September full of events

September is coming to its end - it was the month full of sketching events. This month Urban Sketchers Israel had their second group exhibition, taking part in Illustration Week Tel Aviv. The expo was called "Sketch It @ Loveat" and it told the story of the coffee shop "Loveat" through sketches made on location in different areas of the coffee shop, inside and outside.
27 members of USk Israel gave their authentic view and told their story about the place. The expo took place in one of the central branches of the coffee shop, so both the sketching team and customers could recognize themselves in the sketches.

During Illustration Week the group also held 3 sketchcrawls for the wider audience. At the opening event, visitors were invited to do spontaneous on-location sketches and to take part in the expo on a special "live" wall.

It was a lot of work, but I think it was worth it! It felt like our annual party - celebrating another great year of sketching together, mutual passion and friendship.

Here are the sketches I did during the last sketchcrawls:

Now, back to the routine!

Layers with colored pencils

Here are the last illustrations I did for the story in "Einaiym" (Eyes) magazine. This time I wanted to do it in colored pencils only, playing a bit with overlay of different layers. It was fun!

 

Some last illustrations

This is the illustration I did for the last issue of children magazine "Einayim".

 I did in a bit different technique - gouache background and pencil lines, combined together in Photoshop.

But I think that my favorite technique in illustration is still watercolor&watercolor pencils - technique I use a lot in on-location sketches as well.
Lately I got for the first time to illustrate the gate for the magazine. It was the "leadership" issue and I was asked to illustrate a bunch of leaders from Israel and the world ;)

Calming Alarm

Here are illustrations I did for the last issue of Einayim magazine, for a short story by Moshe Krone about a boy dealing with his parent's fights.

London by kids - process of illustration

A few days ago I got a commission - cover illustration for the "Maslul ", supplement of Yediot Ahronot newspaper.

The article was the review of London attraction by two Israeli kids. I wanted to give to the illustration the feeling of on-location sketch, but, of course, you never can get the spontaneity of a sketch in a based on reference illustration.

Here are some sketches, few of them I used in the final illustration.

the b&w sketch

the final illustration

It was my first experience of working with a daily newspaper, I was needed to work fast.

Sometimes there is something good in a tight deadline - you don't have a time for a doubts :)

Urban Sketchers Israel's first expo is coming!

I'm excited to invite you to our, Urban Sketches Israel, first expo, as a part of Illustration Week 2014. 
For the past two and a half years, we have been meeting once a month at different sites around the city to sketch together and observe with an attentive and fresh look at this unique urban landscape and its residents.  
At the exhibition you'll be able to see works from 25 sketchers, each one with his own style and unique point of view.
A lot of work had already done, there is still a lot preparation left. If you're in Israel - hope to see you at the opening: 22.05, 20:00.
Come and see Tel Aviv, one drawing at a time!

Our event on FB.

For more info (in Hebrew).

Together in the One Tent

Together in the One Tent - is the name of the short story for children by Moshe Kron I illustrated for the last issue of Einayim magazine. It tells about Syrian family that going to leave Damascus and to live in the refugee's camp. It shows how every family member deal with the coming change, their expectations and fears. Here are bit of the process of working on illustration.

Emotional balance - illustrations for "Einayim"

Here are the illustrations I did for the last "Einayim" issue, which theme was "balance". The story was about finding your emotional balance, very important subject for young children to deal with, I think.

I wanted to try a different technique, so these illustrations done with acrylic on grey cardboard.

Illustrations - the process and the result

Illustrating short stories for children's magazine "Einayim" (Eyes) - is a job that I always enjoy. The process for sure, the result - sometimes :)

First one - the funny story about a horse. Here are sketches of the some characters:

... and here are the final article with illustrations:

Second one - the article about phenomenon of spiritualism, which took me to an interesting direction.
The sketch:

...and the final article and illustration, which based on pencil drawing + adding some textures in Photoshop.

My first concert

Here are new illustrations I did for "Einayim" - children's magazine. The story is about the boy, who's dreaming to be a conductor. One day his uncle invites the boy to join him to a classic music concert, and the story is about the boy's experience of his first concert. I was trying to remember when I went to my very first concert. Listening live classic music is magic, but it should be real magic to experience it for the first time!

Happy New Beginnings!

New Year, new beginnings, new studio... 

My colleague Hagit and me decided to combine our knowledge and skills into one team and launched the TANDEM - creative graphic design studio. This greeting card is our first common project.
It is not so easy to work in tandem, but I think at least we've succeeded. 
Here are some process - sketches, different proposals for character design and illustration style and so on:

 On the occasion of the coming 2013, I'm wishing you very happy, creative and prosper New Year!