Target - On The Dot

Nadia Flower's beauty of an illustration is now live in the first issue of Target Style Files online magazine. Edited by Nina Garcia, Nadia's image makes for an eye catching cover. See it here.

Ian Murray's Scrapbook

Influenced by 1950's design, retro aficionado illustrator Ian Murray has been creating Scrapbooks for the last 28 years. Ian Murray's Scrapbook.

Repeat Patterns

Hannah Davies has been commissioned to demonstrate how to create your own repeat pattern and transfer it on to fabric and ceramic for the recent Computer Arts Projects issue 155.  Photoshop and a scanner being the necessary tools!

Family Mosaic

Over the summer Christopher Corr put his talents to creating this Family Mosaic Annual Accounts brochure. Just out in print,  this is a glorious celebration of Chris's colour, style and composition. He says of the job "FM are a London & South East housing association, very progressive and go-ahead. I like them."

Kellogg's Special K Promotion

Miminne has been busy with eight consecutive editorial ads for Kellogg's. The illustrations were created for SI STYLE magazine in Switzerland, working with Art Director Barbara Pastore. Miminne had to create a character called Keira for the Kellogg's promotional page in the magazine; a girl in her early 20's, who loves Fashion, Beauty, everything hot and new! Miminne says "When I first did sketches, I put a red bow on her head, representing a mirrored K shape, as in Kellogg's. The client was very happy with the idea, so we decided to have the bow in every issue, where possible. We also had her in different settings every month, in shoe shop, in park, in St.Tropez, in Paris, and at home. She was a happy and fun character to draw. I hope the readers enjoyed her presence, too."

Rathke's Groceries

Kathryn Rathke's fluid drawings for a Seattle based Grocery store are drawn with her elegant line. Commissioned to celebrate their 40th anniversary, the illustrations were used all over, from T-shirts to truck wraps. Kathryn says "They wanted to represent their freshest local goods: salmon (the Pacific Northwest takes a LOT of pride in salmon, it's the predominant symbol for our region, beyond Starbucks and Microsoft!), fresh baked breads, and our local Rainier strawberries."

Andrew Hutchinson's Scrapbook

Countryside & Wildlife illustrator Andrew Hutchinson on drawing inspiration from the wealth of nature around him. Portrait by Amy age 4.  Andrew Hutchinson's Scrapbook.

Nina Say Cheese

 Victoria Ball’s very cute illustrations for photographer Vanessa Lewis are now live on NinaSayCheese. Victoria has created some wonderful animal characters very suitable for the photographer's genre of work; she creates quirky, ethereal sets in which to photograph her child subjects. Victoria says “It was a fresh challenge for me to produce illustrations for use on a website. For this job, I worked in lots of separate layers so that there was the potential for elements to be animated further down the line. It was great to see it all come together with Vanessa's gorgeous photos.” And the photos are pretty amazing.  Have a look.

Raid 71 and Steve Jobs

We are thrilled to be representing Raid 71 (aka Chris Thornley), an artist with a wealth of design experience behind him, whom after a typography degree has chosen to take the illustrative path. Both experimental and playful, exhibiting worldwide and with a number of awards under his belt, Raid 71 has worked for Levi, Mercury Records, Lego and many more high profile clients. 

His more recent fame came with the death of Steve Jobs, and an image Chris created back in May this year. He says "an editorial I did sometime ago has been involved in an International news story relating to the death of Steve Jobs; (I'm) getting a ton of requests for newspapers to talk about it." It turns out a student in Hong Kong created an almost identical 'tribute logo', which has been 'creating a buzz in cyberspace'. The student admits his is not the original but neither a rip off. Read more here from Reuters and also from Macworld.

Soft Flora

This very sunny image from Steinar Lund has been produced for a Norwegian food company. The illustration is now being used as packaging for Soft Flora margarine, and appears on their website. Steinar says "The landscape was a composite of many photographs with various degrees of manipulation. The flower was based on a photograph, but extensively manipulated to create the right shape, then totally painted over digitally to give an airbrushed look." The commission was via DesignHouse in Norway for Norwegian Food producer Mills.

My Sister's Wedding

Created for his sister's wedding, this animation from Nick Murray Willis is an emotional, fun and happy celebration of her life and loves, leading to the marriage and for the future. Brilliant! Watch it now.

Guardian Guide

Chris King embraced the opportunity to illustrate the cover for the Guardian Guide last month, featuring Ryan Gosling. It's an illustration he is quite proud of and a striking one too. Chris says "It initially started as a piece about his new film 'Drive' but became more about the actor and his life rather than just focusing on the film (hence the dog/Hollywood star in the “Grand Theft Auto” inspired backdrop). Thanks to Stephen Jenkins (art Director at the Guide) who steered the ship."

Illustration Now! 4

We are delighted Kelly Smith is featured in the latest Illustration compendium from Taschen. Illustration Now! 4 shows some of Kelly’s beautiful fashion drawings and is amongst other talent such as Alice Wellinger and Michael Wandelmaier. 

 
"A fascinating mix of established master draftsmen and neophytes, working in a wide range of techniques, Illustration Now! Vol. 4 features 150 illustrators from 30 countries, including information about their career paths and lists of selected exhibitions. Also included are two introductory essays by specialists Steven Heller and Bruno Porto on current trends in the field, with a cover featuring the work of Gabriel Moreno."

Ice Cream Parlour Treats

Katharine Asher has produced these delights for a prominent London Store. Used in the publicity which recently opened their new ice cream parlour, Katharine produced more than 40 illustrations and says of the commission, “ They wanted my gestural, more free style but to pick out an element in a realistic style, (it was) quite challenging to make this work.”

We LOVE Art

Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance magazine features Ruth Rowland's hand lettered illustration on the opening page of its article. Ruth has cleverly combined word with image to produce this chalkboard style illustration, using the opening copy to outline the affects on American pupils when vital arts programmes are cut. Ruth says "This was one of several school-related options presented to the art director, who when he saw the chalkboard route, asked me to extend the illustration behind and around the opening paragraph to make a full page illustration, neatly combining the hand drawn lettering and typography."

ES Food Monthly

Emma Rios recently illustrated the cover of the debut edition of ES Food Magazine. Bompas & Parr were the art directors of the piece, which is inspired by old medical illustrations, with London representing the internal organs.