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The Christmas edition of the Radio Times means that the festivities have really started and we are delighted that three Artworks illustrators  have been commissioned to create work for the 2018 edition. Sarah McMenemy illustrated a light-hearted drama on Radio 4 about the fictional Broadway legend Lena Marsh and her various escapades, all very fun stuff! Jesús Sotés […]

Dàlia was commissioned by Exploare magazine to create an illustration of a dozen building projects that the architecture studio, Haore Lea Studio has worked on across the city of Birmingham. The brief was to create a fictional skyline made up of each project – split evenly over two spreads of the magazine. They wanted the illustration to incorporate the […]

The Ned is a grand 250 bedroom hotel in the City of London, a joint venture between Soho House and New York’s Sydell Group. They asked Dàlia to come up with an illustration for their in-house publication. The brief was to create a thematic representation of horoscope signs, using magical and natural references. Dàlia wanted the illustration to […]

We asked Daniela Terrazzini for a few words about her recent commission to illustrate the new novel by Ben Miller, The Night I Met Father Christmas.  “I was initially sent the text and asked to illustrate how I imagined some of the characters to look …Ben Miller was after something quite specific, but would only […]

We are delighted to share some of Darling Clementine’s latest work, they have certainly been busy working on a number of packaging designs. We love their use of clean line and bold shapes resulting in these elegant patterns and designs that bring the product to life.  Alongside their branding work, Darling Clementine continue to work on a number […]

Congratulations to Hannah Bailey!! Her stunning book When the Whales Walked has been nominated by the National Science Teacher’s Association (NSTA) and the Children’s Book Council (CBC) for the Outstanding Science Trade Books 2019 list! This beautifully illustrated guide published by Quarto explores some of the most exciting and incredible events in evolution, through 13 case studies. […]

Jesús Sotés was asked by the client, Deloitte Insights to create an illustration for an article about managing risk across various industries. Jesús chose to use a building as a metaphor, with three circular walls surrounding a tower and the walls showing the different levels of security and defence. The illustration shows a change in style […]

Laura Barrett was thrilled to be commissioned by Ebury Publishing (Penguin Random House) to illustrate the cover for the darkly enchanting novel, The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale, set in a Victorian toyshop. We asked her a little about the project. “Working with designer and art director Clare Stacey at Head Design, we tried to capture […]

Christmas is here! Kate Forrester’s designs for Butlers Chocolates are out now to get you into the festive spirit! She created two gorgeous patterns that work together as a big giant pattern which have been used across a range of products, here are just a few of them…

Josie Shenoy was invited to take over a whole floor of this wonderful shop on Carnaby Street. She has filled it with new work, including her Citymap prints and artwork from The Buildings That Made London (Bloomsbury). The show is on until Nov 25th so drop by if you’re in the area, it’s an awesome award-winning shop filled with beautiful […]

We are delighted that Andrew Davidson has received a very special commission from The Royal Mail to design six seasonal Christmas stamps. Andrew came up with the concept for the illustrations when walking past his local Edward VIII postbox in Gloucestershire. The first post box erected in the UK was in 1853 in Carlisle during the reign of Queen Victoria. Over the last 100 years, […]

Rachael Saunders was asked by British luxury brand Radley to design their annual Christmas Picture Bag. Rachael’s design was inspired by the joyful feeling that snow can bring at Christmas time. Rachael has shared some of her sketches for the project, lovely to see how the idea developed into the final design showing Radley’s excitement as the […]

Jesús Sotés was commissioned by Amitty College Sydney, Australia to create some a poster for their entrance exam day. Jesús was given very clear guidelines to work towards, receiving a pencil sketch of the intended design. He was able to bring his own sense of style to the work whilst at the same time staying […]

Lindsey Spinks was commissioned to illustrate the ancient wonders of the world in the fascinating new title from Lonely Planet Kids, Then & Now. Looking at 12 of history’s most famous civilizations through their palaces, temples and buildings, the illustrations show what the ancient wonders look like today compared to how they looked thousands of years […]

Very pleased to be sharing Laurindo Feliciano’s final two animations for traditional Brazilian apothecary, Granado Pharmacies. Laurindo was commissioned by Granado to create a series of short animations about their brand heritage and iconic products and we think he has done a great job of bringing the sense of tradition and heritage alive in these clever animations. First animation Therapeutics and Second […]