#award winning illustrator

[sassafrasmoonshine]

Pamela Zagarenski • Illustrations for poet Joyce Sidman's Red Sings From Treetops: A Year in Colors • Houghton Mifflin • 2009

[acheronist]

[hazelblad]

FIRSTBLESSED

[myrrwitch]

Commissions Open! Read More Below ...

I have been testing a new workflow for painting my portraits and I'm getting comfortable enough with it to take some commissions!

5 slots available, DM or email to claim

Can include hands and small props (knife, pen, spell focus etc.) for no additional charge. Overall price may vary due to complexity. I will of course inform if this is the case.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to DM or email me at: myrrii.illustration@gmail.com

[danielleurbansblog]

Review: Writers of The Future Vol. 36

Synopsis: Sci-fi and fantasy of tomorrow . . . . . . selected by masters of today. Where can you find the hottest new talent all in one book? Right here. This year’s winning stories include a diverse collection of brilliantly realized worlds of dystopian politics, magical realism, post-apocalyptic adventure, and romance, dark fantasy and more. You’ll love this anthology because these writers…

[mayamiyamaillustration]

今夜は中秋の名月🌕🐇🌾🍡

雲間☁️から見えるかな？

「デイジー・サラ・ベスと真夏の日」より。

⚫︎2016年ボローニャ国際絵本原画展入選

⚫︎ 2018年A’デザイン& コンペティションSilver A’Design Award受賞

⚫︎2020年第5回北京国際ブックフェア Ananas International Illustration Exhibition 最終選考ファイナリスト

Tonight is the harvest moon 🌕🐇🌾🍡

Can we see it from between the clouds ☁️?

From my work “Daisy Sara Beth and Midsummer day“ ⚫︎2016 Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition selected

⚫︎ 2018A’DESIGN AWARD & COMPETITION Silver A’Design Award Winner

⚫︎ 2020 Beijing International Book Fair Ananas International Illustration Exhibition Finalist

[desdasiwrites]

"If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made."

– Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

[sheltiechicago]

Meet Jeff Drew, The Award-Winning Illustrator Behind America’s Witty And Sarcastic Artwork

Jeff Drew, an Albuquerque-based illustrator, has gained national recognition for his exceptional and sharp-witted artwork. He has created cover illustrations for various publications across America, showcasing his stunning visual style.

[angryrabbit42]

Friends, I need to pay the rent. I recently graduated with a second degree and I am in between day jobs. If you want an artist to create an original cover for your ebook/POD consider working with me. I am open to commissions as well.

I have a Moonbeam Award for My Name is Jessie along with bestie Stacy Ames.

Mention Tumblr when contacting me because this is my favorite social media site.

[sassafrasmoonshine]

Strega Nona (based on an old fairy tale) written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola • 1975 • Prentice Hall, New Jersey, publisher

[rainlark-animation]

My short film, Fáros, which is near impossible to find through search bars because I just titled it some common Greek word.

[jjspina]

Limerick - Jemsbooks - Lucy the Talented Toy Terrier!

[cgsketchbook]

Happy New January! Here's some of my personal highlights from last year - From launching my Redbubble store, to winning awards and a whole lot of projects to be proud of! Looking forward to sharing what's coming down the pipeline in 2024 soon!

[altpick]

March 24th - This Week's Member Focus Highlights

Spring officially started on March 20th this year, however, in some areas winter is still raging! As the season changes, let’s celebrate with some wonderful art from our Altpick members that were featured on the homepage this week: Illustrators Hanna Barczyk, Benedetta C. Vialli, David Plunkert, and Sarah Hanson. HANNA BARCZYK, Illustrator ©Hanna Barczyk ©Hanna Barczyk BENEDETTA C. VIALLLI –…

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NASA Inspires Your Crafty Creations for World Embroidery Day

It’s amazing what you can do with a little needle and thread! For #WorldEmbroideryDay, we asked what NASA imagery inspired you. You responded with a variety of embroidered creations, highlighting our different areas of study.

Here’s what we found:

Webb’s Carina Nebula

Wendy Edwards, a project coordinator with Earth Science Data Systems at NASA, created this embroidered piece inspired by Webb’s Carina Nebula image. Captured in infrared light, this image revealed for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. Credit: Wendy Edwards, NASA. Pattern credit: Clare Bray, Climbing Goat Designs

Wendy Edwards, a project coordinator with Earth Science Data Systems at NASA, first learned cross stitch in middle school where she had to pick rotating electives and cross stitch/embroidery was one of the options.  “When I look up to the stars and think about how incredibly, incomprehensibly big it is out there in the universe, I’m reminded that the universe isn’t ‘out there’ at all. We’re in it,” she said. Her latest piece focused on Webb’s image release of the Carina Nebula. The image showcased the telescope’s ability to peer through cosmic dust, shedding new light on how stars form.

Ocean Color Imagery: Exploring the North Caspian Sea

Danielle Currie of Satellite Stitches created a piece inspired by the Caspian Sea, taken by NASA’s ocean color satellites. Credit: Danielle Currie/Satellite Stitches

Danielle Currie is an environmental professional who resides in New Brunswick, Canada. She began embroidering at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic as a hobby to take her mind off the stress of the unknown. Danielle’s piece is titled “46.69, 50.43,” named after the coordinates of the area of the northern Caspian Sea captured by LandSat8 in 2019.

An image of the Caspian Sea captured by Landsat 8 in 2019. Credit: NASA

Two Hubble Images of the Pillars of Creation, 1995 and 2015

Melissa Cole of Star Stuff Stitching created an embroidery piece based on the Hubble image Pillars of Creation released in 1995. Credit: Melissa Cole, Star Stuff Stitching

Melissa Cole is an award-winning fiber artist from Philadelphia, PA, USA, inspired by the beauty and vastness of the universe. They began creating their own cross stitch patterns at 14, while living with their grandparents in rural Michigan, using colored pencils and graph paper.  The Pillars of Creation (Eagle Nebula, M16), released by the Hubble Telescope in 1995 when Melissa was just 11 years old, captured the imagination of a young person in a rural, religious setting, with limited access to science education.

Lauren Wright Vartanian of the shop Neurons and Nebulas created this piece inspired by the Hubble Space Telescope’s 2015 25th anniversary re-capture of the Pillars of Creation. Credit:  Lauren Wright Vartanian, Neurons and Nebulas

Lauren Wright Vartanian of Guelph, Ontario Canada considers herself a huge space nerd. She’s a multidisciplinary artist who took up hand sewing after the birth of her daughter. She’s currently working on the illustrations for a science themed alphabet book, made entirely out of textile art. It is being published by Firefly Books and comes out in the fall of 2024. Lauren said she was enamored by the original Pillars image released by Hubble in 1995. When Hubble released a higher resolution capture in 2015, she fell in love even further! This is her tribute to those well-known images.

James Webb Telescope Captures Pillars of Creation

Darci Lenker of Darci Lenker Art, created a rectangular version of Webb’s Pillars of Creation. Credit:  Darci Lenker of Darci Lenker Art

Darci Lenker of Norman, Oklahoma started embroidery in college more than 20 years ago, but mainly only used it as an embellishment for her other fiber works. In 2015, she started a daily embroidery project where she planned to do one one-inch circle of embroidery every day for a year.  She did a collection of miniature thread painted galaxies and nebulas for Science Museum Oklahoma in 2019. Lenker said she had previously embroidered the Hubble Telescope’s image of Pillars of Creation and was excited to see the new Webb Telescope image of the same thing. Lenker could not wait to stitch the same piece with bolder, more vivid colors.

Milky Way

Darci Lenker of Darci Lenker Art was inspired by NASA’s imaging of the Milky Way Galaxy. Credit: Darci Lenker

In this piece, Lenker became inspired by the Milky Way Galaxy, which is organized into spiral arms of giant stars that illuminate interstellar gas and dust. The Sun is in a finger called the Orion Spur.

The Cosmic Microwave Background

This image shows an embroidery design based on the cosmic microwave background, created by Jessica Campbell, who runs Astrostitches. Inside a tan wooden frame, a colorful oval is stitched onto a black background in shades of blue, green, yellow, and a little bit of red. Credit: Jessica Campbell/ Astrostitches

Jessica Campbell obtained her PhD in astrophysics from the University of Toronto studying interstellar dust and magnetic fields in the Milky Way Galaxy. Jessica promptly taught herself how to cross-stitch in March 2020 and has since enjoyed turning astronomical observations into realistic cross-stitches. Her piece was inspired by the cosmic microwave background, which displays the oldest light in the universe.

The full-sky image of the temperature fluctuations (shown as color differences) in the cosmic microwave background, made from nine years of WMAP observations. These are the seeds of galaxies, from a time when the universe was under 400,000 years old. Credit: NASA/WMAP Science Team

GISSTEMP: NASA’s Yearly Temperature Release

Katy Mersmann, a NASA social media specialist, created this embroidered piece based on NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) global annual temperature record. Earth’s average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record. Credit: Katy Mersmann, NASA

Katy Mersmann is a social media specialist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. She started embroidering when she was in graduate school. Many of her pieces are inspired by her work as a communicator. With climate data in particular, she was inspired by the researchers who are doing the work to understand how the planet is changing. The GISTEMP piece above is based on a data visualization of 2020 global temperature anomalies, still currently tied for the warmest year on record.

In addition to embroidery, NASA continues to inspire art in all forms. Check out other creative takes with Landsat Crafts and the James Webb Space telescope public art gallery.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

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Review: Writers of The Future Vol. 39

Synopsis: In the world of speculative fiction… Your favorite authors…Have selected the best new voices of the year. 24 Award-winning Authors and Illustrators. 3 Bonus Short Stories by Kevin J. Anderson • L. Ron Hubbard • S. M. Stirling. Art and Writing Tips by Lazarus Chernik • L. Ron Hubbard • Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Edited by Dean Wesley Smith • Jody Lynn Nye. 16-page color gallery of artwork…