IGI member PJ Lynch gives a fascinating insight into the creation process for one of his recently illustrated books The Bee-Man of Orn.

Kevin McSherry explains his working method and what makes art fly.
From his blog: Double Take

It took two generations to reach the rocket age from Man’s first powered flight.
It took me three days. Here’s how, but first settle yourself in, make sure that your seat-belt is buckled and switch on your reading light. Enjoy the flight. The editor of the Irish Times Innovation Magazine called with a request for an image that would convey how businesses can learn from past failures. As usual, I sent in a few suggestions by email, sketched quickly with just enough information to show the thrust of what I thought would work for them… (more…)

SCAMP recently intercepted a series of communications between, IGI member, Chris Judge and his brother Andrew Judge working at a secret location in County Sligo. The brothers Judge had been collaborating via email on monthly strip called Dystopia for Totally Dublin when they spotted a competition in the Observer calling for artists and writers to come up with a one page story using the dimensions of the paper. They decided to do a one off story with a more complicated script which ended up being called Sudoku city. Cleverly this story can be read top to bottom and right to left. Below you’ll find the transcript of how it all happened…

Chris: Hi Andrew, Did you have a chance to look at the observer story competition?

Andrew: Haven’t had a chance to write anything down yet. I know the deadline is in four weeks, so I’ll have to get stuck in asap. Had you any further thoughts? Should it be one story or 2-3 interlinked?

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IGI member Steve Simpson gives us a step by step look at a recent project he illustrated for the Dublin Transport Office that is currently up around the city….

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IGI member, Peter Donnelly, has spent the last 20 years involved in both the illustration and animation industry, his distinctive style can be seen in many children’s books and on TV. Peter recently talked to SCAMP about how he breaks down a typical illustration project.
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IGI member Chris Haughton, recently listed by TIME magazine as part of their DESIGN 100, talks to SCAMP about his illustration & design work for the Fair trade company People Tree in Japan.

People Tree produce gifts and clothing through groups and projects set up to employ minorities or disabled individuals in the developing world who are without access to social welfare. Some of the projects set up help women who may have been divorced through domestic abuse or disabled individuals who would not be able to earn money outside of their family. We have made different products together from t-shirts and dresses to bags and stationery.

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Annie West, award winning IGI illustrator, talked to SCAMP about the cover artwork for Sharon Shannon’s latest album.
So Annie, tell us about it.

Phone rings and it’s Sharon.
Can I do an album cover, nothing too complicated…
Sure…
did a load of rough dummies of possible covers and headed for Galway.
Wow, fab, lovely said all the management team.
Sharon was unusually silent so I took that to mean I was heading in the wrong direction creatively.
Turned out she wanted something along the lines of the CBI poster I had done earlier on this year with loads of animals and things in it.
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