Kate Forrester for Waitrose
Kate Forrester has designed a beautiful range of letters and numbers for Waitrose. You can see them featured on the packaging of a variety of their products in store.
Kate Forrester is represented by the Artworks
Tweeting Fun!
See Lizzie Mary Cullen painting live for Bluehive’s Christmas tweeting fun. Transforming tweets into Christmas doodles on a large agency wall while being filmed, was no simple task, but it was one that Lizzie handled with relish and aplomb!
Lizzie Mary Cullen is represented by Phosphor Art.
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Frances Castle
Congratulations to Frances Castle, who has been awarded a Merit in 3x3's Professional Illustration Show 2010. Graphic novel Sherwin's Cottage, written and illustrated by Frances, was selected for the Sequential Category and features in the recently published 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 7.
Frances Castle is represented by Arena
The Thirteen Secrets
The long awaited final book in Michelle Harrison's fairy trilogy, The Thirteen Secrets will be released soon. Arena's Christopher Gibbs has illustrated all the covers and the third book completes a beautiful set.
Thirteen Secrets is published by Simon & Schuster on 3rd February 2011, so don't forget to pre-order it now.
Christopher Gibbs is represented by Arena
Alex T Smith
Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain Machine, is published this month and features Alex T Smith's hilarious illustrations on the cover and throughout the book. This is Anna Kemp's first young fiction title telling the story of "F-for-failure" Frankie's escapades. He discovers that the headmaster has plans to turn the students into robot-like super-brains and this is his chance to save the day and change F-for-failure into F-for-fantastic! It's really worth checking out Alex's fantastic interpretation of the crazy characters: Frankie's friends, Neet and Wesley, Alphonsine, the French nanny and Colette, the poodle.
Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain Machine is published by Simon & Schuster and available from all good book sellers.
Alex T.Smith is represented by Arena
Bourjois’s Flower
Who better than Nadia Flower to illustrate Bourjois’s latest advertising campaign.
Her delicate graphics were commissioned by wonder agency Talents Only in Paris, this elegant illustration can currently be found gracing the pages of the latest magazines and also displayed at points of sale within shops.
Nadia Flower is represented by Illustration Ltd
Spam Head
Next time you receive a junk email you may be able to put a face to the name! The extremely talented Kavel Rafferty has completed a limited edition, bespoke book called Spam Head.
Kavel explains, "The book is a collection of portraits based on the strange and sometimes wonderful names that arrive uninvited to my email account every day, trying to sell me designer replica watches and other such nonsense. I wanted to make portraits for these funny faceless folk...." Made in collaboration with Sam Arthur at Nobrow the signed book is available here.
Kavel Rafferty is represented by Illustration Ltd
Ruth and James
It's been a musical summer for lettering artist Ruth Rowland.
Hot on the heels of the Lennon job, she has just completed the latest James Blunt album. "Some Kind Of Trouble" plus his latest single, "Stay The Night" sees loose, brush style lettering created to work with the overall design of the packaging which has an old school, scrapbook feel. The layouts were put together traditionally with sellotape and paper and then photographed. The style is also taken through to James Blunt's website.
Ruth Rowland is represented by Illustration Ltd
Adrian Valencia
Adrian Valencia's illustration features on the cover of the fourth in the "Spellman" detective series published by Simon & Schuster. The Spellman's Strike Again is both humourous and classy, and Adrian's illustration is perfect for the cover.
Adrian Valencia is represented by Eastwing