Drawing for Dollars: Illustration Seminar With Mark Pilon

I love those quirky little illustrations that appear in the fronts of magazines and on the covers of some of the better newspapers. Love them. I've always wondered how one might get into that kind of work (not that I can draw or anything). It just seems like fun, you know?

Anyway, if you're at all interested in illustration, there's a seminar happening on January 25th that might be of interest. It's another in the Western Magazine Awards Foundation's Professional Development Series (which I posted about previously) and this one will feature Vancouver-based artist extraordinaire Mark Atomos Pilon.

Even if you don't know him, his big-eyed, digital-seeming, anime-inspired cartoons will probably jog your memory. He's done work for a lot of big organizations and publications like IKEA, and Wired, as well as work for local orgs like The Georgia Straight.

The seminar purports to teach you about Illustration for Marketing and Magazines with an emphasis on how to make your mark, as it were. It's $10.

Enjoy it, you crayon happy kids. Call 604.699.3717 or email info[at]westernmagazineawards.com to reserve a seat.

Illustration Seminar with Mark Pilon
January 25, 2007, 7 to 9 p.m., doors at 6:45 p.m.
Alliance for Arts and Culture
100-938 Howe St.