May 21, 2014

Dog Food for Thought and Cat Food for Thought: Winners Announced!


Reprinted from Cat Food for Thought: Pet Food Label Art, Wit & Wisdom, 
by Warren Dotz and Masud Husain, published by Insight Editions. © 2014.


Hi guys!
I've been completely remiss in posting the results for the latest Dog/Cat Food for Thought Challenge! My apologies,it has been a crazy, intense last couple of weeks. Warren has made his selections and emailed me last week with his decisions. Some great submissions this year! Here are the winners as outlined in Warren's email...a hearty congratulations to the winners!

"Dear Jeff,

 Please thank your illustrators for another successful challenge that called for a submission of an original vintage dog or cat food label to win copies of my new books, Dog Food for Thought and Cat Food for Thought (Insight Editions). I only considered the entries that were in the label format but appreciated the artistry of posters such as Habbernink’s, Dog Eats Dog.


Reprinted from Cat Food for Thought: Pet Food Label Art, Wit & Wisdom, 
by Warren Dotz and Masud Husain, published by Insight Editions. © 2014.


Rather than one grand prize. I’ve selected three wonderful entries and so three winners. So in no particular order:

GoodBoy! by Jerry Gonzalez. Jerry was the very first entry. I was impressed with his enthusiasm and his great label art that harkened to the classic retro theme of “dog as chef.” Also appreciated his modern color palette and stylish logo. A winning combination.

Dog-Gone Delish by Kim Holt. I loved Kim’s heart warming label art, the “savory” colors and retro accents. Great job!

Lord Chumley by Zack Rock. Zack was one of the winners in the 2009 Ad Boy challenge…..so two in a row! Besides Zack’s impressive ability, humor and artistry, I also appreciated his kind words about the purpose of books like Dog Food for Thought and Cat Food for Thought. We are humbled by the fact that such talented illustrators such as Zack find inspiration from artwork we present in our anthologies of advertising design.

Signed copies of Dog Food for Thought: Pet Food Label Art, Wit and Wisdom to Jerry and Kim and a Cat Food For Thought to Zack. Thanks for your participation. Look forward to next Spring when the sequel our best selling 2003 Meet Mr. Product debuts.

Warren Dotz
warrendotz.com"


Reprinted from Cat Food for Thought: Pet Food Label Art, Wit & Wisdom, 
by Warren Dotz and Masud Husain, published by Insight Editions. © 2014.



The winners announced here will need to email me with their contact information, I'll forward it on to Warren for prize fulfillment. Thanks again to everyone who participated! You ROCK!

May 16, 2014

The Flash Gordon series...

These are from drawings I did a year ago. Ming the Merciless, Flash Gordon and Dale Arden. 




May 13, 2014

Illusive Comics and Games signing event!

Dear all,

I will be doing art and book signing at Illusive Comic and Games in Santa Clara tomorrow from 11am - 1pm.  If you are in the area, please swing by visit!!

Illusive Comics and Games
2725 El Camino Real #105 
Santa Clara
CA 95051

For more detail, please visit:
http://illusivecomics.com/events/alina-chau-signing/

Have a lovely day!!

The new guy

This guy showed up in my sketchbook lately.

May 7, 2014

Dear all,

I am doing an artist in residence program at Cartoon Art Museum this Sat, May 10 from 1pm - 3pm:

http://cartoonart.org/2014/04/may-cartoonist-in-residence-alina-chau/

The original of this piece will be for sell and showing at the event, along with prints and cards to celebrate Mother's Day. Please come and visit!

Hope to see you there,

Cheers,

Alina
For the work-in-progress of this piece, please visit my blog:
http://alinanimation.blogspot.com/2014/05/happy-mothers-day.html


May 5, 2014

Exhibit opens May 17th, Tacoma History Museum!


Join me at this new exhibit by Stephanie Lile featuring Ernest Oglby Punkweiler. There are several artists from the Seattle area who have art in this exhibit: Jo Gershman, Craig Orback, Julie Pashkis, Richard Jesse Watson, Karen Lee Schmidt, Tucker Sharon and Paul Owen Lewis. 

You are invited!