Joel C Boyer's Scrapbook

A mechanical pencil, ruler & digital calipers, all essential tools for medical & technical illustrator Joel C Boyer. See Joel's Scrapbook.

Sarah Beetson's Design Classic

Sarah Beetson's article for Computer Arts on her Coney Island design classic is to be re-published.
The piece which talks about Gregory and Paul's, an eatery under threat of closure, will appear in a new version of the magazine for ipad.
Sarah met the owner Paul at the end of 2011, before Hurricane Sandy changed the face of the Coney Island Beachfront. She says "We shared fried shrimp and coronas. I look forward to seeing Paul again in 2014. This time I hope to paint his portrait!"

Sarah Beetson and owner Paul in 2011

Sarah's article:

My design classic: Gregory and Paul’s

"Under threat of closure for decades, the Coney Island eatery is home to an inspiring array of handmade signage, says illustrator Sarah Beetson. Since 2002, I have made five pilgrimages to the place that inspires me most in the world: Coney Island, on the shores of Brooklyn. My most photographed spot there is Gregory & Paul’s eatery on the boardwalk, which has recently been renamed Paul’s Daughter. Founded by Paul Georgoulakos and his best friend upon their arrival from Greece in 1962, his daughter Tina now runs the show. The original building was constructed in 1939 with rounded corners and ornate wooden pillars. A classic in beachfront architecture, it was revamped in 2012. What’s really special about it though, is that it still incorporates all of Gregory and Paul’s original handpainted signage, with the cotton candy kids Chiefito and Chiefita, and Mr Shrimp still dominating the front panels. Brilliant as the new design looks to be, I’m still kind of sad that the ageing original has gone. Every single item available in the shack is written haphazardly in veritable Technicolor all over the walls; a naively brilliant exploitation of free advertising space. The signwriter has even lent his hand to a ‘Please Wash your Hands’ sign in the employee bathroom. There is a magically authentic retrograde feel about the diner that is evoked by the signs. The place is a permanent pastel- come-spaceage 1960s time capsule".

See more on Sarah Beetson's Coney Island Dream Campaign.

New Talent Alert: Joel C Boyer

We are pleased to announce that we are now representing medical, scientific & technical illustrator Joel C Boyer. His portfolio features new and emerging technologies, medical, how to, science, educational and editorial artworks.

Have you seen our new website?

After months of redesigning and thinking of how we can help you make your selection better, we are very excited to launch our new website.

A sharpened design so you can fly around many of the worlds' finest illustrators and then, when some work catches your eye, dive straight into their artwork in hi res, downloading portfolios, making collections, sending them to colleagues and tracking past jobs.

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There is more information on the artists and their work, including many video interviews. And we, their privileged agents, reveal all (well some) on the Meet The Team page.

Don't miss the testimonials that have had us all blushing, sent in by clients and artists alike.

There are other new handy features that will reveal themselves to you after a quick poke around, and we'd love to highlight a page that explains how every single one of our clients helps us to plant 1 Million Trees over the next 5 years.

Pacific Energy

Peter Kyprianou works with Draftfcb San Francisco to create 17 icons for Pacific Gas & Electric, a large US energy supplier. Focusing on the safety issues with gas and electricity, the pictograms with their clear informative style have been used on leaflets, animated banners, billboards and online. Jayson Ertelt of Draftfcb said of the Peter’s work “'Peter is an excellent illustrator, and was able to take our ideas from concepts to final iconography quickly and effectively.'

Willie's Skyscrapers

As they appeared in The Big Issue

Willie Ryan has completed a super size commission for The Big Issue! Asked to illustrate 12 buildings of various heights from around the world, the images were then placed on a double page spread as a graph-like design, showing the tallest to the smallest. Willie's informative icon style has enabled him to capture the architecture of the buildings in a simple way.

Excuse My French

Alyana Cazalet illustrates 'Excuse My French', published by Kyle Books. 

Originally commissioned for the front cover,  Alyana was then asked to make another 13 black and white drawings for the inside after much positive feedback from the Frankfurt Book Fair. Alyana says "(The) brief was to create humourous images at the opening of each chapter, providing visual intrepretation to some confusing (and amusing!) French and English idiomatic expressions." The book is out now.

Demining

Icon illustrator Willie Ryan creates 15 illustrations for the Geneva International Centre. Commissioned by Mark Evans at ACW, here we see four of the artworks which have been used on a poster for International Demining.