A Positive Print

Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn works with Help Ink to create this feel good poster.
The organisation pairs with illustrators to create an image with the aim to raise money for various charities. Shauna's 'Positive Print', drawn in her fabulous chalk style went live yesterday and can be purchased here.

Choose a Tash for Movember

The line up

Freddie Mercury

Hulk Hogan

Magnum PI

Ron Burgundy

Ron Swanson

Duncan Beedie joins Movember to raise cash and awareness for Prostate Cancer.
And not one to stop at the growth of his own 'tash', Duncan has also created five fantastic 'famous moustache' artworks which are now up for auction. You can enjoy the facial grooming of Freddie Mercury, Hulk Hogan, Magnum PI, Ron Burgundy and Ron Swanson as unique A3 giclée prints.
With 100% of the money going to the very worthy cause, bidding is open until Thursday 21st November.

If you'd also like to sponsor Duncan on his hairy journey go to his mo space.

Christmas Cards for Parkinson's

In aid of Parkinson's UK, Andy Hammond is selling some of his Christmas cards to raise money for the charity. With 5 cards in a pack (one of each of the above designs), the £10 cost will go towards working to find a cure and improve the lives of everyone affected by Parkinson's. Contact Andy to order your pack(s).

Mail Me Art

Vicky Scott's nature inspired female has been included in the Mail Me Art book and exhibition. Artists were invited to create a design on an envelope and to pop it in the post. Vicky says " All those that arrived safely have been included in the exhibition and the original envelope artworks will be on sale to the public with all proceeds going to charity." A great idea!

The World in Your Kitchen

New Internationalist have commissioned Jonathan Allardyce to produce 12 artworks for the 2013 'World In your Kitchen' calendar. Every month suggests a favourite vegetarian recipe with delightful illustrations of the dish or the place from which it comes. Proceeds from the calendar go to a number of charities including Amnesty International, Traidcraft, CAFOD, SCIAF and Christian Aid. The calendar is still available here.

Ben Tallon works with CALM and launches transmedia awareness campaign Xpress

No stranger to working with some major charities, Ben Tallon uses his skills as illustrator and art director to launch Xpress; an awareness campaign to raise money for the The Campaign Against Living Miserably.

CALM works to prevent male suicide in the UK, and after meeting the charity, Ben was given a blank canvas to direct a campaign focused on raising money and awareness. His response has come from an urge to share the benefits of his own artistic expression, and so along with the support of his fellow creatives, Ben has launched Xpress.

On May 3rd 2013, Ben's company Quenched Music will release an exclusive album from which 100% of proceeds will go directly to the charity. It will feature the best of new UK and international music and some overseas 'heavyweights' who will be announced soon. Also featuring men working in the arts, Ben and the team now have the support of Stephen Merchant, Danny Dyer, Jon McClure and more. In addition, a campaign newspaper will be released alongside the album containing all interviews and features including the portrait above. It was created to support an exclusive interview with Steve for the campaign in which he discusses comedy, growing up, art and his movie career. The Xpress website will also showcase contemporary art, design, comedy, illustration, film and poetry.

Please support the cause through the crowdfunding campaign here.

SPLC

Ruth Rowland creates a typographic card for the Southern Poverty Law Center.

SPLC is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. Ruth was asked to illustrate a card to be sent out to donors as a sign of SPLC's appreciation using a quote that fits with their message of justice and tolerance. Ruth has produced a purely typographic solution with this Anatole France quote, 'aiming to give the words the right tone and emphasis'. She says "I've worked for the design team at SPLC on several occasions so it was a pleasure to be asked to work on this holiday card. They have, by all accounts, a very impressive donor list which (despite my efforts!) they're not allowed to disclose!"

Workbook Creative Carnival

The USA Illustration office had a fun adventure in NYC at the end of last year.  Taking part in the Workbook Annual Creative Carnival, the talented Yaeko Abe showed her skills in the live drawing portion of the evening.  Not only was it great fun to see the costumes modelled by live models, but all of the drawings were auctioned off for charity at the end of the night.  A super time was had by all! More information on the event.

Blow for GOSH

Great Ormond Street Hospital held an event back in October of  "information, inspiration and celebration around the theme of 'Bringing Research to Life'" . And Gail Armstrong was chosen by agency Radley Yeldar to participate in illustrating one of 26 large flash cards representing an A-Z of different research stories.  Gail's card was for the letter C: Cystic Fybrosis, she says "I wanted it to be a fun image, so kept everything bright and cheerful and took inspiration from Lichtenstein for the type. The event was a huge success and the client very enthusiastic in their praise of the agency and artists." Gail's image successfully illustrates the ten pin bowling simulation when a patient blows into a machine, certainly creating the play factor with hospital treatment!

GOSH say of the commission: 

“Radley Yeldar have been a dream company to work with.  The brief we gave them was no easy task: to bring to life a portfolio of medical research stretching back through several decades of Great Ormond Street Hospital’s history, in a way that was visually arresting but didn’t scream “science”.  We really threw the book at them, but they grasped tricky concepts quickly and dealt with them sensitively, working closely with us at every stage of an intensely creative process.
 
The end product – an A to Z of some of our most impressive research achievements – delicately balanced strong and emotive narrative alongside genuinely arresting (and intriguing!) visual concepts.  The life-sized flashcards they produced were the talk of our flagship Bringing Research to Life event.  Each one delivered a simple but powerful story, with the full 26 working together beautifully to reinforce our core message: that research changes children’s lives.  They’ve given us a whole new language with which to speak about the vital work we’re funding.  We’re incredibly grateful for their support.”