Jori Bolton Illustration

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May 2013

2 posts

April 2013

5 posts

Here’s a piece from last week for the Globe and Mail. This essay was about a woman in the U.S. Foreign Service who reminisces about the Italian grocery store she grew up in as a child. Now she’s stationed in Ottawa, and visits an Italian grocer in the ByWard Market to reconnect with her childhood. I received an e-mail from the author after the story was published, which was a...

March 2013

2 posts

February 2013

6 posts

Just posted episode 4, in which we chatted with illustrator Kelsey Heinrichs. Lots of good content on promotion techniques and versatility in illustrative style. Also, check out his work! Great stuff. magentamanor: Click here to download the episode This week we meet up with Kelsey Heinrichs, an illustrator based out of London, England, who has worked for such esteemed clients as Wired, the...

We just posted our third episode! We had the pleasure of speaking with illustrator and educator Marco Cibola this week. He had a lot of great things to say! magentamanor: Magenta Manor Episode 3 - Marco Cibola Click here to download the episode This week we sat down with illustrator and educator Marco Cibola and had a great discussion about career beginnings, creative expression, grad school,...

It was kind of a busy week, but I’m finally getting around to reblogging this! We put up our second episode on Tuesday! It’s about our experiences after graduation, primarily the steps we took to start getting work, plus a lot of neurotic insecurities. Also, here are the links for two tools we mentioned that we didn’t think to include in the original post: Agency Access (e-mail database for all...

Will Davies on Contemporary Illustration

(contemporary in 1984, that is) “Many contemporary editorial illustrators appeal only to other illustrators. I think this is a pity. I can only hope that the present so-called ‘intellectual’ approach will be short-lived and that we can get back to the reason art is used – to create an enhancing, intelligent visual image, be it used editorially or in advertising. This is our...

January 2013

7 posts

December 2012

3 posts

November 2012

10 posts

October 2012

3 posts

September 2012

1 post

August 2012

7 posts

July 2012

9 posts