San Fernando Valley Area (Montrose) Illustrators Schmooze

We had an excellent meeting with Blogs, Dogs and Hogs at the bookstore!
We discussed and viewed on-line setting up a free Blog with Blogger. We also are going to put together an Illustrators show with our work and gave out an assignment, A Highly Stylized Grimms.. Pick a grimms from here if you want to do the assignment and or be in the show.
http://www.familymanagement.com/literacy/grimms/grimms-toc.html

A BIG congratulations to our newest published or being published works by
Frans Vischer, Denise Clemmensen & Diana Browning! YAY!

Per our meeting here are some Contests & Links for you all:

Illustration Friday
http://www.illustrationfriday.com/

Communication Arts -
http://www.commarts.com/competitions/illustration#how
Deadline: March 6, 2009 ($30-$60)

SCBWI Contests
http://www.scbwi.org/contest.htm

Radiant Hen Publishing
2009 COVER ART CONTEST
http://radianthen.com/contest09_illustration.php

Strathmore Illustration Contest
http://dart.fine-art.com/aqd-asp-im_11693-buy-m.htm

FIRST ANNUAL HERON’S NEST ILLUSTRATION CONTEST
http://www.theheronsnest.com/haiku/0801p2012/illustration_contest.html

Deviant ART
http://news.deviantart.com/article/38050/

Illustration Hollywood Contest
http://www.graficicreativi.com/illustrationhollywood/index.htm

American Illustration Design Contest
http://www.graphicdesignbasics.com/2008/american-illustration-27-desing-contest.html

Children’s Illustrators
http://www.childrensillustrators.com

Photoshop contest site...
http://photoshopcontest.com

Jen Swain - Schmooze Cordinator
(818) 429-6906