CBIG - Children's Book Illustrators Group

Kudos to the Winners of this years Illustration Directory Covers! (please click on the images for a bigger view) Melissa Iwai , Claire Lordon , Suzanne Morris , Mike Ciccotello Stephanie Ruble , Sharon Holm , Mike Ciccotello , Diana Ting Delosh   Check out out both directories in the sidebar. Click to view all the pages. 2016 COLOR Illustration Directory 2016 BLACK & WHITE Illustration Directories or download from our website at  cbig-nyc.com We will be featuring the Illustrator promo pages in the upcoming posts. First up will be the 2016 Black & White Directory Pages .

All Images are © copyrighted by the individual artists Ta Dah! The 2016 CBIG Postcard. The front features 35 member illustrators and hints at the variety of illustration styles among our membership. The back of the card lists all 2016 members. Please visit cbig-nyc.com to view more of our art. Illustrators on the front of the card. From left to right, starting from the top row: Row 1: Patricia Keeler, Diana Ting Delosh, Lisa Falkenstern, Melissa Iwai, Susie Lee Jin Row 2:   Cathleen Thole-Daniels, Karen Romagna, Donna Miskend, Claire Lordon, Mike Ciccotello Row 3:   Stephanie Ruble, Drue Wagner, Betsy Franco Feeney, Jason Kirschner, Deborah Cuneo Row 4:   Madonna Davidoff, Annina Luck Wildermuth, Annie Zygarowicz, Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo,  Sharon Holm Row 5:   Vicky Rubin, Christine Mix, Sara Kahn, Amalia Hoffman, Lisa Cinelli Row 6:   T. T.  Tyler, Jennifer Merz, Marie McCann, Roberta M. Rivera, H. Ruth Karpes Row 7...

The Illustration Friday prompt this week is nose, so of course I thought of the old Froot Loops commercials with Toucan Sam following his nose (because it always knows). Though even as a kid, I knew that Sam's nose was really his beak. I was inspired to paint two characters from my current picture book project following two toucans while wearing toucan noses: I also posted another nose painting (of Little Red Riding Hood) for Illustration Friday on my blog.  Click here to see it. Please visit my website, sruble.com , to learn more about my art and projects, or my blog to see more recent art.

c 2016 Laura Goetz My entry into the NJSCBWI Annual Conference, Juried Art Show. The theme was to illustrate the words, "I will arise and go now," by William Butler Yeats. www.LauraGoetzIllustration.com

The newest Adventure of Gunther the Underwater Elephant is now published and available. Amazon or your local Bookstore should be able to get copies for you. The book includes coloring pages, fun facts and an excellent adventure. ISBN-13:  978-1499600513

Let's Go to the Hardware Store by Anne Rockwell and illustrated by Melissa Iwai was just released this week. To see the creative process behind the illustrations, please visit this post . Anne and Melissa will be at BookCourt (163 Court St.) in Brooklyn on March 26 at 2 pm and Books of Wonder April 3 at noon to read and sign copies.