SILA – The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles presents our 58th annual Illustration West.

Illustration West is an annual competition and exhibition highlighting the year’s best illustration – both from L.A. and from all around the world. SILA is proud to represent established and emerging artists and demonstrate that this continues to be an exciting era for illustration.

Scroll down to see judges, category and awards information.

Co-Show Chairs

Chuck Grieb and Wendy Grieb

©2019 Chuck Grieb

Judges

Tony Diterlizzi

©2019 Tony Diterlizzi

[click HERE to read interview with Tony by Chuck Grieb and Wendy Grieb]

Scott Gustafson

©2019 Scott Gustafson

[click HERE to read interview with Scott by Chuck Grieb and Wendy Grieb]

Whitney Leader-Picone
Senior Designer
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers

[click HERE to read interview with Whitney by Chuck Grieb and Wendy Grieb]

Tiffanie Mang

©2019 Tiffanie Mang

[click HERE to read interview with Tiffanie by Chuck Grieb and Wendy Grieb]

Sharismar Rodriguez
Associate Art Director
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers

[click HERE to read interview with Sharismar by Chuck Grieb and Wendy Grieb]

Kit Seaton

©2019 Kit Seaton

[click HERE to read interview with Kit by Chuck Grieb and Wendy Grieb]

Hala Swearingen

©2019 Hala Swearingen

[click HERE to read interview with Hala by Chuck Grieb and Wendy Grieb]

Our Exhibition Sponsors

Categories

For examples of work in these categories from last year’s exhibition, you can browse the Category menu of Illustration West 57.

• • • Advertising
      Commissioned and published work used for consumer/trade print ads, fashion, point of-purchase, product, packaging, outdoor, websites and other forms of promotional media.
    • Book
      Commissioned and published work for fiction/non-fiction, hard & soft cover books. Includes young adult, adult, and cookbooks.
    • Cartoon (our newest category)
      Commissioned and published work used in newspaper strips, newspaper panels, TV animation, feature animation, newspaper illustration, gag cartoons, book illustration, greeting cards, comic books, magazine feature/magazine illustration, and editorial cartoons.
    • Children’s Market
      Commissioned and published work used for the children’s market.
    • Editorial
      Commissioned and published work for newspapers, magazines, blogs, courtroom sketches including spots, and humorous works (see new Cartoon Category for work in the cartoon field.
    • Entertainment & Visual Development
      Commissioned and published work for promotion or packaging of entertainment events, products and organizations, including: music, motion picture, DVD/video, television, computer games, live entertainment or Commissioned work for a production of a motion picture, animation, video games, and television. Examples: character designs, layout, visual development, background paintings, and storyboards.
    • Gallery
      Any work produced for the purpose of showing at a gallery or museum.
    • Graphic Novels / Comic Books
      Commissioned and published work for fiction/non-fiction, comic books, and graphic novels. Including: character designs, layout, visual development, background paintings, pin-ups, and storyboards.
    • Institutional
      Commissioned and published work for annual reports, corporate projects, capability projects, in-house publications, illustrated company logos, calendars, menus, calligraphy, non self-promotional greeting cards, philatelic, and collectibles.
    • Student
      Work created for classroom projects only. Must include instructor and school for each entry.
    • Unpublished & Self-Promotional
      Any self-promotional work, whether commissioned or not commissioned. Sourcebook ads, mailers, gallery work, portfolio pieces, experimental, fine art. Includes all Artist’s Rep or Gallery commissioned work.

Awards

For examples award-winning work from last year’s exhibition, browse the Awards menu of Illustration West 57.

• • • Joseph Morgan Henninger Award – Best of Show
      This award is presented to the best of all the Gold Award winners and is named for SILA’s first President during our founding year in 1953.
    • Patrick Nagel Award for Excellence
      This award is presented to the second best of all the Gold Award winners and is named to honor a great illustrator, Patrick Nagel.
    • Gold, Silver and Bronze awards are awarded individually for in each category.

Work entered in the Student and Unpublished / Self-Promotional categories will not be eligible for the Henninger or Nagel Awards.
All accepted entries will receive Certificates of Merit.
Award-winning artwork must be available for use on the Web site.

Scholarship Awards

• • • • Scholarships are presented to the Gold, Silver and Bronze Award winners from the Student category.
        • Gold – Phillip Hays “I love it. I think it’s terrific.” $1000 Scholarship
        • Silver – Elin Waite & Dick Oden $750 Scholarship
        • Bronze – Bill Tara $500 Scholarship

 

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Entering the Competition