New Talent Alert: Lisa Beta

Lisa Beta is an illlustator & character designer who gathers ideas by taking a look at the everyday world from another angle. Clients include BBDO, Amnesty International and KFC, take a look at her humorous portfolio...

Mace Bauer Mysteries

 

small images for spine and back

Gail Armstrong creates two book cover illustrations for Llewellyn Worldwide.

'Mama Gets Trashed' and 'Mama Does Time' by Deborah Sharp are part of the Mace Bauer Mystery series; stories based in Florida involving biologist Mace and his mother who stumble upon murder victims and then feel compelled to investigate. The brief was to make artwork that reflected the humour in the books whilst feeling 'light, fun and colourful' to evoke the Florida warmth. Gail says "... I worked with a palette that seemed to reflect Florida colours and created the front cover image that illustrates a key event in each of the books. The type and background repeat pattern work to tie the books together visually. There is also a smaller, related image for use on the spine and back of each of the books."

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).

Liam O'Farrell at the Affordable Art Fair

Michelin Building, London

From tomorrow, watercolour artist Liam O'Farrell will be exhibiting at The Affordable Art Fair in Battersea.
Obsessed with 'day to day' stuff and the architecture surrounding us, Liam's paintings effervesce with recognisable characters, places and buildings. The exhibition continues until 27th October.  More information here.

Primal Instincts

Daniel O'Leary produces an amusing illustration for Gotham Magazine, New York.

To accompany an article describing how 'even ladies with a certain level of decorum and sophistication can be reduced to their most basic primal instincts when battling for coveted designer clothes', Daniel's realistic style makes the situation look quite plausible!

Rhymes My Mother Never Told Me

Duncan Beedie's collection of illustrations for 'Rhymes My Mother Never Told Me' by Bill Burkland live up to the hilarious nature of the book. An 'anthology of puerile, childish rhymes about all things toilet-based' suited Duncan's humour down to the ground! With pieces such as 'Sweet Bread Farts', 'Tony's Tiny Bladder' and 'The Poop Between Her Toes', you can imagine how much fun Duncan had! The book is out now.

Tequila Mockingbird

Towards the end of last year Lauren Mortimer illustrated 'Tequila Mockingbird'; a cocktail book published by Running Press.  The book which contains recipes based on classic novels is now out and available to buy!

Lauren was commissioned to produce 40 full page illustrations, as well as the cover. She says "My job was to illustrate the recipes incorporating key themes from the book upon which it was based. I used only graphite, creating quite surreal images throughout; (Lord of the Mai Tai's, Charlie and the Chocolate Faketini, Gin Eyre are a few of the titles....), it was such a fun and great creative project for me...it also got a great review in the Evening Standard (news)paper.".