Britt Spencer is a native of Lexington, Kentucky and is currently residing in Savannah, Georgia where he lives with his wife and three children. Before becoming a freelance illustrator he studied child psychology and practiced as a guidance counselor for a young boy's camp in Eastern Kentucky. Britt left his position as a counselor in order to pursue a lifelong aspiration to be an illustrator. Since his arrival into the commercial art world Britt's work has been published internationally and been recognized by the distinguished New York Society of Illustrators.

Partial Client List:

Carolina Parent/ Deep Magazine/ Design Press/
House Calls Magazine/ PDNedu Magazine/
Philomel under Penguin Young Readers Group/
Transmark/ Thomas and King/
Savannah College of Art and Design

Professional Experience / Previous Publications:

Penguin - in progress, release set for 2006 /
Cover and Interior Illustrations for Design Press -2005 /
House Calls -2005 / Deep Magazine -2005 /
Teatrio Children's Book Annual- Italy 2004 /
The Film and Lind Festival poster design -2004 /
Postcard Design and Web Developement for Transmark -2004 /
Advertising and marketing for Forward Edge and Associates -2004 /
The Chronicle -2004 / Caricature Magazine -2004 /
WeirdTales Magazine -2003 / Logo Development for Riverport Sales -2003 /
Illustrator and graphic designer for Dandy Dwarves Design Company -2003 /
Writer's of the Future by L. Ron Hubbard -2003 / Private commissions

Awards:

Best Production Design for the short film "The World Outside" -2005 /
The Lexington Arts and Cultural Council (LACC)
with Thomas and King Mural Competition -2005 /
2nd in group and The Gray's Reef Award for the Sidewalk Arts Festival -2005 /
Winner of the Savannah Music Festival Poster Competition -2004 /
Finalist in the AIDS awareness Poster Competition /
Finalist in the 2004 Teatrio "Circus" Children's Book Competition /
2nd place in the SCAD Society of Illustration's "Defined" exhibition -2004 /
Best of Show for the Sidewalk Arts Festival -2004 /
2nd place in the Merriwell Children's Book Competition -2004 /
Illustrator's of the Future Award -2003 /
2nd place Foundations Studies Drawing Category -2002 /
2nd place awarded by the Lexington Historical Preservation Society -2001 /
Best of Show and 2nd place awarded by Eastern Kentucky University
for his efforts in sculpture and illustration -2001