Episode 6 of the Escape From Illustration Island Podcast features an audio interview with Penny Dullaghan, Illustrator and creator of Illustration Friday, one of the more original Illustration community sites on the internet, where artists submit work based on a weekly theme.  The growing site also features a forum, a blog, and an artist interview section.  Penny and I discuss the future of Illustration Friday, her early days as an aspiring Illustrator, her experiences with contacting her heroes, her approach to acquiring an artist representative, and more.

I also introduce a new segment, read a listener e-mail, and share a promo mp3 sent in by a previous guest.

Here are some of the resources mentioned on the show:

Illustration Friday
Illustration Friday Facebook Page
Penelope Dullaghan’s Illustration Website
How to Work with an Illustrator
How I Became an Illustrator
Self-Assignments
Utopian.net
Altpick
folioplanet
CartoonSmart
Digital-Tutors
Illustration Mundo
The Process Diary

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really, i am.  when i am looking for inspiration i turn to you.  your work is a  blend of simplicity, reality, freedom, honesty…its like…laying back in a hammock with the gentle summer breeze blowing over my bare feet, my latest read laid open on my chest as i dream the story, a good friend cup of mint tea by my side.  its so perfectly wonderful i’m not sure why i am still trying to make art of my own, but i suppose i must.

oh, and i try not to read you blog too much.  i really don’t want to be categorized as a stalker..that’s just strange.

thanks for everything penelope.  i’m going to name my first daughter after you.

www.penelopeillustration.com

See more work by Penelope Dullaghan here.

Via Cool Hunting.

isn’t this just beautiful? i loved it instantly, but then the artists inspiration for it really took my breath away…

“when i know that i am the ocean, i am not afraid of the waves.”

penelope dullaghan is one of my newest heroes, and i’ve been reading her blog for a little bit now. i discovered that she will be teaching at the squam art workshop that i’m eagerly anticipating this fall. her “earth project” workshop is my first choice! she is selling a limited edition of these prints on her website today…for an amazingly fair price. if you are so moved…you should get one for yourself and support her.

“when i know that i am the ocean, i am not afraid of the waves.”

such a poetic and elegant way to express that ultimate knowing of the unity with all things that is the lesson inherent in the practice of yoga and meditation. and too, as a surfer-girl-in-constant-lifelong-training, i am always having to overcome my deep-seated, primal fear of the ocean, it has eased over time, and in fact my personal revolution time in yoga training was a period of evolution in my surfing as well, and i was lucky enough to do my training in nosara, costa rica, an amazing surfing village on the pacific coast.

but our girl here…graced with this knowledge that she is one with the ocean, lifts her calm, serene gaze out toward the swell that is heading her way, knowing exactly what she’ll need to do in order to ride that wave all the way to the beach.

she is an inspiration…and so are you penelope…thank you, for bringing her into our world!

love!

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