New Art work from Ian Naylor

Ian Naylor's Portfolio

Uncle Sam’s Creative Explosion

American Ingenuity is the theme of Britt Spencer’s explosive cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post.

Britt was proud to have worked with this magazine: “For an illustrator in the States, it's pretty historical considering the mag’s close ties to Norman Rockwell and Leyendecker.”

Art of Well-Being

Tired of all this negativity in the world? Tim Bradford has the all-positive antidote in the form of this cheery self-initiated piece.
Entitled ‘Wear Shorts More’, the piece is “inspired by a positive thinking attitude and the effect it can have on our well-being, hopefully helping keep us all afloat in these times of crisis!”

The Sunday Times in Style

All things must pass, as a great man once said, including Jacqueline Bissett’s four-year run with the Sunday Times Style magazine.
To end in style, Linda Burrows commissioned Jacqueline to create this fashion figure for this month's horoscope feature. Jacqueline herself sends a huge thank you and farewell to the team at Sunday Times Style.

Taming the Banks

This heroic masterpiece of a front cover comes from Jonathan Allardyce who created it for Prospect magazine.
The brief called for an image of FSA Chairman Adair Turner answering the need for stronger moral values for the banking industry.

Currently wowing all at the Perth Fashion Week is this anti-drink drive animation from the amazing Sarah Beetson.
The animations were projected onto the sides of several buildings in Perth City Centre, with the tagline: “Champers hampers driving skills”. Never has a police warning looked so cool.
See the animations.
Sarah Beetson's portfolio.

Neat Logo

“Simple” and “elegant” often work out well together, so proves Adam Larkum and this simple and elegant new logo for Edinburgh based publisher Bookspeed.
Utilising a neat lino cut effect, Adam’s series of oyster catch birds also features on book display stands.

In it to Win it

Cruising in for the big win is Bill Ledger and these comical animated creations for the latest Camelot National Lottery campaign. Bill's idea for a cardboard cut-out puppet theatre went down a storm with Camelot, who have developed the idea into an online game, as well as mobile phone animations.
See the animation hereBill Ledger's portfolio

How Ritz Get Made

This magnificently comical animation for the new Ritz Crackers website comes via the talented Katmo team, who were commissioned by CoCo Weir at JWT for Ritz.
The brief was to show the stages of the production process in a humorous factory scene populated with characters who are passionate about what they do. Says Katmo: "The animation loops, which was a bit of a challenge to get all machines, rollers, boxes, biscuits and movements in sync. A great challenge and great fun to do."Watch the animation.
KATMO's portfolio.

Dark Is Daniel O'Leary

Staring darkly and mysteriously from bookshelves across the land is Daniel O’Leary's front cover for "The Afghan" by Frederick Forsyth. Commissioned by Anthony Ramondo of NAL for The Penguin Group USA, Daniels' brief for the digital photo-illustration was to create a mood of shadowy mystery with only a suggestion of the character and setting to be shown. The hardback edition is on sale now, and the paperback edition will follow later this year.

Mark's Stylish Holiday Threesome

Mark Watkinson has been commissioned to illustrate three images for the Holiday Inn. Directed by James Mountain from Proximity London, the images are featuring in national press ads. In keeping with the simple and clean look that the Holiday Inn have been running, Mark's brief was to produce work that fitted this same uncluttered style.

Antonia's Animated Art

Traditional art meets Flash animation in a delightful e-card produced by Antonia Enthoven for the printers Ikon. The Quantos Consultancy commissioned Antonia to create a snowy festive London street scene which had to work in colour, as well as a monotone too. In the animation the scene opens in black and white, and you are invited to bring the scene into colour via a quick 3-minute memory game.

With Friends Like Tanja........

Tanja Szekessy's stand-out illustration work has been unleashed on six full-page images, and one front cover, for DAS MAGAZIN's December issue. With art direction from Inka Baron, and the theme of "friends" as the basic brief, Tanja's humorous and warmly odd illustrations each represents well-known friendships or relationships - such as the Three Musketeers, the Seven Dwarfs, and the girlie-crowd from "Sex & The City" - albeit without showing the original scenes or characters.

Ella's Big Yellow Taxi

Out now is "Anybody Out There" a novel by Marian Keyes, with a front cover by our very own Ella Tjader. Commissioned by Nikki Dupin at Penguin the brief was to show a swarm of beautiful butterflies and a yellow NY cab with a silhouette of a woman in the back seat. Pitching against three other artists, not only did Ella win the job, but her coloured rough was approved for the final art without changes!

Hunt Gets Shirty

Graniph; a design company based in Japan have selected Nadia Hunt’s sensational images to liven their tees. Nadia was approached after her work was spotted in Marie Claire UK and Semipermanent Book and now her work can be seen splashed across the chests of anyone who enjoys original art on their clothes. At a very affordable price, the limited edition shirts are glam and fun.

Biker Daviz

Vintage bikes get animated by Paul Daviz in his recent commission for Fanatic Scooters; a shop in Bristol which imports reconditioned classic Vespas and Lambrettas from India. The final animation is a cool intro to the shop’s website showing quirky characters driving their funky machines. Brrrmmmmm!

The BBC Goes Colour With Christopher

Christopher Corr is halfway through a delightful set of illustrations for the BBC's No 1 Ladies Detective Agency. Working with Paul Hocking at BBC Audio Books, Christopher's task has been to interpret "the really expressive story-telling" heard on the CDs in his own vividly colourful way. The first two audio books are out this month.

Expert in watercolour

We are equally as delighted to welcome Kathy Wyatt to the agency. Already a well-established illustrator in her own right, Kathy's formal training and understanding of anatomy and movement shines through in every outstanding illustration. An expert in watercolour, she has worked in advertising, publishing and film industries. Nice to meet you Kathy.