Earlier this month, Phosphor's founder and agent, Trina Wydmanski, had a great time at the London Book Fair meeting and chatting with clients. In particular, Trina was showing work by artists who illustrate children's picture books, or who have published titles in the past, including Alexander Jackson, Christopher Nielsen, Mandy Millie Flockton and Lee Ford.
Carole's slick vector style is usually associated with corporate work such as brochures and branding, but more recently she has lent her style to children's publishing and was selected to be on the team of illustrators work on this fantastic title published last November by Usborne Publishing.
Fantasy specialist Gavin Reece illustrated the stunning cover for The Company Of the Wolf, the latest epic written by David Wragg in his Tales of the Plains series.
Join Danny and Dino in The Dinosaur That Pooped A Superhero! The latest adventure in Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter’s much-loved series, brought to life by Garry Parsons’ wonderfully energetic illustrations.
The Imperial War Museum’s new colouring book featuring over 25 beautiful hand-drawn scenes by Frances celebrates the amazing stories of how our animal friends have helped humans throughout wartime.
Did you know that over 16 million animals served during the First World War alone? 250,000 pigeons helped deliver important messages during the Second World War! Dogs’ abilities to sniff out hidden mines and to locate wounded people on the battlefield, or bombed out houses have made them invaluable during wartime. Since ancient times animals have helped humans in marvellous ways, showing their incredible bravery, strength and loyalty.
“You can’t help but be enthralled by the stories behind these heroic animals and the unbelievable situation they embarked on, managing to project their characters in simple line drawing has been a fascinating challenge,” said Frances, whose eye-catching and graphic style is perfect for this project.
This is Frances Castle’s second colouring book collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, following on from their World War Two Planes Colouring Book, published in 2023. She’s also illustrated other projects for them including their EXPLORE! A Kid’s Guide to the IWM London.
This year’s Startworks graduate Anna Louise Oliver has illustrated a cohesive and magnetic series of covers for six literary classics.
Anna’s YA style has made the renowned stories approachable for audiences of all ages, whilst her clever use of perspective has linked the cover imagery to create a serial feel.
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.
