Happy Halloween!

Here's a random selection of Halloween inspired images for your viewing pleasure…

Tom Jester - Headless Horseman

Tom Jester - Halloween

Robin Moline - Nailbiter

Terri Fry Kasuba - Halloween grid

Terri Fry Kasuba - Ghost

Brian Love - Jack-o-lanterns

Brian Love - Beware

Brian Love - Skulls

Craig LaRotonda - Horror Films

Keith Warren Greiman - Cool Ghosts

Kim Rosen - Horror Story

Chris Buzelli - Icarus Hereafter

Terri Fry Kasuba - Dracula

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Kim Rosen illustrates 10 Plants That Shook the World

Kim Rosen was commissioned by Annick Press to illustrate the book, 10 Plants That Shook the World.  Kim's 50+ illustrations help to tell the stories of 10 plants that were the "source of profound changes in the world, both good and bad".  Kim worked on this book project for quite a while last year, and it's great to finally see the end result.  Below are a few images from the book, and you can see and read more about the project on Kim's blog.

Kim Rosen - 10 Plants That Shook the World cover illustration

Kim Rosen - interior spread

Kim Rosen - interior illustration

Kim Rosen - Cotton illustration

Kim Rosen - Cinhona illustration

Kim Rosen - Peppercorn illustration

Kim Rosen - Tea illustration

Kim Rosen - Rubber illustration

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Kim Rosen floor pattern for Style network

Kim Rosen has been creating lots of illustrated patterns lately, and the Style Network recently took notice.  There is a new show on Style called "Built" which follows around male models in Manhattan who also happen to be hot handymen.  On each episode the five man crew tackles a home makeover project with the help of an interior designer.  Style asked Kim to create a pattern which could be reproduced and used on the floor for a recent project featured on Built.  She did just that, and this is how  Kim's fabulous floor pattern turned out:

Kim Rosen floor pattern for "Built" on the Style Network

Kim Rosen floor pattern for "Built" on the Style Network

Kim Rosen floor pattern for "Built" on the Style Network

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Kim Rosen illustration for Smithsonian Magazine

Kim Rosen illustrated this piece for an interesting article on air pollution in the current issue of Smithsonian Magazine.  The opening of the article states that contrary to scientists' belief that the earth was untainted by human-made pollutants up until the Industrial Revolution, humans actually began emitting greenhouse gases at least 2,000 years ago.  Based on the study of gas bubbles recently discovered trapped in Greenland's ice, we now know that methane gas has impacted our atmosphere since the Romans.  Fascinating!

Kim Rosen - Classical Gas

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Kim Rosen - Soul Dancing illustration

There is a revival of all-vinyl DJ / Soul Dancing nights in various clubs around Minneapolis. Here is a cover illustration Kim Rosen created for the last week of September 2012's cover of Vita.mn newspaper.

Soul Dancing - illustration by Kim Rosen

Soul Dancing - cover illustration for Vita.MN by Kim Rosen

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Kim Rosen illustrates for Runner's World magazine

Kim Rosen created this illustration for the current issue of Runner's World magazine. The article is about a woman who secretly challenges other runners to race:

Kim Rosen - The Secret Race

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Kim Rosen illustrates for the Village Voice

Kim Rosen illustrated this piece for a recent Village Voice column by Michael Musto titled "Things I Hate About Food!"  A super fun illustration to accompany an amusing article...

Kim Rosen - Michael Musto illustration for the Village Voice

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Kim Rosen's illustrated patterns

Kim Rosen has embarked on a new project called Repeated Daily, where she is experimenting with the illustration of patterns within her own style.  She creates a new pattern every day, and here are just a few of them...

Kim Rosen - pattern illustration

Kim Rosen - pattern illustration

Kim Rosen - illustrated floral pattern

Kim Rosen - orange illustrated pattern

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Kim Rosen illustrates for the Wall Street Journal

Kim Rosen recently illustrated this wonderful piece for an article on how a woman tries to get her kids to do their chores, without a fight... 

From the original Wall Street Journal article:
"I fired my children. It was a cold Saturday in December, when I told them they no longer had jobs and should leave the house. I didn't care where they went, as long as they got out of my hair for three hours so I could do their chores without bitterness."  continue reading...

Kim Rosen - Cleaning Kids

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Kim Rosen's illustration of Boomerang Kids

Kim Rosen illustrated this piece for a story highlighting that many "Millennials" are moving back in with their parents after college graduation. What was once pretty unthinkable, moving back with ma and pa, is now considered a smart career move in this tough job market for these 20-somethings. This illustration appeared in the Washington Post.

Kim Rosen - Boomerang Kids

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Kim Rosen illustrates for IBM Systems Magazine

Kim Rosen completed a double page spread in the current issue of IBM Systems magazine. The article discusses a new powerful server coming out which uses Linux, an open source operating system. The Linux logo is a penguin so they ran with that theme and played on the bigger and better aspect of the new server.

Kim Rosen – Linux penguin for IBM Systems Magazine

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Kim Rosen poster illustration for World Sparrow Day

From Kim's Blog – by Kim Rosen:
"A few years ago I illustrated a portrait of Mohammed Dilawar for TIME magazine for their special report on "Environmental Heroes".
It has been Mohammed's mission to save the sparrows of India once he learned about the declining population in 2005. After seeing a sparrow building a nest in a switch box of a telephone pole, Mohammed decided to help. He started designing and building wooden nesting boxes and then manufactured them on a nonprofit basis. In less than three years he's sold more than a 1,000 of these nests. You can read the full TIME article <and see the original illustration> HERE.

Mohammed and I have been in touch since the TIME article was published in 2008. He recently asked me to illustrate a poster and a web banner to help further spread awareness of not only the sparrows, but of all common birds in India that are on the decline. I admire Mohammed and his efforts and I was honored to have been asked to help with his mission. March 20th is World Sparrow Day. Here are a few links if you'd like to learn more about Mohammed's efforts or learn how to help."

Kim Rosen - Poster illustration for "World Sparrow Day"

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Kim Rosen illustrates for the Shambhala Sun

Kim Rosen completed this full page illustration which will be in the May issue of Shambhala Sun magazine.

From Kim's blog:
"When Michael was nine yrs. old he would visit his schizophrenic uncle Ian in the mental hospital every week. Ian taught his nephew about the Bhagavad-Gita which is the story of the warrior Arjuna and his charioteer Krishna. Ian taught Michael about the Buddha and how to think and react on a variety levels. On every visit, Michael and Ian discussed, debated and philosophized all while listening to The Beatles' White Album in the background."

Kim Rosen illustration

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Kim Rosen for OnEarth magazine

Here is an illustration that Kim Rosen did for the current issue of OnEarth magazine. It's for an article about the "gear guilt" that some people feel when buying new gear. New and improved gear is ultra light, but the guilt of getting rid of all the old, heavy gear causes the writer some turmoil when thinking about how all that old stuff can wreak havoc on the environment:

Kim Rosen illustration : "Gear Guilt"

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Kim Rosen illustrates Holocaust Memories

Kim Rosen - Holocaust illustration

From Kim's blog:

"My Mother is Drenched in Memories of the Holocaust"
This illustration accompanies a very sad story of a Holocaust survivor who could never forget her past. The author writes about his 90 year old mother who's life has been an extended version of the false identity she was forced to assume during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. Through the last half of her life, this survivor has suppressed her agony and heartbreak and managed to get by with a forced smile. Thanks again to Cinders for always giving me thoughtful stories to illustrate. 

Kim Rosen: HOW Magazine Merit Award

A campaign Kim Rosen recently illustrated for the Starbucks-sponsored Hot Java Cool Jazz posters won a merit award for non-profit work in HOW Magazine.
The original project was to create one poster for each of the 5 high school jazz bands playing at the annual Hot Java Cool Jazz event.
Congrats Kim!!

HOW Magazine

Kim Rosen - Hot Java Cool Jazz posters

Kim Rosen - Hot Java Cool Jazz Poster #5

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Kim Rosen illustrates 3rd Billabong Surfboard

Kim Rosen - Billabong surfboard design

This 3rd Billabong surf board illustrated by Kim Rosen will be on display in the Maui Billabong store. For Kim, these boards are so much fun to create as she enjoys the challenge of the working within the format of the board.
So far, Kim's designed surfboards are being displayed in Soho-NYC, Deerfield-FL, Panama-Canada, Limeridge-Canada, and now in Maui-Hawaii.

Kim Rosen - Billabong surfboard design

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Kim Rosen - Middle East Storytelling

Kim Rosen illustrates a story is about a friendship between an Israeli man and a Palestinian woman and their dreams of using storytelling to break all the barriers of conflict between the two nations.

Kim Rosen - "Middle East Storytelling"

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Kim Rosen illustrates Father-Daughter bonding for the Boston Globe

Kim Rosen illustration for a Boston Globe story about a father who was recently fired from his job and made a promise to travel with his teenage daughter. His daughter chose the destination of Vietnam and they formed a tight bond over all the sites, cultures and beautiful landscape.

Kim Rosen - "Father-daughter travels"

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Holiday Eye Candy

We hope that you are all enjoying a wonderful holiday season!  It always takes a little while to get back into the swing of things after the holidays, so we've decided to keep it light and just give you some post-Christmas / pre-New Year's eye candy for Christmas Week.  Enjoy!

Kim Rosen - Hugs

Robin Moline - Wintery Farm

Terri Fry Kasuba - Holiday Cheer

Chris Buzelli - Holiday Lie