Debbie Powell for BBC Wildlife magazine
Debbie created a beautiful lino cut illustration to accompany an article in BBC Wildlife magazine all about butterflies, their decline and what we can do to help.
Adrián Balastegui at Phosphor
Phosphor's Adrián Balastegui's portfolio has had a refresh and he's currently open for commissions.
Adrián Balastegui is a digital artist based in Barcelona who uses a strong colour palette. He likes to represent dreamlike and tribal worlds in his pieces and create characters distorted from reality. Adrián is always learning and trying to get out of his comfort zone, exhibiting his digital art in Amsterdam, New York, Seville and Berlin, among other places.
Adrián is inspired by Japanese art of the Edo period, the aesthetics 80s and 90s anime and the art of Jean Giraud, better known as MOEBIUS.
Check out some of Adrián's work in his portfolio and find some of his animations here. Get in touch with Trina if you'd like to commission Adrián for your next project.
Léon Moh-Cah for The Standard
Phosphor's Léon Moh-Cah is known for her remarkable ability to capture not just the look of a place, but the feeling of it too. During her year-long trip across the world, she discovered The Standard Hotel in London, known for its beautifully designed interiors. Recently The Standard caught up with Léon to ask her how she discovered the hotel, which she's illustrated both inside and out, and some more about her technique.
"Travelling is my main source of inspiration for my drawings, it’s very important to me and nourishes my sketches. I travel to draw and I draw to travel. I’m lucky enough that I can do both at the same time," Léon told The Standard.
Having discovered The Standard through 'Chessidency' a chess and music event run by Donna Leake and Haseeb Iqbal in the hotel's Library Lounge, Léon went back to sketch the beautifully designed spaces. "I was sketching for 2 days non-stop," says Léon. "The first day I arrived at 11 in the morning, and I left at maybe 2am."
Continuing her collaboration with The Standard, Léon visited their Bangkok Mahanakhon hotel and sketched their spaces, Tease and The Parlor, as part of an International Women's Day celebration.
Léon Moh-Cah is a French 2D animator and sketch artist, interested in the beauty of everyday life. Her practice, mixing digital and traditional techniques, uses daily observation and travels as a main source of inspiration.
After completing BAs in graphic design and animation in Paris, Léon went on to study an Animation Masters at the Royal College of Art before embarking on her globetrotting adventures. Her animations have been screened and won awards across the world, and she continues to sketch, both for clients and herself, which is lucky, because Léon describes her sketchbook as “an extension of [her] arm”. She is never without her kit, the entirety of which fits in a small purse: an A6-A5 sketchbook, a watercolour palette the size of a phone, a brush, a 35mm film can of water, a pen and a pencil.
Check out more of Léon's work in her Phosphor portfolio and get in touch with Trina if you'd like to commission Léon for your next project.
James Weston Lewis for Wall Street Journal
Summer books review for Wall Street Journal, illustrated by James Weston Lewis. James had a lot of fun illustrating the varied subject matter in the review all brought together through the concept of a vintage travel poster exhibition. Each poster had a link to one of the books reviewed, a literary reference, summer event or famous library.
James Weston Lewis is represented by The Artworks
Sarah McMenemy for Gail’s
Sarah McMenemy was commissioned by Gail’s Bakery to produce a range of illustrations depicting different staff roles in the company.
Jane Newland’s Festive Partnership continues with M&S
Owing to the major success of M&S’s Festive Collectables, Jane’s unique and inviting designs will once again adorn the shelves this coming holiday season.
This collaboration, a perfect recipe of design and product, showcases Jane’s style perfectly.
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Eleanor Rose
A clever and powerful lino cut illustration for the cover of The Fabian Society magazine, illustrated by Eleanor Rose.
Sarah McMenemy
Transporting us to another place Sarah McMenemy and her atmospheric illustration of the seafront at St Andrews for Seaton House Hotel.
Now on postcards in the hotel to welcome guests to their rooms.
Sarah McMenemy is represented by The Artworks
50th anniversary edition for Virago Press, illustrated by Eleanor Rose
Beautiful cover by Eleanor Rose for the 50th anniversary edition of the first book ever published by Virago Press. We adore the colours and textures of this Lino illustration. Eleanor is able to capture a real sense of place, atmosphere and feeling.
‘Full of dignity, courage and humour, and as fresh and insightful as the day it was written, FENWOMEN is a vital portrait of rural women’s lives – not only as they were lived in the 1970s in one Cambridgeshire village, but in the generations before it, all over the country, and reaching forward into today’s world, too’ Melissa Harrison
Lucy Rose illustrates the Easter edition of the Radio Times
Celebrating Easter with this colourful and joyful cover illustration by Lucy Rose. Lucy also illustrated the inside page borders too, which are equally beautiful and really bring the pages to life.
Lucy Rose is represented by The Artworks