Showing posts with label illustration art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illustration art. Show all posts

Sunday, September 20, 2009

On the go with Katmo


People travelling on Traveline South West are in for a visual orgy of posters, bus sides and adshells thanks to the creative brains at Katmo.
The team have created a wondrous series of colourful characters—each of whom relates to a certain destination in the south west of England. .

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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!”

Monday, September 14, 2009

What Women Want




Telling it like it is, is Ruth Rowland's lettering skills and this no-nonsense cover for Newsweek Magazine.
Using her favourite lipstick and working directly onto glass ("tricky but fun"), Ruth was commissioned by Newsweek's Bruce Ramsey to apply her trademark lettering style to powerful political effect.

Friday, August 21, 2009

A View Of London



Reeling in the pride are four of our top illustrators who have been selected to exhibit at the AOI/London Transport Museum exhibition, “A View Of London”.
Gail Armstong, Natalie Kilany, Mike Stones and Christopher Corr were chosen from over 200 entries for The London Transport Museum show, which opens to the public on 18th May until 14th June. You can see Gail’s entry meanwhile online at the exhibition site here. Gail Armstrong's portfolio. Mike Stones's portfolio. Christopher Corr's portfolio. Natalie Kilany's portfolio.

Sweet Job for Cadbury



Ruth Rowland has been asked to work on a new logo for Cadbury's popular chocolate assortment, Roses, originally introduced in 1938.
The distinctive blue packaging has been retained, while Ruth has added textured brush lettering combined with clean graphics to give the packaging a more contemporary and spontaneous feel.

Six of the Best



Chris Ede is behind these excellently rendered portraits for Soho House Quarterly Magazine.
Working initially with ink and later reconstructing in Photoshop, the six portraits show the magazine’s house guests, and appear in the Spring issue 2009, and also online here.

Slippy Feet



The team at CUBE are now iphone application developers, with the creation and release of their “Slippy Feet” game. Produced entirely at CUBE studio, this home-grown piece gives players the task of helping Slippy the penguin to slide and jump his way around the icebergs in 12 challenging Antarctic levels. Irresistible! See a glimpse of the fun.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

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.

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!

Peter's Creations Come Alive In Budapest

Budapest is the showcase location for Peter Meszaros' animated oddball creations. Peter has animated various characters from each scene of the performance at the MU Theatre, where he can be seen veejaying the animations live on the stage during February and March.

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.

Bag Lady Sarah



The incomparable Sarah Beetson has sold the rights for the US company Littlearth to use one of her illustrations on one of their very wonderful Fender bags. Retailing at $280 a piece, we are sure her design will sit very comfortably on these particularly cool accessories! Littlearth discovered Sarah through our site.

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.

Friday, August 7, 2009

There's no better way to finish the year than with this crisp and sensual image from Montana Forbes, wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a healthy New Year. Montana wanted to sum up the spirit of the time using a female representation rather than the traditional Santa Claus. We all look forward to more creative fun!

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.

Russ Mills In Playstation Farewell

US Playstation Magazine have commissioned the mighty Russ Mills to illustrate a full-page piece for an article on Dr Richard Marks - inventor of the Eye Toy Playstation accessory. Commissioned by Ryan Vulk at Ziff Davis Media in the US, this quality illustration makes its appearance in the magazine's final closing issue.

Meet Masha

Masha Karpushina’s world appears black and white on the surface, but a recent confidence with colour and an intensity of both line, subject and skill has engaged us. Her client list includes Kube Media, Crate and Barrel and UOVO Magazine, whilst her numerous collaborations have her working alongside Moscow’s top make up artist Natasha Vlasova on a beauty project. She is unique.