Tag Archives: Dan Shefelman

It’s More Than a Game for Clever Evolving Media Students

by Rachel Ellner Posted on January 15, 2021

Entering FIT’s first full semester of remote learning last fall, Prof. Dan Shefelman says he was searching for a way to approach his Illustration BFA course, Visual Storytelling for Evolving Media II, in an engaging and relevant way. This course, … Continue reading →

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Eight FIT students, a record in Society of Illustrators’ competition

by Rachel Ellner Posted on April 11, 2016

Babies of wire confetti, a crowned rabbit, little girls watering topiary, a vet mechanic, and skeletal love, are among the themes of the eight FIT student illustrations selected by the Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition. The field was narrowed from … Continue reading →

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Misery loves company in the Pomerantz Center

by Rachel Ellner Posted on October 29, 2015

The world’s evils, appearing in 3D, are currently on display on the third floor of the Pomerantz Center. It was Pandora of Greek mythology who disobeyed Zeus by opening a box of evils. Prof. Dan Shefelman finds evil to be … Continue reading →

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Chalk FIT back by popular demand

by Rachel Ellner Posted on October 24, 2014

FIT chalk artists will soon take to the outside walls of FIT. Illustration grad Angel Garcia (2013), initiated Chalk FIT today with a toothy character pointing the way to student chalk work that will begin appearing Monday at 9 a.m. “FIT … Continue reading →

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Students Join Mashable.com Vine Challenge

by Rachel Ellner Posted on April 12, 2014

Mashable.com’s weekly Vine Challenge produces a frenzy of infectious animation snippets on topics like creepy fantasy creatures, Jack-O-Lanterns, playing with food, and talking cars.  The more sophomoric the topic, often the more sophisticated the response in the form of six-second … Continue reading →

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Raves for Cintiq keep coming

by Rachel Ellner Posted on October 12, 2013

It’s not a new disco, a cutting edge designer or the stylist from the Hunger Games.  It’s a revolutionary technology in the drawing industry. “Think of it as an interactive iPad connected to a computer,” says C.J. Yeh,  professor of … Continue reading →

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In Meagan Meli’s portfolio: A Forest Princess, Cyclops & Valentine

by Rachel Ellner Posted on September 24, 2013

Meagan Meli’s creations contain a potpourri of themes, imagery and cultural references. Her illustrations can be playfully dark and scary in an Edward Gorey way. Yet no design elements are left stranded. They relate to each other by way of … Continue reading →

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Contents of Pandora’s box re-captured

by Rachel Ellner Posted on December 13, 2012

There are two garish babes bursting with vanity and a gloating cross-legged, primed prima dona. There are the furious fat spider, a he-man who boasts, and a lecherous pair of wide-open mouths sporting minks’ teeth. An ominous, famished figure sits eerily among them while … Continue reading →

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Shefelman’s Ooze

by Rachel Ellner Posted on December 3, 2012

Dan Shefelman is an illustration department professor who understands the bottom of the food chain. He writes the comic strip “Ooze,” which appears in the current December issue of Mad magazine. Professor Shefelman’s microbial view fits well with Gary Larson’s (of … Continue reading →

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