The SAA are very pleased to be supporting the World Illustration Awards by sponsoring The SAA Agents Award for New Talent.
ILLUSTRATION NEWS
What an extraordinary day it was yesterday, March 17th 2016, the date of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize - now in its twelfth year and selecting the very, very best in new and emerging talent for children’s writing and illustration. Uniquely, it’s a prize argued over and voted for by the most books-passionate of people; Waterstones’ own experienced booksellers.
Indian culture has always been a big inspiration for Phosphor Art’s Poonam Mistry, and her highly detailed illustration style lends itself well to traditional stories. Poonam has recently embarked on an exciting new project, translating Indian folk tales and fables and illustrating them in her unique style.
Alan Kitching is one of the world’s foremost practitioners of letterpress typographic design and printmaking. He is renowned for his expressive use of wood and metal letterforms in creating visuals for commissions and limited edition prints. He lives and works at The Typography Workshop in Kennington, south London, which he shared with designer, writer and partner Celia Stothard (deceased 2010).
Working with our affiliate agency B&A in the U.S. This brilliant image by Steve Stone was produced for the recent Stephen King Dark Tower Novel entitled 'The Wind Through The Keyhole' and it's had great praise indeed from the man himself!
We are absolutely thrilled to introduce Graham Carter to our talented list. Graham is one of the most intricate and exciting printmakers in the UK. He has been working at the forefront of the printmaking industry for the past 15 years and he has also worked with Animation Studio TickTockRobot on commercial animations for a wide variety of clients.
The detailed pen and ink style of Phosphor Art’s Dave Hopkins works beautifully both inside and outside of books! He’s recently completed an illustration for the cover for Hallie Rubenhold’s new book The French Lesson, which showcases his work in full colour.
Carrie May created this beautiful book jacket for ‘The Finding of Martha Lost’ written by Caroline Wallace.
Emma Rios creates mini theatre sets for a Tatler royal supplement. Emma was approached by Samantha Brownstein, Art Director at Tatler Promotions to create paper illustrations for a lovely feature on Royal Warrants for their Celebration of the Queen’s 90 Years supplement.
Anna is Kövecses is a Hungarian born illustrator and designer. Her work relies on clean minimalist shapes, bright colour and naive touches to create adorable images that are so much more than the sum of their parts.
Emma Cowlam was commissioned by ZPR for Superdrug and asked to illustrate a range of 'cult classics' Beauty Products. The illustrations were used for the press release and launch of Superdrugs B Hyaluronic Acid Spray.
