what would julie draw

Organic Gardening: Employee Garden

2012-02-06T14:34:00.000-05:00

Illustration for Organic Gardening about a really neat garden the workers at MC Ironworks created in between two of their warehouses. One person built a fishpond, another made a bridge, a fountain, others brought in an assortment of plants, trees, flowers, and statues. It's all organic, all employee-owned and maintained, and in total cost only $300, which the company paid for!

John K. Samson

2012-01-30T13:23:00.000-05:00

Illustration of John K. Samson, frontman of the Weakerthans and Propaghandi, for a review of his first full length solo album, Provincial, in the February issue of Exclaim! magazine! Check out a stream of the album here, almost makes me a little nostalgic for the prairies... :)

Hey Rosetta! tour posters

2012-01-09T15:23:00.004-05:00

Series of posters the Hey Rosetta! fall tour! Really awesome dudes to work with, thanks Tim and Jason! Hope tour was awesome!!

(All posters were silkscreened in Montreal by Chris Robertson, great guy! A few limited edition screenprinted posters will be available in my Etsy store later this month!)

Dining à la Dickens

2012-01-05T13:23:00.000-05:00

Cover for Swerve magazine, for a feature on a food/Christmas/Victorian novel loving couple who prepared a Christmas feast based on A Christmas Carol! On the menu: to start, a Smoking Bishop and Roasted Chestnuts, then a main course of Roasted Goose with Sage-Onion Stuffing and Port Gravy, and Mrs. Bridge’s Flaming Plum Pudding for dessert! Thanks to AD Vishu Mahajan!

Maria Rodale pt. II

2011-11-17T11:17:00.000-05:00

Another portrait for Maria's Page in Organic Gardening magazine, where she reflects on this years gardening season and contemplates the next. Stake the tomatoes early on and label all the varieties of vegetables as they will inevitably be forgotten come harvest time!

Costumes for couples!

2011-11-15T15:33:00.004-05:00

Funny little spots for a funny little blog post by a friend, Mark Teo, rating couples Halloween costumes! Hot dog and mustard, the obvious winner here.

Lady Gaga, teacher

2011-11-10T11:10:00.000-05:00

Illustration for an article about using pop culture to teach in the classroom, featuring ... Lady Gaga! For Scholastic Instructor Magazine, thanks Aruna!

Wedding illustrations!

2011-11-08T18:00:00.002-05:00

I had the honour of doing the invitations and some fun little woodsy illustrations for my good friend and designer Leah Santucci's wedding this summer! A little different than I usually work, these were all painted in gouache. Forgot how nice it is to make an entire piece without the computer sometimes! Picture party ahead, click for larger!

inside

the actual paintings, on little 2.5" x 3" cards

every menu was set on an actual typewriter (by leah)!

table cards ...

on a door!

And a few more pictures from the wedding, because it was SO beautiful out in the Kootenays, and Leah (and her pa!) did an amaaazing job on the decorating, everything was handmade and matching and perfect! (Also, the view!)

petit bouquet!

arch made by mr. santucci!

hanging wooden birds by the groom's father!

sweet, glorious tarts made by the family and neighbours!

Et fin, congrats Leah & Darrett!!

Electric cars + condos

2011-10-31T10:31:00.000-04:00

Illustration in last weekend's National Post, for an article on the growing trend of electric cars and how condo complexes in Toronto aren't always properly equipped to house them.

Holland Day at Spruce Meadows

2011-10-28T12:34:00.000-04:00

Illustration I did a few weeks ago for Swerve's Going Out section! Being heavily obsessed with horses and show jumping growing up, the research/reference phase of this was extra dreamy!

Wild Flag

2011-09-28T12:38:00.003-04:00

Portrait of super rad lady band, Wild Flag, for Beatroute Magazine!

Maria Rodale

2011-09-06T12:34:00.000-04:00

Portrait of Maria Rodale (CEO of Rodale, Inc.) for this month's issue of Organic Gardening!

The Fine Art of Basking

2011-08-24T16:14:00.004-04:00

Illustration + portraits for a fun project by the National Post - it began with a sentence passed on to a writer, who wrote a few paragraphs then passed it on to another writer, with 11 Canadian writers participating in total. The final product is The Fine Art of Basking!

Below, the authors from left to right, they appeared next to their section of the story in last weekend's Post:
Marina Endicott, Brian Francis, Johanna Skibsrud, D. W. Wilson, Helen Humphreys, Kate Pullinger, Linwood Barclay, Steven Heighton, Dani Couture, Kevin Chong, and Tristan Hughes (Click for larger)

up! illustration

2011-08-10T11:25:00.003-04:00

Illustration for the August issue of Westjet's inflight magazine, up!, on summer activites in Ottawa for every member of the family

Josh Ritter, Author!

2011-07-13T13:15:00.003-04:00

Illustration for a National Post article about musicians penning fiction; Josh Ritter was one of the musicians interviewed about his new book, Bright's Passage.

Girls Rock Camp!

2011-06-29T12:34:00.000-04:00

For the Exclaim! July paper!

Worst Trends

2011-06-15T13:23:00.001-04:00

Funny little spot for FFWD's Worst Trends! Apologies to hipsters, jeggings, and dubstep..!

Sofielundsskolan Mediatek

2011-06-14T11:11:00.000-04:00

Illustration for Sofielundsskolan Mediatek in Malmö, Sweden. Best wishes with the new job, Emelie!

Up! illustration

2011-06-09T05:55:00.000-04:00

Illustration on eco-tourism for Up!, Westjet's inflight magazine!

Chad VanGaalen

2011-06-06T12:34:00.000-04:00

Chad VanGaalen for Exclaim! magazine!
DID YOU FIND THE EGG SALAD SANDWICH?

Children's book illustrations

2011-06-02T10:10:00.000-04:00

My spreads about the transformations of tiny seeds and eggs for a really cool Swedish children's book about nature, Smarta små upptäcker naturen, with illustrations by a number of awesome illustrators! Thanks Birgitta!

Exclaim! Festival Guide

2011-05-02T01:11:00.000-04:00

Cover for the Exclaim! festival guide! Thanks James and Christine!

AAA Traveler Map

2011-05-01T10:16:00.000-04:00

Vivian Girls

2011-04-01T11:44:00.000-04:00

Portrait of the Vivian Girls for Exclaim! magazine!

Aspen cover

2011-03-22T13:23:00.000-04:00

Illustration for a publication/poster for a really great non-profit organization, Aspen! Thanks to Leah Santucci, designer extraordinaire, at ZGM!

Rural Alberta Advantage

2011-03-01T03:01:00.000-05:00

Illustration of the Rural Alberta Advantage for Beatroute magazine!

Valentines Day at the Bachelor Pad

2011-02-16T19:34:00.004-05:00

How to "bachelor proof" your pad, for the National Post

Etsy shop!

2011-02-11T15:45:00.001-05:00

I opened up an Etsy shop! Go buy some posters!

Swerve post

2011-02-11T14:11:00.002-05:00

Really great christmas story by Rebecca Northan!

Leighton Centre's one day Clothesline art sale! (pictured on t-shirt: the founder)

Research News cover + spot

2011-01-11T14:11:00.000-05:00

The Pauses tour poster

2010-12-15T13:52:00.000-05:00

National Post - Permission Impossible

2010-11-19T02:18:00.000-05:00

Article here!

Poster post

2010-11-15T14:15:00.000-05:00

4 colour

2 colour

Jim Bryson

2010-10-22T13:22:00.000-04:00

Tiny Template magazine

2010-10-12T13:55:00.000-04:00

Polaris Prize posters

2010-09-17T14:11:00.000-04:00

Posters for the Polaris Music Prize, congrats on the win, Karkwa! Smaller reprints available here, or contact me to buy an original full size edition!

2010

2009

National Post fall adventures

2010-08-20T23:20:00.000-04:00

100 Great Canadian Things to Do and See!

Swerve - Hawaiian memories

2010-08-08T11:08:00.001-04:00

More health illustrations

2010-07-30T10:30:00.001-04:00

Immunizations

Salt intake

Superfoods

Arcade Fire for Exclaim!

2010-07-26T15:34:00.000-04:00

Name that Tune

2010-07-13T22:13:00.000-04:00

Funny article by a good friend, Peter Hemminger!

Best Neighbourhoods To Buy In

2010-06-26T13:26:00.001-04:00

Jamie Lidell

2010-06-22T13:23:00.000-04:00

CATIE booklet

2010-06-05T09:05:00.002-04:00

I got to work with a really great organization, CATIE, on a informational booklet about HIV and aging, here are a few of the illustrations!

Depression

Hot flashes

Keeping active

In layout

Calgary Arts Development Summer Festival Guide

2010-05-27T13:24:00.000-04:00

No More Shapes

2010-05-25T13:22:00.000-04:00

Enbridge career profile

2010-04-13T13:13:00.000-04:00

March Break - National Post

2010-03-04T12:07:00.000-05:00

Spring cleaning/home makeover!

Children's circus camp!

FFWD Cinematheque

2010-02-23T17:23:00.000-05:00

Photo by Marc Rimmer

Wedding invitations

2010-02-08T17:08:00.001-05:00

Wedding invitation for one of my favourite art directors, congrats Danae!!

Zodiac 2010

2010-02-01T16:23:00.000-05:00

Horoscope illustrations for the National Post, click to see larger!

Happy Holidays!

2009-12-25T03:25:00.000-05:00

FFWD Green Winter Guide

2009-10-25T13:25:00.000-04:00

"Let's take a photo of a goat in a boat...

2009-10-24T01:23:00.000-04:00

... and then we can float in a moat and be freaky" - Bret

FFWD Favourite Calgary albums

2009-10-21T13:21:00.000-04:00

FFWD CIFF guide

2009-09-28T12:28:00.000-04:00

Swerve Fall Arts Guide

2009-09-06T17:46:00.000-04:00

A bunch of portraits for the Swerve Fall Arts Guide, they're all people coming to Calgary this season!

Margaret Atwood, Dalai Lama, Judy Chicago, Bill Cosby, Lizzie Borden (Blood Relations at Vertigo Theatre), Billy Twinkle (Alberta Theatre Projects), Ron Mueck's Giant Baby, Little Women (Calgary Opera), Elton John, kids from the 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee (Theatre Calgary), Bugs Bunny (Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra), and the Tooth Fairy (Old Trouts Theatre). PHEW!

Trevor Smith - programming director of the Calgary International Film Festival

Robert Minczuk - conductor of CPO's Tchaikovsky festival

Bev Tosh - artist; her show, War Brides, is at the Glenbow Museum

Ronnie Burkett - puppeteer; his show, Billy Twinkle, is on at ATP

Margaret Atwood - author; coming to Calgary to promote her new book The Flood as a literary talk

John Rutherford - longtime fixture on the roots/blues scene, he is releasing his first solo record this fall

Marie Chouinard - choreographer; her troupe is at Theatre Junction

Swerve's own Shelley Arnusch, she writes the Cheap Date column

Bokunge blog

2009-08-28T11:28:00.000-04:00

Headers and portraits for a Swedish blog about children's books, Bokunge.

This header didn't get used, but I like how it turned out:

This is header they went with, sans type, because I liked the little scene in the background. Dreamy! You can see it with type on their blog...

Portraits! They further confirmed my suspicion that everyone in Sweden is ridiculously attractive...

Health illustrations

2009-08-23T22:56:00.000-04:00

Illustrations for various health magazines!

Care for babies (and their families) who have a certain heart condition:

Frostbite:

Lice:

Lightning Dust type

2009-08-02T05:22:00.000-04:00

Quick little type and scribble for Beatroute magazine! (I'm not sure who took the photo, sorry!)

Donna Balzer Blog Headers pt. II

2009-07-27T20:19:00.000-04:00

(The big leaf is her signature leaf.)
Donna's blog, check it out!

Fooood

2009-07-22T05:34:00.000-04:00

Weekly spot illustrations for FFWD!

About drink + food pairing:

About the best burgers:

Donna Balzer Blog Headers

2009-07-16T19:32:00.000-04:00

Here's Spring and Summer, Fall and Winter to come! Check out her blog, she's a gardening wizard!

UPPERCASE magazine

2009-07-13T09:06:00.000-04:00

A big thank you to Janine over at UPPERCASE gallery for giving us a shout out on her blog!

Issue 1

Issue 2

Bringing Back Blackfoot

2009-07-11T21:54:00.000-04:00

For FFWD, full story here!

Inside. Learn a little Blackfoot lingo!

Mount Eerie poster

2009-07-09T20:14:00.000-04:00

Sled Island poster collaboration with Marc Rimmer!

Screenprinted on wood, limited edition of 35.

craftydeer collaboration

2009-07-04T08:43:00.000-04:00

This project was made possible by Zero Gravity, and especially Kristen! Thanks guys!

See the whole set on the CUPS website!

posters!

2009-06-20T08:42:00.000-04:00

Pale Air Singers

2009-03-23T13:05:00.000-04:00

Portrait of the Pale Air Singers/super rad guys! They're doing a few shows around western Canada in April, check 'em out! (Drawing done in ballpoint pen!)

UGuelph Student Dayplanner

2009-03-23T12:58:00.000-04:00

This is an ooooold one, from last summer, for the University of Guelph via the lovely and amazing Kathe Gray at Electric Pear! I was waiting to get a nice photo of before posting, but it's been months so i just went ahead and took some shoddy ones.

The book!

Handlettering!

2009-03-16T23:18:00.000-04:00

Cover & inside illo for FFWD about the new dynamics of politics and the blogosphere/twitter/etc.

The Attic Door Film Poster

2009-03-15T12:46:00.000-04:00

I had the honour of doing a film poster for a really awesome film, The Attic Door by Nightlight Pictures! Seriously, it's so good. Check it out if you get the chance! Thanks Danny and Erica, it was awesome working with you guys!

Spy City

2009-01-19T22:06:00.000-05:00

Here's a few posters for Spy City ! Art direction: Kelsey Horne at Taxi.

(click for larger.)

CraftyVEER!

2009-01-15T13:35:00.000-05:00

Hey, look! Marc and I have a set over at Veer!

CHECK OUT THE FULL COLLECTION!
(And then encourage all your clients to use a bunch!) :)

The Ho Ho HO

2009-01-14T04:14:00.000-05:00

Funny little comic for FFWD based on a story submitted by an anonymous reader! Click the image to see a larger version!

Home sweet tomes!

2008-12-02T12:28:00.000-05:00

Illustration for the cover of the Weekend Post section of last Saturday's National Post! Inside spots, too. The theme was 'books for every room of your house', check out the reading suggestions here!

A few of the spot illustrations:

craftydeer collaboration!

2008-12-02T11:53:00.000-05:00

A little photo-illustration for FFWD about winter fashion, with a Twin Peaks twist! Big thank you to Tara McKinnon for organizing and styling it!

FFWD cover

2008-11-02T18:53:00.000-05:00

Cover illustration for FFWD about Marina Endicott's Giller Prize nomination, click here for article! Original thumbnail rough:

Miscellaneous!

2008-11-02T18:24:00.000-05:00

Okkervil River for Beatroute Magazine.

A little section from an illo I liked...

Illustration for a bridal magazine via the wonderful Hartman Design Studio!

New work!

2008-09-01T23:59:00.000-04:00

Like everyone gets at some point, I've been stuck in a bit of a rut. But, during a quick trip to Montreal (le swoon!) and a new client, I was pushed towards something new. Something I really like! Here's a big thank you to Malcolm Brown (art director, extraordinaire) who I can credit to trying new (with a mix of the old) things.

These aren't the final illustration, but they're bits of the process of me loosening up, and a direction I'm excited about!

what would julie draw: the early years

2008-09-01T23:32:00.000-04:00

Every drawer of drawings has to start somewhere; some beginnings are, uh, stranger than others.

Click the picture above to see the only drawings I did by the age of 4. I think it goes without saying that I must have spent some time in church.

Warning: Some viewers may find this ... creepy. I like to think of it as studies in crucifixes, personal struggle, anatomy, and, best of all, goatees (re: the drawings on cardboard).

poster season is here!

2008-07-01T16:48:00.000-04:00

The super sweet and talented Neighbourhood Council!

Deerhunter at Sled Island! 3 colour screenprint!

Also: HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Gig Poster!

2008-06-07T14:08:00.000-04:00

Phewwww! It's been too long since I last got to do a poster! Here's one commissioned by Paul James Coutts & Chains for a show they're playing with the most excellent Women & Mt. Royal in Edmonton on June 14th.

Work/Life + Print Available!

2008-06-06T16:28:00.000-04:00

Here's the piece I did for Janine's Work/Life book (mentioned in previous entry)!

If you're interested, prints can be bought HERE! Prints of Marc's piece are available in the shop, as well.

Work/Life!

2008-06-02T20:20:00.000-04:00

If you're in the Calgary area, come by the Work/Life opening at UPPERCASE Gallery this Thursday (June 6th) evening! Marc and I are both in the book, along with a whole crowd of sweet Canadian illustrators and photographers! If you can't make it to the opening make sure to pick up a book, if you order now you can save 30%.

Check out a preview of the book:

A Tribute to Helen Koentges

2008-05-26T17:30:00.000-04:00

Calgarian journalist Chris Koentges wrote a beautiful & inspiring story (warning: it's a tearjerker!) about his mother's recent passing from brain cancer, featured in last weeks Swerve.

Cover

Inside Opener - the story relates [his mother's] garden to the cycle of seasons - life & death, etc.

Spots (click to see all 4!)

Pheww! On a more cheery note, the Compadres/Oscar Lopez illustrations were nominated in the 'Illustration or Illustration Feature' category of the Western Magazine Awards! I'm in good company - other nominees include my fellow classmate Byron Eggenschweiler, and schoolmate Joy Ang!

FFWD - Arts Emergency

2008-05-26T17:16:00.000-04:00

I recently got to illustrate a great FFWD feature on the state of the arts & artists in Calgary - which is that it's actually in a state of emergency! Eeep! I highly recommend you take a read.

Cover

Inside Feature

Spot Illustrations (click to see all 4!)

"little critters" print for sale!

2008-04-16T21:23:00.000-04:00

a little piece i did for the Little Critters show at UPPERCASE gallery!

you know what could be really fun? buying a print HERE!! it's cute and informational!

(click for larger)

FFWD Covers!

2008-03-15T16:42:00.000-04:00

cover for FFWD's activist issue focusing on corporate environmental responsibility, on stands right now! the second is the cover for the 'activist guide' which is inside the issue, and the third is a spot for an accompanying article on corporate responsibilty.

(click for larger image!)

gig poster - azeda booth

2008-03-01T14:02:00.000-05:00

here's a little diddy i made for azeda booth's upcoming cd fundraiser show! it's going to be a great show and you should come, because not only are azeda booth playing, but the glorious kris ellestad and women too! just do it, okay?

(click thumbnail for larger)

exciting news!

2008-02-21T14:08:00.000-05:00

i won my very first award for illustration! the official name is "Award of Excellence" in the category of "Illustration Portfolio Individual", cool! it was from the society of news design for work i've done for swerve magazine. the link is a little bare right now, but it sounds like they'll be adding pictures and whatnot in the future? swerve won 4 awards total this year, congrats swerve!

i'm not entirely sure what illustrations they submitted, but i think these were entered for something:

(click the thumbnail for larger image.)

the compadres - oscar lopez & james keelaghan

the tumultuous life of oscar lopez

xavier rudd

2008-02-19T13:38:00.000-05:00

illustration of xavier rudd, supreme beach-babe aussie musician extraordinaire! as seen in last friday's swerve magazine.

(click thumbnail for larger image)

come along, fool

2008-01-30T12:12:00.000-05:00

i'm a huge cat power fan, and was super excited to do an illustration about her & her new album of cover songs, jukebox, for the upcoming february issue of beatroute. the album includes covers of hank williams, joni mitchell, frank sinatra, james brown, billie holiday, janis joplin, as well as a few of her own songs. her voice will make you swoooon!

(click for larger image)

semi-related: if you're unfamiliar with the glory that is her music, here are some songs you need to hear:

i don't blame you
fool
metal heart

semi-related: the poster i got to do for her show at sled island is here!

also semi-related: other illustrations for the cd review section beatroute! definitely some of the funnest illustrations i get to do. portraits + delicious music = happy julie!

thom yorke (of radiohead) - the eraser

beastie boys - the mix-up

deerhoof - friend opportunity

unrelated: holy cold alberta! bundle up folks!

Poster Post

2008-01-12T19:43:00.000-05:00

new poster for My Shaky Jane!

not-as-new-but-still-newish poster for Drug Store Cowboys!

and in honour of this first poster post, here's a great interview with the glorious Milton Glaser, whose own poster collection is in the 200,000 - 300,000 range. what?!

also: more of my posters can be found at gigposters.com

'TIS THE SEASON..

2007-12-31T17:30:00.000-05:00

FFWD PART II

2007-12-21T14:09:00.000-05:00

A continuation of FFWD spots!

Left to right, top to bottom:

Fred Armisen
The US gets stubborn at the climate talks in Bali
Voting for "green" candidates
Mozart on the Mountain
The future of population control in China & India
The "new & improved" Oasis
Putin will find a way to be pres forever

FFWD PART I

2007-12-21T13:36:00.000-05:00

Since I don't have section for them on my website yet, here's a small collection of some of my favourite black & white FFWD spots, new & old!

Left to right, top to bottom:

Axl Rose
Australia & climate change
The end of cheap food
Local Calgarian band The Consonant C
China's market for Western pop music
"Fair use" of music sampling
Approaching a scarcity of oil
The corrupt Colonel Muammar Gaddafy loves fashion

NEW WORK - william joseph promo illustrations

2007-12-17T20:06:00.000-05:00

First Crafty Deer post! hurrah!

New Illustrations for William Joseph, a local design & marketing agency. experimenting with a few different styles of illustration, while interpreting the "William Joseph" character. (click on the thumbnails)

(and a big thank you to marc, who set this whole thing up! I have no webskillz.)