The SAA are very pleased to be supporting the World Illustration Awards by sponsoring The SAA Agents Award for New Talent.
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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 Lea is 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
James Brown was commissioned by Abacus to create a commemorative jacket for the classic 'Master Georgie' by Beryl Bainbridge. In celebration of their 40th Anniversary Abacus are reissuing 18 of their best selling books, each with a specially designed cover. James Brown is represented by New Division
We are proud to announce that Oscar Wilson’s illustration for Canongate Books Gil Scott Heron Memoir: ‘The Last Holiday’ won the Best Jacket Design category at last night’s British Book Awards.
The judges commented on the work: “This arresting design evokes 60s counter-culture art in a contemporary and well-realised concept, with front/rear covers and spine working together to create a powerful and effective image.”
Oscar worked closely with Art Director Rafi Romaya to deliver this winning piece of work. As a massive fan of soul / funk / jazz music; Oscar was delighted to be involved with the project, and very proud that his first ever typographic portrait was of such a great as Gil Scott Heron.
Rafi explains the project and why she commissioned Oscar: “The plan was to create a bespoke and personalised jacket befitting for Gil’s memoir, The Last Holiday. Taking inspiration from Gil's landmark collection 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised', we wanted to create an image as iconic as photographer Chuck Stewart's album cover shot whilst also representing Gil's poetic lyricism and artful use of language throughout his music, poetry and books.
Having seen Oscar Wilson's 'street-art style' visual work, which we felt might complement Gil's poetry, we approached him to attempt a typographic portrait using a mixture of Gil's album titles, song titles and most iconic phrases.
It was a gift of a book to work on and I hope we have a created a jacket Gil himself would have liked, had he seen it, and that winning Best Jacket Design Award at the British Book Awards 2012 would have made him smile!”
We definitely think Gil is smiling at the news, as are we. Well done to Oscar, Rafi and all at Canongate Books.
Oscar Wilson is represented by Debut Art
Tom Duxbury's beautiful illustration features on the cover of Sarah Ridgard’s debut novel 'Seldom Seen', which is published by Hutchinson.
The cover has been proved very popular and the illustration is now available as a print on the Eastwing shop. www.eastwing.co.uk/shop
Lucy Truman has created this stunning cover art for ‘From Notting Hill To New York Actually’, the third title by best selling author Ali McNamara. Lucy’s trademark glitz and glamour perfectly sets the tone for this romantic adventure in New York.
Lucy Truman is represented by New Division
Mixing pattern and texture with form and perspective,Daniel Mackie creates this energetic book cover. Commissioned by Canadian publisher Talon books, Daniel uses his brushes to noticeable effect, illustrating a challenging title; an adaptation of Hesiod’s "two great works, Theogony and Works and Days, taking into account the poet’s essential meditative insights that paved the way for the subsequent achievements of Greek philosophy".
Daniel Mackie is represented by Illustration
Here is Lucy Truman’s latest cover artwork for Sophie Kinsella’s hugely popular Shopaholic series. Lucy Truman is one of the UK’s most prolific artists for popular women’s fiction and is currently illustrating Sophie Kinsella’s entire back catalogue.
Lucy Truman is represented by New Division