Foire De Lyon

Danny Allison is commissioned by Publicis Lyon to create an image for 'Foire de Lyon'.
The event in March, which will be celebrating sixty years of Rock takes place annually in Lyon, France. Danny's cool lion illustration was born from this link to the host city.

Bill Wyman Logo

Ruth Rowland works on the new Bill Wyman logo for his official web site.
Ruth says "The development stage included a range of hand rendered styles, from handwriting akin to his own signature to this wilder version of his name using a dry brush to create a distressed, edgy mark. Combined with the designer's bold background and retro photo, the lettering makes a powerful impact on the music legend's homepage."

Grab a Good Book

Vicky Scott completes another illustration for Smart B*tches Trashy Books.
Used on their website, the design was created to convey the idea of relaxing and curling up with a good book. This is the second in a series of illustrations featuring the quirky looking girl and her cat which Vicky has produced for the 'intelligent, romantic novel review site'.

Abibliophobia

Do you have abibliophobia? If not and you're unsure of what it is, Vicky Scott's recent illustration for Smart B*tches Trashy Books explains it all! She says " I illustrated the word Abibliophobia (the fear of running out of reading material) by showing a girl and her cat camping out in the library and desperately trying to stuff books into the tent." The piece is currently being used on the book review site.

Green Wednesdays

Nick Murray Willis  produces another witty animation, this time for Nice and Serious . Used as a promo for Green Wednesdays  - an idea 'to connect influential people with the best environmental and ethical films in order to bring about change', the animation carries the message with Nick's wonderful line drawings and characters. See it here.

Starbucks China

Mark Oliver's magnificent work for Starbucks China is now live.  JWT Shanghai commissioned Mark for ten illustrations, each of a different planet to represent ten Frappuchino flavours. The illustrations also had to accommodate a photographic image of the Frappuchino. Mark says "The plan was to create an amazing HTML 5 animation for the web and all illustrations had to be complete within three weeks."  See it here.

Paxton: Keys versus Keycard

Nick Murray Willis's work for Paxton continues with this animation explaining the benefits of a keycard in the workplace. Nick's clever use of line and clear thinking has produced this piece of moving art which gets the message across with a sense of fun. Nick says “I had to approach this animation differently to the previous Paxton animation, I thought showing the advantages of the keycard at the same time as disadvantages of an ordinary key would be really effective. The timing had to be spot on so not to confuse the viewer with the double scenario.” Nick has been commissioned to produce one animation per month for Paxton, to be used on their website. Watch the animation now.

Readathon

 

 

Keith Robinson was really pleased to be asked to redesign the branding for the children's reading charity Readathon.  He had to create a unique character (now named Jamie) in a simple and bold style to be used on web and print branding, and also to design a hand-drawn Alphabet for the logo and other 'Headlines' text. Readathon encourages reading for pleasure, reading for fundraising and reading to help sick children, so a very worthy cause, Keith says "The logo itself had to incorporate Jamie being lifted up by a balloon, to convey the joy of reading for pleasure. In the future I will be creating more illustrations for use on promotional material. They will feature Jamie and other characters as they enjoy the adventure of reading."

The Knits Before Christmas

Twas The Knits Before Christmas

Noah's Knits

Alan Baker has done himself proud with another two animation promos for Ivy Press. 'Twas The Knits Before Christmas' and 'Noah's Knits' are the latest knitted creations to come from the amazing Fiona Goble, and Alan has used her woolly characters to advertise the books, which celebrate both Clement Clarke Moore's evocative 1822 poem and the well known biblical story.  Watch 'Twas The Knits Before Christmas'. Watch 'Noah's Knits' (German version).

FRAME X FRAME Blue Cross Christmas

Nick Murray Willis's e-card for The Blue Cross is a fantastic celebration of the 12 days of Christmas. WATCH IT NOW.

Target Style Artist

Montana Forbes has completed work for Target Style Artist of the month.

The campaign is to promote their collaboration with the label Calypso ST. Barth, which is featured on their Facebook  and Twitter pages. Montana had a fantastic time working on the project, summed up by this dazzling result.

Thomas Sabo Diary

As resident illustrator for Thomas Sabo, Jacqueline Bissett continues to wow us all with her simply beautiful illustrations. Her latest images currently grace the jewellers website and can also be found within the pages of the Thomas Sabo Diary, a promotional giveaway to clients. She says: "I'm enjoying my second year of working for them, they keep me busy all year round! As soon as I've finished the 2011 catologue, I'll be working on a new (secret) project to celebrate their 5th Birthday for Charm Club!"

FRAME X FRAME Skoda Lovely or Mean

Cube have created interactive animations for Skoda's website, launched to link with Skoda's new VRS TV ad. See whether you're 'lovely' or 'mean' here.

FRAME X FRAME Ritz Factory

Take a look at Katmo's glorious Ritz production line, commissioned for the Ritz Cracker website. WATCH IT.