Smart Money

Smart Money commission Joseph McDermott for their annual "Broker Survey" issue.

Joe has produced a punchy powerful portrait in his pop art style which works dandy as the front cover.

Joe McDermott hits Wales

This retro image is from a commission completed by Joe McDermott at the end of last year. Joe Says: "In fall 2010, Fflic Productions in Wales commissioned me to create a few pieces for their TV show "Hip Neu Sgip?: Yn erbyn y cloc" (Hip or Skip?: Against the Clock) that were used to make-over the cafeteria at Ysgol Y Strade, Llanelli, Wales. The students and volunteers executed the work, and did a really great job." All the  dynamic results can be seen here.

Hello Joe

We welcome Joe McDermott to our team, an illustrator based in the city of Philadelphia, USA. He brings to our books a style heavily influenced by his upbringing on comic books, creating Pop Art illustrations in the vein of Roy Lichtenstein. Joe’s vintage comic book style has brought commissions from clients such as Smart Money Magazine and Chemical Heritage Foundation.

Two Woes In A Row

It was two front covers in a row last month for Derek Bacon with these powerful images for international publication The Economist.

Working to ultra-tight deadlines alongside cover editor Graeme James, both images capture the rising economic and political uncertainties currently being felt in the USA in quite stark but striking ways.

Fashion Masochist

Kavel Rafferty takes a light hearted approach to the challenge of this illustration for Boston Magazine US.
The subject matter ‘Fashion Masochist’ shows our girl expressing her fashion angle by wearing a blonde afro, this supported an urban fashion feature in the Connoisseur; Style Article section of Boston magazine. The commission by Designer Betsy Halsey sits perfectly with the edgy article.

Tackling Preconceptions

Martin Hargreaves recently completed these powerful adverts for the Charity CCFD, commissioned by Euro RSCG C&O in Paris.

Martin’s illustrations help to challenge the way we look at 3rd world poverty and question our pre-conceptions, the paintings show first an African boy with the words “This is not an African pauper. This is an enterprise creator”, this is one in a series of many equally powerful adverts which are currently being featured across Paris.