Contact Jupiter's artists

2011-12-13T05:57:00.000-08:00

Check out Bill Dickson's illustration of Sydney Crosby - created for Scholastic Canada's Kids book - Creepy Canadian Jokes.

I loved doing this book of creepy jokes aimed at young kids.

I drew the cover with black prismacolor pencil, scanned in and coloured in Photoshop. The interior images were also drawn with black coloured pencil and scanned in.

I've created many of these types of books over the years for Scholastic, and look forward to doing many more.

Check out some of my other artworks here:

Kids book work: http://contactjupiter.com/artist/bill-dickson/portfolio/kids-book-illustration

Line art work: http://contactjupiter.com/artist/bill-dickson/portfolio/line-art

Contact the artist here: info@contactjupiter.com See more of our artists at http://contactjupiter.com

We do lots of editorial and newspaper illustration work.

See book cover below from which the artwork came from.

Daniel Chen's artwork in Self Magazine's April Issue featuring Kim Kardashian

2011-12-01T11:38:00.000-08:00

Images © Daniel Chen 2011

These images were created by Daniel Chen, a recent addition to the Contact Jupiter roster. The artworks were created for Self Magazine's April Issue which featured Kim Kardashian on the cover. Daniel Chen has created numerous illustrations featuring exercise spots as well as editorial pieces.

His works have been featured in magazines such as: Playboy, Self Magazine, New York Magazine, CosmoGirl, Today's Parent, YM, Teen People, Enroute, Forbes US & Japan, Flare, Fashion, Glow, Today's Parent, Cosmopolitan, Unlimited, Eating Well and more.

See more of Daniel Chen's exercise artworks here

Fashion illustration

Tween illustration

See Scott Stewart's featured works

2011-11-28T10:15:00.000-08:00

Check out the latest post to our Behance page. Featured is Scott Stewart's works of famous comic book characters created for the Children's book industry.

See his works here: http://bit.ly/vcXMKg

You can also view his full portfolio on our website at: http://contactjupiter.com/artist/scott-stewart

You'll see more of Scott's commercial works as well as many featured pieces he created for Spider-man, Superman, X-men, and numerous other licensed characters.

Global Warming - How Harmful insects can be disarmed by one easy trick...and perhaps we can save the bees at the same time :)

2011-11-24T09:35:00.000-08:00

(see larger view of this mosquito)

Virtually every aspect of human lives will be affected by Global warming if it's not stopped in this century. Here's how we can do it together, quickly, with little effort...

It seems to me that over the past 10 years we've been seeing a lot more insects affecting our lives.

Increases in disease borne illnesses transmitted through mosquitos, bedbugs have been proven to carry blood borne diseases, white grubs are decimating lawns. Not to mention that many important tree species are being negatively affected by the warming trends and increased precipitation. These events are increasingly plaguing many parts of North America. For example, the proliferation of the Pine Beetle in western Canada as well as a new attack on Maple trees in the US by the Sugar Maple Borer.

Even in our own yards, we're seeing massive devastation our most prized front lawns by white grubs (June Beetles). Every spring I find more lawns barren of their telltale fresh green shoots. All this ends up costing money to fix...adding chemicals to the environment, as well as necessitating more product being shipped...all leading to this vicious circle of more GHG (Green house gasses) being pumped into the atmosphere...warming more of the air...etc.

What can we do?

The number one trick we can all do is a simple solution that is available to everyone today

stop idling your cars!

It's a simple, effective way to slow down Co2 entering the atmosphere, and it's easy.

Did you know that many studies have proven that it's inefficient in our cold climate to let cars "warm up". It leads to driving vehicles that are not really warm, except for the engine and perhaps the cabin...All the other liquids in the brakes, coolants and many other parts of your car are still cold and need to be warmed up by driving. Manufacturers of todays cars suggest a maximum start-up wait time of 30 seconds before driving.

So think before you leave your car running when you go into the store or when use your auto-car starter in the morning. Wear an extra layer, and you'll see that the car will warm up a lot faster inside if you actually drive it!

This one trick is positive gain for the planet if you stop idling unnecessarily....

Another Money/Planet saving hint: Did you know you can even turn your engine off at long red lights if you expect to wait more than 30 seconds? I've been to many US states where the lights are extremely long...think of how much Co2 you'll be saving...as well as gasoline and money! Typical short trips of 20 minutes, are mostly spent waiting at red lights....

Yes! It's more cost efficient to stop your engine at long red lights, and re-start when the light is green...in fact, it takes less gas to re-start the engine than letting the car idle at a long light (over 30 seconds believe it or not) . Saves gas too....it's a Win-Win for you and for the planet.

Check out some more info at these links here:

http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/personal/idling.cfm?attr=8

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/reduce-your-carbon-footprint/drive-smarter-for-a-better-planet/

Insect Art created by Claude Thivierge. See more of his works here: http://contactjupiter.com/artist/claude-thivierge/portfolio/traditional-animal-illustration

More of this artist's works

Xavier Nuez Exposes in NYC

2011-02-27T16:48:00.000-08:00

Important Announcement:

Xavier Nuez will expose 15 of his works from his series called "Alleys & Ruins" this coming March 3rd at the Condé Nast Lobby located in New York's Times Square.

Xavier's stunning works have been receiving great reviews in the arts community over the past years.

See more on our site here:

http://contactjupiter.com/artist/xavier-nuez/portfolio/alleys-and-ruins

SHOW DETAILS:

Opening reception: March 3 from 6 to 8pm

The show runs from March 3-April 18, 2011 in NYC, in the Conde Nast bldg lobby in Times Square

(Located at 4 Times Square, New York, NY 10036)

Please contact us for more information at info@contactjupiter.com or 514-572-0388 or 510-648-6810

Mahendra Singh's book signing

2011-01-05T14:13:00.000-08:00

Come one, come all, to the Snark Book Signing...

Where: Librarie Drawn and Quarterly, 211 Bernard West, Montreal, Quebec.

When: Friday January 28th, 2011 at 19h00.

2010-12-07T14:04:00.000-08:00

Claude Charlebois (represented internationally by Contact Jupiter) has launched a new website www.charlebois.ca

The newly designed site features more of his uniquely styled images which have been winning awards for over 30 years.

Claude's active participation in the furthuring of the art of creative photography won him and his images an appearance at the United Nations 2007 Climate change talks in New York .

His images represent an ongoing creative conversation that speaks of human nature and nature... our inner and outer ecology foreseeing a renewed relationship with the elements.

He's currently working on a series to be exhibited in 2012, called Tonal Visions. For futher information regarding participation in this visionary exhibit, please contact us via e-mail at info@contactjupiter.com .

Mahendra Singh's latest book get's rave reviews

2010-11-30T08:43:00.000-08:00

Mahendra Singh's illustrated graphic novel redition of The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll, has been published by Melville House Publishing.

A recent review by salon.com say this:

" these may be the fittest illustrations ever created for Carroll's distinctively Victorian nonsense concoctions ".

The New Yorker's Book Bench says:

" illustrated with delightfully surreal (and somewhat macabre) drawings by Mahendra Singh."

See more books created by Mahendra Singh here, and buy it here

Check out some examples that appear in the book here: http://justtheplaceforasnark.blogspot.com/

Contact Jupiter Launches New Site

2010-10-04T08:21:00.000-07:00

Check out our new site. More ergonomic, larger images, all good!

see the site live at www.contactjupiter.com

Many thanks to all the artists that helped get it online and one HUGE thanks to the team at Standwave LLC. for getting this out on time!

Polar Bear Art makes the cover

2010-09-19T10:35:00.000-07:00

Polygone Studios was featured on the Weldon Owen' series called Insiders. The cover appeared on their book called Polar Worlds. A co-op of highly skilled artists, Polygone Studios numerous styles and abilities have also been featured in many books, museums and ad campaigns.

Review their animal and other illustration here

Did you know that Polygone also do museum reference illustration and medical illustration too?

Glenn Moores's Everybody Grills® BBQ Book wins award

2010-09-02T10:54:00.000-07:00

Glenn Moores created over 200 succulent BBQ recipe photographs for Creative Homeowner's first recipe cook book, Everybody Grills®. It's won "Best Books" award this winter, no doubt due to the books wonderful photography and design combination. Other awards include:

Winner of Bronze IPPY Medal in the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Cookbook Category
Winner of a 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award in the Cookbook Category

This Green Edition recipe book features many succulent shots based on Char-broil's® recipes.

Large spreads highlight stunning food photography. The recipes fill in negative spaces discreetly, adding to the books allure and charm.

Color coded sections complete this magnificent keeper...and of course a sold gift choice for that special BBQ fan in your circle of family or friends.

See more of Glenn's amazing recipe photos here

Glenn Moores has been a photographer for over 30 years, and has created stunning photos for a variety of publishers, direct clients and ad agencies in Montreal, Canada and the US.

You can check out more of what Glenn does here:

food, creative test photos for kraft, products. and food packaging (many of the images in the book are available as bbq stock photos)!

You can also buy the book here

2010-08-30T11:06:00.000-07:00

Daniel Chen's works have been featured in numerous campaigns and magazines.

With numerous years of creative experience, he's been the choice of numerous high end clients such as Nissan, Toyota, Ford, McDonalds, Mini Cooper, Time Warner (featured below), At&t, Proctor & Gamble, A & W, Telus (Mike), Rogers, Budweiser, Heineken, CVS to name a few.

See more of his other styles here

C.R.É.É. creates 3D puzzle book masterpiece

2010-08-08T09:18:00.000-07:00

Alain Salesse, director of Montreal based C.R.É.É., created a stunning puzzle book for Meredith Children's books.

Based on the successful Kung Fu Panda movie, Alain worked with Dreamwork's creators months before the movie went into product. He used their storyboards to create puzzles for the book.

Intricate buildings were rendered based on the creators concept boards, and characters were meticulously recreated in 3D for the book.

Other puzzle projects by the C.R.É.É. team included 2 buildings created for BC Bones' WOW series and over 100 3D puzzles for Tri-D and wood-puzzles for BC Bones.

Visit Alain's commercial and advertising works here.