Wrapped in Nature
Working with HARDHAT Agency in Australia, Annie Davidson designs a full wrap illustration for Yarra Trams, celebrating 175 years of the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Tropicalia – Francesco Lo Iacono x L’official Italia SS20 collections
"Tropical palm trees and luxuriant forests. Exotic bestiary and wild patterns. Botanical-artsy suggestions and labyrinths of luxuriant foliage. Welcome to the (new) jungle! "
Caroline Smith
More and more we are discovering in these unprecedented times how important an outside space, or balcony is to our wellbeing. Some artists are particularly inspired by their gardens for their work.
ucy Rose Cartwright’s latest book trailer shows the cities we live in and who we share them with!
The trailer for Lucy Rose Cartwright’s new book “Wild City” starts off with a city townhouse, revealed to be surrounded by all kinds of flora and fauna, some expected, but some… definitely unexpected! Flamingoes?!
These are the kind of reveals and unexpected communities we can expect to find in “Wild City”, an exploration of cities round the world and the creatures we share them with. Illustrated by Lucy Rose Cartwright and written by the award winning natural history author Ben Hoare, the book takes the reader from London to Singapore to Rio de Janeiro.
Initially approached to create the cover and a few sample spreads, Lucy’s illustrative approach was then used throughout the full book. Lucy worked closely with designer Laura Hall to make sure that all the correct animals and feature of each city were included before working up her sketches into full colour illustrations!
The danger with working on images like these however, is enjoying getting lost in the details a little too much, “I had to be strict on how much time I could spend on each page, it was very easy to get caught up in adding too much detail.” But being strict didn’t mean that Lucy didn’t enjoy the brief, “I really enjoyed this project and felt so grateful to be part of it. The most exciting time for me is when you first receive the brief and you sit down and sketch out all your ideas, I still sketch all of my roughs by hand rather than using my iPad as I love the physicality of drawing on paper. ”
Wild City is out via Macmillan Kids Publishing in Autumn 2020.
See the full trailer here.
Dawn Cooper illustrates the hidden life of a hedgerow for BBC Wildlife Magazine
Dawn Cooper was asked by BBC Wildlife Magazine to create an illustration teeming with life to accompany an article that delves into the history of hedgerows. Excited to help illustrate their importance, Dawn set about making an image that looked wild and abundant, a time-consuming task but ultimately very satisfying!
Hannah Bailey lends her Illustrative hand to Watergate Bay Magazine
Hannah Bailey’s most recent Illustrations can now be found on the pages of Watergate Bay’s luxury Magazine, accompanying an article on the use of Botanicals in spirits by award-winning journalist Alice Lascelles.
We spoke to Hannah to learn more about the project…
Fiammetta Dogi’s illustrations are good for you
Regain Magazine - which is based in Paris and celebrates country life, farming and good food - licenced one of Fiammetta Dogi’s beautiful vintage fruit and vegetable illustrations for its Autumn issue.
Stefano Tambellini – Il Giro del Mondo in 80 Esperimenti
Around the World in 80 Experiments- Featuring some new non-fiction work in Stefano's native language - Italian.
Hello Marine for Filbert Press
Hello Marine was commissioned to create illustrations for celebrated horticulturist Jimi Blake’s new book, A Beautiful Obsession. Marine’s vibrant compositions complimented the book perfectly, combining unusual plant shapes and colours in her bold graphic style.
Hello Marine is represented by Meiklejohn
Rebirding Cover Design by Graham Carter
Printmaker and illustrator Graham Carter’s intricate and beautifully patterned work is influenced by the natural world and all of it’s textures and hues. When the conservation writer Benedict Macdonald got in touch about Graham illustrating his latest book, Rebirding, it seemed like the perfect fit.