Illustrators Ireland member Jon Berkeley created one of the most memorable pieces at an incredible show in his ‘Here Comes The Sun’ for the Illustrated Beatles exhibition. Thankfully, he also recorded his process in making it, so head over here for a fascinating look at how a top illustrator practices his craft.
I wish Julian Callos was a lot older than me, just so I could say ‘when I grow up I wanna be like Julian Callos’. For a gallery artist and illustrator around my age he always seems to me that he has accomplished so much already.
Being a fan of his for a few years now and watching his work & style gracefully develop has been a pleasure. His work always tampers with that childish naivety that I always connect to and his artistic techniques both in 2D and 3D have remained In my Top 5 ‘Awww I Wish I Made That List’ for the past few years now. Looking through Juliens portfolio Is kind of like the ending of that movie Big Fish. I won’t give the ending away to anyone who hasn’t seen it but you get carried away by these amazing little colourful stories that wrap you up In the happiest sadness. I’m totally cool if you want to put him In your Top 5 too.
Fade Street Social, Dylan McGrath’s new Dublin city centre restaurant opened its doors last week. Check out this highly detailed menu designed by one of Illustrators Ireland founding members, Steve Simpson.
The Illustrated Beatles exhibition by members of Illustrators Ireland opened at the Grand Social, Dublin, last Tuesday night, 23rd October, to resounding success.
The pieces looked incredible (hats off to the guys at Fire for a cracking print job) and the variety of style and talent was just amazing.
Illustrators Ireland member Mario Sughi (aka Nerosunero) can always be relied upon for a few snaps, and he has a lovely collection which you can see here.
The show comes down from the Grand Social’s walls tomorrow (Saturday 27th) at around 4pm, but don’t worry – there will be other chances to see the show, which will be announced closer to the time.
Congrats to all involved and to Illustrators Ireland Promotions Officer Peter Donnelly for organising a great show.
James Jirat Patradoon is an Australian illustrator who made me excited about animated gifs again.
Bright neon colours, sci-fi tinge – what’s not to love?
The above brilliance was made for an exhibition of his in The Tate in Glebe, Australia. But with work like this he could easily show the work in The Other Tate.
Check out more on his website
Illustrators Ireland member Jesse Campbell-Brown gives us an amazing insight into the process of creating his piece for the forthcoming Illustrated Beatles exhibition.
The song is ‘Paperback Writer’ and Jesse’s step-by-step invites you to go down a brilliantly seedy rabbit-hole*
*Unfortunate choice of language?
These amazing hand printed limited edition t-shirts from Ted Pearce continually seem to put me in a bind. Trying to convince my girlfriend at 2 in the morning that I am “honestly” checking out & interested In a illustrated portrait of Sade. They have also made me question who I am as an Illustrator and more so a man. I mean I look at these pictures from Ted Draws and all I can think Is ” Man I really wanna see those awesome T-shirt design If only those really hot models would just get out of the way, they are totally ruining illustration right now Ughhhhhhh!”
What a testament to great illustration when pictures speak louder than swimsuit models on a beach. I never thought I’d say this but I can’t take my eyes off that R-Kelly. If I was a builder and saw someone walk past with that Christopher Walken t-shirt I’d totally wolf whistle. If some dude was starting on me wearing that Eddie Murphy tee I’d so be there friend. Thats just the mad power that these incredible Illustrations have. Simple, straight up and even look good on good looking people. I’m sold. Check out all Ted Pearse’s t-shirt seasons and more of his great portraits here at tedsdraws.com.
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
Well, no – there’s only 7 to go until the illustration exhibition of the year (but if we had posted this yesterday like we meant it would have been a great headline)..
The Illustrated Beatles opens a week today in The Grand Social, Liffey St, Dublin on Tuesday 23rd October.
It’s 40 Beatles songs visualised by 40 of Ireland’s leading illustrators, with the songs chosen by all manner of creatives, broadcasters and writers – so it will be well worth a visit.
Here’s a taste of what to expect, and you can join the Facebook group for news too..
I’m sure most of us can remember a time when a client made a revision request that made you feel like calmly setting off a neutron bomb in your brain.
Well, Sharp Suits is an upcoming exhibition that might be for you.
Two guys who work in the advertising world got the ball rolling and created a set of lovely posters based around some ‘interesting’ client feedback soundbites and now they are planning an exhibition to take place during Design Week (15th – 11th November). And they are looking for you talented designers and illustrators to submit designs to sit along side theirs. And the best bit is that all proceeds will be going to Temple Street Children’s Hospital…
You can find all the details on the site or email verysharpsuits@gmail.com
Closing date will be Monday 29th October…
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