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It appears that I'm the topic of the day over at newmediabuzz.com. Michael Leis, author of said blog, VP at Emerge Digital, and all-around man's man had this to say about Emerge Digital's latest acquisition (me):
A recent BFA graduate of the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, his portfolio and flickr collection are anything but collegiate. As our Creative Director Adam Stipanuk says, "His fantastic illustration and animation skills are what first caught my attention. His seemingly natural eye for design and attention to detail will make him very successful in the graphic and Web design community."Go read the rest of the article.
I'm a little late in posting this (as I've been both ill and swamped with work), but I wanted to make a mention of the fine work I saw a few weeks ago in Milwaukee at MIAD's Senior Thesis Show. I was especially impressed with my former compatriot David Schuttenhelm's work from the Animation department: Sophie vs the Frog.
Unfortunately it looks like the work of Jonathan Ralph (another compatriot and former co-worker) is unavailable, but I assure you it was great.
I'm sure I'll wade through all of the promotional postcards and business cards and post some more links here in the near future, but for now go and watch David's piece.
A quick update to the unfolding discussion about the stolen illustrations: Luc Latulippe has posted an excellent recap of whats going on and why its wrong--and if you scroll down a bit past the ignorant comments early on, there is some really great discussion going on. Here is a gallery of photos of the book in question.
If you're interested, my spread can be found here.
I have just been notified by illustrator and keeper of The Little Chimp Society, Darren Di Lieto that my work (along with a great many others) has been published in a book without our knowledge or consent. Quoth Darren:
Personally this has hurt me as I've spent the last three years building the archive of Artist interviews on the LCS. But what has really made me angry is that all that work included in the book has been stolen from the illustrators involved with some of them even being credited for work that is not their own. I am sure some of them won't care much, but others will and will want retribution. Someone has made a lot of money from this book and it wasn't me or the unknowing contributors. So please do not buy it!
Obviously this kind of "theft" won't make it into mainstream news. Heck, it seemed like some of the comments welcomed the publicity. The fact remains, however, that the publishers of this book violated the copyright on hundreds of images and opened the door for additional violation or theft. Its just wrong.
