Tag: illustration

Main Street Art Challenge

by Sue Todd Illustration, posted in Art, Design, Illustration, Printmaking

I was thrilled to be invited to join the Toronto Main Street Art Challenge by the Fairbank Village BIA and Steps Initiative. Fifty sidewalk decals are scattered about my neighbourhood inviting residents to return to local shops and businesses. My design incorporates the Fairbank Village BIA logo of a tree, representing growth and optimism during challenging times.

SCBWI BookStop

by Sue Todd Illustration, posted in board book, Design, Illustration, Illustrators, picture book, Printmaking

BookStop_Page

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators BookStop launched today! For one month #SCBWIBookStop has tons of books for kids and teens you can browse and buy. Check out my page for An African Alphabet written by Eric Walters, published by Orca Book Publishers.

Black History Month

by Sue Todd Illustration, posted in Art, Illustration, Illustrators, Printmaking

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I was commissioned by Andrew Perro Design to create a mockup for a Canada Post stamp. To illustrate this portrait of Mathieu Da Costa, the first black man to visit Canada in the early 1600s, I researched his life as a free African employed as a translator by French traders and explorers. Da Costa spoke French, Dutch, Portuguese and possibly some North American aboriginal languages. My interpretation of Mathieu is a hand-carved linocut with digital color.

 

The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito

by Sue Todd Illustration, posted in Art, Illustration, Printmaking

The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito
The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito
The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito
The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito
The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito
The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito

Tomson Highway’s magical cabaret is now a 72 page picture book illustrated by me! It was such a pleasure to create 47 linocut illustrations to accompany Tomson Highway’s script about a wingless mosquito from Manitoba. The entire script is here, complete with song lyrics, stage directions, Cree vocabulary and challenging tongue twisters. Published by Fifth House/Fitzhenry & Whiteside.