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And, according to the Chinese horoscope, it’s the year of the monkey : a year of creativity, invention and intuition. We are more than happy to announce the official launch of our new optimized website and freshly out of the operation room yesterday midnight. It’s supposed to evolve again during the next days, so we wish you a good experience to you all!

This month, don’t miss out our new website full of novelties, the work of our new illustrator Owen Gent who is passionate by narration, metaphor and subtlety. Also, meet our new artist representative Valerie Deland, young and motivated she has joined the Montreal agency. And last but not least, as usual, enjoy a nice series of our fresh and new projects.

Download and share this month’s wallpaper created by our new illustrator Owen Gent. And, follow the clinic on his Facebook page and the social media to be aware of everything in 2016!

Our very best wishes :  health, joy and peace for 2016
-The illustrators and agents from the clinic

We welcome Owen Gent among clinic artists! Owen is an award winning illustrator who uses a combination of traditional and digital techniques to capture the warmth and beauty in every job he approaches. Drawing on his love of narrative, metaphor and subtlety, Owens muted colour palettes delicately yet clearly convey the message behind an illustration.

It’s official, Colagene’s new website is now online: www.colagene.com. He has been rethought for more refined and functional user experience. With a new responsive web design, all versions of the website on mobile devices (smartphones and digital tablets) are better adapted for an optimal experience.

The research tool to help find a type of artist (illustrator, storyboarder, motion designer) and type of projects (keywords, techniques, subjects) is now put forward and improved to allow the customer to find the desired artist efficiently. It is also possible to filter artists’ individual portfolios according their main type of clientele or their specialisation (editorial, advertising etc.).

Bachelor graduate of the Université du Québec à Montreal in business administration, Valérie specializes in marketing and international business and obtained a mention of honor for her involvement in many projects. With more than nine years of experience in customer service, her professional experiences and determination are adding to her expertise in her field. Her variated fields of interest are going from project management, to public relations, gastronomy and travels. Her driving forces: a dynamic personality, positive attitude and contagious sense of humor. She joined the Colagene team to learn more about project management, negotiation and marketing strategy. Valerie is currently on maternity replacement for the North American English market and will take over the Canadian francophone market in the coming months. Illustration : Nicole Jarecz

The end of year 2015 was a busy time for Véronique Joffre. She illustrated an article that will be published in the next issue of the XXI Magazine, and participated in a delightful 2016 serigraphy calendar! In May she will be pleased to unveil a new youth album in collaboration with Thierry Magnier Editions.

David Despau’s illustrations are a perfect match for the advertising and fashion industry. He presents us the last campaign for the glasses brand Etnia Barcelona as well as 2 T-shirts designs for Noble Project.

Here are two new illustrations created by Giordano Poloni for the Big White Ski Resort located in Kelowna, in British Columba, Canada. The illustrations have been published in the inflight magazine of WestJet Airlines.

Always so productive, Mydeadpony unveils a new series of digital collage exercises. Discover more of our selection in his book.

This month’s wallpaper was created by Owen Gent. We wish you a wonderful beginning for this new 2016 year, a lot of success and peace! Don’t hesitate to share this wallpaper around you!

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Versions iPhone 4, iPhone 5, 6, 6 plus
Versions iPad, iPad mini

Our collaboration with Dinette magazine is going on with their second issue. Discover the top 5 of the best Montreal addresses where you can enjoy a delightful hot chocolate this winter, and also everything that needs to be known about cold brew coffee. All this embellished by Benoit Tardif’s illustrations.

Institutional Investor magazine is specialized in research and world rankings publications that serve as industry benchmarks, informing and influencing its audience. David Despau was requested to illustrate portraits of Shelly Yang, Kim Sung Jin et Rajah Sukumar for an article of the magazine.

It was a pleasure to work with Alex Pham and Mydeadpony from Colagene. Everything was precise and timely, the final illustration was exactly what we wanted.
Bora Mihalyi, graphic designer, Play Advertising Canada