GIRL POWER!

Recently, three great female talents from our group have been assigned to ad campaigns directed toward women. Each artist employs her personal style to create an advertisement that the target audience can truly identify with.

Propaganda hired Bunky Hurter to illustrate the multicultural faces of Crystal Light's new Mocktails mix. Bunky designed five diverse women to personify each flavor; margarita, mojito, pomtini, peach bellini, and appletini.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE WORK FROM BUNKY HURTER'S PORTFOLIO

Feminine and elegant, Kate Forrester applied her signature lettering style to an Always campaign commissioned by Leo Burnett. Using bold colors, the illustrations tell the story of empowered teenage girls, no longer distressed by their monthly period (thanks to Always).
CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE WORK FROM KATE FORRESTER'S PORTFOLIO 

Publix called on Mona Daly to illustrate an in-store poster that reads, "Gorgeous On The Go!" The advertisement features a beautiful, energetic 30-something woman shopping for Unilever products. Below are more examples of Mona's ability to portray strong, confident women.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE WORK FROM MONA DALY'S PORTFOLIO 

Pick a Month, Any Month!

Here it is folks-- the much anticipated 2012 Mendola Artists Calendar is out and we're at the edge of our seats to hear what you think about it! Each illustration was chosen to coordinate with a particular month. Please pick your favorite image and send your comments to Mandi@mendolaart.com.

COVER BY HUGH SYME

JANUARY BY BILL LEDGER

FEBRUARY BY BUNKY HURTER

MARCH BY MICHAEL CRAMPTON

APRIL BY ROBERT HYNES

MAY BY JEFF MANGIAT

JUNE BY MONA DALY

JULY BY JULIA GREEN

AUGUST BY AARON SACCO

SEPTEMBER BY BILL MAUGHAN

OCTOBER BY JOE TAYLOR

NOVEMBER BY NEIL DUERDEN

DECEMBER BY CAROLINE ATTIA

CAROLINE ATTIA ANIMATES THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR JIM BIANCO'S SONG "ELEVATOR OPERATOR"

 

In this music video I animated for Jim Bianco, I created a character design with a retro feeling. I wanted the colors to pop with the music so in the beginning I chose to make them more quiet. I used a mix of flash for the character animation and then After Effects to polish the look of the video. The challenge was to create cartoon versions of the band members and the amount of freedom I had on this project was pretty exciting.

-Caroline Attia

CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE WORK FROM CAROLINE ATTIA'S PORTFOLIO 

BUNKY HURTER BRINGS HER STYLE TO THE RED CARPET!

 

 

Bunky Hurter recently completed a fun interactive project for E! TV.  The concept was "Red Carpet Yourself" in which she created various characters, scenes, accessories, and options so that the viewer could select anything from body type to shoe style and "virtually" walk the red carpet.

Several examples are posted on our site:  
http://www.mendolaart.com/portfolio/0/113/0/bunky_hurter/0/

and if you want to have a little extra fun hit the link to play the game:
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/redcarpet/rock_the_red_carpet/game/index.jsp

HOW ECHO CHERNIK CREATED A BEAUTIFUL CHOCOLATE-INSPIRED PORTRAIT

Article by: Digital Arts staff

Art Noveau-inspired illustrator Echo Chernik has recently completed a portrait of Tara Cadmus, owner of New York luxury chocolate shop Oh Pour L'Amour Du Chocolat. It's now hanging as a 36-inch framed print in the store, as well as being used on posters, tags and stickers.

"I had a vision of a beautiful art nouveau woman, standing with her hip perched impossibly far out," says Echo. "She wears gold decorative belts, to which is attached a steampunk-inspired tray bearing chocolates. I've been sketching a lot of chandelier designs lately, and decided to incorporate this into the tray.  The joy about such a piece is the 'suspension of disbelief' which comes along with enjoying the image. Of course, if she were to move or stand upright, the tray would tumble.  I love this 'living statuary' effect to the woman."

Click the link below to read on:

http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/?newsId=3261299