News: Artists

Hannah Bailey was commissioned by Quarto to illustrate the non-fiction children’s book When We Became Humans, written by Michael Bright. This book is second in a series following When the Whales Walked – which Hannah also illustrated. When she was asked to take on the second book Hanna was thrilled, saying that she loves to […]

Liam Diane at Scholastic, commissioned Lucy Davey to create an atmospheric, wraparound book cover for The Runaways – a YA novel by bestselling author Holly Webb. The book is set during WWII and features a group of high-spirited, runaway evacuees. Lucy was asked to illustrate the protagonist Molly and her dog silhouetted amongst piles of […]

Our very own Steph Alexander-Jinks chats to the Association of Illustrators about one of The Artworks’ longest collaborations – Andrew Davidson’s work with Rolex for the annual Monte-Carlo Masters. Click the link below to read about Andrew Davidson’s longstanding commission with Rolex and to see more of his work on this project: http://bit.ly/2H04ZgC    

Using her signature style of soft, textured drawings, Lucy Rose has created a series of beautiful illustrations for Gill Hasson’s book, Mindfulness. She was commissioned by the National Trust for this project and was really excited to work on a project that had such an optimistic subject matter. The initial stages of Lucy’s creative process […]

Lucy Davey created this vivacious illustration for the Fabian Review. Vanesha Singh – who works for the Fabian Review magazine – commissioned Lucy to create a cover that encapsulated the various aspects of the Green New Deal. The client wanted an illustration portraying a green and healthy transformed city, with environmentally focused workers and families happily […]

Our dynamic illustrating duo, Darling Clementine, have created a set of editorial illustrations for real estate magazine, OBOS. Darling Clementine have illustrated for OBOS for several years – using their original style to convey topics on housing, economics and the social benefits of shared-living spaces. Darling Clementine’s carefully considered colour scheme accents their graphic illustrative style […]

Game of Thrones fans, get ready… The extremely talented Rob Ball has worked his illustration magic – in collaboration with Aesop Agency – to create a stunning, limited edition wooden, shadow box of the complete series. Pre-order yours on Amazon now! Image credit: Aesop Agency

Sarah Gibb has done it again with her exquisite illustrations, breathing life into the cover of The Ascent of Rum Doodle, by W. E. Bowman. The hilarious classic has been given a makeover by Sarah – in collaboration with Sophie Harris, a book designer from Penguin – exclusively for Hatchards Library. Sarah and Sophie have created […]

Just in time for summer, Rachael Saunders has illustrated a vibrant guide for little ones packed full of seaside adventures! This handy guide is the perfect book to slip into your pocket for a full day of fun. Go Wild at the Seaside is the third book published by Nosy Crow – in collaboration with National […]

Josie Shenoy’s delicately illustrated map of ‘Belgravia in Bloom’ blossomed – excuse the pun – from a commission with the Evening Standard. Following the theme of ‘The Language of Flowers’, which was inspired by the Victorian art of Floriography – sending coded messages and expressing emotion through floral arrangements. Josie depicted some of the 50 retailers, restaurants […]

We are incredibly proud of Kate Forrester who has been shortlisted for a D&AD award for her work on the collaborative project Let’s Talk. Kate worked on the project with photographer Charlie Clift, who was interested in raising awareness of mental health. The campaign’s aim was to break down the social stigma surrounding mental health […]

Laurindo was commissioned by Rocco publishers in Brazil to create these covers for ‘The MaddAddam trilogy’. He said ‘The imaginative universe Atwood has created in these dystopian books is very inspiring and rich of strange creatures, atmospheres and nature’.

Lucy Scherer and Chris Wormell attended David Fickling Books 2019 Showcase last night. It was a fun filled evening with the authors speaking about their upcoming titles and sharing snippets of what’s to come. Chris spoke about his first chapter book, ‘The Magic Place’, which will be published by DFB in September 2019. Here are […]

Alexandra Boocock, who is one of our Startworks artists was commissioned to create a series of designs for Apples to Pears, an established gifting company. We asked Alexandra about the project and how she approached the brief.  “Gift in a Tin was a very exciting project to be working on! The aim was to produce packaging designs […]

We are thrilled to announce that two new artists have recently joined the Artworks team. Catherine Pearson is a Swiss illustrator based in the hills of Lausanne, Switzerland. With a BA in illustration, Catherine through her career and experiences has refined a unique and playful illustration style. She is passionate about bringing clients ideas to life […]

Laura Barrett was commissioned by Vintage Books to illustrate the cover for Lucy Mangan’s memoir of childhood reading Bookworm and was delighted when the publisher chose to keep the hardback cover design for the paperback release. To celebrate the publication of the paperback, Vintage asked her to collaborate with Owl Bookshop in Kentish Town to create a […]

Sam Fred Hinton has been creating some wonderful work recently which lends itself more towards editorial and textual work.  We took a moment to ask him a few questions about his working process and what inspires him. “I take inspiration from everyday life and my own surreal imagination. I’ll constantly write an idea down and […]

In 2018 the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children’s Fund commissioned Sarah McMenemy to create Zoe and the Time Rabbit. This very special book was produced to help support the children of armed forces servicemen and women while their parents are away serving overseas. Typically, there are around 56,000 servicemen and women from the UK away at […]

How exciting that Lucy Rose Cartwright has illustrated her first ever children’s book When the Stars Come Out. This beautiful title takes you on a journey exploring the magical realm that is our universe at night. It discovers how different habitats come alive when the sun sets and lets you meet the animals that live within them. It also […]

Laurindo Feliciano has created these beautiful digital illustrations for the book cover of Silver Shoals by Charles Rangeley-Wilson.  Silver Shoals is a detailed journey throughout the British Isles tracing the histories, living and past, of our most iconic fish – cod, carp, eels, salmon and herring. Commissioned book by Penguin Books and published under the […]