TV those signals are no longer projected and the galaxy will become a slightly quieter place.
Found via Quipsologies

Google, Illustrators and “Exposure”

A NY Times article picks up a controversy that first hit the illustration community a few months ago. Apparently Google contacted numerous, well-respected illustrators and offered them to design "skins" for the new Google Chrome. Great job, right? Except that Google doesn't want to pay for the work.
Apparently offering a job to already established illustrators and saying their only compensation is "exposure" makes perfect sense to Google.
I am terribly disappointed that a hugely profitable company has so little respect for artists that they don't feel the need to pay them. Artists & illustrators are professionals; no different than any Google employee. Too bad Google doesn't see that.

Seeing Mario Hugo

Last night AIGA presented a lecture by Mario Hugo. He's a talented artist/typographer whose career has gotten off to a big start.

Lunch with Steven Tabbutt

Yesterday we took a break from our busy day to have lunch with illustrator Steven Tabbutt. I am a huge fan of his work and was glad that he trekked all the way out here to meet us. Charles has written more about Steven and his work.

Via 3x3

Sketchbook: Craig Frazier

A wondreful look at Craig Frazier's sketchbook.

Found at Quipsologies

Drawing Obama

Political caricaturist Taylor Jones breaks down Obama for you.
Found at Design Observer.