Andrea Offermann

This delightful and delicate submission is by the prolific illustrator Andrea Offermann. Born and raised in Cologne, Germany, in 2005 Andrea received her BFA in Illustration at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where she discovered her love for printmaking, fine linework, as well as nature and it’s patterns. In 2006 she returned to Germany and has since focused on her illustration and fine art, with illustration clients including FILU, Specler and Teaching Tolerance Magazine as well as being featured a number of other publications. Andrea's artwork has been shown in many group exhibitions including the Systema Naturae shows, Illustration West 47 show and the Quinquennium Exhibition all at Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles, From Scratch show at the Chicago Art Source gallery, SK8 or Die show at Young Blood Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia, and most recently a series of paintings at the David B Smith Gallery in Denver, Colorado and the Society of Illustrators Exhibit of Illustrators 52: Sequential and Uncommissioned in January of 2010. Andrea has contributed to Flight 4 and 6, illustrated the German children's book Keine Angst vor Schafen and just completed illustrating the young adult steampunk novel The Boneshaker by Kate Milford which is coming out this spring. Andrea's focus in creating images is a combination of science and history with research playing a major role as she strives to understand a subject’s complexities, mythologies and characteristics. Currently working on a 2D animation short that will be presented at the end of April of 2010, Andrea is also working towards her next show Systema Naturae: Air which will be in Los Angeles in July 2010 at Gallery Nucleus.

To see more of Andrea's art please visit her website and blog.

Brian Menz

This is humorous illustration is by character animator Brian Menz. As a boy, Brian spent much of his childhood dreaming of a career in 2D animation, making flip books and collaborating with his twin brother using his parent's video camera and drawings of stick figures to create short animated films. Graduating from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Applied Media Arts, Brian interned at Animatus Studios and focused on traditional hand drawn animation before breaking into the world of 3D animation through the television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron. From there Brian delved into stop motion on the production of Coraline at Liaka but has since migrated back to 3D animation working for Disney on Bolt, and Blue Sky Studios on Ice Age 3 where he is currently at work on the upcoming film Rio. One day Brian hopes to write and direct his own animated film.

Eric Favela

This charming postcard is by artist and filmmaker Eric Favela. Raised in Tucson, Arizona Eric has been making artwork since he was able to grip a crayon. Although spanked as a child for drawing on the walls, he continued to pursue the dream of making art for a living. Graduating from CalArts with a Bachelor's in Character Animation, Eric moved to New York to story board for Blue Sky Studios on Horton Hears A Who! and Ice Age 3 and left his mark creating the beloved character Katie the Yak. Currently residing in southern California story boarding for Blue Sky on Rio while working in development for 20th Century Fox, Eric continues to utilize his ever-growing bucket of crayons for illustrations, caricatures and screenwriting which can be seen in his award winning short film Disconnected and the hilarious Two Minute Itch, both of which showcase his inventive wit and talent.

To view more of Eric's art please visit his blog.