Suzanne Carpenter
Suzanne Carpenter is fast becoming a big name in everything that is colourful, patterned and chic. Her unique and lovely bright palette of colours lends itself to anything decorative. (more…)
Poetic mural by Stewart Easton
Highly talented artist and embroiderer Stewart Easton (represented by Artist Partners) was commissioned to produce a large mural for Outline Editions Christmas Print Sale. The wall mural needed to represent the area of Stoke Newington.
Stewart was inspired by reading that the poet Edgar Allen Poe had been educated in Stoke Newington. The mural itself is displayed almost on the exact spot, where the school Edgar Allen Poe attended is placed. The image is loosely based on his poem "The Raven"
New Talent Mayuko Fujino
Mayuko Fujino is a collage illustrator based in New York.
Her ‘cut-out creations’ are handcrafted and beautifully designed, inspired by nature and traditional Japanese stencil dying. Take a look at her portfolio…
Mayuko is represented by Illustration
Jonny Duddle: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Bloomsbury have revealed the cover illustration by Jonny Duddle for the second book the famous Harry Potter series by J K Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The cover shows the dramatic scene in the chamber itself with Harry facing the basilisk and Ginny Weasley lying on the floor beyond.
Jonny describes his process in his Q&A from Bloomsbury:
How do you as an artist approach such a large job? Where do you begin with such a wide range of possibilities?
“I’m taking one book at a time. I read the cover brief, and then I read the story, making notes and occasional sketches. I collect references, from my library of non-fiction books, search online and take my own photographs. I’ve recruited my neighbours’ son, who is suitably Potter-esque, although he annoyingly had his slightly wild hair cut for the new school term. I make numerous sketches of the main elements of the cover and then cobble them all together digitally, until I have a cover rough I feel happy to send to Bloomsbury and J.K. Rowling. I hear back very quickly with comments on my rough, which I then tweak or redraw until everyone’s happy for me to progress. Then I ‘paint’ each cover digitally.”
Jonny Duddle is represented by Arena
Beautiful linear graphics
Darren Whittington is a prolific illustrator. As well as his renowned character designs and his ground breaking work on rebranding Coke cans, he recently produced this great series of beautiful linear graphics for software company Newman. The illustrations are part of their new communications strategy.
Darren Whittington is represented by Phosphor Art
Gregor and the Sherlock set
Max Gregor designs and paints a mural for the backdrop of Watson's wedding in a recent episode of BBC's Sherlock. Commissioned by the Production Designer, Max also created a black and white motif for the wedding invite seen in the popular crime drama.
Poonam Mistry
Poonam Mistry has been working on a series of greetings cards inspired by her love of animals. The lovely intricate designs will be on sale soon, along with a series she has been working on for a large London advertising agency. Poonam Mistry is represented by Phosphor Art.
Poonam Mistry is represented by Phosphor Art
Winter Wonderland
Emma Rios is commissioned to create her own winter wonderland backdrops for a range of fragrances.
Now showing in the current issue of Tatler, Emma uses paper silhouette's to capture these evocative scenes which were then photographed by Ted Humble Smith.
Emma Rios is represented by Illustration ltd
Kristyna Litten: Just Published: Pigeon Pie, Oh My!
Illustrated by Kristyna Litten, Pigeon Pie, Oh My! is a great cause-and-effect story with lots of visual clues throughout the narrative and teaches the reader that even if you're little, you can make yourself count.
Down on Budd Farm, the naughty goat causes havoc, and eats the scarecrow’s clothes, leaving the pigeons to steal the corn in the farmers field but the other farmyard animals have a clever plan to save the crop. This fun picture book about working together, written by Debbie Singleton, is published by Oxford University Press this month.
Kristyna has brought life and humour to the farmyard characters, giving this story warmth and style with her limited colour palette and attention to detail.
Kristyna Litten is represented by Arena
Poonam Mistry for UWC Magazine
Poonam Mistry was commissioned to illustrate a cover for UWC magazine which is a charitable publication working with a global network of schools and colleges etc for world peace. Her brief was to encompass the challenges for education when there is economic discrimination. Her striking black and white image made the cover a real success.
Poonam Mistry is represented by Phosphor Art
