Beauty Editor Portraits

Montana Forbes recently completed 17 bespoke portraits as gifts for various magazine beauty editors. Commissioned by COTY UK, she was also asked to create 9 other portraits for the company’s press office e-card. Each portrait was drawn from photographs with a tight deadline of 3 weeks! They were then Giclée printed on A3 William Turner paper for great archival quality. Montana says "Despite the tight deadline and some blurred photos I thoroughly enjoyed working on the project." The portrait here is of Alessandra Steinherr from Glamour magazine.

Montana Forbes is represented by Illustration ltd

Haemophilia Monster

Sholto Walker has completed a fun yet sobering commission for a leading specialist UK advertising agency. The brief was to design a mostly friendly monster to represent the rare blood disorder haemophilia that predominately affects males. The aim of the campaign was to inform young children who suffer with the disease about how to live safely with it. The character had to be represented in a positive and entertaining way while reflecting the particular nature of the disorder as closely as possible. Sholto says " This I did by designing a bright red pet monster, Hemon, that was, while potentially threatening, mostly benign and friendly if looked after and treated with respect by his friend, Max, the ten-year-old boy he lives with. I drew the characters as vignettes in various scenarios and activities and also produced three four-page comic strips featuring Max and Hemon in various simple short stories."

Sholto Walker is represented by Illustration

Renault Olympics Poster

This piece of imagery by super talent Danny Allison has been created for Publicis Ireland for client Renault. Danny had one day to complete the poster, an extremely tight deadline which involved a working night, but with a successful result. Danny says "(The artwork was) all hand done, screen printed, painted. The man who is on the poster got in touch to say he loved it (Mark Rohan who is (the) Irish Paralympic hand-cycling champion)". Renault are so pleased they are also having a print to hang in their headquarters.

Danny Allison is represented by Illustration Ltd

Lindsey Spinks cover for the Financial Times

One of our Startworks artists Lindsey Spinks was asked by the FT to produce an illustration based on various predictions for the new year 2012. Lindsey created this brilliant illustration which was used on the cover and inside the paper too. A tricky brief to pull together so many elements, but Lindsey managed to do so with great success, well done Lindsey!

Lindsey Spinks is represented by The Artworks

Debbie Powell cards for Lagom Design

Debbie Powell has been working with Lagom Design, who she previously created a fantastic range of wrapping paper for. They have now brought out this equally gorgeous range of greetings cards, see the full range and buy your own selection at http://www.lagomdesign.co.uk/_-Debbie_Powell-_product/?pid=75880

Debbie Powell is represented by the Artworks

Daniela Terrazzini for Marks and Spencer

Daniela Terrazzini was asked to create these beautiful repeat patterns for the packaging of Marks and Spencer’s new range of conserves. Here are some of the lovely range out now! Daniela Terrazzini is represented by The Artworks

The Bizzy Bear on the Farm

The Bizzy Bear On the Farm app, illustrated by Benji Davies, has won an Editor’s Choice award from the Children’s Technology review.

Some rather amazing news! The Bizzy Bear On the Farm app, illustrated by Benji Davies and created by Nosy Crow, has won an Editor’s Choice award from the Children’s Technology review.

Follow the link to read the Children’s Technology review and the app view and see how highly he scores it against other big name competition, such as Sesame Street, Charlie Brown and Dr Seuss:

Children’s Technology review <http://childrenstech.com/files/2012/01/CTRJanuary2012.pdf>

If you have a moment too, do have a look at the other reviews Nosy Crow have been getting for Bizzy Bear, both on the app store, and by bloggers:
Nosy Crow Website <http://nosycrow.com/apps/bizzy-bear-on-the-farm> .

A beautiful Heart

Sarah Perkins has illustrated this gorgeous cover for Cecilia Samartin's novel "A Beautiful Heart". The novel traces the story of Ana, a middle aged woman who is waiting at the deathbed of her husband as he loses his battle against cancer. While she waits, Ana thinks back on her life and the incredible journey that brought her from war-torn El Salvador, to a convent in the USA, and finally to a wealthy Californian estate where she was employed as a nanny.
A Beautiful Heart is out now, published by Bazar, Finland.
Sarah Perkins is represented by Eastwing.