Bryan Ballinger has been a freelance artist for over 13 years working for clients such as Disney, Nintendo, HarperCollins, Scholastic, Macmillan Publishing, Microsoft, Big Idea Productions, Multnomah Publishers, Harley Davidson, Nabisco, and EltonJohn.com. He’s done work for print, interactive cdrom titles, the web, film and video. Bryan has worked on over 16 books for children as an illustrator, and has also published The Great Cheese Squeeze, which he wrote and illustrated. He is currently working on writing and illustrating a new series of children’s books.

Bryan has won a number of awards for his work including:

• Featured Artist on the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators website
• Accepted into Spectrum's 10th Annual Best in Contemporary Fantasy Art.
• Accepted into the 2003 Society of Illustrators Biennial Dimensional Salon in NYC
• Chosen to be included in Expose 1, a book on the history of the best in computer graphics.
• Two-time winner of 3-D Design Magazine's Big Kahuna Award in the print category.
• An honorable mention award in the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators 3rd illustration contest.

For more details, visit Bryan's web site or email - celmates@hotmail.com