elara tanguy
visual creative: print + web media
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I began working as an illustrator after graduating from Parsons School of Design in 2003. My clients have included a wide variety of businesses and publishers... ranging from an educational ashram in Northern India, to a fleet of artisan ice cream trucks in Brooklyn, NY. Along the way, I've illustrated book covers, educational books, product labels, and magazine features. In 2015 I received an MA from Savannah College of Art and Design.

As an illustrator, I love bringing my energy and inspiration to each new project. I am able to incorporate both traditional and digital techniques into my drawings, but am rooted in watercolor, pencil, ink, and printmaking.

I currently live, play and work in Prunedale, CA.

CV below:

Savannah College of Art & Design
2012-2015 MA Illustration

Parsons School of Design
1999-2003 BFA Fashion Design

Experience:
Visual Creative 2005-Present

Clients Include:

Fine Gardening Magazine, Taunton Press, Newtown, CT-12/11-03/22:
contributing illustrator

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White Flower Farm, Litchfield, CT-9/15-9-20 watercolor art: retail print & web

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Story Publishing, North Adams, MA 3/12-8/19, full-color book illustrations including:

Storey’s Guide to Raising Sheep, 2019 | Storey’s Guide to Raising Horses, 3rd Ed, 2019 Storey’s Guide to Raising Rabbits, 2018 | Storey’s Guide to Raising Dairy Goats, 2018 Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, 2018 | Storey’s Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, 2018

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Town of Peterborough, NH-5/15:
concept maps for successful public park proposal

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Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, VT-2/11-12/21:

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Organic Gardening Magazine, Rodale Publishing, Emmaus, PA8/11-5/12: watercolor art

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Black Dog & Leventhal, NY, NY-8/10-5/14

cover art: Woodworking Wisdom & Know-How, 2014 | Craft Wisdom & Know-How, 2011 | Garden Wisdom & Know-How, 2010
interior art: The Honey Connoisseur, 2012 | Honeybee: Lessons From an Accidental Beekeeper, 2009

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Mother Earth News, Ogden Publications, Topeka, KS-10/13- Feb/Mar14

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Skipstone Press/Mountaineers Books,
Seattle, WA-10/12-11/19 interior art: The Salmon Way, 2019 | Turning Homeward, 2016 | Food Grown Right, In Your Backyard, 2012

Tools
Apple products, Adobe CS4-CS6 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), SketchUp, Manga Studio, Wacom Cintiq, silkscreen equipment, exposure units, etching/lithography printing presses, Epson V500, V850

Skills
Illustration, poster design, map design, landscape garden rendering, perspective drawing, pattern design, printmaking (lithography, intaglio, screen, relief, mono), editorial portraits, murals, sign painting

Exhibitions
Maywood Davis Cafe, Hilton Head Island, SC-10/15-1/16
Alexander Ink, Savannah, GA-7/14-9/14
deFine Arts Festival, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA- 2/14-3/14
Form/Space Atelier, Seattle, WA-5/10-6/10

Awards
Applied Arts 2014: Student Awards, Diatribe and Drink Deep, 12/14
Alexander Ink 2014: Honorable Mention, The Engineer, 5/14

Extracurriculars
Pie baking, succulent planting, hiking, ceramic painting, upholstery, printmaking