May 16th saw the arrival of the third Adobe Behance Portfolio Review night at The Copper House Gallery in Dublin. Once again, it was hosted by Lukasz Kulakowski and featured a range of speakers including award-winning Illustrators Ireland member Peter Donnelly. The annual event brings together local creatives in cities and towns around the world to present and discuss their work through their use of the online platform Behance.

Photo © Kevin Goss-Ross 2013

“It is a great occasion to network with the local creative community” says Peter. “The crowd on the night was a brilliant mix of people coming from design, photography and illustration. The opportunity to speak and hear about how people develop their work is always fascinating and it opens communication between those working in different creative fields.”

Behance is growing strong in Ireland with many professional creatives now joining the portfolio and discussion forum as the leading way to promote their work online.

Impressive is the best way of describing the line up for the Annual CBI conference taking place the next 18th and 19th of May in Dublin.

Guest speakers include translator, festival curator and journalist Sarah Ardizzone, ‘Prince of Preschool’ Hervé Tullet, bestseller John Boyne, comic book heroes Sarah McIntyre, Alan Nolan and Rory McConville, Claude the Dog’s creator Alex T. Smith, author of The Weight of Water Sarah Crossan, Brazilian author Ana Maria Machado, Cló Mhaigh Eo publisher Colmán Ó Raghallaigh and recent Caldecott medal winner Jon Klassen.

For more information or to simply book your place, visit the CBI website.

Recommended watch for all creative kinds.

Our Laureate na nOg is decorating one of the most famous shop windows in Dublin… It must be Christmas approaching!

It’s Design Week! Hooray!

There are huge amounts of amazing events going on all over from today (5th November) to the 11th, so there’s inspiration to be had everywhere..

For info on events and locations, check out the website here.

I’ve seen a top secret list of names, a list containing a few of the most interesting and creative people this island has to offer, a list of people taking part in a fund raising effort by the good folk at Damn Fine Print studio. Damn Fine want to create an inclusive, quality screen printing workshop & studio. They asked the creatives they admire most to submit a two colour poster inspired by “Damn Fine Dublin” and they will screen print them. 30 posters, €30 a pop, edition of 30. Exhibition on 6th December in BLOCK T Smithfield. They asked them, and they said yes, now they’re asking you. your going to want to be on this list. further details here – DAMN FINE DUBLIN EXHIBITION

Illustrators Ireland have been busy preparing the exhibition of the year – The Illustrated Beatles, taking place in the Grand Social, Dublin, from 23rd October until the 30th October…

The exhibition will feature 40 artworks inspired by 40 classic songs from the Beatles. The list of songs compiled by creatives, broadcasters and writers has been visualised by some of Irelands leading, award winning illustrators and the show promises to offer an astonishing range of work being done in this area.

You can get a taste of some of the amazing work on display by joining the Facebook group, but make sure you get down there to see it in person. It promises to be an amazing show…

This half-day seminar will take as its inspiration the increased visibility of graphic novels and comic books by Irish creators and/or concerning Irish themes. Chaired by children’s author and artist Oisín McGann, the event will take place at the Seminar Room in the National Library of Ireland 12th November, from 10am until 1pm. It includes a talk by Spanish graphic artist Luis Bustos, creator of Endurance, which chronicles Earnest Shackleton’s voyage. Admission is 5 euro.

On Saturday 8th October, Sawdoctor Leo Moran will launch Binjí – Madra ar Strae, written by Patricia Forde and illustrated by Brian Fitzgerald. This free event takes place in the City Library, Augustine Street, Galway at 12.00. All are welcome.

Small Print presents ABSOLUT Creative Edge. A fun creative experience for the artists and viewers and a cool 3 sided canvas with each side composed of a collaborative work of art by 3 artists!

Some Illustrators Ireland members will be taking part on the event. Check the line up below

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