Charlene Chua, illustration news

This was a nice project for OWL and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The illustrations accompany a website about educating children about the recent earthquake in Haiti.

Thanks to Adrian at Indeziner for including me in their Best female web designers list!

My client, Angela Moore, at Santa Fe Reporter was featured in ‘Great covers from the Santa Fe Reporter‘ on the Society of Publication Designers website. Thanks to Angela for including my cover for the magazine in her feature – it feels great to be mentioned in the same breath as some of the other illustrators who have done covers for the magazine.

Please stop by Angela’s website to check out her design and art work!

Since Valentine’s Day and the Lunar Year of the Tiger fall on the same day this year, I decided to combine the two for my greeting. Best wishes for love, luck, wealth and life!

These were done for Best Health magazine for their New Year Resolutions article. From the top: taking up a dance class, getting a bra fitting (yes there is such a thing), and putting on sunscreen.

Happy holidays!

This is probably my favorite piece of work this year. A fullpage and spot for Penthouse, for their erotic fiction section. The piece was about a lady who enjoys diddling herself on planes. She gets found out by her hunky seat-neighbor, who proceeds to literally give her a helping hand. Perhaps not the most intelligent of stories, but certainly one of the more entertaining things for an illustrator to work on!

I will be away from 24 Nov – 6 Dec on a trip back to Asia to visit relatives and friends in Singapore and Hong Kong. I am also attending the Business of Design Week conference in Hong Kong.

I will be checking my email periodically while I am away, though my internet access may be sporadic. Please allow extra time for replies! Thanks!

An illustration of a couple of noisy orcas or killer whales for Seattle Metropolitan. Fun as the pic was, the article was highlighting some serious problems about noise pollution that are affecting the whales. You can read the article here.

These were done earlier in the year for Acco Brands. A bunch of illustrators were asked to create designs for laptop skins, and these were the two I made. I’m not sure if they are available for sale yet, but if they are I’ll make an announcement!