Friday, March 30, 2012

The Illustration and Claymation world of Christophe Lopez-Huici

Jennifer Vaughn Artist Agency welcomes French-born, New York resident, Christophe Lopez-Huici to the group! With clients such as Google, Christie's, Pfizer, Atlantic Records, Bill Plympton, as well as a large range of smaller music labels and independent music magazines, Christophe brings yet another layer of style, skills, and personality to the team.

His illustration approach has a hint of the very traditional French 'bande dessinées' (cartoon), while retaining a clear unique personality and presence:

Christophe Lopez-Huici - Album design for the Barbacans

Christophe Lopez-Huici - B&W interior and architectural illustration

Christophe Lopez-Huici - Illustration for Christie's

Christophe Lopez-Huici - illustration

Some of his animation / claymation projects include a 7 minute-long animated sequence for the documentary Mamachas Del Ring. The movie has been screened in many festivals worldwide, including Slamdance and the Margaret Mead film festival in NY. His own animated short, Mondo Claymo has been in festivals all over the country and was shown at the Festival de Cannes's Short Film Corner in May 2011 --- here is a peek:




You can also check out Christophe's super-cool music magazine, Bananas Magazine, which he created collaboratively with 4 friends in late 2009 – it is now distributed in 12 countries!


Thursday, March 29, 2012

Hectic lifestyle of a single mom illustrated by Lucie Rice

Lucie Rice recently created this series of parenting illustrations for Babytalk Magazine.  The article, Power of One, is about single moms and their hectic lifestyles.
Lucie Rice - Power of One  -Shopping




Lucie Rice - Babytalk - Power of One



Lucie Rice - Power of One - spot illustrations


Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Kim Rosen poster illustration for World Sparrow Day

From Kim's Blog – by Kim Rosen:
"A few years ago I illustrated a portrait of Mohammed Dilawar for TIME magazine for their special report on "Environmental Heroes".
It has been Mohammed's mission to save the sparrows of India once he learned about the declining population in 2005. After seeing a sparrow building a nest in a switch box of a telephone pole, Mohammed decided to help. He started designing and building wooden nesting boxes and then manufactured them on a nonprofit basis. In less than three years he's sold more than a 1,000 of these nests. You can read the full TIME article <and see the original illustration> HERE.

Mohammed and I have been in touch since the TIME article was published in 2008. He recently asked me to illustrate a poster and a web banner to help further spread awareness of not only the sparrows, but of all common birds in India that are on the decline. I admire Mohammed and his efforts and I was honored to have been asked to help with his mission. March 20th is World Sparrow Day. Here are a few links if you'd like to learn more about Mohammed's efforts or learn how to help."


Kim Rosen - Poster illustration for "World Sparrow Day"