Witches Trees

Inspired by a story of witchcraft and murder, Steinar Lund produces this suitably eerie illustration. The tale, set in 1737 in a town in Wiltshire, tells of the death of 130 people and the blame given to four sisters who were subsequently accused of witchcraft. Steinar's illustration and video show the 'Witches Trees', the place where each one was buried after their murder.

Arturo Ui

Steinar Lund works with Feast Creative to produce this illustration for the play The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui showing in London now.
After a receiving a photo of the actor Henry Goodman, Steinar set to work creating the body and cat. He says "The actual costume was sent down from Angels The Costumiers which I then modelled myself and photographer Robert Dixon took the reference shots. Robert has a nice big cat that fitted the brief, but alas he was not happy with me holding him.......in the end I used many different references to create the final 'digital' cat".

Tubular Bells

Final Cover

Final Art

Ian Naylor completes a wallet cover illustration for Prog Rock Magazine.
Commissioned by Art Editor Russell Fairbrother, the illustration was for a feature on the meeting of Mike Oldfield and Richard Branson and the subsequent success of the 'Tubular Bells' LP back in the 70's. With the album cover being so iconic, the brief was to produce a slightly modern take on the original whilst retaining it's look. Ian says "The magazine has really good production values, lovely print and very well put together with a card wallet enclosing the magazine......this is my fourth wallet cover for them and they are good fun to work for. The Tubular Bells cover was fun to do but I nearly drowned at Morecambe taking photos of the sea!"

Steinar Chills Out

 

Steinar Lund must have donned his thermals to produce this illustration for the cover of easyJet Traveller Magazine! The brief was to create a group of 'family' ice lollies with a frosty background for the June issue, Steinar says "I had to experiment with various characters to get the right family look despite a tight deadline."  Art Director Mat Wiggins said of the result; "This looks great ...! I really like the melting bit."

Palmolive Pleasure

Barry Patterson works with Colgate Palmolive to produce these images for a European in-store campaign. With a brief to create a border of natural ingredients used in the Palmolive range of products, Barry triumphs with these wonderful frames giving both scent and colour.

Trick or Treat?

Celebrate Halloween with these two pieces from Steinar Lund . The treat is a book cover done for HarperCollins Children's Books as part of the Bliss Bakery trilogy by Kathryn Littlewood; due out next year. And the trick....a very eerie one at that, is a personal piece originally created as part of a video idea. Which one will you choose?

Mega Sandwich

Steinar Lund's stomach must have rumbled when he created this 'mega sandwich' for The Mail on Sunday at the end of last month.  Used in the newspaper's 'Live Magazine', the image was to show the top fillings for sandwiches in the UK. Steinar says "I photographed all the various fillings separately, a few bread slices then compiled them in Photoshop. The client wanted an illustrated look so I went over the artwork with a digital brush to get the desired effect." Mmmmm...

Cloudspotting for Beginners

'Cloudspotting for Beginners' is an illustration completed by Steinar Lund for Country Life Magazine. Published last month, the piece is for an article on the types of cloud we generally see in the UK, Steinar says "I often walk in the English countryside at weekends and take photographs, including clouds. Consequently I had a lot of cloud photographs which helped in doing the image. Although I was not previously aware of the technical names of clouds, I can now impress/bore my friends by pointing what type of clouds are above our heads!"

Las Vegas Weekly

Anthony J Foti's talents were commissioned for the cover of Las Vegas Weekly in March. The painting was to highlight their new 'Burning Man' themed art walk.

First Time Nerves

First Time Nerves is an exhibition of images by Derek Bacon. Running from March 16th-30th 2012, the show is an exciting celebration of his illustrative and personal work.
 "Entirely self-taught, Derek is an accomplished illustrator best-known for his many worldwide covers for The Economist, as well as for UK publications, The Times, The Guardian, Maxim, and Wired, and too for other publications around the world. The exhibition is a great chance to see his highly-detailed work in close-up, and to see his skills across a range of disciplines: from more traditional pen-and-ink work, to digital paintings made entirely in Photoshop. Also on show will be a series of acrylic-based portraits painted last summer. Born in London, Derek has lived in Madrid and Jakarta, and for the longest, in Poole. He likes Carry-On films, fish and chips, Giles cartoons, The Beatles, and is a big collector of found-sound. You have been warned."
The exhibition takes place at The Artworks, Enefco House, Ball Lane, Poole Quay, Poole, England.

Bliss

 

'Bliss', a magical novel for girls has been illustrated by Steinar Lund recently for HarperCollins. Due to be released in March, and the first in a trilogy, Steinar has created his own piece of sweet imagery, sure to attract all girls' taste buds! The story follows Rosemary Bliss, a girl who has turned ten and seen her mother fold a lightning bolt into a bowl of batter. She realises then, that her parents make magic in the Bliss Bakery.

Simon Williams's Scrapbook

Traditional & Digital illustrator Simon Williams shares an insight into his creative worlds in both Wales & Kent. Simon's Scrapbook.

Soft Flora

This very sunny image from Steinar Lund has been produced for a Norwegian food company. The illustration is now being used as packaging for Soft Flora margarine, and appears on their website. Steinar says "The landscape was a composite of many photographs with various degrees of manipulation. The flower was based on a photograph, but extensively manipulated to create the right shape, then totally painted over digitally to give an airbrushed look." The commission was via DesignHouse in Norway for Norwegian Food producer Mills.

Craig Foster's Scrapbook

Specialist medical illustrator Craig Foster on how brainstorming, flow charts & environmental influence all play a role in his idea generating process. Craig Foster's Scrapbook.

Terry Pratchett Covers

Now on his fifth cover, Tom Steyer gives the German Terry Pratchett editions some modernisation. Manhatten (Random House) commissioned Tom to illustrate bright, bold and memorable images, Tom says: "The technique I use enables them to apply the illustrations in various ways. For example the back covers and insides and tear-out bookmarks can have different versions i.e. different camera angles or lighting of the same subjects. All elements can be isolated and reorganized to form additional scenes. Furthermore all objects can be animated to promote the books on websites".

Kit Kat Red

Kit Kat's current 'Break and Win 10K' campaign is illustrated by Cube.

Seen on all the wrappers and packs, Cube made the images last year for the promotion which is creating mouth watering anticipation for the purchaser. Cube says: "(It's a) Bit of a pinnacle in packaging work at 200 million bars a year (in the UK)"

Beto Campos on The Simpsons

Beto Campos has recently completed the concept art and photomanipulation of the book cover, "Under the Dome", by Stephen King, and to add to this, it was recently parodied on Simpsons! Season 22, episode 6 at 18  mins 45 secs to be exact! How exciting!

 

Credits: 
Studio: Platinum FMD

Concept Art: Betocampos

Manipulation: Betocampos, Flavio Teixeira, Milton Menezes and Flavio Albino.

3D Modeling: Fabio Bispo (Djavan) and Rafael Vallaperde

Toys

James Patterson’s upcoming novel "Toys” published by Hachette Book Group is full with Daniel O’Leary’s clever photo real images. Daniel was asked to do several images for the interior of the book, one of which the author chose for the cover. This is one of a series of illustrations being used for promotional purposes, all of which will be published in subsequent editions of the book.

Resources of Autism

Derek Bacon has had a print of one of his pictures auctioned recently, along with works donated by Peter Blake, Anish Kapoor and Mary McCartney.  Derek was asked by the charity "Resources for Autism" if he would participate in their art exchange, which he did! To see a report on the event click here.

Steinar Lund's Trick or Treat Scrapbook

In time for Halloween, realistic illustrator Steinar Lund shares his two portfolios, dare you Trick or Treat?