Once a month we showcase the latest work by members of the IGI, where you can see all the members portfolios. Follow the link below to see all this month’s entries.
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The first issue of Dublin’s newest independently produced comic is being launched Wednesday, 4th June 2008, upstairs in The Stag’s Head, Dublin 2. Last Bus, by Patrick Lynch, is a 24 page black and white comic about bus drivers, passengers, absent friends, and the aftermath of an argument. There’s gonna be some funky tunes, live music, some free stuff and, in addition, the comic will be on sale for the first time.
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Illustrator PJ Lynch demonstrates how he plays the roles of characters in the scene from Gulliver’s Travels, before drawing up his sketch and finally painting the eight foot panel in oils.

Now that the dust has settled since the IGI had its AGM a few months ago, the task of reviewing applications of new members has begun in earnest.

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Donough O’Malley and Tony Gold as the newest additions to our group.

“What if…?” An exhibition of Illustrations by Annie West, Kevin McSherry and Fintan Taite opens in Gallery Zozimus Francis St. Dublin on June 5th at 6pm. Everyone welcome, come as you are.
The deliciously chocolatey Sam Smyth is doing the honours assuming there is nothing of earth shattering importance happening in Leinster House that day (Ha. Very funny).

Re-drawing the Line: a symposium exploring contemporary issues in illustration. 5th June 2008, London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle, 10:00 – 17:30
A one-day conference open to professional illustrators, designers, artists and creatives from related industries, as well as students, offering inspiring presentations, cross-disciplinary panel discussions and lively debate on contemporary topics and trends that are shaping the industry.
More info available on the AOI’s website

Steven Heller has compiled a detailed catalogue of images for Print Magazine that use the ‘between the legs’ framing device from past to present.

Here’s an interesting article on Colourlovers on the history of the colour wheel. This article on the creation of color in Eighteenth-Century Europe is also worth a read. Alexander Theroux’s ‘The Primary Colours‘ is a great read on the same subject.

Pencil nerds rejoice! At Pencil Talk you can find everything you could conceivably want to know about the latest pencil trends and news. With everything from ‘rating the top Japanese pencils’ to ‘The Great Debate: sharpened or unsharpened‘.

In this previous post I had a chat with illustrator Mike Topping about his cover illustrations for the new Sherlock Holmes series from Penguin. He worked closely with designer Coralie Bickford-Smith on this project and I thought it would be really interesting to get them to describe the working process from both the illustrators and designers point of view.

And they kindly agreed!

Over to you Mike and Coralie…

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