Here’s some recent work created by members of Illustrators Ireland (IGI). Each member has submitted one of their favourite illustrations from the previous month, either commissioned or personal. Follow the link below to see all this month’s entries.
Apple’s new iPad looks pretty fancy but there’s not much about it that would entice creatives into using it. No muti touch Photoshop or Illustrator!
One nice app that will be available on it will be a full size Brushes app which is already popular ion the iPhone.
More about it on Gizmodo
From The Small Print:
“We were delighted to be able to help out The Poster Cause in their fund raising for the disaster in Haiti by getting some of our friends to donate some wonderful art like the above example by Nathan Jurevicius. Others by Jon Burgerman, Massimo Vignelli, Sergio Mora, Steve Simpson, Nora Krug, Serge Seidlitz, Build, Conor&David and more.
Please support this endeavour and get yourself some cheap as chips posters!“
I’m sticking with the legends for this weeks Book with a View – this time with Shirley Hughes.
The incredibly prolific Hughes (who has illustrated more than 200 books and written fifty) has dropped from public conscious (and bookshelves) over the last few years.
I heard her name in a bookshop this week and it was met with a blank stare – followed by a quick visit to google. She’s a winner of several Kate Greenaway Medals and an OBE!
I took my sketchbook everywhere: you go out, hang around playgrounds, get an eye for the way children look, cluster together, run off. You draw very fast, train your memory, then go back to the studio and make it all up. You get that look of when they are a little anxious or distressed — that’s how you convince your audience. – Shirley Hughes
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‘Book with a view’ is a series (every Tuesday) on children’s book illustrators – from Sendak, Benson, Shepard and Blake right through to the next generation of Dunbar, Haughton, Jeffers, Child and Sharkey. I’m no expert and I’m open to any/all recommendations – I’d love to find books that I’ve never come across – so if you have a suggestion, send it on.
John Berry, who illustrated Ladybird books for 20 years passed away recently. The Guardian has a nice write up of his life. You can find prints of Ladybird book art here.
More crayons. That’s what the world needs. Solve all our problems. Although it seems it’s happening anyway, as according to ‘Crayola’s Law’, the number of colours brought out doubles every 28 years. So by the year 2050, there’ll be 330 different crayons. That’s a lot of colour choices for a 5 year old to wrap their head around.
Illustrators Ireland member Brian Fitzgerald recently attended a DIT end of term concert. Check out his sketchbook from the event.
Andy Rementer has been producing a brilliant, funny weekly comic strip called Tecno Tuesday for the last few years. A great way to waste away a dreary afternoon with a cup of tea.
Also check out his London Marathon video.
(Thanks Mike)
Giddy Studios are proud to announce their Spring illustration evening courses with guest illustrator Chris Judge as lecturer. The courses will run for four weeks during the months of February / March 2010.
Chris Judge is one of Ireland’s leading professional illustrators and will be your dedicated lecturer during the full course. The course takes place in Rathfarnham in the relaxed atmosphere of the very comfortable Giddy Studios, with weekly projects, lots of tea, coffee, Tunnock’s Tea Cakes and general chat about the world of illustration.
Course One: Beginner’s Course in Illustration
Dates: Tuesday Feb: 9th, 16th, 23rd & March 2nd 2010
Course Two: Intermediate Course in Illustration
Dates: Wednesday 10th, 17th, 24th & March 3rd 2010
Fee: €250
Mail: giddy@giddystudios.com to sign up.
The super talented Tomer Hanuka has uploaded a fine ’step by step’ process post to his blog.
