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Rob Dunlavey Visits us @ AIB

Illustrator Rob Dunlavey stopped by AIB's Illustration Junior/Senior studio last Friday! He gave a great talk, and showed off his process! Check it out :

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AIB Senior Illustration Exhibition

On Friday April 27th, in AIB's Main Gallery, the Illustration Department proudly opened the exhibition that featured the work of 21 graduating Illustration Seniors. The show was well attended due in part to the standing room only crowd exiting the PIXAR event hosted by both the Animation and Illustration Departments, that preceded the senior opening.

To See more photos of opening night please visit:

http://www.flickr.com//photos/aiboston/sets/72157629987349985/show/

 

Shown Above: Mimi Alves

Shown above: Aaron Pino

Disney Pixar's BRAVE presentation @ AIB

You are invited to Disney Pixar's presentaion of BRAVE hosted by The Art Institute of Boston.

WHEN: Friday, April 27^th  at 3:30pm in Rm 215 in 700 Beacon Street.







Since ancient times, stories of epic battles and mystical legends have been passed through the generations across the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland. From Disney and Pixar, a new tale joins the lore when the courageous Merida confronts tradition and challenges destiny to change her fate.

The presentation will include; slides of final art, visual development, concept art, and research. The audience will be taken through story development and Pixars award winning animation process. There will be time for some Q & A! - SO make time to attend! BE BRAVE!

Follow Brave on Twitter for the latest updates: twitter.com/disneypixar

Following immediately after the Disney Pixar presentation is the highly anticipated AIB Illustration Senior Show!

Opening reception starts in the main AIB Gallery at 700 Beacon Street at 5pm. See you all at both!

AIB Tech Opaque Media

 

 

Here are some select student samples from AIB's Tech Opaque Media course taught by Ryan Maguire. Students are asked to complete illustration assignments with Acrylics and Gauche mediums. From portraits to plein air painting students explore how opaque mediums could be used in production for color comps and final illustrations. View the AIB Flickr set for all samples here.

Shown above: Ashton Blackman

Shown above: Keely Mills

Shown above: Rachael Hawkes

LARRY HAMA : A Multi-Talented Storyteller

Larry Hama the multi-talented storyteller is comming to AIB!

Artist talk is Friday April 6, from 6pm-730pm
at AIB 700 Beacon St - Room 215.

Hama is a: Comics writer (14-years on G.I. Joe and 7 years on Wolverine), comics editor (8 years at Marvel Comics), comics artist (Marvel Premiere, G.I. Joe, and Daredevil), freelance illustrator (Esquire, National Lampoon), storyboard artist (Activision’s X2: Wolverine’s Revenge video game and HBO’s The Sopranos), and currently, NYU’s 2011-2012 Artist-in-Residence.

Students and alumni are invited to an informative artist’s talk on visual storytelling. This is a great experience for students and alumni to hear about first hand experience in a wide variety of formats dealing with the world of comics! 

Come check it out!

AIB Web Promotion Student Picks

We asked the AIB Web Promotion class to find illustrators and artists who are know how to promote their work and get the creative jobs done! Below are AIB student picks of some of the leading contemporary minds that they are following, check them out!

               

Ryan Andrews , Loish Van Baarle: Loish , Joey Bates 

Mark Powell Biro , Olaf Breuning, Diem Chau 

 Andrew Chesworth , Richard Colman , Cyanparade / Kidchan 

Zadok Ben David , Peter Diamond , Julie Dillion 

Rob Dunlavey , Gregory Euclide

Mike Freiheit , James Gurney , David Hale 

Trevor Henderson , Don Hertzfield , Faith Erin Hicks 

Paul Hoppe or Paul Hoppe Design , Seonna Hong 

Rueben Ireland , Thomas James , Jean Jullien 

Peter Konig , Jana Liptak: The Cultured Cuttlefish

               

Laurie Lipton  , Travis Louie , Tim Mcdonagh 

Elizabeth McGrath , Mike Nash , Tony Ong 

Noah Patric Pfarr, Stepehen Powers , Ashen Ray

Emi Sfard , David Shrigley , Chris Sickles 

Lim Swee , Taxali , Wendy Cogan Toyoda 

Teagan White , Matthew Woodson

 If you would like to add some of your own artists to this list please contact:

Tegan, AIB Blog Intern - tharmonay[at]hotmail.com

On The Wall: Tegan Harmonay & Mike Centeno

             

AIB Illustrators Tegan Harmonay and Mike Centeno have been hard at work. These senior illustrators are currently displaying final pieces, as well as process work on the second floor of 700 Beacon. 

    
Shown above: (Left) Tegan Harmony, ink on paper, "Lost Someone" (Right) Tegan Harmony, ink on paper, "Don't You Know?"

During Tegans senior year she is focused on developing a series of character illustrations inspired from her roots in NY, more particularly the MTA North in NYC. "Since taking Junior studio last semester I've realized how much I love creating characters, most of them are derived from past experiences and relationships, but this project is going to be a little different."  Tegan hopes to complete the series by the end of April 2012. 

You can also see Tegan's sketchbook, which is featured as part of the Sketchbook Project 2012. The tour begins April 14th at the Brooklyn Art Library. 

 

     
Shown above: (Left) Mike Centeno, digital, "Cleveland Circle" (Right) Mike Centeno, digital, "Young"

For Mikes final semester he is transitioning his school projects into the real world! For the rest of the semester Mike plans to write the basic structure of his first foray into graphic novels. Mike is set to have final pages done by May, his current focus is "diving deep into defining who these characters are and where the story is going to go."

Since January Mike has also been interning at DigBoston doing the weekly illustration for Oh Cruel World!; a reader based column where people write in to complain about different aspects of the city. As for other future projects, Mike is planning on submitting a strip for the Hellbound comic compilation being produced by the Boston Comic Round Table. Since taking Alternative Comics and The Graphic Novel class last semester, with Tim Finn, this artist has found himself more proactive in exploring the medium. " I've always been obsessed with this medium, yet always found excuses not to work on." Get to it Mike!

Head over to 700 Beacon, and check whats On The Wall out!

For more information visit their websites: Tegan Harmonay and Mike Centeno

AIB Winter 2012 College Courses for High School Students

AIB would like to annouce the 2012 Winter College Courses for High School Students. Classes are starting Febuary 18th!

The poster was designed by AIB Design Graduate Jenna Bantjes, Class of 2009.  Many of our AIB grads teach in the program too!

For more information about the program click here

Chris Sickles @ AIB

The magical works of Red Nose Studio (AIB Main Gallery Nov 7- Dec 15, 2011) became even more enchanted by the visit from their creator Chris Sickels. Chris spent a day at AIB where he gave a guest critique in Arlene Grossman's Foundation class: Form, Content and Context; talked with many visitors from devoted fans to awed neophytes at the opening of his exhibit; gave a funny, insightful, and inspiring public talk.

It was raining hard outside, but the auditorium was packed and overflowing for Chris's evening talk about his journey from art school to his current status as world renown 3D illustrator. He was a humble, open and generous speaker who shared many of his early works as well as his process and sketches, and the works that have won multiple prestigious awards from publications such as American Illustration, 3 x 3, Society of Illustrators, Print, Communication Arts, How.

After the talk, Chris signed and drew in many sketchbooks, and in copies of his two children's books, Here Comes the Garbage Barge, and The Look Book. His message to illustrators was time tested and simple– work hard, keep doing what you love – and capped by an amazing and hilarious animation about "Piehole" and the "evil water tower." You can picture it.



Thank you Red Nose Studio aka Chris Sickels! We look forward to your new work, to watching your success grow, and for your return to AIB. – Susan LeVan, AIB Illustration Chair

Robert Jay Kaufman: Paintings & Illustrations @ AIB

The AIB community is happy to share select works from former Illustration Chair Robert Jay Kaufman, who had passed away in January of 2010. All are welcome to the opening reception at the AIB Gallery at University Hall, Cambridge on Thursday, November 17, from 5:00 - 7:00pm.

Robert Kaufman: Paintings & Illustrations
Thursday, November 10 - Saturday, December 10, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 17, 5:00pm - 7:00pm