Cathie Bleck featured in Taschen's Illustration Now! 3 book

Cathie Bleck is included in the just-published Taschen's Illustration Now! 3.
The book features a great mix of work by 150 illustrators from 30 countries. Cathie's work appears as the opening  spread of the book, a piece called Mother Nature's Son. Further along in the book, over 4 more pages, you can see more of her art and biography.

You can leaf through some of the 448-page book here.

see more of Cathie's work

Field trip to The North Face!

On Monday, Hannah Stouffer and I went to say hello to the good folks over at The North Face.  Earlier this year, Hannah created a design for use on a line of women's Gore-Tex jackets, and we went over to see samples of them.  It was great to meet with John & Julia, with whom we worked with on the project, and to see where all The North Face magic happens!  We'll post pics of the jackets once they hit stores in January....until then, here's a pic of John, Hannah & Julia:

Chris Buzelli in Communication Arts

Check out this interesting article profiling Chris Buzelli in this week's Communication Arts' Insight section.

{ new website } for Jen Lobo

I have a new website at { jenlobo.com } & I would love for you to stop by & take look. Kind thanks!

Dave illustrates the Disney Family's migration path to the U.S.

Here is the map illustration that Dave Stevenson was commissioned to create as a part of the permanent exhibit in the newly opened Walt Disney Family Museum.  The map shows the migration of the Disney family from Europe to the US.  There is a large reproduction of the map on display right at the entrance to the museum, and Walt Disney's daughter now owns the original art as part of her private collection.

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Funs Want

Hello, internets! This here is my debut post on the Jen Vaughn Blog & I'm going to talk about myself. How self-centered of me!

Well, the lovely folks over at Funs Want magazine were kind enough to do a little feature with me & I wanted to share it with you.





Funs Want is a bright & colorful, feast for the eyes based out of Taipei, Taiwan. They have a fun little website .: here :.
Kind thanks to them for the support!

2009 Harvest Festival Poster by Calef Brown

Calef just finished the artwork for the annual Harvest Festival held here in San Francisco at the Ferry Building Marketplace. The art will be used on posters and banners throughout the city - we're looking forward to seeing Calef's art around town!

Spirit Animals

Rachel and Hannah were two of nine artists who illustrated Spirit Animals: Unlocking the Secrets of Our Animal Companions (Chronicle Books). Learn more about the book or even pre-order your copy at Chronicle Books.

Dave Stevenson's New Website

Dave Stevenson finally has a website! Now there's another place where you can go to see some of Dave's extensive collection of maps, wildlife and other illustrations. We hope you'll check it out: www.dastevenson.com

Jen Vaughn on Facebook!

It's true!! We've finally made it onto Facebook. Please join us and be part of our ever growing online network!

Calef Brown in the BLAB! Show

Calef Brown is taking part in the BLAB! show at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica, which opens this Saturday, August 8, 2009.
Here's a glimpse of Calef's new piece that will be appearing in the show:

Pretty is as Pretty Dies

Robin Moline illustrates the cover of Pretty is as Pretty Dies: A Myrtle Clover Mystery.
You can see more of Robin's art here
... or get your copy of the book on Amazon.

Bitten

We just received samples of the book, "Bitten", which features an image of serpents by Hannah Stouffer on the cover. We worked with Chronicle Books, and they went all out with the printing - you really need to see the book to fully appreciate it. The title is embossed, and there is a spot gloss over the snake scales. They also used a metallic ink on the background, which you can only see when you're looking at the actual book. Love it!
You can purchase the book at the Chronicle Books website.

Cannes Lions Int'l. Ad Festival

Although we didn't spend much time there, we are in agreement that all industry events should be held in the South of France.

Bob Dob fights carbon in Paris

Last week while in Paris, I met with Vanessa and Julian from TBWA\MAP. Both worked with Bob Dob last year on the big "Carbon Fighters" campaign, and it was so great to go into the agency and finally meet face to face after all of the e-mail correspondence (I'm in San Francisco, Bob's in LA, and they are in Paris...). Plus, it was an added treat to see Bob's illustrations in action! Not only did they give me a set of the Carbon Fighters stickers they produced, but then they pointed out one of the billboards featuring Bob's illustration - very cool.



Next stop: Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival...stay tuned.