Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com Sat, 11 May 2013 19:57:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Opposite of Tidy http://neilswaab.com/the-opposite-of-tidy/ http://neilswaab.com/the-opposite-of-tidy/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 19:53:36 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=3044 Here’s a new cover I illustrated and designed for Penguin/Razorbill called The Opposite of Tidy. They also commissioned an animated gif of the cover as well, which I’ll post closer to the book’s release when it’s OK to do so. [...]

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]]> Here’s a new cover I illustrated and designed for Penguin/Razorbill called The Opposite of Tidy. They also commissioned an animated gif of the cover as well, which I’ll post closer to the book’s release when it’s OK to do so. In the meantime, you can check out the full cover on the project’s portfolio page.

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/the-opposite-of-tidy/feed/ 0 Zombie Baseball Beatdown http://neilswaab.com/zombie-baseball-beatdown/ http://neilswaab.com/zombie-baseball-beatdown/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:00:15 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=3031 Fresh from the ARC pile is an incredibly fun cover I got to illustrate for Little, Brown: Zombie Baseball Beatdown! I really love Paolo Bacigalupi’s books and was thrilled to get the opportunity to illustrate a third one (I’ve previously [...]

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]]> Fresh from the ARC pile is an incredibly fun cover I got to illustrate for Little, Brown: Zombie Baseball Beatdown! I really love Paolo Bacigalupi’s books and was thrilled to get the opportunity to illustrate a third one (I’ve previously illustrated Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities). Also fun was getting to do it in my comic style, which is always a blast. Hey, art directors, it’s awesome to be getting so much silhouette work these days, but throw some more covers like these my way, please!

Zombie Baseball Beatdown is a great read and goes on sale in September.

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/zombie-baseball-beatdown/feed/ 0 Back at Little, Brown for Three Months http://neilswaab.com/back-at-little-brown-for-three-months/ http://neilswaab.com/back-at-little-brown-for-three-months/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:05:01 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=3022 Starting tomorrow, I’ll be filling in again for an art director out on maternity leave at Little, Brown and Company. So, for the next three months my availability for freelance work is going to be limited. I may still take on [...]

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]]> Starting tomorrow, I’ll be filling in again for an art director out on maternity leave at Little, Brown and Company. So, for the next three months my availability for freelance work is going to be limited. I may still take on the occasional assignment while I’m there, so don’t hesitate to email me if there’s something you’re interested in, but be prepared that there’s a good chance I’ll turn it down. Once that gig’s over, it’ll be back to business as usual.

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/back-at-little-brown-for-three-months/feed/ 0 My Brother is a Big Fat Liar on the New York Times Bestseller List http://neilswaab.com/my-brother-is-a-big-fat-liar-on-the-new-york-times-bestseller-list/ http://neilswaab.com/my-brother-is-a-big-fat-liar-on-the-new-york-times-bestseller-list/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:07:18 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=3019 Exciting news: I just discovered that Middle School: My Brother is a Big Fat Liar has been on the New York Times Bestseller List for the past three weeks! Now that is seriously cool!

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]]> Exciting news: I just discovered that Middle School: My Brother is a Big Fat Liar has been on the New York Times Bestseller List for the past three weeks! Now that is seriously cool!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/my-brother-is-a-big-fat-liar-on-the-new-york-times-bestseller-list/feed/ 0 Syracuse University Visual Communication Symposium http://neilswaab.com/syracuse-university-visual-communication-symposium/ http://neilswaab.com/syracuse-university-visual-communication-symposium/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:52:16 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=3015 Earlier this week I had the awesome pleasure of speaking at Syracuse University’s Visual Communication Symposium. When I was an illustration student back in the day at S.U., it was my dream that someday I’d get to be one of [...]

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]]> Earlier this week I had the awesome pleasure of speaking at Syracuse University’s Visual Communication Symposium. When I was an illustration student back in the day at S.U., it was my dream that someday I’d get to be one of the speakers myself. Well, I’m thrilled to say I can check that off the list.

It was great to be back and talk about where my career has taken me since graduating. Afterwards, I got to hang out with some of the class and talk more to them about their interests and field any specific questions they had. It’s always fun to engage with students who are so excited about the field and their future roles in it.

Thanks so much to Tim Coolbaugh for inviting me and I can’t wait to come back sometime in the future!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/syracuse-university-visual-communication-symposium/feed/ 0 It’s Easy Being Green http://neilswaab.com/its-easy-being-green/ http://neilswaab.com/its-easy-being-green/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:04:33 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=3005 Here’s a new illustration for Bloomberg Businessweek about making green living easier to do by having it be the default rather than something that requires effort. Basically, altering it so that green lifestyle choices become the lazy man’s option. I [...]

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]]> Here’s a new illustration for Bloomberg Businessweek about making green living easier to do by having it be the default rather than something that requires effort. Basically, altering it so that green lifestyle choices become the lazy man’s option. I tried to work with a more limited palette this time and think it ended up quite successful (if a little Simpons-y). Definitely will be doing more limited palettes in future illustrations.

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/its-easy-being-green/feed/ 0 Illustration Mundo Q&A http://neilswaab.com/illustration-mundo-qa/ http://neilswaab.com/illustration-mundo-qa/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:31:04 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=2944 I answered some illustration-related questions for Illustration Mundo!

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]]> I answered some illustration-related questions for Illustration Mundo!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/illustration-mundo-qa/feed/ 0 My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar Releases Today! http://neilswaab.com/my-brother-is-a-big-fat-liar-releases-today/ http://neilswaab.com/my-brother-is-a-big-fat-liar-releases-today/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:27:33 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=2900 Hey, hey! That book, Middle School: My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar, that I illustrated releases TODAY! It’s the perfect book for the youngster in your family. What are you waiting for? Go get a copy!

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]]> Hey, hey! That book, Middle School: My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar, that I illustrated releases TODAY! It’s the perfect book for the youngster in your family. What are you waiting for? Go get a copy!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/my-brother-is-a-big-fat-liar-releases-today/feed/ 0 MICA Illustration Practice (MFA) Crit http://neilswaab.com/mica-illustration-practice-mfa-crit/ http://neilswaab.com/mica-illustration-practice-mfa-crit/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:34:41 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=2375 I had a great opportunity yesterday to go to Baltimore and critique the second year students of MICA’s Illustration Practice MFA program. There was some really incredible work. Looking through their thesis projects and talking to them about their futures [...]

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]]> I had a great opportunity yesterday to go to Baltimore and critique the second year students of MICA’s Illustration Practice MFA program. There was some really incredible work. Looking through their thesis projects and talking to them about their futures was both inspiring and relieving: inspiring to see great art by the next group of up-and-comers and relieving to know that I’ll never have to be a student in my 20′s again freaking out about my future. Dark days, indeed! I also gave a brief talk and presentation of my work and did a short Q&A. Thanks to Jaime Zollars and Whitney Sherman for having me down! Hope to be back again in the future!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/mica-illustration-practice-mfa-crit/feed/ 1 Somebody Up There Hates You and The Time Fetch http://neilswaab.com/somebody-up-there-hates-you-and-the-time-fetch/ http://neilswaab.com/somebody-up-there-hates-you-and-the-time-fetch/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:28:36 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=2351 A couple new book covers I worked on for Algonquin Young Readers are making the rounds now that they’re publicly unveiled. I designed and illustrated Somebody Up There Hates You and art directed and designed The Time Fetch (illustrated by [...]

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]]> A couple new book covers I worked on for Algonquin Young Readers are making the rounds now that they’re publicly unveiled. I designed and illustrated Somebody Up There Hates You and art directed and designed The Time Fetch (illustrated by the amazing Brandon Dorman). Not shown here is another cover I worked on—If You Could Be Mine—which I creative directed and the incredibly talented Jennifer Heuer designed. Look for these awesome books in Fall 2013!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/somebody-up-there-hates-you-and-the-time-fetch/feed/ 0 Print Magazine Article “The Pencil Factory: An Oral History” http://neilswaab.com/print-magazine-article-the-pencil-factory-an-oral-history/ http://neilswaab.com/print-magazine-article-the-pencil-factory-an-oral-history/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:07:54 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=2337 The new issue of Print features a big ol’ article about the Pencil Factory where my studio is located. It’s a fun oral history as told by all the illustrators and designers who have inhabited the space, written by Rob [...]

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]]> The new issue of Print features a big ol’ article about the Pencil Factory where my studio is located. It’s a fun oral history as told by all the illustrators and designers who have inhabited the space, written by Rob Walker. Give ‘er a read!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/print-magazine-article-the-pencil-factory-an-oral-history/feed/ 0 Middle School: My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar http://neilswaab.com/middle-school-my-brother-is-a-big-fat-liar/ http://neilswaab.com/middle-school-my-brother-is-a-big-fat-liar/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:14:02 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=2308 One of the coolest things I’ve gotten to do so far in my illustration career was to illustrate Middle School: My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar by the prolific and equally talented author James Patterson and Lisa Papademetriou. I [...]

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]]> One of the coolest things I’ve gotten to do so far in my illustration career was to illustrate Middle School: My Brother is a Big, Fat Liar by the prolific and equally talented author James Patterson and Lisa Papademetriou. I spent six months of my life enveloped in the world of middle school, creating over 170 illustrations and comics for the lovely folk at Little, Brown and Company. It was, of course, a draining experience, but also incredible.

Like the other books in James Patterson’s Middle School series, the book is funny, poignant, and a darn good read. I’d highly recommend it for the younger girls in your household as well as the boys (she is in a rock band, after all). The book comes out on March 18, 2013, but you can preorder now on Amazon. All being well, I’ll hopefully get to illustrate another one!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/middle-school-my-brother-is-a-big-fat-liar/feed/ 0 Whole Foods Illustration for Businessweek http://neilswaab.com/whole-foods-illustration-for-businessweek/ http://neilswaab.com/whole-foods-illustration-for-businessweek/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 01:28:49 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=2291 I had the great fortune of being asked to illustrate a full spread for Businessweek about Whole Foods. The concept was to show the key components of the store as well as the people who shop there and then text [...]

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]]> I had the great fortune of being asked to illustrate a full spread for Businessweek about Whole Foods. The concept was to show the key components of the store as well as the people who shop there and then text bubbles would be placed on it highlighting the things the editors wanted to point out. I only had three days to do it, so, as you can imagine, there were some sleepless nights involved! Click on the image for a larger view!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/whole-foods-illustration-for-businessweek/feed/ 0 Il Messaggero Article http://neilswaab.com/il-messaggero-article/ http://neilswaab.com/il-messaggero-article/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:07:13 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=2281 Nice write up/interview today from Il Messaggero about my work. At least I think it’s nice since I haven’t translated it yet, but I know we did have a nice conversation in regards to my comic and to the election [...]

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]]> Nice write up/interview today from Il Messaggero about my work. At least I think it’s nice since I haven’t translated it yet, but I know we did have a nice conversation in regards to my comic and to the election last week so I’m trusting it was all good things. :)

I was also interviewed for Rai TV as well, but never got to see it air. If anybody’s got it, send me a link and I’ll post it here!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/il-messaggero-article/feed/ 0 Society of Illustrators 55th Annual Exhibition http://neilswaab.com/society-of-illustrators-55th-annual-exhibition/ http://neilswaab.com/society-of-illustrators-55th-annual-exhibition/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:51:11 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=2273 I had the honor of being asked to judge the editorial category this year for the Society of Illustrators 55th Annual Exhibition as a last-minute replacement. It was inspiring to see so many amazing illustrations by old and new faces [...]

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]]> I had the honor of being asked to judge the editorial category this year for the Society of Illustrators 55th Annual Exhibition as a last-minute replacement. It was inspiring to see so many amazing illustrations by old and new faces alike. I even took a large list of names of illustrators that I hope to be able to work with one day as an art director for an appropriate project. Judging was an arduous task and there were certainly many deserving illustrations that didn’t make the cut, but the ones that did really excelled. Congrats to everyone who got in and to the gold and silver medal winners. I believe notifications will be sent in the next week or two. And to the ones who didn’t make the cut this year, better luck next time. It really was difficult!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/society-of-illustrators-55th-annual-exhibition/feed/ 0 Love in the Time of Global Warming http://neilswaab.com/love-in-the-time-of-global-warming/ http://neilswaab.com/love-in-the-time-of-global-warming/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:07:39 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=2270 Here’s a new cover I illustrated for Francesca Lia Bock’s Love in the Time of Global Warming for Henry Holt and Company. I was a big fan of Francesca’s books from back in the day when I designed them for [...]

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]]> Here’s a new cover I illustrated for Francesca Lia Bock’s Love in the Time of Global Warming for Henry Holt and Company. I was a big fan of Francesca’s books from back in the day when I designed them for HarperCollins so actually getting to have an illustration of mine on one of them was a big honor.

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/love-in-the-time-of-global-warming/feed/ 0 Your Dreams My Nightmares Interview http://neilswaab.com/your-dreams-my-nightmares-interview/ http://neilswaab.com/your-dreams-my-nightmares-interview/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:45:58 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=2200 Sam Weber interviewed me for his podcast Your Dreams My Nightmares. I think it was not bad?

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]]> Sam Weber interviewed me for his podcast Your Dreams My Nightmares. I think it was not bad?

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]]> I meant to post this a while back, but here’s an illustration I did for my friends Jess and Russ for their cool internet wedding invite which chronicles the story of their relationship. You can see the entire project with the other illustrators’ and designers’ contributions here.

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/jess-and-russ/feed/ 0 Tuck Everlasting http://neilswaab.com/tuck-everlasting/ http://neilswaab.com/tuck-everlasting/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:17:51 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=1927 New illustration inspired by the book, Tuck Everlasting, about a family that drinks from the Fountain of Youth located underneath the hollow of a tree.

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]]> New illustration inspired by the book, Tuck Everlasting, about a family that drinks from the Fountain of Youth located underneath the hollow of a tree.

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/tuck-everlasting/feed/ 0 Two New Lois Duncan Books http://neilswaab.com/two-new-lois-duncan-books/ http://neilswaab.com/two-new-lois-duncan-books/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:50:30 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=1875 The last two Lois Duncan books I illustrated finally came out. Typography by Tracy Shaw and Jennifer Heuer.

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]]> The last two Lois Duncan books I illustrated finally came out. Typography by Tracy Shaw and Jennifer Heuer.

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/two-new-lois-duncan-books/feed/ 0 Gone But Not Forgotten http://neilswaab.com/gone-but-not-forgotten/ http://neilswaab.com/gone-but-not-forgotten/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:11:02 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=1868 For my foreign fans, Italian-language Mr. Wiggles comics will now be posted daily on Internazionale’s website! They’ll be going through their archive, starting at the first one they translated. The first comic was posted today.

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]]> For my foreign fans, Italian-language Mr. Wiggles comics will now be posted daily on Internazionale’s website! They’ll be going through their archive, starting at the first one they translated. The first comic was posted today.

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/gone-but-not-forgotten/feed/ 0 Saving the Sexiest for Last http://neilswaab.com/saving-the-sexiest-for-last/ http://neilswaab.com/saving-the-sexiest-for-last/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:30:22 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=1711 Celebrating the final Mr. Wiggles comic, Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles: Vol. 4 just went on sale! Over 160 comic strips, up to the very last one! Hot, hot, hot!

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]]> Celebrating the final Mr. Wiggles comic, Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles: Vol. 4 just went on sale! Over 160 comic strips, up to the very last one! Hot, hot, hot!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/saving-the-sexiest-for-last/feed/ 0 Tumblr Account http://neilswaab.com/tumblr-account/ http://neilswaab.com/tumblr-account/#comments Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:13:34 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=1672 I just added a Tumblr account as an additional way to keep folks informed about my work. Follow me!

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]]> I just added a Tumblr account as an additional way to keep folks informed about my work. Follow me!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/tumblr-account/feed/ 0 Annoying Orange http://neilswaab.com/annoying-orange/ http://neilswaab.com/annoying-orange/#comments Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:04:58 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=1665 If you get a chance, make sure to check out ANNOYING ORANGE, premiering on Cartoon Network this Monday night at 8:30pm/7:30c. I wrote an episode later in the season and, if the show’s a hit, I’ll hopefully get to write [...]

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]]> If you get a chance, make sure to check out ANNOYING ORANGE, premiering on Cartoon Network this Monday night at 8:30pm/7:30c. I wrote an episode later in the season and, if the show’s a hit, I’ll hopefully get to write more. So watch it and spread the word!

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]]> http://neilswaab.com/annoying-orange/feed/ 0 Hipster Edison http://neilswaab.com/hipster-edison/ http://neilswaab.com/hipster-edison/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 22:13:20 +0000 Neil Swaab http://neilswaab.com/?p=1589 A new piece for Businessweek that came out a couple weeks ago where I was asked to “hipster-fy” a photo of Thomas Edison. Apparently, I’m working on a lot of projects revolving around him.

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]]> A new piece for Businessweek that came out a couple weeks ago where I was asked to “hipster-fy” a photo of Thomas Edison. Apparently, I’m working on a lot of projects revolving around him.

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