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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Phosphor Art's Jon Rogers has been reviving his award-winning artwork from AMV BBDO's Guinness Extra Cold campaign. Originally from the year 2000, the series featured a number of cool objects reimagined as pints of Guinness Extra Cold – a desk fan, fridge-freezer, fire bucket, nipple, iceberg and lolly, beautifully put together by Jon.
Kate Forrester was asked by Innocent to come up with a distinctive paper-cut style design for their new spice flavours of smoothie -one Vanilla/raspberry flavour and a Chai, banana and fig.
We are delighted that Rob Ball has been commissioned to design and illustrate the DVD and Blu Ray packaging for all seven seasons of the hit show, Game of Thrones.
Available at the Gucci Garden gift shop in Florence, Alessandro Michele’s newest line of T-shirts and bags with illustrations by the London-based artist pays tribute to the authentic characters of street style.
Isabella Cotier is represented by Lipstick of London
Time to dust off your football boots and prepare for the 2018 Fifa World Cup.
We’re very proud to announce that Levi Pinfold has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Amnesty CILIP Honour in the Kate Greenaway category for his illustrations in A.F. Harrold’s book, The Song From Somewhere Else (Bloomsbury).
Phosphor Art's Dave Hopkins was recently commissioned by Laurence King to work on some illustrations in his traditional pen and ink style for an after dinner game.
Steve Stone one of the country's most highly regarded and go to digital artists has been commissioned by Macmillan Books - Art Director Neil Lang to produce these dynamic covers for the science fiction series by the best selling science fiction author Neal Asher...
We are delighted and immensely proud that Bright artist Laura Hughes has won the Oscar’s Book Prize 2018 alongside author John Dougherty with their original and witty picture book ‘There’s A Pig Up My Nose!’, published by Egmont.
John’s loveable tale of a little girl, Natalie, and a nose-dwelling pig, Ernest, is full of hilarity and surprise, beautifully married with Laura’s playful artwork. It’s a joy to read as you follow Natalie’s increasingly absurd attempts to get a pig out of her nose — even hanging upside down whilst being walloped with a blow-up rhino doesn’t seem to do the trick. It’s silly, utterly heart-warming, and with plenty of laughs — and OINKS — along the way.
The Oscar’s Book Prize is an annual award celebrating the best books for under-fives from the year. Previous winners have included Bright artist Benji Davies who won in 2014 with ‘The Storm Whale’. You can read more on the award here.
HRH Princess Eugenie awarded the Oscar’s Book Prize at St James’s Palace on Monday 14th May. From left to right: Vicki Willden-Lebrecht (MD, The Bright Agency), author John Dougherty, artist Laura Hughes, Emma Dods (Senior Commissioning Editor, Egmont), Laura Hughes, Rebecca Essilifie (Art Director, Egmont).
“I am absolutely honoured that ‘Theres’ a Pig Up My Nose’ has won the Oscar’s Book Prize! The award was set up in memory of 3-year -old Oscar Ashton who died of an undetected heart condition, and as well as being a wonderful and touching way to pay tribute to a young reader, the prize also aims to highlight the importance of reading together with young children. Low literacy levels among children starting school is an increasing problem, and the organisers of the award are doing great work in bringing awareness to this issue. It’s a privilege to have been involved in this very special award.
“The first time I read John’s story I absolutely loved it and knew right away that I had to illustrate it! ‘There’s a Pig Up My Nose’ is a warm and quirky tale about a girl who gets a pig stuck up her nose, so I knew that I had to keep the illustrations bright and light-hearted. I used a slightly different process in creating the artwork than I usually do, with some parts coloured directly from my roughs (something I generally avoid) to keep the illustrations loose and energetic.
“For the characters in the book I took inspiration from the diversity of the people I see every day in London, so for example, the doctor is based very loosely on one of my own GP’s. I live in Walthamstow and will often sit and draw in local cafés. I think it’s really important to get out of the studio and draw from life whenever possible to keep your work fresh and relevant.”
You can also watch Laura’s interview with the Evening Standard here.
“I am absolutely thrilled that Laura has won the Oscar’s Book Prize and it’s wonderful to see her grow from Kingston University graduate and Bright intern to an award-winning illustrator. Laura brings such exuberance and flair to her artwork — she is a true talent and I’m so proud of all that she has achieved.” Vicki Willden-Lebrecht
Laura Hughes’ past titles include ‘The Birthday Invitation’ (Bloomsbury Children’s Books), ‘The Chocolate Monster’ (Faber & Faber), and ‘We’re Going on an Egg Hunt’ (Bloomsbury Children’s Books). Her next picture book, ‘Quick, Barney, RUN!’ (Faber & Faber) is publishing this summer on the 5th July. You can see more of Laura’s artwork here.
Rachael Saunders' wonderful new book ‘Go Wild on the River’ published by the lovely team at Nosy Crow is out now. ‘Go Wild on the River’ is the second in the series of adventure handbooks for young explorers.