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Artist Spotlight: Guy McKinley


Artist Spotlight: Guy McKinley (Advertising Campaigns, Design Projects, Editorial Commissions, illustrator)

Bio

Since 2003 Guy Mckinley has been consistently producing character heavy, offbeat, colourful illustrations. A Japanese influence is clearly visible in a lot of his work and so pattern, colour and detailing run strongly throughout. McKinley’s work is infused with his love of old comic and storybook art from his youth.

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Miguel Ordóñez and Jimmy Fallon present ‘Dada’

Miguel Ordóñez and Jimmy Fallon present ‘Dada’ (Artist Partners Ltd, Children’s Books, illustrator)

Miguel Ordóñez recently worked with American talk show host Jimmy Fallon on a children’s book for US publisher Macmillan. The tongue-in-cheek book encourages babies to utter ‘Dada’ as their first word. We think Miguel did a great job with the fun illustrations!

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Accompany Benji Davies on an Adventure to Grandad’s Island

I defy you not to be touched by this book

- Elisa Offord, Marketing & Publicity Director, Simon & Schuster

Summer 2015 is set to be a popular season for Bright picture books launching into the public eye and gracing the shelves of book lovers the world over. One of these future classics comes from the pen of award-winning author illustrator Benji Davies and is set to supersede Benji’s critically acclaimed debut title The Storm Whale (Simon & Schuster) having already been shortlisted in the AOI World Illustration Awards 2015. This month, we proudly add the stunningly illustrated & powerfully written Grandad’s Island (Simon & Schuster) to our growing Bright Bookshelf.

Accompany Benji Davies on an Adventure to Grandad’s Island (Bright Group, Children’s Books, illustrator)

 

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Three mobile murals by HEY Studio

Telecoms brand Three have a brand-spanking-new office in Dublin and we’re pleased to say many of the walls are adorned with murals created by our very own Hey Studio. The concept for the new office is that each meeting room is named after a three letter word. The words including – HEN, HEX, HOT, HUE, ICE, JOY, KIT, KOB, KOI and LAB, were used by Hey as the themes for the illustrations for each room.

Three mobile murals by HEY Studio (Design Projects, illustrator) Three mobile murals by HEY Studio (Design Projects, illustrator)

Hey Studio is represented by Handsome Frank

Just Published: Thomas Flintham’s Animal Colours

Thomas Flintham has excelled himself with his latest toddler book, Animal Colours, (Scholastic) the third book in this delightful Animal series. His sense of design and beautiful use of colour will capture the imagination of even the smallest reader. Thomas cleverly uses a limited palette taking the colour of the animal from one spread through to the next and mixing it with another colour, just take a look below at a few selected eye-catching spreads.
Just Published: Thomas Flintham’s Animal Colours (Arena Illustration, Children’s Books, illustrator)
Just Published: Thomas Flintham’s Animal Colours (Arena Illustration, Children’s Books, illustrator)
 

Letter from Melbourne

David McConochie has been commissioned by Conde Nast Traveller Magazine to illustrate 'Letter from Melbourne' for their November 2013 issue.

David has used his blend of montage with blistering vibrant colours and exemplary attention to detail, to create an effortless narrative image which encompasses

David McConochie is represented by The Art Market

Letter from Melbourne

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