Illustration News
Rene Gruau: Fashion Sketches From 1946-2000
The BMW Museum is dedicating a special exhibition to the world-renowned fashion and advertising illustrator Rene Gruau, who died in 2004.
Varoom! 17: Contemporary Illustration Through the Eyes of the World
How do you design whisky labels for China? Has Bollywood rediscovered the lost art of film posters? Are Brazilian and Russian artists pursuing similar visual styles?
Jamie Hewlett Designs Limited Edition Bottle for ABSOLUT
ABSOLUT have launched their latest limited edition bottle - the ABSOLUT London. The bottle is a collaboration with artist Jamie Hewlett who has created a bottle design with characters representing a unique take on London's style and fashion pioneers over the past 200 years.
European Design Awards 2012
The European Design Awards 2012, a comprehensive annual awards program that recognizes the best of graphic design, illustration and digital design in Europe, is now open for entries.
Association of Illustrators Appoints Heng Khoo as Managing Director
Heng Khoo has been appointed as the new Managing Director of the Association of Illustrators (AOI), the organization that campaigns for rights on behalf of its members, and his arrival comes at a time as it prepares for its 40th anniversary next year.
Art Directors Club Announces ADC 91st Annual Awards Juries
The Art Directors Club has announced juries for Photography, Illustration and Motion categories for the ADC 91st Annual Awards.
Quentin Blake Wins Prince Philip Designers Prize 2011
Quentin Blake, one of Britain's best-loved illustrators and the man who created the world-famous images of the Big Friendly Giant and Matilda, named the winner of the 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize by HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at a ceremony at the Design Council in London.
ADC 91st Annual Awards
ADC 91st Annual Awards is now open for entries. Strenuously and scrupulously judged, the not-for-profit ADC's Annual Awards is one of the most venerable shows in the world.
Memories: 144 Creative Artists Come Together for Limited Edition Art Book
Memories is a collective of 144 British and international artists who have each designed and donated a bespoke work of art to illustrate and interpret 12 true life stories of loss and survival from cancer.
Making Great Illustration
Making Great Illustration examines the work of some of the world's best illustrators, with images of their artwork, photographic portraits and shots of their studios, it lifts the lid on the generally hidden processes involved in the creation of illustration from concept to finished work.
Know Your Rights
The Illustrators Guide to Business course continues next week with the third session - Know Your Rights presented by speaker, AOI project manager and illustrator, Derek Brazell.
Wacom Inkling: Digital Sketch Pen
Wacom Inkling is a new digital sketch pen that captures a digital likeness of your work while you sketch with its ballpoint tip on any sketchbook or standard piece of paper.
Cut&Paste International Digital Design Competition 2011: Call for Competitors
Adobe and Cut&Paste announced the call for competitors for the Cut&Paste signature event, the Digital Design Tournament. This "Iron Chef" for design tour is held live in 12 cities worldwide.
Third Series of London 2012 Olympic Stamps by Studio David Hillman
The third series of ten Royal Mail's London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games stamps go on sale on July 27, 2011 to mark the one year countdown to the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games.
Casa Rex Amplifies the Concept of Illustration in Children's Book Design
Gustavo Piqueira, head of Casa Rex, has developed the graphic design and illustrations for the book "The Chameleon-lion" (O Leao-camaleao), recently released by the Brazilian publishing house, Editora Biruta.
The Serco Prize for Illustration River Thames Exhibition
The Serco Prize for Illustration competition was organised by London Transport Museum in partnership with the Association of Illustrators and made possible for the second year running by Serco.
Symphony City: Illustrator Amy Martin Releases Sophisticated Children's Book
Award-winning, Los Angeles-based artist Amy Martin will release her first illustrated children's book, Symphony City, this July.
Varoom 15: Knowledge
The Association of Illustrators released Varoom 15. For Varoom 15 they have travelled from the Land of Blind Faith, through Imagination County and ended up at Resolution Mountains.
European Design Awards 2011
The European Design Awards has launched the call for entries for ED-Awards 2011.
SketchBook O App for iPad
O, The Oprah Magazine has collaborated with Autodesk to release the SketchBook O App for iPad, an innovative painting and drawing app created specifically for O readers.
Varoom 14: Relationships
We need relationships to be predictable, and we need them to surprise us. We need security and thrills.
Luis Peso: Winner of Autodesk SketchBook Hero Image Contest
Autodesk has announced its SketchBook Hero contest winner, Luis Peso of Spain.
Nathan Love Delivers A Very Digital Xmas Animation and Illustrations for Esquire
Nathan Love recently contributed to the December issue of Esquire, the leading men's lifestyle magazine, for its holiday gift guide feature presented by contributing editor and world renowned filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld.
V&A Illustration Awards 2011
The V&A Illustration Awards are held annually to highlight the best book and editorial illustration published in the UK in the previous year.
Pictoplasma NYC: Annual Character Design Conference
Parsons The New School for Design will present Pictoplasma NYC, a conference celebrating the artistic creation of character design, on Saturday, November 13.
Shawn Crystal Illustrates the Atlanta Hawks for ESPN The Magazine's NBA Preview Issue
SCAD sequential art professor Shawn Crystal has collaborated with ESPN The Magazine and Marvel Comics for their NBA preview issue that hit newsstands Friday, Oct. 22.
Autodesk SketchBook Hero Image Contest
Autodesk announced a contest seeking images created by users of the Autodesk SketchBook digital painting and drawing products.
Casa Rex Initiates a New Direction in Illustrative Book Design
Casa Rex has developed the graphics for the book Our Movie, published by Edicoes Jogo de Amarelinha.