Judith Hunt

Judith A. Hunt, originally from Washington State, is an illustrator/painter/cartoonist/designer who has produced a diverse array of artwork for books, magazines, television, comics, videos, and toys. She has worked as an art director and staff illustrator/designer for magazine companies. She currently illustrates educational texts and children's books from her studio in Kennebunk, Maine and showcases her fine art in local art shows. Current memberships and affiliations include theSociety of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and the Maine Illustrators' Collective.

Experience

Her artwork has taken many twists and turns to adapt to the constantly changing demands of the commercial art market. She has done educational book development, children’s book illustration, book cover illustration, and magazine illustration. Her knowledge of botany and ecology has led her to illustrating botanical and wildlife conservation signs & posters for many conservation organizations including the U.S. Forestry Service and The State of Maine Department of Conservation. Other work includes fantasy illustration, commercial licensed character picture book illustration and video work for Andrew Gutelle's "What's a Gonzo" and "Baby Kermit's Birthday Surprise". She created model sheets, templates, and character designs of Johnny Gruelle’s much beloved Raggedy Ann and Andy for MacMillan Publishing and the well-known Highlights for Children characters,Timbertoes, and cartoon model books for characters appearing in Highlights for Children's "Funzone" and "Which Way USA" educational puzzle series. She co-created and wrote (1980-1987) many cartoon and comic books with her previous husband, Chuck Dixon, including "Robotech Defenders", "Evangeline", and educational Winnie-the-Pooh word books, besides being the primary illustrator on these projects. Other comics include several issues of "Conan the King" during the late 1980s, including an entire issue inked by Al Williamson. She also illustrated the Timbertoes comic strip (1992-2002) and worked as a puzzle designer for Highlights' "Puzzlemania", Hidden Picture books, "Which Way USA" and "Funzone" magazine.

Some of her more recently published work includes the educational book "Animals Under Our Feet", the historical pre-teen novel "Susan Creek" by Douglas Winter, and the winner of the 2008 2nd Annual CIPA Illustration Award; the children's picture book "Prunes and Rupe" by Lydia Griffin. Hunt is also the current artist illustrating the continuing online comic series, Evangeline, found on "http://www.evangelinethecomic.com".

Her commercial artwork can be viewed on "http://www.picture-book.com/","http://www.childrensillustrators.com/", "http://www.directoryofillustration.com/","http://www.wilkinsonstudios.com", in Picturebook 2006,2008, The Graphic Artist's Guild Directory of Illustration #24, and at her website "http://www.huntjudith.com"

Partial Client List

Filter Press- 2007 "Prunes and Rupe"

Treasure Bay-2005 "Animals Under Our Feet"

Zootles

Disney

Highlights for Children-1990-1994 Illustrations & character designer "Puzzlemania", "Funzone","Which Way USA", 1994-2002 "Timbertoes" strip cartoonist

Western Publishing-1980-"Raggedy Ann and Andy Go Flying"

U.S. Forestry Service

State of Maine Dept. of Conservation

Boyds Mill Press-1993-1995-Book cover & Illustration, 1997-"The Timbertoes 123" & "The Timbrertoes ABC"

[Scholastic

Random House

Platt & Munk-1979 "Three Little Kittens"-Gingerbread Imprint

Veritas Press-2000 "Susan Creek", 2003 "Two Williams", 2005 "Up in the Sky", 2005 "Bad Meg!"

EP Dutton- 1982 "Winnie the Pooh's Adventures With Words" 1984 "Travels with Pooh"

Mattel

DC Comics-"Robotech Defenders"

First Comics-1985-86 "Evangeline", 1985 "Mark Thrust"

Hallmark Cards-1985 "Jammie Pies"

Marvel Comics- 1986 "Conan the King"

National Geographic

Harcourt

McGraw Hill

Macmillan Publishing-1986 Raggedy Ann and Andy Licensing design 1988 "Tim's Big Adventure"

The Jim Henson Company-1986-"Baby Kermit's Birthday Surprise", "What's A Gonzo?" Illustration & Video