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ILLUSTRATION NEWS
Who better than Nadia Flower to illustrate Bourjois’s latest advertising campaign.
Her delicate graphics were commissioned by wonder agency Talents Only in Paris, this elegant illustration can currently be found gracing the pages of the latest magazines and also displayed at points of sale within shops.
Nadia Flower is represented by Illustration Ltd
Next time you receive a junk email you may be able to put a face to the name! The extremely talented Kavel Rafferty has completed a limited edition, bespoke book called Spam Head.
Kavel explains, "The book is a collection of portraits based on the strange and sometimes wonderful names that arrive uninvited to my email account every day, trying to sell me designer replica watches and other such nonsense. I wanted to make portraits for these funny faceless folk...." Made in collaboration with Sam Arthur at Nobrow the signed book is available here.
Kavel Rafferty is represented by Illustration Ltd
It's been a musical summer for lettering artist Ruth Rowland.
Hot on the heels of the Lennon job, she has just completed the latest James Blunt album. "Some Kind Of Trouble" plus his latest single, "Stay The Night" sees loose, brush style lettering created to work with the overall design of the packaging which has an old school, scrapbook feel. The layouts were put together traditionally with sellotape and paper and then photographed. The style is also taken through to James Blunt's website.
Ruth Rowland is represented by Illustration Ltd
Adrian Valencia's illustration features on the cover of the fourth in the "Spellman" detective series published by Simon & Schuster. The Spellman's Strike Again is both humourous and classy, and Adrian's illustration is perfect for the cover.
Adrian Valencia is represented by Eastwing
Talented artist Graham Evernden has recently been applying his skills to the Jameson Whisky 2011 calendar. His strong black and white imagery, with a traditional slant, works perfectly for the timeless style of branding that Jameson are known for. Producing ten illustrations for the calendar, Graham's work depicts the rich history of the company, and with such great work, we'll drink to that!
Graham Evernden is represented by the Organisation
Bob Wilson’s epic campaign for Eon still continues, and his latest ads depicting various characterful mice, nicely back up his recent TV commercial. Bob works in charcoal on a smooth watercolour paper, which gives the wonderful hand crafted feel he is so well known for.
Bob Wilson is represented by Phosphor Art
Darren Diss has been commissioned by The Independent Newspaper and produced this delightful seasonal illustration depicting this year's adverse weather conditions.
Darren Diss is represented by the Art Market
Here is Meiklejohn’s resident fine art forger Warren Madill’s fantastic artwork for the Finnish National Theatre. Warren created this surrealist master piece for the theatres latest advertising campaign.
Warren Madill is represented by Meiklejohn Illustration
Gary Redford was commissioned by Marks and Spencer to decorate their ‘Apple Van’ which was used to celebrate National Apple Day. The van, illustrated in Gary’s retro style travelled across the country handing out British Grown apples.
Gary Redford is represented by Meiklejohn Illustration
Katarzyna Klein has illustrated the cover for the new title by Charlaine Harris. Katarzyna has captured the atmosphere of suspense which runs through the The Lily Bard Mysteries perfectly. The book is published by Gollancz and is available in hardback now.
Katarzyna Klein is represented by Eastwing
