FIDA Fashion Illustration Award Winner!
We are over the moon to announce that Tracy Turnbull has won the 'Fashion Figures' Category in the ever prestigious FIDA S/S 2020 Fashion Illustration Drawing Awards.
Heather Gatley illustrates some cool “coolers” for LCBO
Heather Gatley has illustrated an in-store mural design for Canadian Liquor retailer LCBO, following on from a previous mural for their craft beer station, this time it’s all about “coolers”; cocktail mixers to keep cool in the warm weather.
Startworks 2020 open call to all new graduates!
The Artworks is incredibly excited to announce an open call for new graduates to apply for our Startworks mentoring programme!
Since the agency was founded, Startworks has been helping new graduates bridge the gap between leaving university and kickstarting their career as an illustrator. We continue to successfully represent many artists who have joined the agency through Startworks; helping to expand portfolios, build client relationships and navigate the creative industry.
If you have graduated as part of the class of 2020 from an illustration, design or arts degree and think you’re ready to leap into the world of professional illustration, then we want to hear from you!
Please send a short introduction, no more than 5 low-res jpegs and a link to your online portfolio, to submissions@theartworksinc.com . To reiterate, this is only open to those who have graduated in 2020. Please be aware that due to the overwhelming amount of applications, we can only respond to those who have been successful, but we thank everyone for taking the time to get in touch.
Best of luck! We look forward to hearing from the graduates of 2020!
Christopher Nielsen for Pixar
Phosphor's Christopher Nielsen was commissioned to create some images for Pixar’s Instagram feed with characters from The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., Wall-E, Up, Coco and Finding Nemo having fun in the sun with the theme “Any weather is better with you”.
Chris enjoyed the challenge of illustrating existing (and rather famous!) characters, as opposed to designing characters for picture books himself, as he is more used to doing.
Find more of Christopher Nielsen's work in his Phosphor portfolio.
Lynn Hatzius’ Bee-autiftul Window Display
Phosphor's Lynn Hatzius was pleased to see her designs installed (in the form of large vinyls) at the Bee Urban Evolution Lab in Sweden recently.
This was Lynn's first large scale installation and she now hopes to see her work scaled up on a more regular basis.Bee Urban offers interactive and living environmental services in an urban environment in the form of hives & gardens for biological diversity.
Portraits by Cat Finnie
Cat Finnie is a freelance illustrator, living in London, UK. She enjoys creating colourful, digital illustrations in a decorative, conceptual style, for a variety of clients. Cat studied Graphic Design BA (Hons) at Nottingham Trent University, graduating with a First class degree.
Sara Ogilvie/Sequin and Stitch
Award winning artist, Sara Ogilvie has done some delightful illustrations for Laura Dockrill's new book Sequin and Stitch published by Barrington Stoke.
Its full of heart warming illustrations and as usual, Sara brings each character to life with her carefully crafted illustrations.
Carrie May – Harper Collins
Carrie May was absolutely delighted to illustrate the much anticipated Rising Hope: Recipes and Stories from Luminary Bakery. Carrie's beautiful illustrative style is the perfect compliment for the empowering tales interspersed within this inspiring cookbook.
To see more of Carrie's work, click here.
Mark Boardman – Royal Botanical Gardens Kew
We’re absolutely thrilled to share this beautiful series of illustrations created by Mark Boardman to accompany the new Travel The World At Kew Exhibition, which is open now in their global garden. Following three months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Kew Gardens has reopened and is showcasing its uniquely diverse landscape by presenting an exhibition of words and images linked specifically to areas within their gardens, reconnecting visitors with nature and satisfying their frustrated wanderlust.
Tasked with bringing the specially commissioned poetry and prose to life, Mark’s illustrations were inspired by the Royal Botanic Garden's selection of worldwide plants and trees, transporting visitors on a journey to each country.
Talking about his contribution to the exhibition, Mark has described his pleasure at working on this inspiring project, “I felt so fortunate to have this commission to focus on during lock down. Not only did it allow me to immerse myself in researching the many botanic wonders at Kew, it gave me the opportunity to feel like I was escaping on my own global adventure.” To see more of Mark’s work, click here.
Pink Sofa Cafe
Situated in Tarnów near Kraków in Karolina's Native Poland, sits a girly cafe called called PINK SOFA. Karolina was asked to create a new brand identity featuring 4 character illustrations with different personalities.
Used throughout the pink interior, the characters can be seen enjoying bottles of Prosecco , popcorn and sweets all available to enjoy form the menu!