One of the cool things about our competition is that our judges are awesome. They will be looking at all of your work in depth so why don't you take a few moments to read over their bios and browse through their work? Remember to pick your jaws up from the floor when you are through.

Ray Fenwick is an artist, illustrator and typographic thing-maker living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A former improv comedian and theatre school dropout, Ray now occupies himself making drawings, comics and patterns for people like The New York Times, Blue Q, CMT, If'n Books, Nickolodeon, Tiny Showcase, Urban Outfitters and others. His award winning comic Hall of Best Knowledge will be published in April 2008 by Fantagraphics. His work can be viewed online at rayfenwick.ca

Julia Rothman is a pattern designer and illustrator who has worked for all different clients from Playgirl magazine to My Little Pony. Recently her designs were used on a variety of products for Urban Outfitters as part of their Artist's Series. She is part of a three person design company called Also which creates websites, animations and print work for all different types of small companies. For fun she has a blog called Book by its Cover which features a new art book every day. She lives in Brooklyn with her boyfriend and pup. More to see: Julia Rothman, Also Design
, and Book By Its Cover

Kate O'Connor is an artist, illustrator and designer living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has taught typography at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and worked as an art director. Currently, she works from the Co. & Co. studio, an award winning art and design collective she co-founded with some art school friends. To see more of her work go to Kate O'Connor and Co. & Co. Design Collective.

Jennifer Daniel identifies as an artist, illustrator, art director, graphics designer, Kansan cheerleader, and ornery liberal. Her work has been published in a bunch of fancy places and has garnered recognition from Print Magazine, Society of Publication Designers, AIGA, and National Public Radio. Some of her newest illustrations will be published in the upcoming Nozone X: Forecast edited by Nicholas Blechman and published by Princeton Architectural Press. When not working at The New York Times she can be found at her studio in Brooklyn updating her obnoxious url: Jennifer Daniel Dot Com Was Taken.

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