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3x3Mag @3x3mag.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Winners Announced! Congratulations to photojournalist Carol Guzy for their winning entry “Separated by ICE”—part of a series in our Photography category. Their entry along with all 2026 winners will be published in our year-end Creative Quarterly 2026.

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

“The Greatest Deception” by David Habben @habbenink is a winner in Cq81. It will be published in our upcoming 2025 Annual, available for pre-order soon at shop.cqjournal.com 🐍 Don’t forget to enter our current #CallForEntries for #cq82 - you could be included in the 2025 Annual as well! Enter at …

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

New release @princetonupress “Allan Rohan Crite: Neighborhood Liturgy” Edited by Diana Seave Greenwald and Christina Michelon The artist Allan Rohan Crite (1910–2007) was a community leader, mentor, and tireless recorder of the people and places of Boston, where he lived for the better part of a …

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Thomas Fuchs @thomasfuchsstudio is a new member of our #DirectoryCollective Thomas Fuchs is an award-winning illustrator and graphic designer. His work has received numerous awards from the Society of Illustrators (Gold Medal), American Illustration, SPD, Print, the Art Directors Club of New York …

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This photograph by Jerry Lofaro @jerrylofarophotos titled “Sunday Rusty Sunday” is a photography winner in Cq81. See more of his work at jerrylofaroprints.com 🌞 Want to be included in our 2025 Annual? Our #CallForEntries is open for #Cq82 - your last chance to be part of the Annual. Enter now at …

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Òscar Climent Ollet @oscarclimentillustration has joined our #DirectoryCollective Òscar is an illustrator based in Barcelona, passionate about creating work through graphic shapes and simplified forms. His creative process blends traditional drawing techniques with digital tools, ensuring his ill…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

New release @princetonupress “The Artist’s Palette” By Alexandra Loske What can the palette an artist used or depicted tell us about their artistic process, preferences, and finished works? From traditional wooden boards to paint pots, ceramic plates, and studio walls, these deceptively simple y…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Beth Goody @bethgoodyillustration has joined our #DirectoryCollective Beth is an award-winning illustrator who has worked with leading publications, advertisers and corporations including The Wall Street Journal, Apple Books, Siemens, National Geographic, Harvard Business Review and many others wo…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This beautiful colored pencil drawing by Sylvie Daigneault @sylvie.daigneault titled “Florescence” was selected as a Fine Art winner in CQ81, appearing in our upcoming 2025 Annual 💐 #cqjournal #creativequarterly #arts #artanddesign #artspublication #creativecompetition #fineart #finearts #photogr…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

New release @princetonupress “Calder-isms” By Alexander Calder, edited by Larry Warsh “Calder-isms” is a collection of fascinating, irreverent, and often profound quotations from the influential modern American sculptor Alexander Calder (1898–1976), who is most famous for his invention of what h…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

New release @princetonupress “Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love” By Kellie Jones, Paulina Pobocha, and Taylor Jasper; edited by Jenny Gheith First and foremost a painter, Suzanne Jackson has worked for six decades in a dizzying array of genres, including drawing, printmaking, poetry, dance, and theat…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Savannah Harden @illustratingsav illustrated this FILA ad for a class with Tony Rodriguez at Middle Tennessee State University. The piece was selected as a winner in CQ80! 🛹 @mtsuillustration #cqjournal #creativequarterly #arts #artanddesign #artspublication #creativecompetition #fineart #finear…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

New release @princetonupress “Barnett Newman: Here” By Amy Newman Barnett Newman (1905–1970), a founding member of the abstract expressionist movement, was a contemporary of such figures as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and Clyfford Still. He left behind only 118 finished paint…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Scott Anderson @scottandersonstudio has joined our #DirectoryCollective Scott is an illustrator residing in Santa Barbara, CA. He is the recipient of multiple Gold awards from the Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, and his work has also been recognized by Communication Arts, American Illustratio…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Seung Soo Lee designed these pasta sauce labels as a student @svanyc. The series will be published in our 2025 Annual and is currently up in our online gallery for Cq79 at cqjournal.com 🍝 #cqjournal #creativequarterly #arts #artanddesign #artspublication #creativecompetition #fineart #finearts #p…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Allen Crawford @allencrawfordillustration has joined our #DirectoryCollective 🦋 Allen and his wife Susan Crawford have been illustrators for over 25 years. They’ve done advertising, merchandising, and editorial work, but in recent years they’ve been focused on natural history institutions like m…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

New release @princetonupress “Wassily Kandinsky: The Sketchbooks” Edited by Larry Warsh and Dieter Buchhart The great Russian modernist painter and theorist Wassily Kandinsky was one of the pioneers of abstraction in Western art. Few documents provide more insight into his evolution from figural…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

New release @princetonupress “Wound Man” by Jack Hartnell The Wound Man—a medical diagram depicting a figure fantastically pierced by weapons and ravaged by injuries and diseases—was reproduced widely across the medieval and early modern globe. In this panoramic book, Jack Hartnell charts the eme…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Owen Davey @owendaveydraws has joined our #DirectoryCollective Owen Davey is an award-winning illustrator from the UK, celebrated for his bold graphic style that blends vibrant colours with meticulous research. With a degree in illustration from Falmouth University, Owen has risen to become one o…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

“We Are Alive for Now” by Joshua David Chambers @jchambers is part of a series of acrylic paintings on wood panel, displayed at Graphite Gallery @graphitegallery and selected as a Fine Art winner in #Cq79. View the full series in our online gallery at cqjournal.com/gallery/79/gallery #cqjournal #c…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

New release @thamesandhudson “Saul Leiter: Photofile” by Max Kozloff, Saul Leiter Saul Leiter was one of those photographers who sought neither fame nor commercial success, despite his talent for image-making. Born in Pittsburgh, he spent his entire adult life in New York City’s East Village, i…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Neil Webb @neilwebb_illustrator is an illustrator with a focus on providing a concise visual solution in a strong graphic composition. Much of Neil’s work has a conceptual take that provides a visual twist. Ideas are very important, as are colors and shapes. Inspiration comes particularly from earl…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Daria Kirpach @kirpachillustrations is a new member of our #DirectoryCollective Daria started drawing as a child. In 2005 she moved to Italy to finish her course of study, where she has been strongly influenced by the works of great European artists. Daria likes to communicate through images in a…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

New release @phaidonpress “DogDogs” by Elliott Erwitt A dog-lover’s dream, “DogDogs” presents the largest selection ever published of Elliott Erwitt’s images of our beloved canine companions. This delightful volume features 500 photographs – of Poodles at dog shows, of Golden Retrievers fetch…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

New release @thamesandhudsonusa “About Face: Contemporary Portrait Painting” by Amber Creswell Bell A portrait is no longer expected to be a realistic rendering of a person—artists experiment with numerous techniques, even approaching abstraction, to convey the personality and character of thei…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Anthony Robinson @akaillustration is a new member of our Directory Collective A graffiti artist in the 90s, and freshly armed with an honors degree in communication arts, Anthony decided to set up his commercial art studio after running out of walls to paint! He has been fortunate enough to have …

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Benedetta C. Vialli @benedettacvialli is an illustrator and comic artist. She was born on the Italian Alps but now she lives and work in the Venetian Lagoon. She holds a degree in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice and in illustration at Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. She teaches il…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

New release @thamesandhudsonusa “Hokusai’s Method” by Kyoko Wada, Ryoko Matsuba and Katsushika Hokusai Best known for woodblock prints such as The Great Wave off Kanagawa, the ninteenth-century artist Hokusai was prolific in other media. Of the three hundred or so printed books Hokusai created …

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

This “Spring Dedication” series of illustrations by Daria Lada @darialada_illustrator is a winner in CQ80. Check out the online gallery at cqjournal.com to see the rest of the series! #cqjournal #creativequarterly #arts #artanddesign #artspublication #creativecompetition #fineart #finearts #photog…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

New release @princetonupress “Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work” edited by Leslie Umberger and Randall R. Griffey “Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work” explores how an unlikely artist—marginalized in her time for being elderly, female, and untrained—catapulted into the American imagination in the 194…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Laura Liedo @lauraliedo has joined our #DirectoryCollective Laura’s style lies in simple shapes, flat colors, and varied textures. Her illustrations are usually conceptual, in search of metaphor and double meaning. She likes experimenting with colors and she looks for tenderness and humor in her c…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

New release @chroniclebooks “In Progress (Revised Edition)” by Jessica Hische This revised edition of design-world darling Jessica Hische’s career-spanning art book offers a fascinating inside look at her work in progress, featuring highlights from her most exciting recent projects and new tips…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

New release @thamesandhudsonusa “The Outdoor Archive” by Chase Anderson, Clint Pumphrey, Chris Burkard For decades, outdoor brands have put daring and aspirational images on the covers of their magazines and catalogs, pushing the limits of photography and graphic design. This fascinating collecti…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

New release @phaidonpress “Harland Miller: XXX” by Harland Miller, Tim Marlow and Hettie Judah Infused with irreverent wit and shaped by his love of language, Harland Miller’s playful and graphically vernacular paintings have an enduring appeal. With references spanning music, literature, self-…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

New release @thamesandhudson “The Illustrators: Walter Crane” by Jenny Uglow This volume in Thames & Hudson’s The Illustrators series showcases the work of Walter Crane, one of the most influential children’s book creators of his generation. Crane transformed the illustration of children’s book…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Aaren Zhai @aaren_illust is a member of our #DirectoryCollective Aaren is a graduate of the University of the Arts London. She is a freelance illustrator and a dog walker who specializes in narrative illustration and comics to document life. aaren.cargo.site #3x3collective #illustration #illus…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Aaron Meshon @aaronmeshon illustrates and designs for magazines, advertisements, children’s products, murals, food trucks and books that can be found all over the world. Aaron’s first children’s book was on the New York Times top 100 of 2013 and received 4 starred reviews. Aaron has also written …

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

New release @phaidonpress “Mid-Century Modern Designers” by Dominic Bradbury More than 50 years later, the fascination with mid-century design is stronger than ever before. Explore the popular movement’s distinctive style in this A-Z guide to the 300 influential designers who helped to define i…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

This piece, “An Act of Love” by Krittika Mittal @artkrittique, is part of a series created while studying at Maryland Institute College of Art. It will be published in our online gallery and 2025 Annual 🌺 #cqjournal #creativequarterly #arts #artanddesign #artspublication #creativecompetition #fin…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Jerry Hoare has joined our #DirectoryCollective Jerry is an award-winning illustrator based in UK. Jerry works in pen and ink, watercolor, woodcuts, and some alternative styles, with digital delivery for the client’s benefit. Clients include Penguin Random House, Llewelyn Publishing, American Eag…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

New release @phaidonpress “The Rose Book” by Phaidon Editors From a couture Dior gown and a rose-adorned Barbie to ancient mosaics and Victorian Valentine’s cards, this curated collection of more than 200 stunning images celebrates the world’s most iconic flower. Discover the extraordinary ways…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Matthieu Bourel @ek.dojo has joined our #DirectoryCollective Matthieu was born in Rennes, France, lives and works in Berlin. His work was included in the books The Age of Collage and The Age of Collage Vol. II. Since 2014 illustrations for publications such as the The New York Times, The New Yorke…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

New release @phaidonpress “Alessandro Mendini: Imagination Takes Command” by Stefano Casciani Born in Milan in 1931, Alessandro Mendini created vivid, boundary-pushing, eccentric work that sits in an aesthetic universe of its own. He was at the heart of Italy’s Radical design movement in the 19…

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Creative Quarterly @cqjournal.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Xinyuan Qu designed this typeface and ad campaign for Urban Outfitters as a student @svanyc. The series will be published in our 2025 Annual and is currently up in our online gallery for Cq79 at cqjournal.com #cqjournal #creativequarterly #arts #artanddesign #artspublication #creativecompetition #…

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