A Positive Print

Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn works with Help Ink to create this feel good poster.
The organisation pairs with illustrators to create an image with the aim to raise money for various charities. Shauna's 'Positive Print', drawn in her fabulous chalk style went live yesterday and can be purchased here.

Reading Unbound

Scholastic commission Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn to create a book cover illustration for 'Reading Unbound'.
The brief was to make a chalk cover using a list of buzzwords, Shauna says "I played (with) the words and worked to make them feel fun and lively, as well as pulling in a few fun elements like the Mockingjay pin for the Hunger Games (one of my favorite books!)".
The book argues 'Why Kids Need to Read What They Want--And Why We Should Let Them" and is out in January.

Shauna works with Post-it®

Chalk set of notes

Nautical set of notes

Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn works with the Post-it® team to produce designs for their Signature Series Notes.
3M approached Shauna at the beginning of 2013 with the idea of making designs geared for 'a creative woman who loves the little things in life'. After plenty of sketching the result was four different designs, of which the 'chalk set' was chosen. Shauna has since been commissioned by the same team to supply a nautical themed set of notes, she says "The final for this set is my favorite of all the designs I created. I had such a wonderful time working with the Post-it® brand and creating two final sets of Signature Series notes for them. I’ve been keeping this project secret for over 6 months now, so needless to say I am incredibly excited for its release so I can tell all my friends about it! Thank you, Post-it® brand, for such a wonderful and fun opportunity".

Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn's Scrapbook

Illustrator, lettering & digital chalk board artist Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn opens the door on her studio in Orlando, Florida. See Shauna's Scrapbook.

New Talent Alert...

Hand letterer Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn  joins the artists at Illustration, bringing a fabulous obsession with chalk!

Shauna's DesignWorkLife

Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn gets featured on Design Work Life; a blog cataloging inspiration - with her love of chalk hand lettering shining through.

Mathematics Reform

Harvard Graduate School of Education asked Ruth Rowland to contribute to their Winter issue of Ed. Magazine. The result is this series of illustrations for the cover, a double page spread and a half page illustration for an article about mathematics reform in the USA.
Ruth says "I enjoyed combining chalkboard with squared paper backgrounds, numerals and equations to illustrate the piece. The design team's simple but witty idea for the cover, a pseudo-math equation, was carefully rendered to read both as an equation and the subject of the article. Inside the magazine, I retained the simple colour palette to keep the more complex illustrations eye-catching and legible.

Patronaat Posters

BoomArtwork has done a great job with these 2 posters for the Dutch venue Patronaat. The illustrations are to promote two 'post-punk-psychedelic-space-rock mini festivals'. BoomArtwork says " I choose to go for a psychedelic school-board chalk treatment to make these posters really stand out when put up on walls around the city. They are going to be printed with a matt varnish to make them really look like a blackboard."

Jamel Akib's Scrapbook

Illustrator Jamel Akib on his regard for the fine artist sensibilities of 1980's illustrators & finding inspiration in his Mother's suitcase. Jamel's Scrapbook.