Haunted

Rohan Eason's fine style lends itself perfectly to the mysterious. And here we see his recent book jacket for Oxford University Press; William Hussey's 'Haunted' demonstrating Rohan's brilliance with this genre so well. A childrens book complete with ghosts and a derelict house, the book is out now.
Buy the book here.

Grimm's Fairy Tales

This fairy tale piece by Emily Carew Woodard and commissioned by Random House Publishers is now out in the shops. Emily was asked to create an engaging image which contained lots of different elements of the Grimms Fairy tales such as Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel and Cinderella. The art was created by hand in watercolour and ink.

Mark Oliver's Scrapbook

Illustrator, digital artist & sculptor Mark Oliver tells of how his engineer Father has been his major creative inspiration. Mark Oliver's Scrapbook.

12 Dancing Princesses

Children’s book illustrator Bee Willey is very proud to have completed 12 Dancing Princesses for OUP. Forming part of a series of traditional tales, Bee’s magically ambient paintings light the pages, she says; "…I love this story and am really happy to get this job…". The book is out very soon.

Bee Willey's Scrapbook

 

Children's book illustrator Bee Willey tells how her flea market treasures have resulted in her entire house becoming a scrapbook. Bee Willey's Scrapbook.

Robo Runners

Mark Oliver has just illustrated a series of 6 dazzling book covers for Hodder Childrens Books.

The covers all feature in the Robo Runners series written by Damian Harvey, and the first to be published is the piece shown here 'The Tin Man'.

Never Trust a Hippy

Paul Holland is among the 100 artists, photographers and designers contributing these customized 50cm high plastic figurines (known as "Qees") for the children's charity Paris Tout P'tits.

Entitled "Never Trust a Hippy", Paul's creation kidnaps the ideas of "flower power"and "summer of love" in order to beg the question: "Where'd all the LOVE go?" The entire collection of figures is being auctioned at the Christie's auction house (France) this month.

Profile on Adam Larkum

Fresh, original and funny — this is Adam Larkum, a London-based illustrator and animator with an abundance of work that is strong on fun and wit.

Everyday observations spring to life with Adam's fluid and expressive style. Shown here is "The Puddle That Grew" — a new project that is leading Adam in exciting new directions. Previous satisfied customers include: The Science Museum, Puffin Books, Oxford University Press, The BBC and Channel 4.

The Sky is the Limit

Skiers characterised as birds soaring over Californian skies is the theme of this entertaining spoof poster created by Alan Baker.
Commissioned by David&Goliath for Mammoth Mountain , Alan created this poster over one weekend, he enjoyed the concept so much he even put himself in, take a peek at the Naked Pale Aler to see Alan in action!

Let It Out

Once again Gail Armstrong gives us a masterclass in paper sculpture.
This incredible illustration is one of three posters commissioned by Coco Weir at JWT for Kleenex’s internal awards, linked to their "Let It Out" campaign. Each poster depicts two images reflecting the positive and negative of one scenario. Gail says, "Lovely job to work on as they gave me free reign to design everything including the type."

Elephant Parade

If there’s an elephant in your room then I hope it’s Rosie Sanders beautifully decorated example. Rosie hand painted exquisite orchids on the elephant which is one of two hundred 4ft high elephants placed around London as part of the Elephant Parade London 2010. It is a project which aims to raise funds to protect the Asian elephant. Rosie’s elephant is currently at Swallow Street near Piccadilly, where it will stay until it is auctioned off at Sothebys later this year. To see more of Rosie’s stunning work she has an exhibition coming up, it opens on the 8th June at Park Walk Gallery in Chelsea.

The Wonder Fairy Dolls

Bee Willey has recently enjoyed the most playful of commissions. Working internationally through our New York office Bee was selected by toy manufacturing giant ‘ Mattel’.

e, Kindlee and Lenara are the Wonder Fairy Dolls.Back in the Enchanted meadow, a festive party is beginning. The fairies, sprites and pixies danceunder a bright full moon."

Art director: Jill Ruby and Sue Davis, for Mattel. Artist: Bee Willey.

Angela Eata's Scrapbook

Chinese illustrator Angela Eata tells how illustrator Gabrielle Vincent & pop artist Yoshimoto Nara inspire her.

Angela Eata's Scrapbook

Archbishop Desmond Tutu's book; Children of God

It is not often that we are able to find association with a great like the Nobel Peace Prize winning man of God; Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Xiao Xin, our very accomplished and professional artist in Shanghai, is one of a number of artists chosen to illustrate some of the 50 favourite Biblical stories that the Archbishop has selected for the children's book published by ZonderKidz