deanna staffo

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4.8.22.08 - i've ignored my poor website over the last few months, but i have good excuses. i married this guy. then we took a week long road trip down the coast of california. but, now i'm finally back to my old illustration routine and promise more updates and that long-promised site re-design. hope you all had a good summer as well!

4.27.08 - added a couple of new images to all three of the illustration sections (i know i said i'd be updating more often...but.....yeah). a re-design of the site is still in the plans, i've just been working like crazy lately.

2.7.08 - it's been forever since my last update due to my old laptop breaking. but, i have a shiny new laptop, a new version of dreamweaver (which means this old web design will be getting a much needed upgrade soon) and a ton of new illustrations. i've already added a couple of new ones to the editorial and black & white sections. hopefully i'll get around to adding the rest soon!

10.29.07: i added two new illustration images - one in the editorial section and one in the black and white section.

the first was a christmas themed assignment for delaware today magazine and the second was a portrait of michelle tea, to go along with a review of one of her books in the baltimore citypaper.

have a happy halloween!

8.8.07: it's been forever since i've updated, just 'cause i've been extremely busy with work lately. i added a couple of new pieces at the end of the portrait section;

- a drawing of neo from the matrix that was among a series of hero and villain portraits for kono magazine, a kids' martial arts magazine.

-and one of will.i.am, from the black eyed peas, that went along with a critique of his solo album in l.a. weekly

i also added a new piece to the black and white section:

- a cd cover for an indie, folk rock duo called st. mannequins. i'm working on the back cover now, but once it's finished, i'll put it up, too. in the meantime check out their music, it's good stuff.

7.2.07: added a couple of new pieces and also finally sent out a new promo piece! this one got printed as an accordion fold booklet and is all about my love of summer and hatred for winter. i credit that to growing up in the deep south and then later moving to baltimore and philadelphia, which i know aren't as cold as many states, but are still too chilly for me.

so, for your viewing pleasure, ta da!

6.16.07: NEW PHONE NUMBER!

sorry for any inconveniance this might cause, but i recently had to change phone numbers. now if you need to reach me, my phone number is:

267.441.2232

not nearly as easy to remember as my old one, but this one actually coincides with the city i live in. and if all of the number switching is too much for you to handle just send me an e-mail - it's the method i prefer anyway.

6.14.07: just added a couple of new pieces to the editorial section. one is the promo image for a one act play called, "The Terrible Girls", written by Jacqueline Goldfinger. it will be performing at the NYC international fringe festival in August and you can find more info about it onJackie's site.

5.2.07: i haven't updated in FOREVER, so here's tons of new news.

firstly - just found out that i had a piece chosen for the american illustration competition. yay!

secondly - thank you so much to John Breakey and to the students at The Delaware College of Art and Design for inviting me to come speak. you were extremely welcoming and made me really enjoy my visit!

thirdly - i've been working on 10 black and white illustrations for an anti-smoking book called "let's clear the air" for lobster press, a canadian publishing company. it's aimed at 9-12 year old kids and has been keeping me very busy. hopefully i'll be able to put up some of the finished drawings soon.

and lastly - i've added a bunch of new illustrations: some citypaper work in the "black and white" section, a piece that's going to be on the cover of "school counselor's magazine" and another that's going to be an advertisement for federal hill (a fun, boutique-filled part of baltimore) in the editorial section, and a sketch that was part of an advertising pitch for fireman's fund insurance company. they ended up going in a different direction, but since i still like the drawing, it's going up! also, i added two pieces that are part of an accordion-fold promo that i've been working on intermittently since the beginning of the year. someday i'll finally finish it. enjoy!

2.28.07:finally put a couple of new pieces up in the editoral section. i'm working on a new promo piece that I'll hopefully be finished with soon and can put up as well.

1.16.07: happy belated new year!

i finally got around to adding some more new work in the editorial and black and white sections.

in exciting non-work related news, i recently got engaged to my boyfriend of 5 years, jesse, a fellow illustrator and MICA grad!

10.1.06: finally added sub-groups to the fine-art section, and included some charcoal drawings that i finished a few months ago.

8.22.06: finally added some sub-groups to the illustration section, so you can choose to look at just portraits, editorial, or black and white work if you want. added a bunch of new work in, too. hopefully in the next week or so i'll do the same thing to the fine art section and put up the series of charcoal drawings i just finished.

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oh, and check out my boyfriend's illustration site. he just redid it to look like 80s arcade games. it's totally rad. www.jesseturnbull.com

5.24.06: it's been a while since i updated, but i've been busy working on a lot of illustrations this month and i added four of them to the site today.

4.26.06: my "misfits of 80s cinema" trading cards won 2nd place in the series illustration catagory of the alternative pick awards! and 3 of them are going to be displayed at crobar in new york along with the other winning images on may 19. awesome!

2.27.06: thank you to allan comport and his conversations in illustration students at the maryland institute, college of art for letting me come speak to your class

2.15.06: just added a new promo piece: a set of trading cards of 80s movie nerds.

1.9.06: i added some black and white work to the illustration section. especially check out the series of illustrations i created for the baltimore citypaper's 2006 "free will astrology" section.

1.6.06: happy new year!

i found out that the d@deannastaffo e-mail address has occasionally bounced back mail. if this has happened to you, i am extremely sorry. please use deannastaffo@yahoo.com

12.9.05: check out Taschen's "Illustration Now!" i have work featured in the S section.

11.8.05: just finished mailing out a new promo piece.

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11.5.05: one of my illustrations was selected for SILA's annual juried show.

11.1.05: the new site is finally up and running!