Sveta Dorosheva is a category winner in the World Illustration Awards 2024!

We are thrilled to announce that Sveta has won the World Illustration Award 2024 in the Advertising category!

Her extraordinary artwork for the British Library’s winter 2023 exhibition, 'Fantasy: Realms of the Imagination', captured the magic of fantasy literature from Tolkien to Neil Gaiman.

Filled with mythical creatures and legendary figures, her intricate design transported viewers into a world rich with wonder, mystery, and storytelling. Congratulations, Sveta, on this well-deserved recognition for such an epic creation!

Read more on this project here and on The AOI website.

THE WORLD ILLUSTRATION AWARDS LONGLIST

The Association of Illustrators, in partnership with the Directory of Illustration have just announced the World Illustration Awards 2024 longlisted projects chosen by the judges from over 5,000 entries that were submitted. 500 projects have been selected across all 10 categories -  VIEW THE LONGLIST

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LAUGH OUT LOUD 2023 BOOK AWARDS WINNER!

Congratulations go to Arena illustrator Thomas Flintham and author Pamela Burchard for winning the 6-8 category for A Monster Ate My Packed Lunch. 

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Ten Word Tiny Tales contributor Alex T. Smith

We were thrilled to celebrate this brilliant book with Waterstone’s Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho along with a few of the contributing illustrators including Alex T. Smith.

"The tales in this compendium are tiny - they are only ten words long! But in your imagination they will settle - and, like seeds, they will grow..."

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Emily Tull

One of our brilliant artists Emily Tull who works mainly in needle and thread, has just produced a self portrait which we are delighted to say  has been shortlisted for the @selfportraitprize

You can view the virtual exhibition of the winner and all the shortlisted entries here:

https://ruthborchard.org.uk/self-portrait-prize-2023/

ARENA – ARTIST SPOTLIGHT ON MATTHEW LAND

We caught up with Matthew just after the recent publication of 'The Wall Between Us', featuring his stunning cover illustration and asked him about his process.

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Carole Bouvier: On a Spring Day, Winner of the SAA Agents Award for New Talent

The SAA run a new talent award every year in association with the AOI’s World Illustration Awards. Carole Bouvier was our winner in 2022 for her piece titled: On a Spring Day.

Carole’s entry really stood out and we were all very impressed with her strong compositions, use of colour and her visual storytelling – On a Spring Day is a fresh approach at picture book illustration.  Carole’s imagery has personality and she shows a sensitivity to the subject matter. We believe her work has a broad commercial appeal that could be applied to all manner of creative solutions. She’s a worthy winner!

The prize is 6 months mentoring with one of our member agents who is selected very carefully to fit with the winner. Carole chose The Artworks and started the mentorship earlier this year so we’ll check back on her soon to find out how it all went.

Bill Sanderson Wins at Michael Marks Awards

Phosphor's Bill Sanderson won a Michael Marks Award for illustrations he created in his signature scraperboard style for 'Twelve Days', a pamphlet collection of poems sent at Christmas.

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Artist Partners/Emily Tull

Artist Partners has always proudly represented artists of the highest calibre,  but not only the traditional artists, but also others that work in less traditional mediums in stitching and embroidery.

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Christopher Nielsen Receives Honour Award for Picture Book Of The Year

Phosphor's Christopher Nielsen has received an Honour Award at The Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year Awards for Just One Bee, written by Margrete Lamond and Anthony Bertini.

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