Dan Sinker, the author of ‘The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel’ gives a brief evolution of Paul Hornschemeier‘s cover for the book here. Do take a peek at Hornschemeier’s quite brilliant daily drawings too.
Check out this interesting Heller post on the invention drawings of Steven M. Johnson.
The AOI in London is putting on a business orientated series of illustration courses. Looks like it would be worth a trip over for. Starts 12th September.
As it states in its first issue, The Stripe is a new Dublin freesheet that offers “the inside track on what gig to hit when you’re trying to fake hipness to impress a date.” I haven’t laughed so much in a long time reading it. Above is Illustrators Ireland member Steve McCarthy creating the cover for the current issue (finished cover below). It comes out every two weeks with issue 2 out this Thursday. Photos: Malcolm Mc Gettigan
Illustrators Ireland member David McClelland was invited to do some live painting last weekend at Kings of Concrete a street art, music, dance & urban sports festival held in the Civic offices, Wood Quay, Dublin.
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Illustrators Ireland member Steve McCarthy has been interviewed in Kim Hartes blog about his children’s book. Check it out here
Illustrators Ireland member Donough O’Malley shares with us his sketches from a recent trip to Poland. Enjoy them!
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Vodafone commissioned five Irish artists from different disciplines to create unique artwork. The artists involved were Kilkenny graffiti artist Danleo, Dublin stylist Aisling Farinella, Waterford born illustrator Kathi Burke, photographer Steve Ryan from Kilkenny and Cork born Eoin Coeveny (above) who is a graphic illustrator.
Comics journalist Dan Archer talks on the potential of digital, interactive comics to effectively tell complex stories. The whole graphic journalism area holds some interesting potential for the future of illustration and journalism. Here’s another longer video presentation: The Future of Journalism is Comics.
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.
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