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The collection of top-class illustration work that awaits you was selected from a total of more than 5,100 submissions received from 1,050 illustrators based in no fewer than 67 countries, thus making it as always a truly international affair. Following pre-selection by Dr. Matthew Eve - art/design historian and illustrator , some 1,200 works were then presented to our jury which assessed both creativity and craftsmanship of the illustrators.
The jury consisted of Craig Frazier, Illustration Designer for NY Times, Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Adobe and the U.S. Postal Service; Anne Telford, Editor-at-Large of Communication Arts; Gideon Amichay, former CCO & Joint Managing Partner at Shalmor Avnon Amichay/Y&R Tel Aviv, founder and CCO of NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, YES New York, as well as and teacher at the School of Visual Arts in NY and Tolga Büyükdoganay, Creative Director and Art Director, Ogilvy & Mather Frankfurt am Main.The submissions from 200 illustrators that made it through this second round hail from a total of 39 countries with the US leading the field with 46 illustrators, followed by Germany with 24, and the UK with 18. Brazil is represented by 15 artists, Canada by 12, and Australia, Austria and the Netherlands each notch up seven. Among the nations featuring with just one artist each are Nigeria, South Korea and Iran.
