Shannon Associates is pleased to announce Jacob Wyatt to the group and invites everyone to visit his complete works within the portfolio section of our site. link here.

The six illustrations depict:

• Muammar Khaddafy
• Mario Varga Llosa
• Hugo Chavez
• Vito Corleone
• Silvio Berlusconi
• Steve Jobs

Here’s what the judges had to say about the entry:

There are so many layers to these illustrations; the more you look at them the more details you see and the more engaged you become. But each detail combines to make a whole that works. It’s impressive how good the likenesses are; you instantly recognize the person being portrayed. This use of collage is so innovative it feels like a completely new approach — there nothing like it. Each piece contains an Easter egg that helps tell the story of the person, and each illustration is a story in itself that could stand alone. The pieces exude such wit and personality that you feel engaged with the person creating the illustrations. A strong voice is emerging through this work.

Check out coverage of the other gold medals:

First Gold medal: Washington Post goes tablet shopping
Second Gold medal: Times of Oman’s Ramadan tiled poster
Third Gold medal: Times of Oman news design page
Fourth Gold medal: Svenska Dagbladet’s breaking news coverage of Norway attacks

Please feel free to view his portfolio and bio here.

(Art direction, design, and illustration of Y.A. novel cover for Little Brown)

Neil Swaab is a freelance illustrator, art director, cartoonist, animator, writer, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. As an illustrator, Neil’s work has graced the covers and interiors of magazines, CD’s, newspapers, and books for clients throughout the world including The NY Times, The Utne Reader, The Village Voice, and Little, Brown. As an art director, Neil worked for years at HarperCollins Publishers where he oversaw the design of many bestselling children’s books and young adult novels for Laura Geringer Books and Joanna Cotler Books and continues to freelance art direct for them and other book clients on a regular basis. As a cartoonist, his weekly alternative comic strip, Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles, has been published in newspapers in over six countries and has been collected into books in America, Russia, and Italy. As an animator, Neil served as a character layout artist on the shows Superjail! for Adult Swim and Ugly Americans for Comedy Central where he created and drew many characters and key frame poses for the first season and pilot respectively. Additionally, as a writer, Neil’s first screenplay, Eddie Fantastic!, was a finalist for the prestigious Nicholl Fellowhsip and he’s currently hard at work on its follow-up. Finally, Neil is an adjunct professor at Parsons The New School For Design, where he teaches in the illustration program. Neil’s work has been recognized by The Society of Illustrators, Print Magazine, Communication Arts, American Illustration, and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Please feel free to visit Neil's portfolio and bio here.

Please feel free to visit Mike Heath’s print portfolio here.

The New American Illustration Show has been picked and Steve Brodner (Newt for The New York Times Magazine) along with a terrific display of artists have been selected. Please see the full slide show of this year's winners at http://www.ai-ap.com/slideshow. Don't miss it...looks like the best show yet!

Please visit more of Steve Brodner's work here.