Thursday, 30 October 2008

Evil Ink | Makes It's Mark On Images 33

"Evil Ink" has been selected by the AOI to appear in next year’s forthcoming Images 33: - The best of British contemporary illustration Exhibition 2009.

The AOI’s annual jury-selected illustration award and exhibition. Images features the most influential and innovative contemporary British illustration and provides an overview of the wealth and variety of contemporary illustration produced in the UK today, from traditional line drawings to the newest digital techniques by established and new talents of British illustration.



The exhibited works have been selected by well-known illustrators and creative industry specialists, including art buyers and commissioners from publishers, magazines, newspapers, advertising and design agencies. Images exhibit around 80 original art works, which represent the best of contemporary British illustration in the categories Advertising, Book, Design, Editorial, Student and Self-promotion. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue, which includes full-colour reproductions of all the works.

For Further Details Log On To:www.aoiimages.com

FAST LANE is published by Hachette Childrens Books: www.hodderheadline.co.uk

Wednesday, 10 September 2008

Images 2008 | AOI Awards Book

The Association of Illustrators is pleased to present Images 32, the most prestigious and comprehensive illustration annual in the UK today. Each year more than 4,000 copies are distributed to promote the best of British illustration to the design and publishing industry worldwide.

Images is the UK's leading illustration competition, annual, awards show, and touring exhibition dedicated to showcasing the very best contemporary illustration published in the UK. Images is unique in that it is Britain's only jury-selected illustration competition, judged by a highly regarded panel of industry experts, spanning multiple categories.

The annual celebrates illustration excellence and is distributed to a specially targeted list of international commissioners and sold worldwide.

For more details click on: - www.aoiimages.com



All photos of the Images 32 Exhibition were taken by: - PBK Photography

FAST LANE | Blow-your-socks-off fiction for teens who aren't keen to pick up books

FAST LANE is series of children’s fiction books aimed at young, disengaged teenage boys (12- 14-year-olds with a lower reading age). Primarily for sale in the UK to the school and library market, the books tackle tough subjects using simple language and exciting story-lines.

For more details and the read the Publisher and industry reviews Click on: -

www.waterstones.com

www.amazon.co.uk

FAST LANE is published by Hachette Childrens Books: - www.hodderheadline.co.uk

Tuesday, 9 September 2008

Artswhore & Pimp Visual | An Art & Illustration Promotion Portal & Visual Blog For Creative Delights

WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT? Essentially it's a visual blog of sorts. A visual blog of art and illustration. Artswhore serves both a personal need for a place to post work that I come across in my web travels, as well as a portal of sorts for you to self promote your artwork. For more details just click on: - www.artswhore.com

Monday, 8 September 2008

Basics Illustration: Text and Image | Now On Sale

Basics Illustration: Text and Image by Mark 'Wigan' Williams. The second book in the successful "Basics Illustration" series looks to the history of illustration for inspiration from medieval manuscripts and hieroglyphics to the contemporary. It also examines the production of artefacts, for example artists books, graphic novels, posters, and handmade typography, stencils, graffiti, and fonts designed by illustrators. Published by AVA Publishing SA. www.amazon.co.uk

Sunday, 7 September 2008

THE SAATCHI GALLERY | Online



Saatchi Gallery Online is commission free and includes the work of 100,000 artists who have loaded up their profiles on to the site. The site currently receives over 60 million hits a day and is used by artists, collectors, gallery directors, art critics and museum professionals around the world. After the success of their online galleries for fine artists and photographers, which launched in 2007, they have recently opened the Illustrators online gallery, where illustrators from around the world can exhibit work free of charge, on their individual profile page.

For further details click on:- http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/illustrators

Saturday, 10 May 2008

Creative Bone | Putting Flesh To Bare Bones



Creative Bone is an innovative, dynamic and unique multimedia company specialising in Broadcast Television, Film, Corporate Video, Music Promos and much more. Many people over the years have quoted the phrase “You don’t have a creative bone in your body”, - from presidential candidates to movie stars. They were probably right as we’ve collected all the bones and housed them under one roof, for you to exploit! From a pool of industry professionals working in TV, Film and Commercials, Creative Bone have hand picked the most experienced and talented staff to help you achieve your company’s goals. Our Ethos is to push boundaries and to look at each individual project from an imaginative and creative perspective. Enabling it to be original and stylized as well as informative and most importantly true to the brief. You bring the bare bones and we’ll breathe the creative life.

To view website click on: -www.creativebone.co.uk