jill (at) jilliantamaki (dot) com
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I am an illustrator and cartoonist living in Brooklyn, NY. I grew up in Calgary, Alberta and graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 2003. Currently I teach in the Illustration Department of the School of Visual Arts.
My two books of personal work are Gilded Lilies (2006) and Indoor Voice (2010). My cousin, writer Mariko Tamaki, and I are the co-creators of the graphic novel SKIM (2008); we are currently working on a new graphic novel project, Awago Beach Babies (2013).
For more daily/meandering minutiae, please visit my Sketchblog.
PARTIAL CLIENT LIST
The New York Times / The New Yorker / National Geographic / Penguin Books / Folio Society
Marvel / Drawn & Quarterly / WIRED / Washington Post / Chronicle Books/ New York Magazine
Psyop / O, The Oprah Magazine / Esquire / Christian Science Monitor / The Guardian
The Independent UK / CBC / Bloomberg Businessweek / The Atlantic / Tor.com / Maclean's
VSA Partners / TIME Asia / Abrams Books / The Walrus / ESPN Magazine / Nickelodeon
SELECTED AWARDS + RECOGNITION
Society of Illustrators (Gold, Silver) / NYTimes Best Illustrated Children's Books (SKIM)
Society of Publication Designers (Gold) / American Illustration / Communication Arts Annual
Doug Wright Best Book (SKIM) /Ignatz Award (SKIM)/ Eisner Award (SKIM, nominated)
Advertising + Design Club of Canada (Merit) / National Magazine Award / Applied Arts Annual
Best Books of 2008 Lists, Publishers Weekly, Quill & Quire (SKIM)
Best American Comics 2009, 2011
In 2011, an original comic page and personal sketchbook were acquired by the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
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