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June is already here, even if summer is shy for many of us. The agency in Montreal is newly settled in the new well-known neighborhood in Montreal, the Plateau Mont-Royal and a new ludic artist from Montreal joined the clinic. While waiting for the blue sky and summer sun, discover our friendly newsletter freshly created for you from Colagene Montreal this time. Enjoy your reading, from all the agents and illustrators!

This month, discover the world of Benoit Tardif, newcomer at the clinic, Oscar Llorens illustrates the new beer cans for NorthAm Beverages company in Brithish Columbia, Véronique Joffre imagines the 2013-2014 season of Arion's Orchestre baroque, Katrinn Pelletier takes us into summertime with her illustrations for Best Health Magazine, Marie-Eve Tremblay illustrates a web campaign for the Government of Canada, and many more surprises!

The wallpaper this month is titled Relation malsaine (unhealthy relationship), a conceptual illustration by Benoit Tardif, Quebec's illustrator that just joined the clinic.

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It is after he completed his studies in graphic design at Université du Québec à Montréal that Benoit Tardif started the illustration. Since then, he offers simple, effective and colorful images. Often tinged with irony, his style is marked by an interest in silk screen and posters. Benoit, Quebec’s illustrator, works from traditional and digital techniques to build images that are designed to convey a specific and conceptual message.

In collaboration with the agency Spur and Boot, Oscar Llorens illustrated the new cans' design of the beer company NorthAm Beverages. The illustrations were based on the different names of each beer: Artisan IPA, Sun Chaser, Deep 6 Lager, Reef Break, Twisted Trail and Wild Wood.

The new musical season 2013-2014  of Arion, baroque orchestra concerts has been launched under the theme of Italia. This year, it's Veronique Joffre that has been chosen to create in a paper cut style one generic illustration to announce the season entitled All' Italiana  as well as 5 other illustrations, each respectively inspired by 5 upcoming concerts named:  Venezia, mi amore, Venise Tempest, Love duets, The World of Mozart and Bow follies and Battalias.

Katrinn Pelletier had the challenge to create illustrations of summer scenes incorporating real products pictures for the column on beachwear published in the Best Health Magazine.

On June 12th, a special press release was sent to Canadian medias. We are sharing a preview of it with you today.

Colagene, the representative agency from Montreal, presents 8 portraits in photo of its Canadian illustrators and storyboarders working in the North American advertising and communications industries. 

Their artistic signature, their talent and their professionalism are solicited by the industry for the creation of personalized images that accompany all kind of advertising productions: billboard, printed collaterals, TV, web, packaging, etc. as well as advertising comp and storyboards for presentation to clients in agencies.

Discover below their faces as well as their styles and techniques through one of their recent creations. Enjoy!

 On June 12th, a special press release was sent to Canadian medias. We are sharing a preview of it with you today.

Colagene, the representative agency from Montreal, presents 8 portraits in photo of its Canadian illustrators and storyboarders working in the North American advertising and communications industries. 

Their artistic signature, their talent and their professionalism are solicited by the industry for the creation of personalized images that accompany all kind of advertising productions: billboard, printed collaterals, TV, web, packaging, etc. as well as advertising comp and storyboards for presentation to clients in agencies.

Discover below their faces as well as their styles and techniques through one of their recent creations. Enjoy!

The wallpaper this month is Relation malsaine (unhealthy relationship) illustrated by Benoit Tardif. Benoit, Quebec's illustrator, works with traditional and digital techniques to build images designed to provide a precise and conceptual message. Don't hesitate to share the wallpaper to others in order to make them discover his work. Benoit's colorful personality and spontaneous work is certainly seducing!

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Avid traveler, Marie-Eve Tremblay travels the world once a year to find new inspirations for her illustrated world, she shares with us a new summery series and added: "I was inspired by old magazines of 50's and 60's that I found in a market while I was travelling in which there was fashion pictutres. I then imaginated a photo shoot for the summer 1959! "

Promotional event scenes illustrated by Dan Svatek for an advertising pitch.

Aaron McConomy created 5 illustrations representing stories of innovation in four U.S. cities and the Intellistructure, multiple elements and touchpoints – technology, transportation, energy efficiency, etc – working together to create today’s smartest cityscapes. The illustrations were used for a centre-spread ad in the New Yorker Magazine and Siemens' social channels.

Silke Werzinger illustrates, for Votre Beauté Magazine, the monthly section Sur le Divan (on the sofa), with her signature ballpoint pen and markers style and neon colors.

Easter Island, Cuba, Paris.. There's a smell of holiday in the air! Here is a series of touristic locations illustrated by Marie-Eve Tremblay for different information tools (Facebook page, brochures, mobile apps, etc.) including the travel.gc.ca website created on the Government of Canada's initiative and addressed to Canadians travelling or living abroad.

Nazario Graziano represented the cable network in Distric of Columbia by the train lines in DC in a fun collage for the cover of the Washington Post’s entertainment tab Sunday Style.

On the cover of Les Affaires Magazine special issue dedicated to innovation, the city of Medellín is under the spot. Karl Dupéré-Richer represented a few symbolic and key-infrastructures and monuments that characterize Medellin as an innovative town.

Mydeadpony is really productive in his free time. He sent us a new personal series of illustrations. Here is our selection, to see more visit his portfolio.

The Graphic Design Clinic created the new identity for Cabanes & Chazottes Architects, including the logo, business cards and book.

 The Colagene experience according to our clients:

We enjoyed working with Genevieve on various collage-design projects. Genevieve and the staff were always punctual and provided the quality work we expected.
Jodi Hale, Production Lead, Rosetta Stone

Congrats for always being on time, Colagene is always on top of things.
Martine Trebillod, DA Votre Beauté Magazine’s artistic director