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Various Drawn! news items

Wow, it’s been so busy around here that I let our second blogiversary go by without even noticing it! March 3rd marked Drawn!’s 2nd full year of operation. Time sure flies, eh?

Secondly, I want to thank everyone who voted for Drawn! for this year’s Bloggies Awards. We were awarded Best Canadian Blog this year! The awards were announced earlier this week in Austin, TX at SXSW.

Thirdly, we have a new contributor to the site! Please welcome Jaleen Grove as the latest Drawn! blogger. I had quietly been looking for a new blogger, hoping to find someone Canadian, female, and with a passion for illustration. Jaleen has written her MA thesis on the dividing line between fine art and illustration, and is hoping to begin a PhD this fall, which will be a survey of Canadian illustrators and their impact in US media. We met last month to talk about illustration and Drawn! for some of her research, and I think she’ll make a great addition to the team, and bring a fresh voice to the site, since so many of the rest of us are primarily cartoonists and animators.

Finally, I’ve begun a redesign of the site, which will hopefully be up in the next month or so. I’d like to get it up as soon as possible, so I’m doing it bits at a time between illustration jobs. And the forum will be back, too!

Thanks again for your continued readership! We hope we can be an even better site in our third year!

  • http://camilografico.blogspot.com/ camilografico

    GREAAAAT job!!!

  • http://camilografico.blogspot.com/ camilografico

    GREAAAAT job!!!

  • Tamu

    Congratulations on the anniversary and the award!

  • Tamu

    Congratulations on the anniversary and the award!

  • CM

    Congrats! You all deserve it and much more, if only for that fact that you make me look good at work…everyone thinks I have great taste because of this blog!

  • CM

    Congrats! You all deserve it and much more, if only for that fact that you make me look good at work…everyone thinks I have great taste because of this blog!

  • http://www.groveartworks.com/ jaleen

    Thanks for the introduction, Johnny!

    I’m pretty pleased to be here. In a while I’ll introduce myself properly with a top level post or something. And get a profile up. woohoo!

    cheers
    Jaleen

  • http://www.groveartworks.com jaleen

    Thanks for the introduction, Johnny!

    I’m pretty pleased to be here. In a while I’ll introduce myself properly with a top level post or something. And get a profile up. woohoo!

    cheers
    Jaleen

  • http://lottabruhn.typepad.com/ Lotta B

    Congrats to the award and the anniversary! Welcome Jaleen!

  • http://lottabruhn.typepad.com Lotta B

    Congrats to the award and the anniversary! Welcome Jaleen!

  • http://elnegromagnifico.blogspot.com El Negro Magnifico

    Drawn! continues to bring me much joy. Big time congrats on the anniversary and the win! And welcome, Jaleen!

  • http://elnegromagnifico.blogspot.com El Negro Magnifico

    Drawn! continues to bring me much joy. Big time congrats on the anniversary and the win! And welcome, Jaleen!

  • http://www.jasoncrosbyillustration.com/ Jason

    I think I’ve check Drawn! almost everyday since its inception! Continue the great work!

  • http://www.jasoncrosbyillustration.com Jason

    I think I’ve check Drawn! almost everyday since its inception! Continue the great work!

  • http://leesvoice.blogspot.com/ Lee

    Congratulations on your blog’s anniversary! That’s a lot of tremendous work you’ve done. I really like seeing all of the interesting articles and being exposed to talent I’ve never before seen! Needless to say the blog award was well deserved!

    Welcome to Jaleen! I look forward to hearing from you!

  • http://leesvoice.blogspot.com Lee

    Congratulations on your blog’s anniversary! That’s a lot of tremendous work you’ve done. I really like seeing all of the interesting articles and being exposed to talent I’ve never before seen! Needless to say the blog award was well deserved!

    Welcome to Jaleen! I look forward to hearing from you!

  • http://www.luclatulippe.com/ Luc

    Welcome Jaleen! That’s two Canadians on the West coast now! And happy blogiversary!

  • http://www.luclatulippe.com Luc

    Welcome Jaleen! That’s two Canadians on the West coast now! And happy blogiversary!

  • carwin

    Keep up the good work !

  • carwin

    Keep up the good work !

  • http://www.upso.org/ upso

    congrats! and thanks for making drawn. its a great source of inspiration

  • http://www.upso.org upso

    congrats! and thanks for making drawn. its a great source of inspiration

  • http://www.micahobrien.net/ Mr.Micah

    Congrats guys!

  • http://www.micahobrien.net Mr.Micah

    Congrats guys!

  • jack scagnetti

    Yay for the return of the forum!
    Keep on keeping on.

  • jack scagnetti

    Yay for the return of the forum!
    Keep on keeping on.

  • http://stormsillustration.com/ Patricia

    Hooray for Johnny! It’s such an honour to be a part of such a first class blog.

    And a very warm welcome to Jaleen!

  • http://stormsillustration.com Patricia

    Hooray for Johnny! It’s such an honour to be a part of such a first class blog.

    And a very warm welcome to Jaleen!