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Chad Cameron’s earliest work was rendered in Crayola
with a crude overhand technique on his bedroom walls.
This expressionist body of work came to include drawings
on other clean surfaces, his little brother, and a fair
attempt at the family cat. This didn’t go over well
with the critics. Eventually, the critics sent him away
to college. After graduating with a degree in Communication
Arts and Design from Virginia Commonwealth University,
Chad produced illustrations in wide variety of commercial
markets, from corporate clients like IBM, UPS, Coca-Cola
and Yahoo!, to editorial illustrations for magazines
such as Better Homes and Gardens. In 1999,
illustrations for Chad’s first children’s book, Witchy’s
Turned Around House, won Gold at the Society
of Illustrators San Francisco competition. The move
to children’s illustration seemed a perfect fit. Chad's
other books include A Day With No Crayons (winner
of the 2008 Oregon book Award), Pink Magic,
George Hogglesberry, Grade School Alien
and the forthcoming Fall Mixed Up. In
2002, work from George Hogglesberry was
selected to appear in the annual “The Original Art”
exhibition at the Society of Illustrators in New York.
Outside of the children’s publishing world, Chad has
been lucky to work on a wide variety of projects from
gourmet food packaging to novelty playing cards to creating
flying pigs for the side of commercial jet! In 2005
Chad received an MFA in illustration from the Academy
of Art University where he now lucky to teach.
chad cameron illustration
1102 fulton st, san francisco, ca 94117
415-704-4754
www.chadcameron.com
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