Illustrator Roger O’Reilly sends us his February Sketchbook for your viewing pleasure. This month he was sketching from the enticing venue of Luton Airport at night. Enjoy.

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On another Lincoln based theme this week, illustrator Maira Kalman’s new illustrated essay for the NY Times is based on a trip to the Lincoln Museum in Philadelphia. Check it out here.

Given the imminent release of the Watchmen movie, here’s an interesting video of Dave Gibbons explaining the process of constructing the panels for the comic.

Many thanks to Illustrators Ireland member Scalder, for this insightful interview with children’s book illustrator, PJ Lynch.

PJ, congratulations on another beautiful publication. You’ve been at this a while – how many books have you illustrated now?

Thank you. I have been at it a while alright, Scalder, but I haven’t done that many books. Less than one each year. I have a list of about twenty titles.
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This funny, irreverent and as far as I can tell anonymous rewriting of an old Ladybird children’s favourite brought tears of laughter to my eyes. The superb artwork is certainly by John Berry, principal artist for Ladybird Books through the 1960s, of whom more in later posts. I wonder what he would think of this? You can see the complete set of spreads here.

Is it March already? Wow where are the months going? Well if you are looking for something to mark the passing of Time (it won’t make it pass slower but rather keep track of it in a more visually interesting way) you could do a lot worse than call into your local AIB and ask for a copy of their 2009 calendar – Dots On A Map. Designed and curated by myself and Richard Seabrooke, it features the talents of 12 leading Irish Illustrators each choosing a very local tale from around the country.
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