After five happy years Scamp’ing we’re moving blogging duties to a new home at Illustratorsireland.com. A big thanks to all those that contributed stories and work down the years. We’ll keep the archive up for a few months.
IGI Member David McClelland show us today a therapeutical way of creating new work.
As a freelance illustrator I find I am vulnerable to comparing my work to ‘more successful’ illustrators’ work. This in turn can result in an opinion that I am failing in some way.
The truth is I could never be like Jillian Tamaki or Tomer Hanuka because I’m not Jillian Tamaki or Tomer Hanuka; I am David McClelland.
In realising this I drew the mini comic “function” which helped me get a grasp of how to appreciate who I am as an artist and which direction I should follow based upon who I am rather than what other people say I should be.
IGI Member David McClelland show us an original way of standing out with your marketing materials.
For me business cards get old really quickly. Now being an artist I should include a piece of work on my business cards but if it takes me a year to move a bunch of cards that image can suddenly get old and irrelevant. My solution was to print out blank business cards and use them as a mini sketchbook creating individual pieces of art reflecting the time, my surrounding and what I’m thinking about.
The 32nd edition society for news design awards were announced earlier this week – IGI member David McClelland won an ‘Award of Excellence’ for his 9-page comic and cover for The Times “Election’10” supplement.
Working with The Times’ art director Alex Breuer, David illustrated a day-to-day account of the election story from Gordon Brown announcing a general election on 6th April 2010 to the results being announced on 7th May 2010. You can view more images on David’s portfolio website.
All you budding and aspiring illustrations (and old hats too!) get along to see some fine work by student’s of IGI Member Adrienne Geoghegan’s now famous Boot Camps! ‘Picture This’ exhibition is a collection of artworks by 18 Boot Camp students of Illustration and Picture Book art.
The exhibition is at the Exchange Venue, Exchange Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 on Sunday 10th April at 3pm. Come and enjoy our Tea and Homemade Refreshments!
What’s better than 70 of Ireland’s leading illustrators, designers and photographers airing their dirty laundry in public? It has got to be 71 of Ireland’s leading illustrators, designers and photographers airing their dirty laundry in public, right?
Illustrators Ireland have lined up a return for the Laundry exhibition running from 21 – 27 October in Filmbase, Temple Bar in Dublin.
If you missed it the first time – here’s a second chance to peak through the keyhole and see the murky, guilty, and embarrassing side to Irish creative folk.
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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IGI Member Mario Sughi has a solo show in Manchester starting next week. Make sure you check it out if you are around.
The exhibition is curated by Blank Media Collective.
Mario Sughi: “A New Sense of Emptiness”
Opening 9 September 2010
Greenroom, Manchester, UK
The exhibition is curated by the Blank Media Collective and it will run throughout 23 October 2010.
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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:
IGI Member, Eoin Coveney, share with us one of his last commissioned work. A very nice project indeed.
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