We’re always interested in seeing our illustrators personal work, so we were delighted when Matilda Harrison sent us this. Shehas always loved to experiment with visual quotes and this is a recent interpretation of one by the Bard himself. Matilda's style of painting is influenced by naïve and folk art but filtered through a sophisticated eye, each brush stroke is meticulously considered and her work always has a very strong narrative quality to it. Matilda Harrison is represented by Arena
'Extraordinary X' is a kids music video that Chris Garbutt designed and art directed for JibJab's StoryBots ABC project. Chris had to interpret the existing StoryBot characters and bring to life the letter 'X' in over twenty different ways for this one minute short. Here are some of our favourite key frames from the video. Chris Garbutt is represented by Arena
We have chosen Javier Joaquin for the cover of the first edition of 'Imagine', our brand new ebook available now to download from our website.With interviews and drawings offering an revealing insight into their working practice, the 100 pages is packed full of their inspirational creations, as we learn what make them tick as artists working in today's vibrant industry. We thought Javier's editorial illustration for World of Business Ideas magazine was the perfect choice to front the publication and highlights a new style within his ever changing, versatile portfolio.
Meet the delightful Nuxi, one of a range of charming new characters created by Jan McCafferty, called The Oak Tree Fairies. Jan McCafferty is represented by Arena
‘It’s been an exciting start to the year for Bright artists with a lot to follow in 2013. Take a look below at all the latest news from Bright Group International:
We are extremely excited and proud to announce that Ada Grey, one of Bright’s newest stars has been chosen by Bloomsbury for their new royal baby book ‘Shh don’t wake the royal baby!’ Due for release to coincide with the birth of the royal baby. Ada has also been signed up to a two book deal with Little Tiger Press - we are very excited to see Ada’s progression with us this year, stay tuned!
Nicola O’Byrne’s debut picture book, ‘Open Very Carefully’ has been published this month by Nosy Crow and is available to buy on Amazon Now! This funny tale for young children is about a very grumpy crocodile trapped in entirely the wrong story – a must read for your kids!
We’re sending big congratulations over the pond to our US agent Kirsten Hall and to our UK based artist Shelagh McNicholas for their book, ‘Tea Time with Sophia Grace and Rosie’ making its debut on the Ellen Show! The book, published by Scholastic was quickly put together by those involved to feature Ellen’s favourite guests, Sophia Grace and Rosie.
And finally our wonderful Ben Mantle has won the 2013 Bishop’s Stortford Picture Book Award! Competing against 50 other picture books, ‘Callum’s Incredible Construction Kit’ published by Egmont won the votes and affections of over 1300 school children.
The Artworks are delighted to introduce our new Startworks artists Stacey Knights (1st below) and Sami Al-Adawy (2nd below). Both artists graduated with first class honours in 2012. Sami graduated from the University of the West of England. His work comes from a love of intricacy and design, fused together with a delicate interlacing of bold colours and shapes. Stacey graduated from Norwich University College of the Arts and specialises in paper collages. She creates hand painted paper bespoke to the project or image she’s working on, making every piece of illustration truly unique.
Lindsey Spinks has been asked to take part as one of the artists involved in this years ‘Lindt Big Egg Hunt’. It’s a brilliant initiative in aid of Action for Children, ‘set to be the largest, interactive public art exhibition the country has ever seen. Last year the hunt raised over £1million pound for charity’. Lindsey has managed to take her amazingly detailed illustrations and apply them to the huge egg due to be unveiled in Covent Garden this February. Keep an eye out for more information coming soon… Lindsey Spinks is represented by The Artworks
Bob Lea who clearly has a very distinctive illustrative style, and especially in the young adult fiction genre, was recently commissioned by Pan Macmillan Publishing to produce a series of stunning book covers for the series entitled: The Phenomenals by F E Higgins. Here is the first book entitled : “A Tale of Traitors” which has been creating a lot of buzz in the YA circles. Art Direction by Rachel Vale . Bob Leais represented by Artist Partners
Adrian Valencia was commissioned to illustrate the cover of The Heart Whisperer by Ella Griffin, which is out now, published by Orion. Adrian Valencia is represented by Eastwing
