In early July IGI member, Steve Simpson, travelled from Dublin to sunny California for the biennial US illustration conference, ICON. Here’s his diary from the event:

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Here’s the latest work created by members of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland. 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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The Association of Illustrators had the launch of Images 33 at the London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle. earlier this week. The Illustrators Guild of Ireland had 2 members represented, Chris Haughton & Steve Simpson.
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The AOI illustration magazine, Varoom, has been re-branded and re-launched.
Varoom Issue 10, Summer 2009, £12, $25, €20. Cover illustration by Mirko Illic

Illustration Friday have an excellent interview with the multi styled Edel Rodriguez conducted by Yuko Shimizu.

Here’s the latest work created by members of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland. 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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Don’t forget the Summer Edition event is happening this weekend, 11am – 5pm this Saturday 4th July in Filmbase on Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin. It’s got free entry and will be jam-packed with the best of independent publishing from Ireland and abroad – artist’s books, comics and zines. There are readings and workshops which are all free and you can sign up to on the day – there’s an excellent pop-up book workshop by Maeve Clancy and Cliodhna Lyons is doing a cool monoprint workshop as well as readings by Boris Belony and Eccentric City Newspaper’s Harry Palmer.

In this months contribution, Brian Fitzgerald takes us on a fanciful tale of high jinx with some wonderful wild-west illustration and storytelling. Thanks Brian (more…)

To Celebrate Faber & Faber’s 80th year of publishing they have issued 6 wonderfully illustrated books of selected poems by T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, John Betjeman, Ted Hughes, W.B. Yeats & Sylvia Plath.
Designer: Miriam Rosenbloom. Illustrators: T. S. Eliot (Clare Curtis), W. H. Auden (Paul Catherall), John Betjeman (Joe McLaren), Ted Hughes (Mark Hearld), W. B. Yeats (Nick Morley), Sylvia Plath (Peter Lawrence).
Thanks to Scalder for the link

The National Gallery of Ireland has been given a wonderful gift of of ten superb original colour illustrations by Harry Clarke (1889-1931) which were executed for Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Fairy Tales’, published in 1916 by Harrap & Co. in London. The jewel-like colour illustrations, all in pristine condition, have been in a private collection since the 1920s. They were recently purchased and presented as a gift to the National Gallery by Lochlann and Brenda Quinn.
As part of the Gallery’s Summer Lecture series celebrating the acquisition of these wonderful illustrations, PJ Lynch will be giving a talk on “The Technique of Illustrating Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘Fairy Tales’”, with particular regard to the Clarke paintings of course on Tuesday 16th June 10.30am.
Talks are free and take place in the National Gallery’s lecture theatre. No booking required. For information, contact Education: 01 663 3505
So if any of you are up and about in Dublin early next Tuesday, do come along.