The SAA are very pleased to be supporting the World Illustration Awards by sponsoring The SAA Agents Award for New Talent.
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Rose Forshall's illustrations for the Pirate Gran series of children's books, are coming to life at a theatre near you soon!
Pirate Gran has been dramatised by Scamp theatre from the books written by Geraldine Durrant, illustrated by Rose and published by the National Maritime Museum. We love this poster and can't wait to see what Rose's characters look like in 3D!
Our very first Illustrator in Residence: Call for entries
Today we are announcing a call for our first illustrator in residence. We are looking for an illustrator to play an important part in our Housewarming festival of illustration in April and May and to record the exciting events in the run up to House of Illustration’s opening this summer.
This six-month residency is an exciting opportunity for an illustrator to get involved in all aspects of House of Illustration life, from online illustrations and blogs to displays, talks, education projects and community workshops.
We would particularly welcome applications from emerging illustrators – we want to find and promote new illustration talent!
The illustrator in residence will:
• Have their work showcased on the House of Illustration website, alongside an individual blog on the residency
• Have the opportunity to display work created during their residency at House of Illustration
• Be engaged with the public through talks or workshops
• The winning illustrator will receive a £6,000 fee plus a materials budget of up to £1,000
The House of Illustration residency will be an annual event and this inaugural residency has been made possible thanks to the generous support of The Barbara and Philip Denny Trust.
The residency will run from late April to October 2014. The closing date for submissions is Tuesday 18th March.
For information on the residency and details on how to apply please visit our illustrator in residence webpage
Best of luck!
House of Illustration
Montana Forbes completes a set of horoscopes for IKON images.
The three here; Sagittarius, Pisces and Gemini are just a taster of the beauties Montana has created for the company who primarily deal with stock imagery. Montana says "I’ve always had a keen interest in the horoscopes and was really excited to tackle the subject matter for the very first time. After much research, I was inspired to create unique fashion and beauty portraits that incorporated elements and characteristics associated with each sign but without them being clichéd depictions." See all twelve in Montana's portfolio.
Davie Shipyard in Canada commission Ian Naylor for several epic 3D views.
Chantier Davie is the oldest shipyard in Canada, and last year they approached Ian to draw andanimate an aerial view of the facility for use on their website and in editorial. Ian says "I was naturally interested since I love ships, particularly offshore working vessels, they are such giant, robust and technical machines, self-contained for demanding work in some of the world's harshest environments. As the job progressed it was clear that other illustrations would be required, they were kind enough to fly me over to Canada last month and I was able to gather the reference I needed to embark on the ongoing production and tour Davie facility at Lévis, across the river from Quebec city". Being on site was a treat for Ian, though having to brave a minus 30 wind-chill and a frozen St Lawrence was a challenge. The reward however was "a dream job for a charming and enthusiastic client". Watch the animation...
Making business look beautiful, Gail Armstrong creates this paper sculpture for PM Network magazine.
Commissioned by Hugo Espinozo, senior art director at Imagination, the image is in the February issue of the monthly publication for the Project Management Institute (PMI). Gail's creation illustrates "6 Markets to Watch: Look for the next wave of project opportunity in one of these 6 climbing economies”. She says: "It discusses the business potential in these building economies and the many ways in which those countries are changing, developing and investing in themselves." Gail chose to focus on Nigeria - oil/energy industry, Panama - canal expansion, Indonesia - infrastructure through telecommunications, Chile - building infrastructure through information technology, Turkey – construction; in particular transport links and Vietnam - factory construction. After submitting several ideas to illustrate the article, the concept of using flowers to represent the growth of these 6 different countries was selected. Gail says "The flower heads have petals made from maps of the relevant countries. By choosing to use a fairly simple, non-specific flower shape and by carefully placing the petals, it is still possible to read the map and the country name. The flower centres and stamens, which echo the map colours, represent the country’s relevant investment area."
Justin Metz produced this brilliant cover image for Time magazine illustrating the speculation over Hilary Clinton's run for presidency.
https://www.debutart.com/illustration/justin-metz#/illustration
Oscar Wilson designed this amazing typographic image for Lush Cosmetics constructed of multilingual words for ‘thank you’. Oscar’s design will be sold as a gift knot wrap and also used across Lush stores in window displays and on carrier bags. Keep an eye out for it from March 2014.
https://www.debutart.com/illustration/oscar-wilson#/illustration
Paul Higgens meticulous photo-real illustrator, has been working on an exciting news drinks product for Russia over the past two months which will be launched very soon. The client chose Paul on the strength of some great pieces in his folio. Watch out for the new work coming soon.
Paul Higgens is represented by Phosphor Art
