Modern Men

The evolution of man is given a thoroughly modern twist with Max Gregor’s stylish illustration.  This fantastic editorial image is to be found within the February pages of Company Magazine where it is illustrating an article called "Modern Men A User’s Guide".

Louis The Tiger Who Came From The Sea

This sensational image is just a taste of the many from Sholto Walker’s latest children’s book “Louis The Tiger Who Came From The Sea”. Published soon, Sholto worked very closely with Canada/US based publishers Annick Press on the 28 artworks. They were very clear about the Tiger character they wanted, Sholto says: "…he went through many versions! They've since let me know how very happy they are with the result." More about the book.

January Flair Winner BOOMARTWORK

 

Congratulations Eric Van Den Boom of BoomArtwork. He has won Creativematch's January Flair Competition with a superb image originally done for Ray Ban. A prize truely deserved, Eric now awaits an Apple ipod plus much exposure on the Creativematch site.

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!"

Montana Forbes's Scrapbook

American artist Montana Forbes tells of the her love of living in London & the unique inspiration she finds in this city. Montana Forbes's Scrapbook.

Pumpkin Planet

Greg Becker has illustrated this visually stunning book "Pumpkin Planet", not only that, he can add another feather to his cap as he is also the author! "Pumpkin Planet" is a beautifully told story about a planet where everything is made entirely of pumpkins, and living on it are the Pumpkin People, who help a troubled planet Earth reconnect with nature. He has created a blog which is intended to chart the development of the book and attract feedback from as many directions as possible

Le Monde

Some people have all the luck! In this case, it’s the residents of France who are able to feast their eyes upon Richard Phipps’s weekly offerings for Le Monde Magazine. Commissioned by Art Director Cecile Coutureau, this commanding image is just one of the portraits he delivers on a weekly basis. Tackling news and current events, Le Monde's timescale means he has a very short deadline in which to create his wonderful illustrations, a real achievement!

Sholto Walker's Scrapbook

Bicycle enthusiast Sholto Walker talks of wheel building, Otto Dix and medieval England.Sholto Walker's Scrapbook.

Number 1 Press Campaign in the World

Gail Armstrong's award winning campaign created with JWT London for Kimberly Clark has won yet another award, and one which is truly the icing on the cake. Achieiving the title of Number 1 Press Campaign in the World for 2010 is something to shout about, well done Gail! Have a look at The Big Won Report for more info.

Top 10 Press campaigns in the world 2010

Campaign	Agency	Points
1. Yes/No campaign – Kimberly Clark	JWT London	46
2. Billboard Magazine campaign	AlmapBBDO Sao Paulo	41
3. Living Room/Campaign - Sima Foods	Elephant Cairo	30
4. Screams campaign – Strepsils	EuroRSCG Spain	28
5. Vespa campaign	Ace Saatchi Philippines	26
6. Great Emotions – Zürich Orchestra	Euro RSCG Zürich	25
7= Everywhere URL	Y&R Johannesburg	20
7= Melting campaign – Perrier	Ogilvy Paris	20
9= Cause & Effect campaign – Harvey Nicholls	Team/Y&R Dubai	19
9= Aircraft, Baby, Prisma – Rolling Stone	Ogilvy Frankfurt	19
9= Gun, Palms, Mask – Tribune	Juniper Park Toronto	19

Walsom Exhibition

This atmospheric painting is fresh from the fingertips of the extremely talented John Walsom. John currently has his paintings on exhibition at Portland, The Gallery 80 Hill Rise Richmond TW10 6UB. For a chance to indulge yourself in more of John’s vivid artworks get yourself to the exhibition before the 31st January. The gallery, in the heart of Richmond is concentrating on paintings of the surrounding area, John being one of 13 exhibitors.

Petition to support Pro-Action’s campaigning work

Petition to support Pro-Action’s campaigning work
The Pro-Action group is tackling unfavourable contracts and bad contract practice, such as the issuing of retrospective contracts, from visual arts commissioners, and the support of the visual arts industry adds weight to our campaigning work.

The Association of Photographers and Professional Cartoonists Organisation joined the Association of Illustrators and the Society of Artists Agents in the Pro-Action group in 2010, substantially increasing the number of visual artists Pro-Action represents. Help us challenge bad practice and sign the petition at http://www.pro-action.org.uk
Our most recent contact has been with the Bauer Media group who publish many magazines, including Grazia, Take A Break, FHM, Heat, Empire, Q, Spirit and Destiny. You can see the points we raised with them over their Commission Agreement under Our Works on the Pro-Action website.

If you have any questions regarding Pro-Action, please ask your agent or contact Derek Brazell at info@pro-action.org.uk or 020 7324 7221

Tiger Woods

This powerful portrait of sport’s legend Tiger Woods is the handiwork of illustrator Robert Carter.

Commissioned for the LA Times the article takes a look at Tiger Woods on the anniversary of his famous episode last year which started his rapid decline both on and off the course. Robert's capture of emotion is sensational.

Dennis Juan Ma's Scrapbook

Chinese born illustrator Dennis Juan Ma tells of his education in New Zealand and sharing a studio in Auckland. Dennis Juan Ma's Scrapbook

Daria Works For Tesco

December sees a wealth of Christmassy illustrations, it is said that decorations should be down by the end of today, so lets squeeze this one in by Daria Jabenko, done last month for Tesco Magazine. The project was called "Make it Magical!" -  a 9 page long Christmas guide.

Nuno in Vogue

Last month saw Nuno Da Costa's glam debut in Vogue Magazine.  He says: "...it was a real dream come true. It's my first commission for Vogue, I am over the moon!..." Let's hope we see more of Nuno's work on Vogue's pages soon.

Bill Greenhead Stiky Pages Wins Prestigious Cartoonist Award!

It's called the Planet Cartoonist Ink Link Award. Only the very best can win this! Those that do have to be darned good! We're so proud of his site and of the cartoonists who have gone out of their way to contribute to the project. It's in its 3rd edition. As well as showcasing Bill it also features another of our illustrators John Adams, plus many well respected cartoonists. Its aim is to revive the underground comedy comic scene using old and new material. Check it out at ww.stikypages.com

Merry Christmas

Illustration Ltd would like to wish you all a warm and woolly Christmas with Alan Baker's latest delightful animation.Alan was commissioned by Ivy Publications to create a short animation to promote "Knitivity" by Fiona Goble, a children’s book which gives instructions on how to knit a nativity scene, he was given a free hand to do anything within good taste and the result is this absolutely brilliant animation climaxing in a disco dancing Jesus. Don’t miss out seeing it here.

Ruth and James

It's been a musical summer for lettering artist Ruth Rowland.

Hot on the heels of the Lennon job, she has just completed the latest James Blunt album. "Some Kind Of Trouble" plus his latest single, "Stay The Night" sees loose, brush style lettering created to work with the overall design of the packaging which has an old school, scrapbook feel. The layouts were put together traditionally with sellotape and paper and then photographed. The style is also taken through to James Blunt's website.

An Imaginary Menagerie

If you have the winter blues then Andy Hammond's latest project is sure to bring a smile to your face.

"An Imaginary Menagerie" is a recent personal project, with illustrations created by Andy and the words dreamt up by his good friend David Drew. The result is a thoroughly amusing 40 page book of rhyming couplets in glorious colour, he self published a few copies to peek the interest of publishers, it’s a great coffee table book!

Bourjois's Flower

Who better than Nadia Flower to illustrate Bourjois’s latest advertising campaign.

Her delicate graphics were commissioned by wonder agency Talents Only in Paris, this elegant illustration can currently be found gracing the pages of the latest magazines and also displayed at points of sale within shops.

An Austrian Advent

This cheery design is the handiwork of Tim Bradford who has just completed this wonderful advent calender for an Austrian Bank via agency Identum Communications.

Tim’s bright and lively style is perfect for this busy winter scene, he explains, "...It’s my take on a traditional winter christmassy scene, I took inspiration from a recent holiday travelling around Austria and a visit to Alpenzoo in Innsbruck!..."

Tallon on Design Week

Ben Tallon is the artist behind this powerful image which was used last month on the front cover of Design week.Illustrating a feature on designers’ music projects, Ben’s portrait perfectly captures the strength and attitude of D.J, mu

Spam Head

Next time you receive a junk email you may be able to put a face to the name! The extremely talented Kavel Rafferty has completed a limited edition, bespoke book called Spam Head.

Kavel explains, "The book is a collection of portraits based on the strange and sometimes wonderful names that arrive uninvited to my email account every day, trying to sell me designer replica watches, Viagra and other such nonsense. I wanted to make portraits for these funny faceless folk...." Made in collaboration with Sam Arthur at Nobrow the signed book is available here.

A Digital Hockney - Derek Bacon

We are thrilled to welcome Derek Bacon to the agency. His montage style is rooted in his love of the ordinary. The work is narrartive, contemporary and striking.

Hungry for Their Art

The Art department from the Saturday Independent set up a foodie photshoot for Philip Bishop to take one step further and illustrate, and promptly ate all the goodies before getting the photos back!

I Could Be an Angel

Norwegian born illustrator Steinar Lund works along side international music and portrait photographer Perou, on The Eighties Matchbox B Line Disaster's new single and upcoming album. The collaboration between photographer and illustrator proved very inspiring for both sides. Perou celebrates individualism with a unique perspective on the world and Steinar relished the opportunity to explore a more surreal & gothic side to his illustrations. The single 'I Could Have Been An Angle' is out already and the album 'The Royal Society' is out in October.

Andrew Selby's Winning Entry for 3X3

Andrew Selby has had an illustration selected for 3x3 The Contemporary of Illustration inaugural Professional Show. Andrew's winning entry was originally commissioned by Scottish design group Redpath, back in spring 2004, for clients the International Council of Shopping Centres. The Illustration was part of a set of four designs for use as pavilion banners and point of sale publicity material. Titled "Environment', the successful digital illustration joins 99 other winners out of a total of more than 1450 entries from all over the globe.

Andrew's work will now be reproduced in the first Professional Show annual and there will also be an accompanying exhibition in New York at the end of this year.

Its all about Egg on Toast

Paul Daviz has created an animation for this new charity's website. "It's all about egg on toast' was set up by Shane Ward to help men overcome the difficulties brought on by the break up of a relationship and the subsequent seperation from their children. Shane wanted positive imagery to show how fathers can over come the barriers that keep them apart from their kids. In his graphic style, Paul achieves emotion and sensitivity to the subject matter.

Toro! Toro! Toro!

Derek Bacon has created a cracking action packed illustration for Canadian magazine Toro.. Art director Alicia Kowalewski, to complement an article on the Ontario hockey League and their coach commissioned Bacon's to create an illustration of the team.

Passion for fashion

Ella Tjader creates exquisite feminine pieces with a curly line and vivid colours . With a passion for drawing fashion and beautiful women, Ella is also opened minded about new subject matter. Working in a combination of illustrator, photoshop and good old-fashioned sketching on Paper the results are truly stunning. See for yourself...

Nick Cave as Orpheus

Sharif Tarabay has really pulled something unique out of the hat for Mojo Magazine. For the review of Nick Cave's new album, Sharif has illustrated him as orpheus.

' Orpheus an obvious rock 'n' roll hero as he played the Lyre, was a hit with the ladies, and was doomed. Also founded a frenzied cult.No wonder Cave uses him as a touch stone. ' MOJO MAGAZINE.

Wicked Willie:Reloaded

Gray Jolliffe has brought us a tour of the Wicked Willie world with his new book Wicked Willie: Reloaded. Including subjects such as Love, Where Willie came from and many more, this’ll definitely spice up your Christmas. It’s been 20 years since Wicked Willie was created and he’s still going strong, after selling over 5 million books his fans can’t get enough of him! It’s a great Xmas present and a great laugh.

Creative Match illustrator of the month - Derek Bacon

'Biker Nick' was commissioned for a tutorial on getting lighting right in Photomontage. Working in photoshop nick sucessfully brings chear with his sunny side up street scene.

Award Winning Cube

The super talented Cube team are really in the zone it's official! Their 'Model Managers Kit' illustration done for JD Weatherspoon , commissioned by Mark Rice of And Advertising, won 'Best Advertisment' at the Communicator Awards in America and was also a finalist at the B2B awards in the UK. The success doesn't end there! It has also won a recruitment Gramia at the Grocery Retail Advertising and Marketing Industry awards 2004 . (other wise known as the Gramia's) Three cheers for Cube and Mark Rice!

Mark Oliver's success with D&AD nominatio

Mark's genius has been recognised along with excellent design work from Design Bridge, London. The punch and Judy packaging illustrations for Roche are truly unique.

The Beach is Calling

Ruth Rowland puts her magic calligraphic touch to a new Coca Cola campaign. Not only did Ruth work on their copy ' The Beach is calling' , she also supplied a series of loose illustrations to match the script. With a very tight deadline, involving three time zones!! Ruth admits that prior to working with a computer she wouldn't have been able to complete the job on time. Millions will get to enjoy the fruits of Ruths work across Australia on posters , packaging and point of sale.

Humans, Cats, Dogs & Sex!

The one and only Gray Jolliffe makes life easy for us by categorising his work at this latest exhibition at the The Chelsea Arts Club . Best known for his Wicked Willie character, Gray's show was launched with a lively private view last night. The event was naturally well attended by an effervescent crowd who were very keen to plant red dots all over the walls. Gray had thought of pricing his works on a different scale all together: - Not funny, Fairly Funny, Very funny, & hilarious! The show continues until the 28th of June.

Illustrations are taken from three books which are to be published later in the year:- 'Dialogues with Dogs', 'Chats with Cats' and 'Wicked Willie Re-Loaded'.

No No After You!

A goose or a turkey, which do you choose this Christmas? Mark Oliver has created an amazing animation for our Christmas greeting this year, humour together with great draughtsmanship, technique and style, Mark’s mouth watering temptation also provides a visual feast. We should warn you to enter with caution. See the animation at http://www.nonoafteryou.com and Mark's whole portfolio at http://www.illustrationweb.com/MarkOliver

Exotic Montana

One of our new and fresh artists to join the team is Montana Forbes. From Atlanta but living and working in London, her sultry and exotic illustrations are just what you need for the Xmas blues. Montana is a fashion illustrator who is influenced by Fine Art, Pop Art and Japanese animation.

Welcome Vincent

Welcome on board Vincent Vigla! A Paris based illustrator who has complementary techniques and uses a great sense of humour to create both amusing and alarming characters which live in rich and emotive environments. With a wealth of international clients he also finds time to teach aswell as animate……take a look at his world.

Click here to see Vincent's full online portfolio. http://www.illustrationweb.com/vincentvigla

Bannister illustrates Rudyard Kipling

With 5 volumes to illustrate Philip Bannister is working his way through an exciting project for the Folio Society. Possibly the biggest job that the Folio Society has yet produced, the ‘Complete Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling’ are allowing Philip to use his strong drawing technique to its full potential. The job is due for completion in March so with interior illustrations, covers and the slipcase design yet to be produced it’s a project Philip has really got his teeth into. Joe Whitlock-Blundell is the Production Director at the Folio Society responsible for commissioning the artwork.

Bill Greenhead wins Nexus Award

Comic book hero Annual Report for Whittington Hospital NHS Trust wins the Nexus Award for the second year running! His brief was to illustrate the entire job as though it were an American superhero comic, he had to adapt his style considerably for the job swapping his cartoonist head for more of a ‘Marvel Graphic Artist’ head. The Report got masses of local interest and Whittington entered it for the Nexus Annual Report and Primary Care Prospectus Awards. A winner! John Stewart at Causeway Communications commissioned the art and was a dream to work with.

Victoria Ball; Our New Childrens Book Illustrator

We are very excited about Victoria Ball; the imaginative and prolific children’s book illustrator who has joined us recently. She has a rich wealth of images already commissioned since graduating from Falmouth College of Arts, her beautiful technique has already been successful with the BAFTA Award winning children’s series ‘Ripley and Scuff’ for Children’s ITV. Check out her cheeky characters.

Selfridges Tribune

Caroline Church and David Downton are both making fashion headlines on the cover of the first ever edition of the Selfridges Tribune. Warren Jackson of Fifty -One creative commissioned Caroline to create the masthead in her timeless scraperboard style. Her illustration of the famous London store can also be seen in the windows of the famous London Store! The ever-Stylish fashion artist David Downton's front-page illustration accompanies the headline story: - 'Dressing up secret exposed' Yes ladies we apparently now free to be elegant ….

Frith and Glenfiddich

Michael Frith has just completed a fantastic portrait scene with Presky Maves for Glenfiddich. This combination of unlikely companions (including Picasso and Fidel Castro), relaxing with some of the finest whisky was the perfect job for Michael, having been commissioned to do hundreds of portraits throughout his career. Used as a Direct Mail piece this illustration was commissioned by Kevin Reece; Art Director at Presky Maves and is being sent out as we speak!

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Willie's Green Fingers

Willie Ryan’s first passion isn’t gardening but for the last 2 years he has been very close to the finer details of digging, weeding and sowing. Tim Shearring at The Telegraph has commissioned Willie consistently for a weekly Saturday spot in the Gardening section. The illustrations are printed fairly small which is fine for Willie’s very graphic icon-like style, he is also left to do pretty much what he wants given the flexibility of the Art Director’s 'the quirkier the better' approach. The images continue to be fun to do and infact inspirational for Willie, what more could an Illustrator want?

Steinar is very Healthy!

Lund; photorealist extraordinaire has been working with Peter Bates at Ambler bates on a new range of healthy fruit based yoghurts & smoothies for Gourmet Joe's Pretzels. In the UK they have shops in London, Oxford and Manchester but are due to open another 10 stores this year making them become the UK's leading American Pretzel brand. Steinar has used his skills to effect with a collection of illustrations of fruit and smoothies no customer could turn down, the fruit looks so ripe it has to be real!

Barry's Soups!

Warm up this winter with some Covent Garden Soups. Barry Patterson has now completed over 30 illustrations for the successful cartons ranging from his favourite which is Mushroom to Spicy Haddock Chowder to Broccoli & Blue Stilton. A job which has been on going for about 3 years, the illustrations are commissioned by Clare Devonport at Reach Design. Barry’s colourfully rich style provides a great eye catcher for the soups on the shelf, have you ever seen food illustrated with such depth and passion?

The Italian Job

Alan Baker gets the royal treatment form an Italian publishing client. Having tted at the Bologna book fair, start up company Filipo woo Brighton based Alan. He received an all expenses paid trip out to Turin to talk about working together on a series of fantasy teen titles. In his own words he was treated like an illustration guru, over restaurant tables given folios to look through form other Italian illustrators, so that the 'master' could advise on how they could improve. For a short while Alan thought he had died and gone to illustration heaven!

Though the client has turned out to be quite exacting and the budget for book covers not in the same league as their expenses kitty!! It's still makes the job a sunnier experience all round.

Ella Helps Out

A couple of months back a team from the design agency iLovedust UK came up with an idea to publish a book of graphic design, illustration and photography to raise money to help charities deal with the Tsunami crisis in Asia. Ella Tjader, queen of the feminine and beautiful line has been selected to appear in the book, along with some 240 contributors. “A Book Designed to Help” will be launched around March 15th by the renowned design publisher Die Gestalten Verlag (dgv). It’s an affordable hardback indulgent book containing over 1000 artworks across 304 pages. Ella’s distinct and elegant style will be sure to lift the page. For more information about the book go to http://designedtohelp.com See Ella’s entire portfolio at www.illustrationweb.com/EllaTjader

We have a Rockstar

Richard Phipps has recently completed a tremendous artwork for the US magazine Guitarworld. The commissioner Andy Omel briefed Richard to illustrate an article on a guitarist called Yngwie who was popular in the 1980's and played somewhat in the style of Paganini, mixing rock and classical music. The brief was to produce a portrait that would reproduce opposite an 18th century drawing of Paganini paying his violin, and to be in a period style to match. Richard took great care in getting the paper texture right and also (most importantly for the guitar enthusiast) drawing Yngwie’s Fendler Stratocaster correctly. After being saved by a family member who told Richard to "check the number and position of the dots between the frets", Richard realised he couldn’t afford for the detail even to be slightly off, guitar lovers maybe picky about their guitars but the illustration was bang on target

Clever and Indulgent

We are very fortunate to now represent Steven Pattison. With a background as a Graphic Designer his rich, fun, conceptual and humorous illustrations stand out from the crowd. He has an amazing use of colour, collage and drawing technique which when fused with his design abilities, create images near to perfection. With work commissioned over a wide spectrum of subject matter and variety of uses Steven Pattison is the dream illustrator both to represent and to commission.

Bacon Re-Designs Brussels

Derek Bacon has just finished a commission for a Brussels based agency to promote the re-development of the city. Speculoos (the design agency) were asked by Brussels City Council to promote 4 large areas in order to find investors for the building of new urban areas. Derek so cleverly mixing his photomontage with imagination and vision created the images which have been enlarged as exhibition panels and are currently being shown at the Mipim at Cannes – the biggest real estate fair in Europe. He says about the job; ‘with no idea of what the actual architecture will eventually look like, the illustrations had to show the developments in a more abstract way’, as the areas are currently old railway zones it was a test of Derek’s vision of what such a big city could look like. Derek was given a blank canvas in the most extreme sense!. See Derek’s entire portfolio at www.illustrationweb.com/DerekBacon