There’s not much to be said about being asked to illustrate something for HOW magazine, one of the premier graphic design and illustration magazines in the world, than it was a honor. The article was a point counterpoint about the benefits and drawbacks of crowd sourcing, titled “Designers Dilemma.” Thanks Bridgid! It was great working with you! (Click through on any of the images to see how it worked in the spread)

My illustration advertising a gallery show about Mustaches took home a bronze medal in 3×3′s annual illustration competition. It’ll be an honor to be included  in the same book as illustrators like Bill Mayer, Marc Burckhardt, and Nate Williams! Click through to see all the winners.

I love the illustrators Lou Simeone over at Illustration Pages has been
putting together for quite some time. So it was an honor to be included in
that bunch of talented illustrators. Thanks a million Lou!

Illustration Pages

Shaw Nielsen on Illustration Pages

I am going to be part of a gallery show this Friday from 6 to 10, that features the work of Dave DeVries’ Monster engine. The theme is the interpretation of children’s art and not knowing any kids myself I decided to revisit an often visited theme from my youth – robots – more specifically killer robots. I’ll be posting a photo of one of my old robots as soon as I can sneak it off of my mothers wall long enough to scan, until then enjoy this Shaw Nielsen Robot circa 2010.

Learn More about the show and the kick ass crew at Indy Ink here.

UPDATE

Drum roll… Shaw Nielsen, Killer Robot Circa 1993:

I created this poster to help promote a gallery show I’m participating in. Its happening this Friday at Conari arts in Denver and is titled Mustache Maddness. It’ll be a celebration of all things mustache, featuring a talented roster of local artists, such as Elliot Lang, Lynon Aksamit, & more. There will also be live music by Blues/Funk Band Fluesy G. The show starts at 7:15, stop by: here’s a map.

I’ve been busy at work on a new website for myself these past months. There’s an entirely new structure to the website & especially my portfolio, including a new URL: illustration.shawnielsen.com, complete with its own RSS Feed and the ability to browse illustration by category. There’s also a new URL for my blog, blog.shawnielsen.com as well as a new RSS feed location for it: Blog RSS Feed. Have a look around and update your bookmarks!

Read All about it in the Colossal Times.