#loveis wise illustration

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Pride 2023 edition Jadon boot by Loveis Wise for Dr Martens

Loveis is a queer, black American artist.

'The design's meaning is simple: "Love is a gateway, love is a portal, love is something that we all can connect with" - a message delivered in their signature palette of pinks, blues and green. Highlighted with a disco ball lace charm and designed for the dance floors where Loveis loses themselves.'

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Becoming Charley by Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by Loveis Wise

Becoming Charley by Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by Loveis Wise. Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 9780593429044  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? Charley is born into a forest of caterpillars who spend their time with their heads down eating leaves. Charley, on the other hand, looks up and wonders what it is like to…

[theillustrationconference]

Want to know more about the main stage speakers at ICON11? In the third installment of our series #ICONspeak, we’ve chatted with Loveis Wise.

Loveis is a freelance illustrator living in Los Angeles. They describe themself as “an expression of joy and oneness with you,” and their work features bold colors and with a sense of play—all while speaking to themes such social consciousness and resilience. Loveis’ extensive client list includes The New Yorker, Google, The New York Times, BuzzFeed News, and Instagram.

For those that are unfamiliar with your work, how would you describe your style? 

I usually describe my work as joyous & vibrant!

How have you honed your visual language throughout the years?

Over the years, I learned that I wanted to cultivate more playfulness in my work but also speak to themes of social awareness, spirituality, and resilience.

Can you tell us more about how joy plays a role in your work?

I started working with this element mostly because, it can sometimes feel hard to excavate in a world where uncertainty and trauma boils over. Even the act of expressing my own joy didn't always feel as accessible to me growing up. So, in order to reclaim it, I realized that it was so important for me to create a world in my work where folks could feel into that feeling as well or even understand that it's okay for them to access it for themselves!

You haven't been out art school that long and have already amassed an impressive list of clients. What is one of the most memorable projects you've worked on so far, and what about it made it so great?

Yes! Super thankful for everything that has come my way but most recently, I worked on my largest piece and mural to date for Google's Artist in Residency program. This piece was created as an ode to the future generations of creators and to my ancestors for transmuting their pain into a dream of what the future could be!

What’s one topic you’re passionate about in regards to illustration and/or the illustration community at large?

I'm very passionate about sharing the intersections of Black and queer identity and while I was in art school, it sometimes felt as if most Black and Brown illustrators were often left out of the conversation. I then made it my mission to research them heavily and bring them up more in conversation during. Sharing underrepresented narratives is very important to me because, it creates a safer space if others can visualize themselves there and can create more possibilities of what they could be!

Who is/are one (or two!) illustrator(s) that you discovered during your research that you think more people should know about?

What came to mind was Clementine Hunter, Jackie Ormes, and Remedios Varo.

Have you been to ICON before?

Yes! My first year attending was actually back in 2018.

What can we expect when we see you at ICON11?

Definitely a friendly face and hopefully some inspiration! So excited to meet you all!

[thecolorblockcurator]

REI Force of Nature, Loveis Wise

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Empowerment Tattly by Loveis Wise. 

Mysticism by Loveis Wise

Summer Gal by Loveis Wise. 

Shop them all here. 

[blackgirlslit]

After learning what Black Out Tuesday was originally intended to be, I too would like to use this opportunity to boast about some black creators and their work that needs more attention.

These are the three books, two graphic novels and one poetry book, that I will be reading this week.

✊🏾 I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina and illustrated by Stacey Robinson & John Jennings with a foreword by Bryan Stevenson:

When an off-duty officer mistakes a clothes hanger for a gun, Alfonso Jones wakes up in the afterlife guided by fellow victims of police shootings. Meanwhile, Alfonso's family and friends struggle with their grief and seek justice for Alfonso's murder.

✊🏾Your Black Friend and Other Strangers by Ben Passmore:

Described as required reading for those seeking to be useful allies in the fight for justice, this collection of culturally charged comics tackles race, gentrification, the prison system, racial micro-aggressions, and more with both humor and relatability.

✊🏾Say Her Name by Zetta Elliot and illustrated Loveis Wise:

In this collection of haikus and poems, Elliot creates a chorus of voices celebrating the creativity, resilience, and courage of Black women and girls while also paying tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists championing for the Black Lives Matter cause.

I encourage everyone to check out these books, support a independent bookstore (especially Black-owned ones!!!) and your local libraries. And as always, BLACK LIVES MATTER! And please don't forget to let your Black joy shine!

- Veronika ✊🏾

IG: @black_girls_lit

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Magnolia Flower introduces children to Zora Neale Hurston

Magnolia Flower introduces children to Zora Neale Hurston @AmistadBooks @GoSparkPoint

Magnolia Flower, by Zora Neale Hurston, Adapted by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi/Illustrated by Loveis Wise, (Sept. 2022, Amistad Books), $19.99, ISBN: 9780063098312 Ages 4-8 National Book Award Winner Dr. Ibram X. Kendi adapts Zora Neale Hurston’s short story, “Magnolia Flower”, for children in this gorgeous tale of an Afro-Indigenous girl and the man she loves. Magnolia Flower is the daughter of an…

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Black Lives Matter: A (By No Means Complete) Reading List

“Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are a reflection. Books change your mind.” - Toni Morrison

It has always been, and always will be, vital to educate ourselves on the world around us. In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, I hope that this blog can become a platform for sharing resources on black history and literature, in a conscious effort to educate both ourselves and those around us. It is our duty to continue to amplify the voices of people of colour, because it is through education that we can make lasting changes in the world.

Here you will find a list of books and essays by authors of colour, and which speak about the experiences of people of colour everywhere. By committing to read even one of these books, you are expanding your consciousness of the lives around you, and giving people of colour a voice.

(Please reblog with your own book recommendations - keep the chain going!)

Classic Fiction

The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison

Beloved - Toni Morrison

Another Country - James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain - James Baldwin

The Colour Purple - Alice Walker

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe

Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys

Kindred - Octavia E. Butler

The Lonely Londoners - Sam Selvon

Small Island - Andrew Levy

Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Contemporary Fiction

Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Girl, Woman, Other - Bernadine Evaristo

An Orchestra of Minorities - Chigozie Obioma

White Teeth - Zadie Smith

Red at the Bone - Jacqueline Woodson

An American Marriage - Tayari Jones

Queenie - Candice Carty-Williams

A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James

Black Leopard Red Wolf - Marlon James

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Sorry To Disrupt the Peace - Patty Yumi Cottrell

Freshwater - Akwaeke Emezi

The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin

My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours - Helen Oyeyemi

Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi

The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

The Girl With the Louding Voice - Abi Daré

We Cast a Shadow - Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Washington Black - Esi Edugyan

The Black Flamingo - Dean Atta

Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson 

The Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi 

Poetry, Theatre and Graphic Novels

A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry

Citizen: An American Lyric - Claudia Rankine

Night Sky With Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong

I Am Alfonso Jones - Tony Medina, illustrated by Stacey Robinson & John Jennings

Your Black Friend and Other Strangers - Ben Passmore

Say Her Name - Zetta Elliot, illustrated by Loveis Wise

Silencer - Marcus Wicker

Don’t Call Us Dead - Danez Smith

How ro Be Drawn - Terrence Hayes

The Black Unicorn - Audre Lorde

Coal - Audre Lorde

Passion - June Jordan

Children’s/YA Fiction

Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi

The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas

Akata Witch - Nnedi Okorafor

Binti - Nnedi Okorafor

You Should See Me in a Crown - Leah Johnson

With the Fire on High - Elizabeth Acevedo

Refugee Boy - Benjamin Zephaniah

Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X - Ilyasah Shabazz

Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness - Anastasia Higginbotham

A Is for Activist - Innosanto Nagara

New Kid - Jerry Craft

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work - Tiffany Jewell

Non-Fiction and Autobiography

The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy - Lani Guiner

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou

Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World - Layla F Saad

Don’t Touch My Hair - Emma Dabiri

Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging - Afua Hirsch

The Good Immigrant - Nikesh Shukla

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge (available for free on Yorsearch)

The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander (available for free on Yorsearch)

Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde

So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo

The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin

The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - Robin DiAngelo

Divided Sisters: Bridging the Gap Between Black Women and White Women - Midge Wilson & Kathy Russell

They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement - Wesley Lowery

Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America - James Foreman Jr.

The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir - Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower - Brittney Cooper

Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race - Debby Irving

The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy - Andrea Flynn, Susan R. Holmberg, Dorian T. Warren, & Felicia J. Wong

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race - Beverly Daniel Tatum

How to Be Anti-Racist - Ibrahim X. Kendi

[thefeministbibliothecary]

With Kwanzaa coming up, I decided to read The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi, illustrated by Loveis Wise. It's a truly phenomenal picture book, and while it is double the standard picture book length it makes excellent use of the space. It covers the story of African American history from the beginning to present through the principles of Kwanzaa, making it a great story for the holiday and for learning about Black history. The poetic form makes it feel welcoming despite its length, and the art is gorgeous. The end notes add a lot of extra information as well. It's a fantastic book and I would definitely recommend it. Wishing everyone who celebrates a beautiful and joyful Kwanzaa! #reading #books #bookrecommendations #bookreview #booksofinstagram #booksofinsta #bookstagram #childrensbooks #kidlit #holidaybooks #kwanzaabooks #blackhistorypicturebooks #picturebook #picturebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CXwpYFvrJAy/?utm_medium=tumblr

[nyc-uws]

155th Anniversary of Juneteenth

Today’s video Google Doodle, illustrated by Los Angeles-based guest artist Loveis Wise and narrated by actor and activist LeVar Burton, honors the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. Short for “June Nineteenth,” Juneteenth marks the true end of chattel slavery across the United States— which didn’t actually occur until 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Specifically, it marks the day when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas (one of the westernmost points in the Confederate South) finally received news of their liberation.   👇 🎥 👇

CREDIT: Various archival images courtesy of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Explore the historical legacy of Juneteenth with their new exhibit on Google Arts & Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com/sto... 

Behind the Doodle:

155th Anniversary of Juneteenth👇 🎥 👇

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Happy Juneteenth

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Juneteenth ✌ 155th🎂AnniversaryHoliday

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Magnolia FLower by Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Ibram X. Kendi,  illustrated by Loveis Wise

Magnolia FLower by Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Ibram X. Kendi,  illustrated by Loveis Wise

Magnolia Flower by Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Ibram X. Kendi,  illustrated by Loveis Wise. Amistad, 2022. 9780063098312 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book?  Kendi has set his sights on adapting Hurston for the picture book crowd with this retelling of one of her short stories, first published in 1925.…

[theillustrationconference]

Creative Rituals: An Interview with ICON11′s Co-Vice President Veronica Miller Jamison

Veronica Miller Jamison is the Co-Vice President of ICON11. A trained apparel designer, Veronica's fashion-influenced illustration work has appeared across a number of markets, including stationery, children's books, surface design and editorial. She's the illustrator of the picture book, "A Computer Called Katherine." Veronica is also a fashion educator, teaching at Drexel University and Made Institute in Philadelphia.

What's your favorite memory from past ICON conferences?

There are too many to choose from! The moment that excites me the most is when Bil Donovan did an amazing live fashion illustration demonstration at ICON10 in Detroit. The parties, of course, are always top notch. And I still get teary thinking about Eleanor Davis' touching main stage talk at ICON9 in Austin.

Tell me about your practice!

I have a million things running around my mind at any given moment and am easily distracted, so my workday starts with a few rituals to help me focus - a 10-minute meditation, lighting candles, and palo santo, a cup of tea, then some music. (Yes, I am THAT girl.) I work in watercolor and inks, and since every project is led by color, I'll spend some time perfecting a color palette. For detailed illustration work, I'll do some sketches first. But if I'm working on a surface pattern collection, I jump right in with painting motifs and textures. I love working on projects where I get to be spontaneous and intuitive in my painting.

What is your studio/office space like?

It's cute! I live in a two-bedroom apartment with my husband in the middle of Philadelphia and we're fortunate to have some extra space that I've turned into my studio. I have space for my painting work, space for any digital work I might do, and a little couch that my cat thinks belongs to him (you can tell by the way it's scratched up). I also have more books than I can count (about art, fashion, textiles, and cultural history, and yes, I need them all), so a stack of them can be found laying around at any given time.

Where is your hometown and where do you currently live?

I was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, spent a long time in Washington, DC (where I went to Howard University for undergrad) and currently live in Philadelphia. Philly has been my favorite place to live thus far.

Who are some of your favorite emerging creatives?

My friend Loveis Wise has been doing some incredible work and I'm always excited to see what she has up her sleeve. Another illustration friend of mine, Debra Cartwright, has started producing these oil paintings of black women that are just so ethereal and gorgeous. And whenever I need a pick-me-up, I'll go find Obi Aris's comics on Twitter. They're this perfect mix of pop culture, social media memes, and general ridiculousness, and they're so funny.

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Happy Black History Month!!

If you guys haven't checked out today's Google doodle, you should--it's an illustration by Loveis Wise of Sojourner Truth, and it's gorgeous!

If you like podcasts and want to learn more about Sojourner Truth's life, check out the History Chick's episode on her! (It was the first episode I listened to of theirs, and it's still my favorite)

Also, you should check out Loveis Wise's art, which is beautiful (you've probably seen it around)!!

Gorgeous way to start the month 💖

[seeselfblack]

Google Celebrates First Day Of Black History Month With Sojourner Truth Doodle

“Here’s to Sojourner Truth, who devoted her life to the cause of speaking truth to power.” 

Google kicked off Black History Month by honoring abolitionist Sojourner Truth in a Google Doodle illustration published Friday.

“Here’s to Sojourner Truth, who devoted her life to the cause of speaking truth to power,” Google said in a statement.

Truth, born Isabella Baumfree, was born into slavery around 1797 on the New York state estate of Johannes Hardenbergh. She was sold for the first time in 1805 at the age of 9 to John Neely, and two years later to her final slave owner John Dumont. After enduring years of physical and sexual abuse, Truth gained her freedom in 1826 and traveled around the country as a preacher, author, speaker and suffragist. She worked with other activist icons, including abolitionist Frederick Douglass and journalist William Lloyd Garrison before publishing an autobiography in 1850 titled The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave.

In her memoir, she recounts escaping slavery with her infant daughter, and how she had to leave her four other children behind. She later sued her former slave owner for the freedom of her 5-year-old son and won. The lawsuit made her the first black woman to successfully sue a white man in the U.S.

The Google Doodle, created by artist Loveis Wise, references the courthouse where Truth won her son’s freedom.

Wise, a Philadelphia-based artist, told Google she was “insanely excited and humbled” to create the Google Doodle for the first day of Black History Month.

“As a Black woman, illustrating Sojourner Truth was especially personal and meaningful to me,” Wise told Google. “Her journey and persistence inspired major change in both rights for enslaved African-Americans and women. Her history is deeply rooted to my ancestors and others around the world...”

[ayeshaattah]

I am thrilled to share the cover of the US version of The Hundred Wells of Salaga, illustrated by the super talented Loveis Wise. Isn’t it a beauty? Please pre-order: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/599540/the-hundred-wells-of-salaga-by-ayesha-harruna-attah/9781590519950 The more you pre-order, the more book sellers will pick up this book, so please please spread widely. 😍