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Sara Tyson: Illustration

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A Few Horrible Ways to get out of your Car Lease © Sara TysonI’ve been stumbling again.  This week I came across the illustrations of artist and fellow Canadian Sara Tyson.  Tyson studied at the Ontario College of Art and has had a successful career for over twenty years, creating images for major publications such as Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, The Globe & Mail, and Reader’s Digest.

Tyson is inspired by early Christian and byzantine art as well as 20th century painting.  Also a graphic designer, Tyson’s images tend to be highly organized with space, shape, contrast and colour all playing important parts in the composition of her drawings.

Tyson has won numerous awards for her illustrations from Applied Arts Magazine, Canadian Business Press, and the Society of Illustrators (NYC and LA) to name a few.

As an artist and graphic designer, it’s great to discover successful women artists. It’s encouraging and inspiring.  However, scanning through my list of previous posts, I realize that most of my artist profiles are of men.  I wondered if my art preferences simply led me to male dominated genres (abstraction, surrealism) or if there was something deeper going on.  Discovering Sara Tyson’s work will definitely remind me to think more about my post choices and make a conscious effort to feature more women artists, past and present.

To find out more about Sara Tylson, visit SaraTyson.com.

Old Dogs New Tricks © Sara Tyson

Old Dogs New Tricks © Sara Tyson

Ken Wong: Illustration

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The Mock Turtle's Story © Ken WongOne of my favourite ways to find new and interesting things on the web is with StumbleUpon. Using either their website or toolbar, StumbleUpon lets you “discover and share great websites…matched to your personal preferences”.  I personally like the Stumble toolbar – you never know what you’re going to get and it might be something you may not have normally found through a search engine.

Today I StumbledUpon Australian illustrator Ken Wong.  Ken studied multimedia at the University of South Australia but says “I learned most of what I know about art from reading books and involving myself in online art communities. The internet is a great environment for digital artists to learn from each other and advance their skills.”(1)

Ken works as an art director for the computer game studio Spicy Horse in Shanghai.  His work has also appeared in the Spectrum and Exposé art annuals and a few other magazines. You can view more of Ken’s work and artistic process (from pencil sketch to finished Photoshop image), by visiting his website at Kenart.net.