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Connor McCann on how creating grotesque comics has helped him process being alive

Creative Boom

This childhood compulsion would take Connor to the Rhode Island School of Design, where he would study printmaking and illustration. I also have a soft spot for 2000's image comics guys like Ryan Ottley, Cory Walker, and Nate Bellegarde," he adds. "I I wouldn't know how to process being alive without comics." I loved it."

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February 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

The 25 Spiral Independent Creators Festival (International) Launched in 2000, SICF is an open-call art festival in Tokyo that aspires to discover, foster, and support emerging artists and designers. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. Deadline: February 5, 2024.

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Louise Sandhaus Uplifts the Stories of Graphic Design’s Unsung Makers

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Born in 1955 near Boston, MA to parents who were both creative professionals, Sandhaus grew up in the kind of design-filled home that had a printmaking workshop—which doubled as a ping pong table—in its basement. Even before she studied design formally, Sandhaus had always been surrounded by it.

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100 Amazing Graphic Designers to Follow on Instagram

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Timba Smits is the Creative Director of TCO London, Little White Lies and Huck Magazine—and Shillington graduate way back in the year 2000. Shillington Sydney graduate Natasha Michels is a designer at Nine Publishing and creative director of Sweaty City, an independent magazine on climate change and urban ecologies. Timba Smits.

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20 best illustration agents in the UK, and the awesome illustrators they represent

Creative Boom

Their team prides itself on providing an expert and friendly boutique service and supplying beautiful, eye-catching content to clients across all genres, including children's publishing, sci-fi and fantasy, concept art and character design. Paradise Sands - illustration by Levi Pinfold from the picture book published by Walker Studio.