Author Archives: Three in a Box

Jaw Dropping Work from Gary Bullock

Gary Bullock’s work with Brandever and Jaw Drop Cooler Co. has been seen in the wild. Gary actually came across a shelf full of them so we feel at liberty to expose them right here on threeinabox.com. Great work Gary! Lots of fun! You can view a lot more of Gary’s work at his folio [...]
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New Images from Otto Steininger

Otto has updated his folio with several recent editorial pieces that exemplify his cool and elegant style. Check them out and the rest of his portfolio here!
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New Character Designer/Packaging Specialist! Welcome Harry Moore!

Harry Moore has just signed on with Three in a Box. He is a Nickelodeon-approved illustrator for several of their Properties. He is also an exceptionally experienced packaging illustrator, having done work with Cheetos, Keebler, General Mills and many other top-tier clients. Harry, we are pleased to have you within our group!
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New Caricaturist! Welcome Adrian

We have recently signed Adrian Lubbers to our group. He is a brilliant caricaturist with a gorgeous digital painterly style. He combines traditional painting with various photographic approaches to deliver a captivating impression. Glad to have you on board!
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Martin O’Neill: Any Given Sunday

Studio Fury, in London, have, so far, produced a promotional poster/calendar each month this year. Martin O’Neill was brought on board to tackle April’s release. His challenge was to create a visual response to the words, “the inches we need are everywhere around us.” For those of you not familiar with Al Pacino’s epically motivational [...]
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John Coburn Paints at Artscape’s 25th

John Coburn is a prominent part of The Toronto Standard’s coverage of Artscape’s 25th Anniversary celebration at Toronto’s Wychwood Barns last Wednesday. Read more about it here: The Toronto Standard.   photo taken by Bianca Teixeira
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Jode Thompson Art Matters

Through Jode Thompson, we have come to learn of a small school, with 60 students and a single teacher, in the town of Alta Vista, Nayarit State, Mexico. Chronically underfunded and beyond the reach of modern technology, the school has become the focus of a group of Calgary high school students and Art Matters, a [...]
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Matt Roussel’s New iPad App

Matt Roussel has partnered in another fantastic iPad app After the success of Scott’s Submarine, Matt Roussel has partnered in another fantastic iPad app for young kids. Mademoiselle Daisy’s New Friends, published by squareigloo.net and written by Amelie Sarn, tells the story of a charming old lady who’s a bit goofy! How will she succeed in [...]
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Cadbury’s Bicycle Factory

Matt Roussel and Trevor Nelson both contributed towards Cadbury’s thebicyclefactory.ca initiative, the laudable goal of which is to send 5000 bicycles to students in Ghana. The Hive Inc. brought us in on this fantastic project resulting in Trevor’s funky bicycle parts and Matt’s crazy background images. The Monty Python meets Rube Goldberg effect is delightful!
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Sophie Casson in American Illustration 31

The Kiss has been chosen to appear on the American Illustration 31 Archive. This illustration was created for the cover of 24 images, on the theme of “man and the city”.
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Matt Daley in Creative Quarterly 27

Matt Daley has had several of his images selected for Creative Quarterly 27, out this spring. Three of his images, which were runners up in their categories, will be on the CQ website. A fourth image, the cover of Taddle Creek issue 27, was selected as a winner and will be featured in the print [...]
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McGowan Wins!

Shane McGowan has won two Gold awards at the Illustrators Australia Awards this year. One of the Gold awards was for a series of portraits that he completed called Famous. Creative Magazine, a sponsor of the awards, put one of the winners, a portrait of Andy Warhol, on the cover of the awards issue. The [...]
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Martin O’Neill on the Design Bureau

The Design Bureau has chosen to focus on Martin O’Neill and, in particular, the astounding illustrations he created for Oliver Sacks’s The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat. As a bonus, they’ve included a few shots of Martin’s studio and his process. Check it out at www.wearedesignbureau.com
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Matt Roussel Interview

Matthieu Roussel has recently been interviewed for 3D Artist magazine. You can read his interview and more via this link.
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Otto Steininger and the Black Keys

Otto Steininger was commissioned to design the Soundcheck Award issued by Berlin music critics for the album of the year. Instead of handing the award winner a trophy, they decided for the award to be a poster. This time the award goes to the Grammy-winning band The Black Keys for their album “El Camino”. Otto [...]
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Fresh Work from Sophie Casson

The wonderful Sophie Casson has given us a refresher on why she is so important to illustration today. Her simple graphic style narrates to us in perfectly succinct images. And yet these images are deeply moving and sincerely beautiful.
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Welcome Todd Carosielli!

OMG, have you seen Todd’s work? Fabulous! Amazing! Breathtaking, too! Todd is a Pennsylvania-based CGI illustrator who has worked on many top-tier projects over the last 13 years. It doesn’t matter if your project needs architectural, gaming, lifestyle,product, motion, what-have-you…you need to see his work.
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Zsolt Vidak’s Poe Portrait

We totally missed this one. Zsolt Vidak intended us to post this on Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday and it is a moving portrait of a darkly disturbed genius. Zsolt’s approach highlights his ability to reach into his subject and bring their inner elements to the fore. Apologies to you, Zsolt, for this late post. For [...]
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Otto Steininger is in the Society of Illustrators 54

These two pieces were accepted into New York’s Society of Illustrators 54th Annual Competition. “Angel feeding devils”, a personal piece, highlights the darker side of Otto’s imagination. The other piece, named “insomnia” by Otto, was originally commissioned by the New York Times for a story on how ‘smart homes’ can take over your life.
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Otto Steininger in Yale Medicine Magazine

Otto Steininger’s work for Yale has recently been published. Yale Medicine Magazine’s Autumn 2011 issue features Otto’s illustrations on the cover and several large interior illustrations. It’s an amazing story on the role of physicians as scientists. And it turned out to be an amazing series of illustrations executed in Otto’s beautiful line style.
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Matt Roussel Goes Big!

Now that’s visibility! Matt Roussel has recently finished work on his largest 3D illustration yet! Mounted on the side of a multi-storey for the next 3 months outside of Porte Maillot on the Paris metro…in case you’re thinking of checking it out in person.
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The Groupbook is out!

Our Latest Groupbook, lucky number 27, is hitting the streets as you read this. Steve Munday, collagist extraordinaire, gave us the crazy amusement park-themed cover. But don’t get lost deciphering the myriad gags in his illustration or you will miss the amazing collection of the finest illustration in between the cover pages.
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Jon Watson joins us!

Arizona-based 3D illustrator Jon Watson has recently joined the group. He has a wonderful grasp of light and reflections and has great facility in rendering anything from water, wood and metal surfaces to characters in 3D environments. Have a look at his portfolio here: http://www.threeinabox.com/artist-portfolios/watson-jon.
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Matthew Daley in Creative Quarterly 25

Matt Daley has just been notified that three of his submissions to CQ25 have been accepted, one of which was among the winners in the illustration category. This illustration was part of Matthew’s submission for our last issue of the Box Lunch and it’s wonderful to see it, and Matthew’s work in general, being recognized! [...]
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Mr. Monitor gets mechanical!

Matthew Daley‘s regular comic for Broken Pencil is Mr Monitor and he has recently created a paper-craft version of his protagonist. You can view the pdf instructions/template here. And, check out the finished product to the left!
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John Coburn’s Architectural Illustrations up on the 210 Simcoe site

210 Simcoe is condominium project located in the heart of Toronto. John Coburn provided the project’s agency, 52 Pickup, with some gorgeous illustrations of the location and a rendering of the building in situ. Cool project, great architecture and an amazing illustrator…what a combination!
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The Box Lunch Summer Digest Issue is out now!

Our annual editorially-geared promotion, The Box Lunch, is being mailed out now! You may have already received it. We’d love to hear if you have and let us know what you think of it; it’s a new format for the Box Lunch and we want to know how it handles. Tanya Lam executed the brilliant [...]
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Otto’s 3X3 Winners

These four images received merit recognition in the upcoming Pro Show #8 Annual by 3×3 Magazine. The King Kong image discusses the bed bug plague which has literally reached the Empire State Building. “Baby air travel” (scroll down) appeared in The New York Times in an article about new safety regulations for infants on airplanes. [...]
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Trevor’s Mini Adventure

How’s this for a fun project? Taxi Advertising in Toronto commissioned Trevor Nelson to create an astoundingly long image tracking the adventurous voyage of a Mini across frozen tundra, under pack ice, off a cliff, under a mountain and then, finally, arriving at its home. Wow! What a great image!  It’s a bit too long [...]
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Jason Edmiston Chosen for American Illustration 30

We just found out that Jason Edmiston won a place on America Illustration’s website for this year’s Annual Awards. It’s referred to as Chosen (the book winners are Selected). The piece is from the Village Voice and is about the fate of Coney Island. It pays homage to the fold-in process made famous by Al [...]
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Finally, we can tell you about Martin’s work for Folio

Martin O’Neill was commissioned to recreate the cover for the best selling novel by Oliver Sacks, along with 10 internal full page illustrations for the Folio Society, London. The book will be published in a limited edition of 5000 copies. The illustrations were created over 6 months. O’Neill says he tried to approach the images [...]
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Blue Spruce Award goes to Dave Whamond!

Furthering his collection, last month Dave Whamond received the Blue Spruce Award for his book My-Think-A-Ma-Jink. This award, given to the author chosen by over 250,000 school age kids, is presented by the Ontario Library Association at their Forest of Reading Awards. Dave was thrilled to be honoured with the award and about the book [...]
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Dave Whamond Wins at the NCS Reuben Awards

Dave Whamond was recently honoured with a Rueben Award from the National Cartoonists Society for the advertising category. One of Dave’s personal fave illustration idols, Arnold Roth presented the award! The illustration for which he garnered the award is the brilliant Kodiak piece to the left. Nice work Dave! Check out his full portfolio here: [...]
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Matt Roussel 3D Style Used in iApp

Matthew Roussel’s amazing 3D style was used to create the imagery of a recently released app for iDevices. The App, called Scott’s Submarine, is an interactive book. Read more about it here: Scott’s Submarine
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Derek Matthews was Featured on the AOI

We missed this post at the time that the AOI chose Derek Matthews as their featured artist but it’s still a great way to learn more about Derek, his approaches and how he handles the various styles that he is very capable of using. Click here to view: Derek Matthews: Featured Artist
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Dominic Interviewed on American Elegy

Dominic Bugatto has been interviewed by American Elegy, a website devoted to artists and photographers who are conscious of the disintegration of what was once proudly referred to as “The American Dream.” The interview gives a great insight into Dominic’s influences and approach and also introduces many viewers to his photography. Check it out here: [...]
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Sophie Casson at Ooh là là Illustration Show

Sophie Casson is travelling to Toronto on the 28th of April to participate in the Ooh là là Illustration Show. This will be held in the ballroom of the Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St West, from 6-9PM. The Ooh là là Illustration Show is presented by Illustration Quebec and showcases 40 illustrators from la belle [...]
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Super Totto Featured on caroleguevin.com

Super Totto has been featured as “one of the best” by Carole Guevin, founder of Netdiver Mag (RIP), in her post-Netdiver site caroleguevin.com. Thanks Carole! You can read the feature here: http://caroleguevin.com/micro-details
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John Perlock takes on Cereal Boxes

There comes a point when each of us must face it. Breakfast. It is the meal that is a pure compromise between what we know we should eat and what we really, really want.  I remember moving from oatmeal to sugar cereals one fateful childhood Saturday morning. Even now, though I have great fondness for [...]
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Dave Whamond Nominated for Two Awards at NCS Reubens

Dave Whamond was nominated for two Reuben awards this year from the National Cartoonists Society. He is in the running for the Newspaper Illustration category and the Advertising Illustration category. We look forward to the results come May! Hopefully we get to see Dave in his tux again! Check his folio at www.threeinabox.com/artist-portfolios/whamond.
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Martin O’Neill, Oliver Sacks and Folio

Martin O’Neill has recently finished a project for the Folio Society’s edition of Oliver Sacks’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. A fantastic cover, which is all we can show you now. You won’t believe the interior illustrations! It will be April before we can put them up but we are anxious [...]
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Otto Steininger wins, too!

I know we just posted about Jason Edmiston’s merit awards but it turns out that Otto Steininger, as well, has been a recipient of the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles. You can see four of his six awarded pieces in the Illustration West 49 show. We hope to get more details on the where [...]
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Awards for Edmiston

Congratulations to Jason Edmiston who was awarded three Certificate of Merits from the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles. His work will be shown at Illustration West 49 this spring.
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Groupbook 26 Hitting the Streets

It’s been about a week now since the mailing house sent out our latest catalog of illustration, Groupbook 26. Jode Thompson illustrated the cover for this edition, our first square format book. If you’re on our mailing list, it should be arriving any moment. If you’d like to get on our list, email info@threeinabox.com.
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Sophie’s Choice

The fairies smiled on Sophie Casson as she picked up two Communication Arts awards, including one in the self-promotion category for the cover of the Fairy Tale Issue of the Box Lunch, on which we were delighted to work with her. The other illustration won in the editorial category and was for a series of [...]
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5 Awards for Shane McGowan

Congratulations to Shane McGowan who recently racked up 1 gold, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes in the Illustrators Australia Awards! Way to go Shane! Click here to view the 2011 Illustrators Australia Awards winners list.
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Pearl Diving with Otto Scores AltPick Award

Otto Steininger’s recent illustration for PC World has won third place in the single illustration category of the AltPick Awards. A companion piece to a story on finding the best apps for your smartphone, Otto tackles the difficulty in sifting through the myriad of options and the pleasure of finding something that actually adds value [...]
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Jason Edmiston hits 2 of the Top 10 Alt Weekly Covers for 2010

We started off this new year with some great news! Three in a Box illustrator extraordinaire Jason Edmiston has had two of his covers selected by the Society of Publication Designers for the 10 best Alt Weekly covers of 2010. His Mad Magazine-style fold in for the Village Voice is the #1 cover and his [...]
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Belle Mellor, partnered with Josh Ford, recently completed a short film produced for English Heritage telling the history of Framlingham Castle.
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Ken Dewar Paints the Leafs

Three in a Box and Ken Dewar have been very fortunate to be heavily involved with the Toronto Maple Leafs marketing program in the recent years. He has just finished a set of six amazing paintings for this year’s season tickets. These tickets are for home games with the Leafs historical rivals. Last year he [...]
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Otto in the NYTimes

Otto, a recent newcomer to the parental world, recently completed an illustration for the New York Times Travel Section on infant car seats on airplanes. Click through the image to read the story or click here for Otto’s full folio.
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Francis Blake, How Rude!

Francis Blake is well known for his delightful watercolour/pen and ink illustrations. He has illustrated many of Jan Andrews’ story books for Tundra Press and their recent collaboration, Rude Stories, has just been published and is now available through book sellers everywhere, including here.
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Ian Mitchell is Next

Ian Mitchell has graced the web pages, print ads and even a television commercial for the UK retail giant Next. For the 2010 Next TV commercial, Ian created a stylized map of Paris that shows up around the 14 second mark. He has also created the images for many of the current Next gift cards. [...]
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We Take Down the Double Down

Jason Edmiston and Ken Dewar have recently completed pieces for KFC’s Double Down product launch. Celebrating what is surely one of the most controversial food items to be launched anywhere, our two intrepid artists toss aside questions about the sanity of such a sandwich and get right to the meat of it. Jason’s piece is [...]
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Belle Draws Finance Like Nobody’s Business

Belle was approached after the Parsons The New School of Design viewed some of her recent work in The Economist. For their Visualizing Finance 1.0 Symposium, the IMF image, top left, was used for the poster and the other was used in the concurrent exhibition held at the Aronson Gallery on Fifth Ave in NYC. [...]
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Martin O’Neil does the Cinema!

Martin’s massive hoard of ephemera once more comes to the rescue in a thrilling explosion of razor blades and talent. Click here to view Martin’s full portfolio.
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The Box at The SpeakEasy

Three in a Box will be attending the 10th Annual SpeakEasy Illustration Show. It is at the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen St West in Toronto) on the 7th of October from 7PM to 11PM. Come upstairs to the second floor and seek us out. Come on out and get a glimpse of our Illustration Toolbox [...]
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Matt Daley Gets Milk

Matt Daley has contributed to a fun and healthy iPhone game targeted to teens.
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New Guy on the Block!

Ever since Guy won his school’s competition to design the masthead for the school paper in grade six, he knew he wanted to make images forever.
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Jason Edmiston on Creep Machine

Jason Edmiston has been chosen as a featured artist on Creep Machine. He talks about his love for the horror genre, his choice of medium and what he’s up to next. Click on through to read the entire interview and view some of his horror-specific pieces. You can also view his portfolio here at threeinabox.com/artist-portfolios/edmiston.
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