In this issue you'll notice a few tweaks to the design of the magazine, more pages--moving from our original page count of 80 pages to 88 pages and a new feature. We've added art director profiles as a new department, in each issue we'll feature key art directors who use illustration in interesting ways. Our first art director just happens to be SooJin Buzelli from PlanAdviser. Her husband Chris is one of our featured artists so you'll get to know both of them in a professional and personal way. We also profile the work of the ever-industrious Fernanda Cohen and the illustrators-illustrator Joe Morse. All three juggle family, friends, students and work and all three give us work that is full of energy and delight.


Chris' delicate oil washes on watercolor paper have graced the pages of innumerable publications. Readers will travel along the journey of this artist who moved from dropping one highly profitable style to exploring the unknown. A risk-taker who is never satisfied with the status-quo. His pal Chris Sickels leads the interview and his good friend Aaron Mershon provided the exquisite studio photos.


Fernanda Cohen never stops moving. If you've ever met her she is the closest thing to the Eveready Bunny there is. She just keeps going and going and going. Not content to just illustrate, she designs window decoration, dinner plates, fashion items, promotes herself constantly, splits her time between Buenos Aires and New York and volunteers her time for worthy pursuits like the upcoming ICON5 conference and a weekly class for budding illustrators. Her friend James Jean takes us behind the scenes of her wedding and explores the work and life of this restless artist.


Joe juggles a lot without ever dropping the ball. Chairing the illustration program at Sheridan outside Toronto. Teaching. Wife. Kids. Family. Work. No detail is overlooked. No one takes second-place. How does he do it? Craig Frazier will give you some clues and pointers on how to become a successful illustrator when you start out following a different path with a printmaking degree. Working with toxic fumes to create his art Joe is anything but toxic to be around.


Conceptual artist Guy Billout is our ninth ICON profile. We explore the early influences Jean Michel Folon had on his work and how he moved into a style that is unmistakably his own. Ideas are at the core of his work and he speaks about the influences of architecture and automobiles. And how French comics has always inspired him.


Vicki Morgan and Gail Gaynin give us some do's and don'ts of web site design. Speaking from experience they'll point out what makes a successful site and what makes an art director looking for an illustrator stop, look and buy. Or leave before the home page has loaded. Most of the advice is just good ol' commonsense but in the haste to show everything many artists end up showing nothing.


Writer Anna Jane Grossman brings us two recent ad campaigns that use illustration in different ways. The Crunch campaign uses three-dimensional figures to poke fun at people who need to exercise in a way that photography couldn't without offending the audience. The other campaign takes the woodblock style of Tatsuro Kiuchi for Starbucks and shows how an integrated campaign of print and television can create a holiday event where everyone goes home happy. From animated spots to coffee cups the work of the artist is broadcast to a wide audience in a way that amplifies the warmth of the season.


This issue features the diverse work of Nancy Davis, Mick Marston, Karen Greenberg, James Fryer, Nastja Holtfreter and Kyung Soon Park. See more images here.


As in every issue we bring you the latest work of leading illustrators around the world. Images in this issue are from James Jean, Greg Newbold, Dan Craig, Jean-Manuel Duvivier, Jacob Thomas, David W Slack, Clare Melinsky, Haydn Cornner, Mario Wagner, Joseph Daniel Fiedler, Phil Wrigglesworth, A. Richard Allen, Jeffrey Decoster, Cat MacInnes, Richard Wilkinson and Nathan Fox. See more images here.


Our next issue features the work of Marco Ventura, Erik Sandberg and Martin Haake and our Icon is R.O. Blechman. Our art director profile will be Françoise Mouly from the New Yorker and our ad campaign feature is in the works. And of course more outstanding examples of fresh talent and recent work of our leading illustrators.

The Illustration Academy www.illustrationacademy.com
Morgan-Gaynin www.morgangaynin.com
Bernstein and Andriulli www.ba-reps.com
ICON5 www.theillustrationconference.org
3x3 Gallery www.3x3Gallery.com
Folio Planet www.folioplanet.com


James Fryer www.jamesfryer.co.uk
Karen Greenberg www.karengreenberg.com
Kyung Soon Park www.kparkstudio.com
Mick Marston www.ba-reps.com
Nancy Davis www.nancydavis.org
Nastja Holtfreter www.nastjaholtfreter.de


A. Richard Allen www.arichardallen.com
Cat MacInnes www.catmacinnes.com
Clare Melinsky www.centralillustration.com
Dan Craig www.ba-reps.com
David W Slack www.kissywhippet.com
Greg Newbold www.gregnewbold.com
Haydyn Cornner www. ba-reps.com
Jacob Thomas www.joaniebrep.com
James Jean www.jamesjean.com
Jean-Manuel Duvivier www.jmduvivier.com
Jeffrey Decoster www.jeffreydecoster.com
Joseph Daniel Fiedler www.scaryjoey.com
Mario Wagner www.agoodson.com
Nathan Fox www.foxnathan.com
Phil Wrigglesworth www.philwrigglesworth.com
Richard Wilkinson www.richard-wilkinson.com

The Society of Illustrators www.societyillustrators.org
The Association of Illustrators www.theaoi.com
Illustration Mundo www.illustrationmundo.com
DRAWN! The Illustration Blog www.drawn.ca
Drawger www.drawger.com
Fecal Face www.fecalface.com
Communication Arts www.commarts.com
Illustration Friday www.illustrationfriday.com
Creative Latitude www.creativelatitude.com
ICONIC www.iconicpodcast.com
ICON5 www.theillustrationconference.org