Eric Orchard
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Eric Orchard is an award-winning Canadian illustrator and cartoonist. He grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he began illustrating stories while still in grade school. Orchard studied painting and art history at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He has illustrated three critically acclaimed children's books and has been twice nominated for the Atlantic Book Awards' Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award (for Excellence in Illustration) for his work on A Forest for Christmas (2008) and The Terrible, Horrible, Smelly Pirate (2009). In 2008, he was among the select artists chosen to contribute to The Totoro
Forest Project charity art auction. In 2010, his work was showcased in The Society of Illustrators annual exhibit and he was featured in the Spectrum Annual of Fantastic Art. Orchard was awarded silver in the comics category in Spectrum 17. His art has also appeared in GUD Magazine
Orchard is currently working on book one of Maddy Kettle for Top Shelf Productions
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Totoro
Totoro may refer to:* a character of the My Neighbor Totoro anime* Totoro, Cauca, a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia* Totoro language, one of the Coconucan languages of Colombia...
Forest Project charity art auction. In 2010, his work was showcased in The Society of Illustrators annual exhibit and he was featured in the Spectrum Annual of Fantastic Art. Orchard was awarded silver in the comics category in Spectrum 17. His art has also appeared in GUD Magazine
GUD Magazine
Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine is an award-winning American literary magazine, the first publication from Greatest Uncommon Denominator Publishing, founded in Laconia, New Hampshire in July 2006....
Orchard is currently working on book one of Maddy Kettle for Top Shelf Productions
Top Shelf Productions
Top Shelf Productions is an American publishing company founded in 1997, owned and operated by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock and a small staff. The company is based in Marietta, Georgia, Portland, Oregon, and New York City, New York....
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