We’ve been patiently waiting until the EPSON ad campaign featuring Red Nose Studio launched so we could tell people to look out for it. It seems the day is finally here as the ad has been spotted in both HOW Magazine and MacWorld this month.

The campaign titled ‘Now Your Ideas Can Look As Good In Your Hand As They Do In Your Head’ promotes the EPSON pro series 3800 and 4800 printers and features some of the top creatives out there today. The concept explodes Chris’ creative process stage by stage, and element by element in a purely visual interpretation that includes a great shot of Chris himself (by photographer Sam Yocum). Online, an interview with Chris expands on the print ads with more information about process, creativity and the business.

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Shawn Barber has an educational DVD called Foundation Painting with Shawn Barber now available for sale through the Massive Black website. The DVD is one of a series of (at this point) three educational DVD’s that feature both instructional information as well as behind the scenes insight into the artists themselves. The DVD’s were released jointly by conceptart.org and Massive Black, Inc. and the other artists in the series are Peter Koenig and Mirco Djurdjevic. These releases give artists everywhere the opportunity to see into the lives and creative process of some of the most fascinating leaders in the industry.

In the 165 minute DVD, Shawn reveals his unique approach to the art of painting. While watching him work, students will learn about many of the basic elements of painting including drawing, composition, color, form, and value. Shawn also demonstrates many of the important lessons one must understand before even picking up a brush: stretching canvas, color mixing, palette setup, and choosing the right medium. Also included is a behind-the-scenes interview that covers his personal work, career, and what it takes to become a successful artist.

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Bella Pilar was recently commissioned by LCX stores of Hong Kong to do a series of illustrations for a beauty campaign. LCX, which stands for Lifestyle Concept X, represents a revolutionary retail store concept, combining the best of boutique and department store shopping experiences into one world. The photos below show what some of the in-store signage looked like.

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Bella Pilar has been featured in the current issue of XFUNS, a Taiwanese magazine that discusses international trends in creativity and design. Her work appears in a special themed issue dedicated to fashion illustration. Other artists featured include David Downton, Stina Persson and Ali Douglas.

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Lately Emiliano Ponzi has been noticed by some of the countries most established and respected newspapers. In recent weeks he has worked with The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Boston Globe. The illustrations below are the results of some of those assignments.

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The Los Angeles Times

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Red Nose Studio recently completed a series of four illustrations for an ad campaign for the upscale Norwegian appliance company ASKO. The innovative campaign makes the treasured clothing (and other washable items) the heroes, and Chris’ 3-D illustrations were the perfect solution to translate the items from the illustrations to the product photography.

The advertising and design community in both Norway and the US has taken notice of the campaign and it has been written up on adcritic.com as well as in the Norwegian magazine Elektronikkbransjen. The adcritic.com article is available to subscribers only, and below is a scan of the spread in Elektronikkbransjen which talks about why the ad agency chose illustration and went in this direction. Adrants also wrote up a clip on it.

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Nate Williams has been invited to speak this week at TRIMARCHIDG an international graphic design meeting at the Estadio Polideportivo in the beautiful seaside city of Mar del Plata, Argentina which runs October 19 – 21, 2007. He will also be teaching a workshop titled ‘Creativity and Structure Go to Marriage Counseling’. The round table workshop will explore the relationship between creativity and structure.

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Shawn Barber will be teaching in another workshop, INSOMANIA the San Francisco WORKSHOP, produced by ConceptArt.org and MassiveBlack inc. in San Francisco on December 15 – 17, 2007. Instructors for this three day event include: Aleksi, Andrew Jones, Carl Dobsky, El Coro, Dan Milligan, HPX, Jason Felix, John Mueller, Jon Foster, Kevin Llewellyn, Marko Djurdjevic, Michael Hussar, Noxizmad, Petey Konig, Ron Lemen, Vanessa Lemen, Wesley Burt and William Whitaker.

For anyone who hasn’t heard about the past workshop and events . . . here’s the scoop!

Past workshops have been held in Amsterdam, Prague, Montreal, Austin, TX – and once again, here in San Francisco, CA. These workshops are a perfect blend of both digital and traditional
media, and are taught by the most seasoned professionals and leaders in their respective fields. People fly in from all over the world to attend these events, so it is definitely an interesting mix.

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Graham Roumieu has been asked to read an excerpt from his 2006 book Me Write Book – It Bigfoot Memoir (Plume Books). The reading will be broadcast on As It Happens at 5:30pm EST this Friday, October 19th 2007. You can listen to a podcast recording of the broadcast at the following link.

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Graham Roumieu’s newest book 101 Ways to Kill Your Boss, published by Headline UK, released this Thursday, October 4th, 2007 and is sure to keep us all laughing. The title being self-explanatory, everyone will find humor in Graham’s priceless recipe of a quart of off-beat wit, a pound of absurdity, and in this case, more than a healthy dose of macabre. The 112-page hardcover book is currently available only in the UK or through online sites such as Amazon.

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