This acclaimed Calgary illustrator started his career copying screen grabs from Darkwing Duck cartoons. Here’s what makes him tick, why he drives instead of bikes and the mystery behind a notebook that reeks of formaldehyde. He’s been everywhere, man: this award-winning illustrator
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This spring, I was one of several media, design and advertising professionals invited to critique the portfolios of the third-year students at the Alberta College of Art & Design. The moment I saw the powerfully feminine, full-bodied way Lauren Tamaki portrayed women,
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He’s surprisingly cosmopolitan for a dude who was born and raised in the tiny berg of Borden, Sask., having served as editor-in-chief of the Vancouver Sun’s Saturday Mix section and, most recently, as editorial director of Western Living and Vancouver magazines. magazines. These days, Jim Sutherland is enjoying life work-working (mostly in his underwear–now that’s big city stuff)
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Whether illuminating the city’s downtown landmarks after dark or documenting Calgary’s bright young things after hours, Randy Gibson has seen all the ins and outs of Calgary at night.
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A s usual, George Webber’s timing is uncanny. We were trying to decide what should be the cover story for our fifth-anniversary issue in 2009 when the man we think of as our patron saint
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Look up “Renaissance Man” in the dictionary and you’ll see Swerve’s Easy Cook (turned Kitchen Scrapper). The artist and cook does it all–extremely well. Lucky for us, he’s all about sharing the love.
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