Here is a great billboard campaign for Positive Parenting campaign where several artists were asked to create artwork that illustrated a different element of positive parenting. The illustrations can be seen on billboards and in print ads across the United States

Art Director: Dave Markes
Copywriter: Rainbow Rowell
Agency: Bailey Lauerman

The illustrators that participated were J. Otto Seibold, Calef Brown, Gilbert Ford, Nate Williams, Jessie Hartland, and Frederique Bertrand.

“Kids who love reading live happier ever after” illustrated by Calef Brown

“Participation Counts” illustrated by Frederique Bertrand

“Help them achieve their dreams…” illustrated by Nate Williams

“There-s a reason pancakes are always smiling…” illustrated by J. Otto Seibold

“Share more than the meatloaf” illustrated by Jessie Hartland

“ABC before TV” illustrated by Gilbert Ford

Tiffany Bozic has spent the majority of her life living with and observing the intricacies of nature. Her work has the traditional air of tightly rendered nature illustrations but with a highly emotional range of surreal metaphorical themes …. MORE

Steve Scott was born in Plymouth, England before moving to Australia at the age of 16. He studied Fine Arts in Sydney at the New South Wales University before stints at Disney, Animal Logic, art directing magazines and T-Shirt design. At the same time he became involved in the early 90s Australian comic scene and then later a member of Sydney electronic music collective, Clan Analogue. As one third of electronic outfit, The Telemetry Orchestra he released three records. In the late 90s he quit full time work to concentrate on Illustration and Animation ….

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Dave Kinsey is blowing me away with his latest work!

We invite you to submit work to this year’s American Illustration 27 Call For Entries. Your work will be viewed by the brightest creative minds in the industry - giving you high visibility where it matters most.
Selected images will appear in the beautifully designed, hard-cover annual in November.

Entries are being accepted now online. Deadline is February 22nd

Greg Clarke featured on illustrationmundo.com

Having acquired a degree in art from UCLA at a time when drawing and painting were regarded as quaint relics from the past, Greg is self- taught as an illustrator. While his fellow students were busy pasting found objects to Marxist theory, he was in the art library discreetly poring over old issues of Graphis… (more)

Mike Bertino has been up to some great work! .. be sure to check it out.

It’s time to get your entries ready for our fifth annual international illustration competition. And this year you can enter and pay online. No more multiple forms to fill out, no more multiple formats to submit, no more burning discs. We’ve made the entry process easier, but the judging will be just as tough as always.

Student Show
Deadline: February 14, 2008
All work done by undergraduate and graduate students during the calendar year 2007 is eligible.
Our judges include illustrator/educator Guy Billout, Russell Cobb (United Kingdom), Sara Fanelli (United Kingdom), Martin Haake (Germany), Robert Meganck, Henning Wagenbreth (Germany) and international artist representative Sally Heflin. Entries must be uploaded or mailed no later than February 14, 2008.
Entries are being accepted now.

Professional Show
Deadline: March 14, 2008
We’ve added three new categories this year: self-promotion, sequential and 3-D in addition to our children’s book, animation, advertising, editorial, book, institutional, for sale and unpublished categories.
This year’s judges include art director/author/editor Steven Heller, art director Markus Rasp (Germany), designer Matteo Bologna, design director Tyler Darden, executive art director Isabel Warren Lynch (Randomhouse), art director Sarah Hollander, art director Denise Cronin (Viking Children’s Books), illustrator/designer Tavis Coburn (Canada) and illustrators Beppe Giacobbe (Italy), Vanessa Dell (United Kingdom), Hanoch Piven (Spain), Eddie Guy, Vivienne Flesher and Robert Neubecker. Entries must be uploaded or mailed no later than March 14, 2008.
Entries will be accepted as of January 17, 2008.

Full details are online at 3×3mag.com.

Best of luck,

Charles Hively, Publisher

Catell Ronca in the Illustrationmundo.com SPOTLIGHT (http://www.illustrationmundo.com/audio/artist/140)

Laura Plansker SPOTLIGHTED on illustrationmundo.com