3x3 Children's Book Show Judging

The First Round

The Fifth Annual 3x3 Children's Book Show judging took place on Wednesday, June 10 at the Art Directors Club. Our judges included David Caplan, senior art director, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Laurent Linn, art director for Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Eleni Beja, editor, Holiday House Books and illustrators Raul Colón, Sean Qualls and Serge Bloch.

L to R: Serge Bloch, Eleni Beja, Laurent Linn, Raul Colón, Sean Qualls and David Caplan

This was the first year we've actually judged the actual books, previously all judging was done digitally and for a very good reason, by judging the work digitally we were able to get a panel of international jurors to judge the work. We find that there are distinct differences between books from the the States and from outside North America. This year we decided to try doing the judging here in the New York--we did have one international judge, Serge Bloch who has been living here the past three years and is returning to Paris at the end of June. There are two parts to the judging, the actual books and everything else that has been entered digitally. We discounted the entry fee if entrants entered the actual book but it seems over half chose to enter digitally. The digital judging will be over in about two weeks and we'll announce the winners at the end of the month.

Eleni and Raul check out a book

Judges were asked to select their favorite books during the first round, we then placed upside down paper cups and gave each judge different colored chips to vote for the pieces they felt should be in the show. Once the digital judging is complete we will be able to announce medal and merit winners in this year's show.

Photos by Sarah Munt.

3x3 ProShow Winners Announced

The judges have made their decision, another year of tough judging from a great field of illustration entries from the US, Canada, the UK, France, Italy, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. 71% of our entries received more than one judge's vote and only 15% of the entries received no votes, 14% received a majority of votes and will be in this year's show.

To be accepted into the show an entry must receive the majority of the nine judge's votes, 5 out of 9. Entries receiving 6 out of 9 votes receive a Bronze, 7 out of 9 receive a Silver, 8 out of 9 receive a Gold and 9 out of 9 receive Best of Show honors. There was actually a tie this year for Best of Show and pre-selected judges were asked to make the final decision. Entrants who were also judges abstained from voting for their own work.

This year's judges included art directors Alexandre Lagoet, Saatchi & Saatchi, The Netherlands; Raban Ruddigkeit, Friestil, Germany; SooJin Buzelli, Planadvisor, US and Darlene Simidian, former art director ALA and illustrators Roman Klonek and Monica Aichele, Germany; Marco Ventura, Italy; Nate Williams, Argentina and Yuko Shimizu, US.

Winners will be contacted next week regarding their winning entries. All winners will be included in the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 6 due out later this year.

Thanks to all for entering and we look forward to seeing your new work next year.

Best of Show
Yuko Shimizu, Advertising

Gold
Edel Rodriguez, Advertising
Olaf Hajek, Advertising
Takahisa Hashimoto, Advertising
Cristóbal Schmal, Books
John Hendrix, Sequential

Silver
Brian Stauffer, Advertising
Allessandro Gottardo, Books
Chris Buzelli, Editorial
Olaf Hajek, Gallery

Bronze
Penelope Dullaghan, Advertising
Marco Wagner, Editorial
Yuko Shimizu, Editorial
Aya Kakeda, Institutional
Mike Kerr, Self-Promotion
Daniel Bueno, Sequential

Distinguished Merit
Marcos Chin, Advertising
Rob Wilson, Advertising
John Hendrix, Editorial*
Catia Chien, Sequential
Christian Gralingen, Unpublished

Merit
A. Richard Allen, Editorial
Scott Bakal, Editorial*
Scott Bakal, Gallery
Scott Bakal, Institutional
Scott Bakal, Self-Promotional*
Scott Bakal, Unpublished
Andrew Bannecker, Gallery
Andrew Bannecker, Unpublished
Istvan Banyai, Editorial
Karen Barbour, Unpublished*
Pat Barrett, Sequential
Ashley Barron, Self-Promotional
Mark Bender, Advertising
Morgan Blair, Editorial
Marty Blake, Advertising
Paul Blow, Editorial*
Claudia Boldt, Institutional
Jens Bonnke, Editorial
Barry Bruner, Unpublished
Nigel Buchanan, Editorial*
Daniel Bueno, Institutional
Jude Buffum, Editorial
Marc Burckhardt, Gallery
Chris Buzelli, Editorial*
Chris Buzelli, Gallery
Michael Byers, Self-Promotional
Jill Calder, Self-Promotional
Bill Carman, Unpublished
Sophie Casson, Editorial*
Alberto Cerriteno, Gallery
Alberto Cerriteno, Self-Promotional
Marcos Chin, Advertising*
Marcos Chin, Editorial*
Marcos Chin, Fashion
Joe Ciardiello, Editorial*
Devin Clark, Books
Fernanda Cohen, Advertising
Fernanda Cohen, Sequential
James Cohen, Books
Christopher Corr, Books*
Cristiana Couceiro, Self-Promotional
Sid Daniels, Fashion
Tim Dinter, Advertising
Ivonne Dippmann, Unpublished*
Angela Dominguez, Editorial Spots
Inga Dorofeeva, Editorial
Penelope Dullaghan, Editorial*
Penelope Dullaghan, Institutional
John Dykes, Institutional
Robin Eley, Editorial
Robin Eley, Institutional
João Fazenda, Editorial
Pamela Fogg, Editorial
Gilbert Ford, Editorial Spots
Ellie Foreman-Peck, Self-Promotional
Tom Frey, Institutional
Yoko Furusho, Fashion
Justin Gabbard, Advertising
Justin Gabbard, Books
Justin Gabbard, Self-Promotional
Kenneth Garduno, Gallery
Beppe Giacobbe, Books
Beppe Giacobbe, Editorial
Ben Gibson, Books
Ben Gibson, Books
Michael Glenwood, Editorial*
Michael Glenwood, Self-Promotional
Alessandro Gottardo, Advertising
Alessandro Gottardo, Editorial
Benjamin Guedel, Advertising
Martin Haake, Advertising
Martin Haake, Books
Martin Haake, Editorial*
Olaf Hajek, Editorial
Olaf Hajek, Institutional
Chris Haughton, Editorial
Ryan Haywood, Unpublished*
John Hendrix, Editorial*
John Hersey, Books
John Hersey, Editorial
John Hersey, Editorial Spots
Antje Herzog, Books
Jody Hewgill, Advertising*
Jody Hewgill, Books
Jody Hewgill, Editorial*
David Ho, Self-Promotional
Mark Hoffmann, Self-Promotional
Brad Holland, Advertising
Brad Holland, Books
Brad Holland, Editorial*
Jeremy Holmes, Books*
Paul Hoppe, Self-Promotional
Jordin Isip, Books
Aya Kakeda, Editorial
Aya Kakeda, Gallery
Blair Kelly, Editorial
Mike Kerr, Editorial Spots
Mike Kerr, Self-Promotional
Edward Kinsella, Editorial
Tatsuro Kiuchi, Editorial
Tatsuro Kiuchi, Gallery
Tatsuro Kiuchi, Institutional
Jean-Christian Knaff, Self-Promotional
Jon Krause, Editorial
Anita Kunz, Gallery
Anita Kunz, Self-Promotional
Yunmee Kyong, Gallery
Yunmee Kyong, Unpublished
Marc Lalumière, Medical
Travis Lampe, Gallery*
Dongyun Lee, Editorial*
Ho-Jun Lee, Unpublished
James Lewis, Unpublished
Renata Liwska, Books
Liz Lomax, Three-Dimensional*
Sophia Martineck, Editorial*
Jorge Mascarenhas, Self-Promotional
Bill Mayer, Advertising*
Bill Mayer, Unpublished
Robert Meganck, Advertising
Luc Melanson, Books
Aaron Meshon, Three-Dimensional
Aaron Meshon, Unpublished
Dushan Milic, Editorial
Joe Morse, Gallery
Martin Mueller, Advertising*
Sylvie Müller, Self-Promotional
Andrea Offermann, Editorial
Bert Oppenheim, Medical
Anita Ortega, Animation
Ken Orvidas, Editorial
Eun-Ha Paek, Animation
Ryan Peltier, Self-Promotional
Ian Phillips, Books
Ian Phillips, Unpublished
Emiliano Ponzi, Editorial*
Oleg Portnoy, Unpublished
Natalie Pudalov, Self-Promotional
Brian Raszka, Unpublished
Antoine Revoy, Unpublished
Edel Rodriguez, Advertising
Kim Rosen, Self-Promotional
Marc Rosenthal, Institutional*
Tin Salamunic, Self-Promotional
Guido Scarabottolo, Editorial*
Guido Scarabottolo, Self-Promotional*
Rick Sealock, Unpublished
Andrew Selby, Editorial
Yuko Shimizu, Advertising*
Yuko Shimizu, Books
Yuko Shimizu, Editorial*
Steve Simpson, Books
Lasse Skarbovik, Gallery
Alena Skarina, Gallery
Brian Stauffer, Editorial
Brian Stauffer, Fashion*
Otto Steininger, Editorial*
Otto Steininger, Unpublished*
Steven Tabbutt, Gallery
Jay Taylor, Self-Promotional
Tricia Tharp, Self-Promotional
Jacob Thomas, Editorial
Paul Thurlby, Editorial
Tim Tomkinson, Animation
Cristian Turdera, Editorial
Pol Turgeon, Unpublished
Mark Ulriksen, Editorial*
Mark Ulriksen, Institutional
Alexei Vella, Editorial
David von Bassewitz, Unpublished
Sam Weber, Editorial
Carl Wiens, Unpublished
Rob Wilson, Advertising
Selena Wong, Institutional
Stephanie Wunderlich, Editorial
James Yang, Editorial Spots
Jeni Yang, Gallery
Andrew Zbihlyj, Advertising
Andrew Zbihlyj, Unpublished
Anthony Zinonos, Self-Promotional
Daniel Zitka, Unpublished
Red Nose Studio, Editorial*
Ghostshrimp, Editorial

*multiple entries

Happy Birthday Jessica!

It was a Thursday, Valerie Schuman was here freelancing on Creative Quarterly and at the end of the day we all gathered--much to Jessica's surprise--to wish her a happy birthday. Finding the cake was the tough part, seems this part of Brooklyn doesn't believe in cakes as much as they do in cupcakes but none the less we found a delicious chocolate mouse cake. The egg-shaped cake (after all it was close to Easter) was dotted with candles and arrived lit in the living room as we gathered around to sing "happy birthday". A few Aperol spritzers later, the party livened up quite a bit, lots of laughs, a few more bites of cake and then time to wrap it up for the day. Jessica headed off for her two week vacation and we headed back to work. Oh, and there was another birthday this month, Sarah Munt! Happy birthday to both, and many, many more. Our show coordinator and production assistant gets back to work on Monday. Pictured left to right, Jessica Quinones, Sarah Munt and Valerie Schuman.

3x3 Magazine Issue 11

Look for the latest issue of 3x3 on the newsstands in the US and Canada as well as the UK and parts of Europe. The issues is up for four months only, if you can't find it we have them available online.

We're proud to feature Martin Haake (Germany), Erik Mark Sandberg (USA) and Marco Ventura (Italy). Our profiles include examples of their current work, their studios and an in-depth interview by a fellow illustrator. In addition we showcase the latest work by Q. Cassetti, Heidi Younger, Sally Vitsky, Kathi Kaeppel and Toby Thane Neighbors. And images by Ryan Snook, Scott Bakal, Andrew Rae, Staffan Larsson, Zina Saunders, Darren Hopes, Seounghyon Cho, Daniel Horowitz, Antoine Helbert, Steven Tabbutt, Anne Lück, James O'Brien, Philippe de Kemmeter, Craig Frazier, Elvis Swift and Alex Gross. We also profile R.O. Blechman and Françoise Mouly, talk about maintaining your passion and feature ad campaigns for Rothman's, Ford-Canada and Smoky Mountain Heritage Festivals. Our next issue features the work of James Jean, Christopher Silas Neal and Eddie Guy. We also profile Henning Wagenbreth and Nicholas Blechman. We'll talk about the Fuse ad campaign and give illustrators more helpful ideas about their careers. And of course more outstanding examples of fresh talent and recent work of our leading illustrators.

Cover illustration by Martin Haake, Berlin