- Echo Chernik
Echo Chernik, maiden name McKinney, (born
August 30 ,1973 ) is an AmericanArt Nouveau artist .Born in
Ellington, Connecticut , Chernik graduated summa cum laude fromPratt Institute in 1995 with a BFA in Communication Design | Illustration. She is a mainstreamadvertising and publishingillustrator , best known foradvertisements andposter design. Her motif is anart nouveau |jugendstil influenced style, with elaborate decorative borders, women (orpin-up girls) with flowing and entwining hair, sometimes accompanied by elaboratetypography . She is now living inCape Coral, Florida . [cite web |url=http://www.onemodelplace.com/member.cfm/P_ID/159082 |title=Artist: Echo-x |accessdate=2007-02-07 |date=2006-11-16 |work=Member profiles |publisher=ONE·MODEL·PLACE] cite web |url=http://altpick.com/spot/echo/index.php |title=Echo Chernik |accessdate=2007-02-07 |last=Holland |first=Mary-Beth |date=2005-04-11 |work=Member Spotlights |publisher=The Alternative Pick]Her early work included hundreds of interior black and white illustrations for mainstream game companies such as FanPro (
Shadowrun ),White Wolf Game Studios ,Wizards of the Coast andChaosium . The earliest influences of art nouveau can be found in her works for , developed byPhil Brucato , and . [cite web |url=http://www.pen-paper.net/artgallery/EchoChernik/ |title=Echo Chernik |accessdate=2007-02-07 |work=Art Gallery |publisher=Pen & Paper] , She is also listed in the RPG section of that database as Heather McKinney Chernik [cite web |url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=849/ |title=Heather McKinney Chernik |accessdate=2007-04-06] ,Moving quickly into the mainstream advertising and publishing world, Chernik has worked on campaigns for
Camel Cigarettes ,Miller Brewing Company ,Keystone (beer brand) ,DeKuyper Liquors, Gran Centenario Plata, Hype Manufacturing (Nascar), The State ofIllinois Tourism,The City of New Orleans -Mardi Gras logo, Sears, RocketDog Shoes,Trek Bicycle Corporation - (CommemoratingLance Armstrong 's 5th Consecutive LeTour de France win). Publishing houses include:Random House Publishers;Penguin Books , whose titles include TheThe Unicorn Chronicles and Color Your ownTarot ; andLlewellyn Worldwide (cover art for aSilver Ravenwolf series, among others). Among music fans, Chernik is known as the designer forArlo Guthrie 's 40th AnniversaryAlice's Restaurant Massacree tour poster, displayed in 2005 atCarnegie Hall ; as well as illustrating a poster for theDave Matthews Band .She married Lazarus Chernik in 1999 and has two daughters.
Awards
*GOLD 2007 Create Magazine - Soot Sucks!
*SILVER 2007 Create Magazine - Tosca
*GOLD 2006 Create Magazine - Hype Girl Published on Nov/Dec 2006 cover
*GOLD 2006 Aphrodisia "Best in Category - Pin-Up" - Hype Girl
*GOLD 2006 Portfolios.com "HP's Best Illustration" - Hype GirlNotable Illustrations
* Connecticut Opera 2007-8 Season
*Tour Poster forAlice's Restaurant 40th Anniversary Tour |Arlo Guthrie
*Tour Poster forDave Matthews Band
*Rocket Dog Shoes Campaign Poster
*Hype Manufacturing Posters forNascar
*Trek Bicycle Corporation Poster CommemoratingLance Armstrong
*Mardi Gras Poster forMiller Brewing Company
*OfficialMardi Gras Logo design for theCity of New Orleans
*Illinois Tourism poster celebratingIllinois WineSee also
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