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ILLUSTRATION NEWS
Laurindo Feliciano has illustrated the movie poster as well as the beginning and end credits for the feature film Puan.
The movie has received wide critical acclaim, picking up awards at San Sebastián International Film Festival and the Goya Awards amongst others. Laurindo’s work is bursting with life, capturing the emotions and relationships between each character perfectly.
Phosphor's Satoshi Kambayashi is back in his regular slot, illustrating for PLC Magazine. This time the brief was to create something colourful for a piece about the impact of challenging market conditions on mergers and acquisitions activity.
Satoshi brought his unique line and watercolour style to the UK many years ago, and since then he has developed a digital style with a similar effect, plus a more graphic flat colour version, seen in play here. The underlying theme is always Satoshi's great ability to solve a creative problem by providing brilliant quirky solutions with a sense of humour, which is why so many magazines rely on him to interpret and conceptualise their ideas.
Find more of Satoshi's work in his portfolio, or contact Trina at Phosphor to commission Satoshi to bring some humour to your next project.
Phosphor's Iris de Luz was approached by MIZZOU Magazine, the alumni magazine of the University of Missouri, to illustrate their Spring 2024 cover.
The brief was right up Iris' street: a 'playful and surreal park fantasy world' featuring bright colours, flowers, rolling hills, trees, lots of pattern and the famous St. Louis arch.
Iris' illustration will entice MIZZOU subscribers to read the cover story which features a group of four University of Missouri alumni who are leaders of various parks and greenspace organisations in the city of St. Louis.
Many different photographic elements and some 3D vector shapes make up each piece of Iris' dazzling artwork, including this cover. She spends hours looking at photographs to find the right textures for the job at hand, and says, "I think of them as if they were part of a digital ecosystem where each element, when joined with others, builds a new character".
Take a peek at Iris' portfolio to find more of her digital collages and contact Trina at Phosphor to commission Iris for your next project.
Matthew Woodson was commissioned by Ford to create a limited print to celebrate the 60th Birthday of their classic Mustang car. Sixty of the prints were created and offered as prizes to owners.
More of Matthew’s work can be viewed at https://www.debutart.com/artist/matthew-woodson
Chris Labrooy was commissioned by Guinness Book Of World Records to create the cover for their 2025 edition. Each of Chris’s illustrated letters is based on one of the records featured in the book. Its on sale from September.
More of Chris’ work can be viewed at https://www.debutart.com/artist/chris-labrooy
Mark Edwards has been represented by Artist Partners for many years as an illustrator producing covers for books by Kingsley Amis, Beryl Bainbridge, and Michael Morpurgo, Philip Pullman to name a few of the authors, Mark also worked on the Narnia Chronicles - sometime ago he took the path to fine art, and created a new unique painting style and subject matter which was original and thought provoking.
Bob Lea is a super realistic artist represented by Artist Partners who has recently produced two stunning covers for the best selling author Lauren Roberts, published by Simon and Schuster and designed by the designer Loren Catana. Both covers were featured as posters on the Simon and Schuster Bologna Book Fair Stand this year.
Both titles: Reckless and Powerful are part of a series of books by the author.
Comfortably sitting within Young adult fantasy and romance - and within the new genre aptly named “ Romantasy “ for more of Bob’s fabulous work do please go to the website.
Here comes a delicious and spellbinding murder mystery adventure from Michelle Harrison with a fabulous cover and interior illustrations from Natalie, published by Simon & Schuster.
We’re celebrating the publication of the first book in a thrilling new all-action environmental adventure series by debut author, Philip Kavvadias, published by Chicken House.
Dynamic and opulent designs are created by Patrick Boyer for the Buxton International Festival.
Pat worked on a new 2024 program cover, five opera promotions, and a billboard design. Having worked with the client on last year's season, he was well aligned with their aspirations for the art. The design brief was open to interpretation, and the client expressed confidence in Pat's work, stating his previous designs were "spot on." He aimed to maintain the elegance of his past achievements, while introducing alternative compositional elements for a sense of freshness.
Pat explains that the cover, his most recent artwork for the festival, reflects a summer celebration of opera, music, books, and jazz. Ties to the individual operas were welcomed, and the client gave Pat a lot of freedom for a fresh approach -
"I came up with a cover similar to last year's, tying in the elements and performers of the 2024 season, but with a more artistic approach. The individual opera designs were completed early in the season, so there wasn't much information available from the directors. For those, I researched the productions. Some operas, like Carmen, were more modern, serious, and gritty in nature, while others, like La Canterina, required something a little more comical and light."