This report in from IGI member and Illustrating Illustration Exhibition curator Ale Mercado after the opening of the show on Friday.
The artists involved were Saturio Alonso (IRL), Steven Aylin (IRL), Melinda Beck (USA), BRENB (IRL), Ina Fiebig (GER), Jordin Isip (USA), Ana Juan (SPA), KEKO (SPA), Alé Mercado (IRL), Paula Sanz Caballero (SPA), Chris Sickels (USA). (more…)
Scamp is delighted to announce 3 new members to the Illustrators Guild of Ireland (IGI).
Welcome Niamh Sharkey, Dimitri Van Wezel and Gary Shore.
For anyone looking for information on applying for membership you can visit the IGI website.
A few new books I spotted that may be worth a purchase. How to Be an Illustrator by Darrel Rees gives a great overview of working as an illustrator from business advice to industry interviews and promotion tips. Sometimes I Think, Sometimes I Am is the latest book by Sara Fanelli in her inimitable style, and Hall of Best Knowledge is the new book by Ray Fenwick, hand lettering maestro extraordinaire.
Opening this Friday in Kilkenny is Illustrating Illustration. An exhibition that explores the art form of Illustration, offering the audience a tour of the process from concept creation to the final reproduction of the image.
The exhibition was initiated and is directed by Mary Butler, Arts Officer Kilkenny County Council. She invited Kilkenny based award winning illustrator Alé Mercado to curate the exhibition alongside her. Artists taking part in Illustrating Illustration are Saturio Alonso (IRL), Steven Aylin (IRL), Melinda Beck (USA), BRENB (IRL), Ina Fiebig (GER), Jordin Isip (USA), Ana Juan (SPA), KEKO (SPA), Alé Mercado (IRL), Paula Sanz Caballero (SPA), Chris Sickels (USA).
Illustrating Illustration takes place in Gallery: No.72 John Street, Kilkenny, Ireland. Dates: 13th June – 25th July 2008. Opening hours: 9am -1pm + 2pm – 5pm Mon – Fri / 12 – 4pm Saturdays . Further details contact the Arts Office on 056 779 4138. mary.butler@kilkennycoco.ie / niamh.finn@kilkennycoco.ie
Here’s a sample of the abundant illustration work I spotted at the NCAD VisCom Graduates Show 2008. The show is open until June 15th so get along if you can, as well as to all the other graduate shows on at the moment. The DIT show also usually has plenty of illustration, so if you have any pics send them on.
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For all those finding it hard to get excited about the Euro 2008 Football Championships without Ireland to cheer for and England to mock, can find solace in the great illustrated/animiated opening titles for the BBC’s coverage. The titles are produced by Aardman Animation and are wonderful I think.
You can view them here and there is a great 5 min video on the making on them here.
In other football illustration news check out this great site for the book Football Heroes. Click on the right hand image and it turns the page. Some really great illustrations in here.
Mark your calendars! The next international SketchCrawl day is set for Saturday June 21st. This is something I’ve been talking about doing for a while, just talking. If there’s enough interest it wouldn’t take much to organise a Dublin event at the very least. Check out the forum, doesn’t seem to be an Irish thread yet.
Sketches by sketchcrawl founder, Enrico Casarosa
Computerlove has posted an interview with Jenny Mörtsell, whose detailed pencil drawings are much sought after. Check it out here. There was also a recent interview with Jenny in Candy magazine.
What would happen if your occasional schoolboy foray into the world of heavy metal art motifs never wained as you got older? well I guess you’d end up pretty darn good at it for a start. Pingmag has a post of Death Metal artists work and some of it is good stuff, in a Chapman Brothers kinda way.
A welcome addition to the World Wide Web is the new/first website by IGI member Brian Fitzgerald. A nice mix of Editorial and Book illustrations as well as a selection of sketchbook pages.
Check it out here: www.brianfitzer.ie
