Illustrators Ireland member Cathy Dineen is the latest illustrator to be commissioned by An Post for their annual greetings stamps designs. The stamps are available in a 10 stamp booklet and first day cover. Well done Cathy!
Once again we’re showcasing the latest work created by members of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland. Each member has submitted one of their best illustrations from the previous months, either commissioned or personal. Follow the link below to see all this month’s entries. (more…)
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.
For this month’s sketchbook, Brian Fitzgerald takes us on an illustrated history of the bit that protects your tackle, the saddle.
I always presumed the stirrup hung with the saddle from the moment it was invented until I looked closely at the Roman sculptures and icons. (more…)
Lazy-Atom on Creative Ireland writes: Anyone catch the documentary on Channel 4 on Tuesday night on the graphic artist Johnny Hicklenton, who has been filmed for the last 6 years suffering from degenerative (obviously) multiple sclerosis? (more…)
Scamp contributer Steve Simpson talks about his recent trip to the Society of Illustrators in New York.
I traveled to New York last week to attend the Society of Illustrators Book and Editorial Awards night. It was an honor to have one of my illustrations, Mr Brown selected for inclusion in the 51st annual and exhibition. I was truly inspired by the standard of the work on show, much of it from some of the biggest names in illustration today.
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SCAMP recently gave a mention to Kellie Strøm and his excellent book, Sadie the Airmail Pilot. Following up on that we have an interview with the man himself where he talks about how, using models, photoshop and traditional techniques, he created this distinctive style.
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This video was compiled by Philip Scott Johnson. It’s a timeline of depictions of women over the last 500 years. It’s captivating, magical and quite inspiring. According to the blurb supplied with the film, the music is Bach’s Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 performed by Yo-Yo Ma. For a complete list of artists and paintings visit here.
Once again we’re showcasing the latest work created by members of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland. Each member has submitted one of their best illustrations from the previous 2 months, either commissioned or personal. Follow the link below to see all this month’s entries. (more…)
