Illustration Institute

05/21/2026

Happy Umpteenth Birthday cartwheel to (and from) our dearest dear Nancy!

05/13/2026

Here's another AI manufactured image, stealing the style off no less than Norman Rockwell. The image on the left was made by a environmental non profit using Norman Rockwell's "Freedom Of Speech" as a prompt. This behavior is immoral, unethical, illegal and must stop. I spoke with the Executive Director of offending non-profit and after hearing my rationale and appeal, agreed to take the image off their website. Kudos to him. Nevertheless, I would urge you to share this with your friends to help increase awareness of this growing problem.

05/10/2026

We were delighted to have hosted one of our favorite illustrators Yuko Shimizu at illustration institute's MAZZA Studio. Yuko was the commencement speaker at MECA&D's graduation. Thanks to Mary Anne Lloyd for making this... and that happen!

05/01/2026

RABBIT! RABBIT!!

04/25/2026

Where's Nancy?

04/23/2026

Giving away some my drawing tricks to a talented and enthusiastic bunch of artists at the PMA yesterday.

04/21/2026

Liza Donnelly interviewed by Heather Cox Richardson after the screening of the excellent documentary, WOMEN LAUGHING, produced by Liza and Kathleen Hughes. The film stars New Yorker cartoonists Sarah Akinterinwa, Roz Chast, Liana Finck, Emily Flake, Amy Hwang, Bishakh Som and... Liz Donnelly. We're thinking a summer screening at Illustration Institute perhaps? Stay tuned.
Thanks to the PMA and Bernard Osher for bringing this extraordinary program to Portland.

04/01/2026

RABBIT! RABBIT!!

04/01/2026

RABBIT! RABBIT!! 🍀

03/21/2026

This is a great story. Take 5 minutes and read this tale about Hermione von Preuschen’s painting “Death is the Ruler”. It's left us wanting to know more about the artist.

Mors Imperator caused a scandal in 1887 amid fears it mocked the German kaiser – more than 100 years later it is being displayed in a state museum