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Carrie May was delighted to be asked to illustrate this months dossier for ‘Psychologies Magazine’. Carrie created a series of artworks for the 8 page guide to finding happiness.
Carrie May is represented by New Division
How do you follow up a TV spot featuring Hollywood legend Harvey Keitel? You commission Gavin Reece. Gavin worked with the team at MRM Meteorite to create the fabulous ‘Fixers’ who are being featured across Direct Line’s DM campaign.
Gavin Reece is represented by New Division
Santa’s taking an elfie! Santa and his attention seeking Elves have now landed in Ted Baker stores. Jon Berkeley has worked tirelessly over recent months breathing life into every single character creating a fun and impactful campaign for all Ted's customers.
Jon Berkeley is represented by Début Art
Toby Ibbotson is the son of award-winning author Eva Ibbotson and Mountwood School for Ghosts is his debut novel about ghosts going to school to learn a thing or two about being scary. The story is based on an idea conceived with Eva, and planned out in detail by the two of them before her death. Alex T Smith was delighted to be commissioned by Macmillan to illustrate this cover along with the reissues of four of Eva's well known children's novels: Which Witch, The Secret of Platform 13, Monster Mission and The Beasts of Clawstone Castle.
Alex T Smith is represented by Arena
This month we have commemorated armistice day and this year is one hundred years since the outbreak of World War One. Frances Castle was commissioned by the BBC to illustrate a series of images to demonstrate to school children, what life was like in Britain during the Great War for the BBC Primary History website. She covered subjects such as the causes of the war, a typical school day and how developments in technology, communications and weapons during the war, changed the way it was fought.
Frances Castle is represented by Arena
Chris Price collaborated with Delisia Howard on this ‘Pearly Room’ mural for Andaz Hotel in East London. The couple created the artwork as part of the 'Room with a View' art series. The work depicts local landmarks and is a celebration of the best of East London life.
Chris Price is represented by Début Art
Debut Art was approached by Cubbitt House to help on a project for their new restaurant, Percy and Founders, opening soon in Fitzrovia, London. The brief was to create a perspective installation of the company logo on the site of the new restaurant. The video of the installation would then be used on the restaurant's holding page. Steve Smith AKA Neasden Control Centre is no stranger to large scale installations so his skills were called upon and he soon set to work. The time lapse video of the installation can be seen here
Pastiche artist Max Schindler was commissioned to produce a number of illustrations which were briefed and based on the various legal scenarios depicted in law magazine "Legal Business".
He was asked to create some images which were lively and interesting and created in style to designers and artists of the bygone past, including Saul Bass.
Max is a very accomplished artist in his own right but finds he can turn a hand to most image styles when asked and is therefore a very reliable and talented pastiche artist on the books of Artist Partners.
www.artistpartners.com/portfolios/max_schindler/index.html
Chris Ede works on a mammoth packaging commission for the Lynx/Axe brand.
Art directed by Utd Studio, Chris has designed nine packaging illustrations for these box sets which are hitting the shelves for Christmas. Chris has created masculine, urban and attractive artworks and says "The brief was to capture the essence of each deodorant brand logo name in the form of an illustration within a dynamic triangular framework."
Steve Gilligan of Utd Studio says of Chris's part in the project:-
"Upon finding Chris Ede within the www.illustrationweb.com site we were immediately struck by the depth and intricate layering of his artwork. A three way paid creative pitch ensued with Chris bringing a level of story telling that captured the essence of the fragrance and hit the brief bang on. Selecting Chris as the winner was simple!
Chris quickly got up to speed and worked tirelessly both with the commissioning agency and the ultimate end client to work through a series of 9 illustrations Chris began with mood boards and rough sketches that provided the heart of his vision. Then following feedback he worked through the range with creativity, craft and professionalism. Even towards the end when a couple were tough to crack, Chris continued to work with the same level of enthusiasm as he began the project.
The final result was a creative yet cohesive range of gift packs that each had their own unique visual story and a very happy client."
Chris Ede is represented by Illustration
'FOUND IT' is the 2014 Debenhams Christmas Campaign; created by Nina Hunter and commissioned by JWT London.
Nina was involved from the concept stage where the "found it" idea was in its primary form. Going through various design stages and looks - from a bold to a more decorative style, the result is a simple effective design. The idea was to create the "found it" keyword from beautiful Christmas icons, Nina says "It was a fantastic experience working with the art directors at JWT. I enjoyed the creative process and loved how each stage was unique and beautiful. I'm very proud of this highlight in my career".
Nina Hunter is represented by Illustration Ltd.