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February, month of love and cold... For some of you it's the occasion of hitting the ski slopes and for others to fly to hot and tropical destinations! However! in order to maintain the momentum, there won't be any holidays for the clinic's newsletter.

This month, you'll discover an annual report for the Mississippi State, few editorial projects, portraits, diplays, a bottle of wine's branding. You will also have an illustrated overview of London's cities must see places, a new storyboard project, a beautiful and colorful free wallpaper to customize your devices and new personal works from our illustrators.

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- All the artists and agents from the clinic wish you plenty of love and good moments for the rest of the month.

Veronique Joffre has imagined for the annual report 2014 of the State of the Mississippi a series of illustrations which summarize 4 existing services : education / research, health / safety, police / administration and work / service.
Every service was represented by a group of people. The project gives a human face and a spirit of solidarity to the citizens and the shareholders of the State of Mississippi.

Aaron McConomy  illustrated for the cover and special article about truth and lies regarding the communication field in France, for the last issue of Com'Ent magazine published by Communication and Firm in France association. The publication is about reflexions on trends and actual evolutions of the communication field. To know about it, we invite you to consult the magazine.

If you are a fervent follower of Journal de Montréal, you must have noticed that its collaboration with Benoit Tardif is going on and on! As a matter of fact, Benoit still illustrates weekly for the articles published in the insert called “Cahier JM”. Here are his last drawings from January issues.

David Despau illustrated a series of 24 portraits which pay tribute to the Alumni of the University of Alberta which also celebrates its 100 years. From 1911 to nowadays, we can discover in this edition of New Trail Magazine, 24 students who create the history ans spirit of this school.

Discover, through Mamzelle Poppy's graphic touch, these must-see places to visit in London city and presented in Le Parisien magazine through the Travel route : Destination London column.

Here is the result of a special report illustrated by Ëlodie about the environment in the city for Marie-Claire China Magazine. She was requested to create a visual mixing Nature with famous singers' portraits in China, as the chinese artist Khali Fong from Hong Kong .

David illustrated the new urban myth; half-human being, half-bike. This printed campaign for In Bicycle We Trust's stores, also comes with a beautiful animation.

The wallpaper of this month will add a small touch of madness in your day !
It has been illustrated by Chris Arran, who likes to work with a palette of bright colours, reflecting his playful side in his approach to illustration.

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Here is a beautiful scene illustrated by Sonia Roy for an article on caregivers, from Red magazine's February issue. The article is telling the story of a woman who went through this human experience, also a difficult one, by welcoming her husband's mother at her home to support her and to take care of her.

For the second time, Véronique illustrated a label of wine for the Domain Entras. For this project, the graphic clinic managed the design process. "Solelh" means in gascon (occitan language) the sun. Solelh is a refreshing and sweet wine as a ray of sunshine in the spring that makes your eyes wink when you are on a terrace of a little café.

Here is "Beauty" illustrated by Ëlodie, in a snow white version way, for an article about aging and published in the psychology column of Votre Beauté French magazine's February issue.

Chris Arran wasn't lazy during the last Christmas holiday break ! He did not leave his graphic tablet to propose new strong images. He says: These illustrations were created in a palette of lively colors which I like and the subjects are influenced by life, madness and  fashion. I hope that  it will please you! To see more about this new series click here.

Véronique Joffre is a French artist who lives in London. She works and creates her illustrations from paper. She recently experimented more abstract compositions. Also discover one of her illustrations that has been selected for the Prize for illustration 2015 contest : "Hampstead Ponds ".

Romance and humor are filling Marie-Eve Tremblay's last illustration for “Vie Perso” (Personal Life) column of Coup de Pouce Magazine. The theme for this February issue is about the kiss. It was necessary to mark the occasion, Valentine’s Day being the event of the month.

Here is a small selection from Adam James Turnbull personal artistic research file that we received. A simple line, frank colors, uncluttered images, good ideas. To discover more, it's this way.

Nicole Jarecz, whose works endlessly evolve, is proud to share with you her last realizations. First of all, silhouettes realized in the magazine Commons&Sense in Japan for an article about Tiffany jewels . Then, a patchwork of clothes and accessories for gifts. A scene of a bike in spring, very smart and with pastel colors. And, last but least, an illustration created for Ford USA. To see more of her recent work, visit her portfolio.

Tonwen Jones brings her special touch of colors and her collage style to the winter issue of CAA magazine. She created a map showing the location of different Italian museums where people can enjoy the exhibition of beautiful Italian cars.

Eric Caron is bringing an advertising TV spot concept to life by illustrating a storyboard for an agency pitch for Subway Canada.