YABS poster and postcard

Back in January, the Young Alberta Book Society (YABS) asked me to illustrate a poster and postcard to promote their annual Taleblazers festival to schools and libraries in the province of Alberta. During the festival, authors and illustrators travel around doing presentations for students of all ages.

While brainstorming ideas for the poster and postcard, I was focussing on the purpose of having an author or illustrator speak to a group of students. I think it's about getting kids excited about books and writing and drawing. Making them feel inspired and like they can do it too.  That's what my solution is about.

illustration in filament magazine

My copy of Filament arrived just before we left Edinburgh. I photographed one of the spreads that I illustrated:

Brio Magazine - Never Say Amen

©2008 Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli

This was in the October issue of Brio Magazine.

printed work in the September BeatRoute

I picked up a copy of the September issue of BeatRoute which contains some of my work. In addition to the martini glass, I also participated in the photo which accompanies the Ahnabith Gish article. I drew the band members faces on balloons which the guys then held in front of their faces. I must admit that I was very skeptical about how successful the shoot would be, but the photos turned out pretty cool. I will hopefully get some of the actual photos that show the baloons to post on my blog. The photos were taken by Marki Sveen.

Printed CD

I finally got a copy of the CD that I designed and illustrated. It got printed at the end of April, so I've been anxiously waiting to see it since then. I never got to see a physical proof, so I was really hoping that the colours would turn out. I'm pretty happy with the printing. It turned out alright.





The photographs were taken by my friend, local photographer Wes Raymond. Thanks Wes :)

Housing Handbook - printed copy

Here's the cover of the Saskatoon Housing Handbook that I illustrated back in April.

Exclaim! contents page illo

It's taken me a couple weeks to track one down, but I finally found a copy of the October issue of Exclaim! I'm really impressed with how well my illustration printed. I'm always unsure how well the texture in my work will come out on newsprint but all the parts I enjoy are visible. Hooray!

I have to admit that I haven't been drawing lately. I'll get back into it soon as I have a ton of ideas that I'm excited to work on. However, at the moment I have a huge to-do list that has been neglected for months. I really feel like I need to take care of some of that stuff, as well as take a small break from art, before I jump back in. Besides, one of the things on my to-do list is to clean my studio as it has gotten out of control and I like working in a clean space. Of course, I'll still take on any work that comes my way...