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is an international journal focusing on promoting work in graphic design, illustration, photography, and fine art.

Competitions are open to all artists, designers, and photographers at all levels: professionals, students, amateurs. Winners and Runner-ups are featured online with winners advancing to the publication's 100 Best Show.

Rahele Jomepour Bell - I Miss Momma鈥檚 Happy Days

Rahele Jomepour Bell, "I Miss Momma's Happy Days."

Assistant Professor of Illustration submitted work from her recent book , written by and published by .

"I have a profound appreciation for expressive and dynamic brushstrokes. My artistic process involves crafting unique textures by hand, which I then translate into digital mediums, ultimately refining my creations to evoke the essence of traditional media," she said.

"Throughout the journey of creating illustrations for this book, I found inspiration in the work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, whose work greatly influenced my artistic expression."

explores the themes of a veteran's PTSD and the enduring love within a family, showcasing both the joyful and challenging moments they experience together.

"I aimed to capture the happiness shared between the child and mother, using loose brush strokes to convey the deep emotions woven throughout the story," she said, referencing her work including the piece winning the .

"This piece ["I Miss Momma鈥檚 Happy Days."] portrays the tender bond between a mother and daughter navigating the shadows of despair together. I aimed to capture the raw, unfiltered emotions that arise from the heart of a child whose mother is grappling with the weight of depression, a haunting echo of her experiences in the war," she said.

"In their shared moments, you can feel the struggle, the love, and the resilience, highlighting how they find strength in each other even amidst the darkness," she said.

"I have a profound appreciation for expressive and dynamic brushstrokes."

Rahele Jomepour Bell, Assistant Professor of Illustration

Professor of Illustration won in the for "Chicago #5"鈥攁 part of his series of oil paintings of Chicago alleyways. The listed gallery for the piece is .

Ferry also won the same category in CQ77 and CQ76 for "Chicago #4" () and the multi-piece "City of Chicago" works (), respectively.

"I'm an Illinois native鈥擠ecatur, IL鈥攁nd I love Chicago," he said.

"I feel this series of paintings is one of the strongest series that I've worked on and I've been pleased with my finished results," Ferry said.

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John Ferry, "Chicago #5" & "City of Chicago #6"

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Sara Baum, 3 Point Perspective Drawing

Also notable, Illustration Junior received for "3 Point Perspective Drawing."

Baum said the piece references 91导航's East Building鈥攕pecifically, an area near the the Printmaking Department. Baum was also inspired by parkour communities and video games like Mirror's Edge鈥攌eeping the piece very stylistically simple, both in its line work and in its color鈥攚hile also keeping texture to a minimum unlike Baum's usual work.

"I like that I managed to capture this space with so little detail, and that the perspective worked out so well," Baum said.

And reaching back to , Assistant Professor of Illustration won for "A New Orbit." (Below)

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Cydney Cherapak, A New Orbit

And reaching back to , Assistant Professor of Illustration won for "A New Orbit." (Below)