Tomer Hanuka is an illustrator and a cartoonist based in New York City, where he works on a range of projects for magazines, book publishers, ad agencies and film studios. He is the winner of multiple medals from the Society of Illustrators and the Society of Publication Designers as well as American Illustration and Print Magazine, and in 2008 he won the British Design Museum Award for his work on Penguin's Classics Deluxe Editions. Currently he teaches at the School of Visual Arts and is working on a graphic novel with his twin brother Asaf.

Clients:

Tomer's clients include Time Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, MTV, Saatchi & Saatchi, Nike, GQ, Esquire, Spin, Maxim, Warner Bros, DC comics, Marvel Comics, Scholastic, Random House, Penguin, Microsoft, Playboy, Fantagraphics, Entertainment Weekly, The American Red Cross, Flaunt, Business Week and Newsweek.

Tomer was chosen to take part in our 'Watch This Space' exhibition by The Society of Illustrators.

I knew Tomer would become a really great illustrator when I taught him History of Illustration at the School of Visual Arts.

I can understand that many young artists today might feel that art history has little to say to them, but Tomer was very attentive, always wondering how the history of illustration could add to his very contemporary vision. 
This is a good thing, I think – illustrators today can learn much from classic American illustrators such as N.C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle.

Tomer has taken the best aspects from this strong tradition of illustration and worked them into his unique style – flat, bright color and clear, crisp linework. He is a tremendous draftsman, having a natural ability to construct arresting compositions – and boy, can he can really draw people! 
This flatness of color and precision of line does not constrain him, as his characters, especially, have an extraordinary life to them. Just like us they fight, make 
love, can be vicious and snarling or tender and still.

Tomer has a real passion for image making and never tires of drawing. Even when the market sucked a few years ago – and it really did! – he created work for himself, setting up a small publishing enterprise, Meathaus, with a group of other New York artists. People really took notice of him but I think that even if they hadn’t – clients or not – Tomer would still have kept on, with personal projects to keep 
him sitting in front of that blank piece of paper, creating new images.
It’s this passion which makes him a really fantastic illustrator."

– Terrence Brown, Director, The Society of Illustrators

The Society of Illustrators was founded in 1901 and is based in an historic building in the East Side of New York City. The mission of the Society is to promote the art and appreciation of illustration, as well as its history and evolving nature, and to encourage high ideals through exhibitions, lectures, education, and by fostering a sense of community and open discussion.
Society of Illustrators website