Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS illustrates his first and fabulous graphic novel called "King of Pop: The Story of Michael Jackson" written by Terry Collins (Publisher: Capstone Press.) Not only was this a first for Mike, a graphic novel was on his illustrator bucket list and now we have that one checked as well! ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a fun piece for the Hollywood Reporter. This was for an article about TV critics being irrelevant & two-faced. Makes you want to laugh :).

Levy Creative Management MIKE BYERS creates another great piece for Alberta Oil Magazine. Enjoy!

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS illustrates a great series for Canadian Wildlife Magazine. The title - "Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills. If the thought of spending night after chilly night wading in a creek sounds odd to you, you haven't been to Oxford Mills." "Friday is Mudpuppy Night: Necturus maculosus - ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS starts the year off with another bang! This time taking on an assignment that included illustrating typography in addition to his usual illustration. And as we are slowly noticing, there is not much that Mike isn't capable of as he's knocked these months right out of the park. ...

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS creates a great piece with a fantastic perspective for Seattle Magazine. One has to wonder how Mike illustrates all his fantastic perspectives in his illustrations - Aerial classes turn yoga on its head. We'll have to ask if Mike got into position for this one! "January is the ...

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS creates a fun piece for Atlanta Magazine called "Finding Solace at Restaurant Chummy Bars." This is for an article on bar eating and the intimacy that one feels or doesn't feel eating at arms length from the other diner. "In his book The Hidden Dimension, anthropologist Edward ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates another great map for the Wall Street Journal's Cuban Miami, Weekend Travel Guide. This one is called "Take Monday Off: Cuban Miami - Three sunny days packed with the flavors and flair of the off-limits Caribbean Island."

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS "Lights the Fire" with his illustration for UCLA Magazine. The bonfire has become the symbol of the historic rivalry between UCLA & USC. " No other UCLA tradition generates as much fanfare, nostalgia and excitement as the Beat 'SC Bonfire and Rally. Held the week leading ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS illustrates another great piece for Alberta Venture Magazine. "Make Every Dollar Count" was for an article on how charities and fundraisers are needing to take new approaches to raising money for their respective organizations.

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a great piece for the Washington Post Sunday newspaper on "What NBA stars share with the 99 percent." It's a pretty interesting article on why both groups are at the mercy of corporate America. It's about similarities between the NBA players being locked out and the ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS illustrates another great piece for Alberta Venture Magazine called "Up Up and Away." This is a piece for an article about using airships to transport heavy equipment to remote locations in the North.

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS continues to add to his map portfolio with this new beautiful map of Congress Park in Denver. This one was unique to Mike as he concentrated only on a several block radius whereas most of his maps have been focusing on larger areas. "After spending a quiet day in congress park, ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a really terrific piece for Farm Clef. This is a CD cover that Mike illustrated for a friend of his. The music on the CD was made by local musicians in Guelph, Canada and all proceeds are going to Farm Clef. Farm Clef is a charity that raises money to help small farmers ...

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Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a beautiful new piece for Honolulu Magazine called the "Big Squeeze." This was a really fun piece on the rise of restaurant costs in Hawaii. The gist of the article is that restaurants are paying more for everything and they know that the customer doesn't want to as ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates another create cover art for The National Post Toronto. This illustration was based on the theme "What you'll do on your summer holiday; How to make the most of the season's end with your family." Yes, we're all facing the facts, summer is almost over so what are you ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a great series of illustrations for Detroit Business Magazine. It was an interesting piece about how business' basically have their hands tied up in so much red tape that it's making business growth difficult. Michigan companies are finding themselves jumping through ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates another fun piece "Jump to the Front" for the Wall Street Journal. This illustration was for an article on aspiring ETF sponsors seeking creative ways to jump to the front of the line to help people with their investments. Mike had a great time with this one, below are ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates an incredibly intricate map for Portland Monthly. This map is a User's guide to Forest Park - 22 Places to hike, run, bike, play and enjoy Portland's natural treasure. I think this by far is one of Mike's best maps as they just get better and better! This is another ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a great new piece for the The Hollywood Reporter called "What Fantasy Football Means to Hollywood." Are you sucked into the 27 million people obsessed with Fantasy Football? Actors and Hollywood execs are. It is a recession-proof $1 billion-a-year craze that just keeps ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a great piece for the Wall Street Journal on wineries in Long Island. This is one of those map assignments where you wish you could go hopping from winery to winery to get the exact feel of the area. For more on the complete article, go here.

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS illustrates a great piece on a very interesting subject for The Washington Post called "Assisted living facilities may be wise to appeal more to men." Apparently more assisted living facilities cater to woman over men. The article says "we need to think hard about men's needs ...

Levy Creative artist MICHAEL BYERS makes  splash with a new great piece for the National Post in Canada. It was the cover for a section on cottage country called Muskoka Bound. Mike says "If the weather is anything like it is here in Guelph then I'm sure you all would love to be able to do this today instead of working ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates another great map of Pike Place Market in Seattle. Mike has never been to the Pike Place Market, yet he's found himself becoming very familiar with the historical market located in beautiful Seattle. As some of you know Mike does maps as well as editorial illustrations ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS illustrates a great illustration for Hour Detroit Magazine. It was a lot of fun and super fascinating -- about a new system of crime fighting that the Detroit police have been using. It's called Shot Stopper. It's a series of sensors that are mounted to the tops of buildings ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS illustrates two great pieces for the Wall Street Journal and ironically today he's working on two more! The first illustration is about being shut out of a family will and how rogue wills are being validated. This is good for the people benefiting from the deceased yet terrible ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS is becoming quite the map guy in the stable! This one for 5280 Magazine. Mike has really enjoyed doing maps. Not only does it give him an opportunity to draw fun images, it allows him to get to know different parts of the world without even needing to be there. This map was ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a very summer-friendly piece for Texas Monthly Magazine for their Fiction Section of the July 2011 issue. The article is about a story of a single mom and suburban misfit who is facing her biggest challenge yet: sending her only daughter off to college. Following is ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS hits up another great illustartion for Honolulu Magazine. The article was about Borders Book Stores and how they are closing locations throughout the US. All the Borders in Hawaii are closing which leaves their publishing industry up in the air as to how they'll get books ...

Levy Creative Management artists MICHAEL BYERS, KAKO, RORY KURTZ & JORGE MASCARENHAS are featured in the new Taschen book Illustrated Now! Portraits. We hope that the book will arrive soon so we can share the pages that our artists are featured on. Also don’t forget to check out KAKO’S portrait of editor Julius Wiedeman ...

Levy Creative Management MICHAEL BYERS creates four great illustrations for Inc. Magazine's "Best Business Deals section in this months issue. This is a bootstrapper's guide to saving money on office furniture, phone service, computers, business travel and more. For the complete story, go here.

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS gets a shout-out on the Juxtapoz Magazine blog Sunday May 22, 2011 edition called "Wisdom, Wit & Mike Byers." See below! Michael Byers is an Illustrator living in beautiful Canada and ever since he was a small boy, Michael doodled all over every note pad ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS adds another great map to his portfolio! Here is a map Mike did recently about Merit Canada and it's office locations. Merit is the association of General Contractors in Canada. Mike really enjoys illustrating maps. He says they are a lot of fun and a great way to learn cool ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS is interviewed on Escape from Illustration Island! Check it out here or below! Interview With Illustrator Michael Byers Escape From Illustration Island is collaborating with Dripbook to produce a series of interviews with some of their featured Illustrators, beginning ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS created this great piece "Relic Hunters" last month for this month's issue of Alberta Oil Magazine. It's about an archeologist who consults with big oil companies before they plan on starting up any oil operations. They go through him first to determine whether or not an ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates Dance floored for More Magazine. Deborah Kimmett, the author of the piece, lets her mother lead the way -- this story was a fun one about a woman deciding to join her senior mother to a singles dance. Being divorced for a few years and nothing else to do she thought ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a great illustration for Baltimore Home Magazine for an article about everything you need to know about selecting a home contractor.  It was a fun little piece about how to pick the right contractor for your home renovations. There's a series of questions to ask these ...

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS creates a very special piece for the second edition illustration directory called WORK/LIFE. This is a beautifully laid out directory of illustrators world wide by the talented Janine Vangool from Uppercase gallery in Calgary Alberta. The first one was a great success for everyone ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates "Kids Of A Different Type" spots for the National Post of Canada. This was a fun simple piece about different types of children. Showcased are your typical nerdy, academic kid, artistic, creative type, over-achieving activist type kid who always has a cause of some ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a series of really fun illustrations for this months feature in Runner's World Magazine. Mike loved working with Kory Kennedy and then Marc Kaufman. Great guys and he's really looking forward to working with them again. This piece was a story by sports writer Steve ...

Levy Creative Management artists featured in Lürzer's Archive new title 200 Best Illustrators 2011/12! In this latest Archive Special, they showcase the work of 200 of the world's best illustrators in a volume numbering 320 pages. Congratulations to the following Levy Creative artists: Kako, Orit Bergman, Michael Byers, ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a fun piece for the Wall Street Journal, featured on Tuesday, March 15th! The subject was about Exchange Traded Funds, and the idea that if your Adviser is a newbie, then make sure you ask all the right questions. Following are the sketches for the job along with ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a moving piece for Honolulu Magazine "On reaching a truce with your own body." This piece was done for the back page of the magazine. It was a piece by Michael Keany about his making a truce with his body after having his gallbladder removed. The truce came after ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS illustrates for Walrus Magazine. Mike gives a shout out to his illustrator friend Pete Ryan for the hook-up. The piece was a simple yet bright piece about a fun literary competition up in Mike's territory in Canada aptly named "Canada Reads." This year marks the tenth anniversary ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS illustrates another great cover for Orange County Weekly. This piece was about how art houses are going out of business in Orange County. If they're not going out of business then they're in financial trouble of sorts. Mike says "I think it's sad that this is the case because ...

Levy Creative Management artists have yet another great day in competitions with 4 artists getting into Communication Arts Illustration Annual 52, coming out May/June 2011. Congratulations goes out to KAKO (Advertising); MIKE BYERS (Advertising); RORY KURTZ (2 pieces in Editorial) & CHRISTOPHER NIELSEN (Advertising ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS illustrates another great map project and loving illustrating maps. This one called "Fine of the Times" is about speed traps around Detroit. "Speed traps and traffic tickets are on the rise in metro Detroit as communities look to offset falling tax revenue. But critics say the ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS was asked to quickly turn around 5 kid illustrations for today's article in The National Post about five kid types for their summer camps package. The five types of kids that Mike was asked to illustrate are: Athletic (Sporty); Artistic (Artsy); Adventurous (Outdoorsy); Academic ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS is proudly featured on today's Communication Arts FRESH! A fine choice if we may say so ourselves for this feature of Fresh! When I talk to clients and tell them that I'd love to clone my artists, Michael Byers is certainly top of our list! I can't think of a more grateful, ...

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Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS comes up with a brilliant new illustration for Cincinnati Magazine's article on "Another Day in Cancerland." Is it possible to view cancer as a blessing in disguise? Perhaps in one way: it forces you to focus on living. This is an illustration for an article on one man's journey ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates four really great images for Carleton College Alumni Magazine. Carleton College is a small, private liberal arts college in the historic river town of Northfield, Minnesota's. Mike had a lot of fun with this assignment. The list of "How To's" he was given had a lot ...

Levy Creative Management artist MICHAEL BYERS creates a new fun piece for Hour Detroit Magazine. It's always great when an artist takes a fairly dry subject and runs with it. This article was about how Michigan is working on making the entire city use Geothermal technology. The city is starting with introducing it to new ...

Levy Creative Management is happy to showcase another great piece by MICHAEL BYERS for Atlantic Monthly. Chimp sperm may unlock one of the riddles of human conception. But first you have to collect it. This image was for the magazine's October's issue. Again a really fun job for Michael. As Michael says "I love working ...

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS illustrates a great article for OC Weekly about "The Real Squatters of Orange County!" Can you really just show up at a multimillion-dollar Newport Coast home and move in without buying it or paying rent? Apparently, yes. This couple is squatting in a 2.6 million dollar home on ...

Levy Creative Management congratulates artist MIKE BYERS for getting two pieces into the Society of Illustrators 53 Annual Competition. "Bed Bugs" was originally commissioned by Honolulu Magazine and will be featured at the Book & Editorial Exhibition (Opening Reception: February 4, 2011) - Exhibition January 26, 2011-February ...

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS earns huge kudos as well and joins KAKO in his achievement in being featured! Congratulations MIKE BYERS for getting into Luerzer's Archive "200 Best Illustrators Worldwide 2011/2012." We are so proud of you! All your hard work and dedication to your career is truly showing! ...

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS puts up another great poster. Here is a new one Mike  just did on short notice for his friend Gregory Pepper. Gregory is a very prolific artist. Not only is he a visual artist but he's deep into the music scene as well. He's got two projects on the go: The first was an album ...

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS illustrates a great one for Washington Post Oct. 24th issue! This is a great article on winners & losers so check it out when you have a chance here. "Not everyone will finish the Marine Corps Marathon. That's what makes it a race."

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS rolls out another great illustration for our friends over at Tennis Magazine! This illustration was about the idea of being able to always be in touch somehow with what's going on during the U.S. Open when it was in New York last month. For those who have been to the Open, you ...

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS hits up another great illo for Honolulu Magazine. This one I think that we are all guilty for. Read below for the article. Honolulu's Secret Menus The down-low on Honolulu’s sec

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS releases another fantastic poster for Modern Field Recordings. This one for their CD release Hoodie Goodie. Mike really loves working on these posters with his friend Chris as sky is the limit for him on what kind of concept he can come up with. Below you will see Mike's thought ...

Levy Creative Management artists make a splash in the upcoming Taschen book Illustration Now! Portraits. Congratulations go out to the following 5 Levy Creative Artists: Kako, Mike Byers, Rory Kurtz, Robin Eley & Jorge Mascarenhas! We are so very proud of all of you! We are thrilled to be part of the Taschen family ...

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS completes an amazing new mural for the Red Brick Cafe. It's always great to have projects that break up the momentum of the every day illustration world. This mural was commissioned by the the owner of the Red Brick Cafe. The Red Brick Cafe is a cozy coffee shop in beautiful downtown ...

Great new illustration by Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS! This piece was commissioned by Alberta Venture Magazine in Canada. It was a really fun article on "How to be a cool entrepreneur." Don't we wish we could all be like this. Below is the final piece and the spread in which it ran.

Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS spits out another great poster for the Canadian band Modern Field Recordings. Check out the posters to date. They have become quite the collection.

New poster art by Levy Creative Management artist MIKE BYERS for musician LAND. This was done for Mike's friend Rob Nichollis.

Relax & Recharge by MIKE BYERS for Runner's World Magazine. Runners who sweat every detail of a workout—pace, distance, effort—may not think twice about a "recovery day" on their training program. After all, rest is easy, right? But while some people are more than happy to take a day on the couch, others can't ...

Great new illo by MIKE BYERS for Wall Street Journal. Fixing the hiccups of a home computer is an annoyance—lugging it to a store is time consuming and following directions over the phone can get frustrating. But a host of repair services say they solve computer woes by connecting virtually to your machine. Read rest ...

For some pet owners, losing their companion is traumatic, resulting in funerals and burials. By Ilene Wolff When Jim Walsh held his beloved dog Chrissy for the last time, he had to endure his grief alone. His family was at work on the day when Chrissy — a bichon frisé already in poor health — broke his leg. And ...

New map by MIKE BYERS for Yankee Magazine July/August 2010 issue.  This is for Yankee's Summer on the Main Coast Issue: The Guide Travel. Follow The Blue Watery Road: For 20 years the Main Island Trail has beckoned lovers of solitude and beauty. The Main Island Trail is today recognized as the first of the modern water ...

The Hunt Returns! The Washington Post Hunt is a huge mutant brainteaser -- a kind of urban safari, where you’ll be hunting for the answers to wacky puzzles woven into the landscape of downtown Washington. Compete against other teams to solve them and win a cool prize.  Beautiful illustrations by MIKE BYERS! Hope to ...

HOLLYWOOD IN HAWAII From plastic palm trees to on-set pranks, from fake languages to obstinate water buffalo, intrepid humor writer Charles Memminger uncovered the funniest, strangest tales of Island moviemaking. Read more about this very interesting article from Honolulu Magazine here.

MULTITASKING MOVIE THEATERS: There's more to life than chick flicks and summer blockbusters by MIKE BYERS. Here's a great new illustration by MIKE BYERS for Honolulu Magazine. It's a very interesting article on how movie theaters are branching out and hosting other events in their theaters - not only movies. "Your ...

MIKE BYERS has now become the official poster man for St. John's Ambulance.  Here is yet another great poster for them.  It's a Games night get-together with a sleepover option if you have a few too many wobbly pops. This poster is called "Duck Duck Goose."

Why do so many Aussies choose Canada as their dream destination? Great article illustrated by MIKE BYERS in this months issue of Explore Magazine. This piece just makes you want to grab one of your Aussie friends, grab a beer and hit the slopes! Check it out on page 23!

There's nothing like seeing an artist give you a list of clients he/she wants to work with and slowly checking them off the list. MIKE BYERS is making waves with checking off those lists and getting new clients under his belt by the week. I am so proud of all his accomplishments to date as he has worked so hard to get where ...

This was a piece MIKE BYERS did for Seattle Magazine about how more people are using technology like iPhones and iPads to read the Bible in during church service. It's big business. There are several programs you can get for these devices that allow you to continue your Bible studies in the technological age. This allows ...

Here's yet another great illustration by MIKE BYERS for Baltimore Magazine. This piece was based on an article about filming in Baltimore Magazine called "Flicked Off" - How the Maryland film industry went from bustling to bust and its chances for a revival. By Violet Glaze "Gooood morning, BAAAL-ti-more!" burbles ...

MIKE BYERS for D Magazine - "Things to Know Before You Order Seafood—and Pay for It." We answer eight important questions before you put something fishy in your mouth. ARE THOSE REALLY DIVER SCALLOPS? Many Dallas restaurants describe scallops on their menus as “diver” when, in fact, very few actually serve hand-harvested ...

New poster art for St. John's Ambulance by MIKE BYERS. This one is for an event for the volunteers of St. John Ambulance - "BBQ and Bowling." They know how to have fun in Guelph!

Advice for the Tribeca Film Festival: Party Harder! New great piece by MIKE BYERS for The Village Voice. Where is the future of the film festival going? "It was a nice idea, although it did seem to some that Chinatown was the truly wounded neighborhood and New York needed another film festival about as much as it needed ...

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Congratulations to Orit Bergman, Jorge Mascarenhas & Mike Byers for making it into this years American Illustration 29 show & Chosen site. We will let you know when the book comes out & website gets launched - most likely November of 2011 at the book launch party! Mike Byers (Chosen): "In the Sky"; Jorge Mascarenhas ...

I really love it when artists work on personal pieces. Often times they are the strongest pieces in their book because they come from the heart. Here's a perfect example of this by MIKE BYERS called "Live Strong" - Living Strong because he can!

Aussie Invasion by MIKE BYERS for The Atlantic. "Outback Steakhouse: Australia’s bush meat is tasty, healthy, and enviro-friendly. But can you get people to eat it?"

Spring is in the air today so good day to talk about cottages. When a cottager has a problem with some foxes living under their summer get-a-way, they realize that playing music really loud doesn't scare them off, rather the foxes get used to it. Another great one by MICHAEL BYERS for Cottage Life.

Mike's poster art is out for the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People. This was produced for the show True Character.

Mike get interviewed on new illustrators blog Nonslick. Click here to check out the interview. where are you from and how long have you been illustrating? I am from Cambridge, Ontario Canada. It's a smaller city just west of Toronto. I've been creating images all my life. I've been professionally illustrating for a ...

Mike's artwork WTF for Atlantic Monthly gets accepted into American Illustration 2009 Annual. Congratulations to Mike & Melissa on yet another great piece for this magazine!

Mike is interviewed by Celery Magazine. Click here to check it out. Conducting interviews in public locations always feels like the simulacra of a blind date for me — looking for another only seen in picture format - or not at all - nervous they might stand you up. Meeting Cambridge-living, Guelph-haunting illustrator ...

Mike is featured in the fundraiser group show Birds and the Bees. The show features work from Sheridan alumni and faculty, consisting of well-known and emerging illustrators belonging to the fields of illustration, fine arts, comics, and much more.

Mike will be participating in the group show Cut To The Drummer on February 5, 2009 at the Steam Whistle Brewing in Toronto.

Mike is featured today in the National Post for his artwork that will appear in the group show Cut To The Drummer.

Mike's work will be featured in a group show - Illustration @ b42 Gallery in Oakville, Ontario. Sunday, December 14 from 3pm-7pm.

Mike is featured in a gallery show. Exhibition: No Parachute Required @ Gallery 1313 in Toronto. Exhibition open from July 24th-August 3rd.

Michael creates another mural for the Luminato Festival in Toronto.

Mike is featured in Work/Life. Work/Life is a book celebrating Canadian illustration and photography. For more information click here.

Mike gets one piece into American Illustration 2008. This is a personal piece called "Me Vs My Ego." Congratulations Mike on your first piece into AI!