News: illustration

Time for another round of The Artcooks! Putting on the chef hat this week is illustrator and hand-lettering master Kate Forrester, who has a super simple recipe for Sicilian Lemon Pasta; Kate Forrester’s Sicilian Lemon Pasta Spaghetti Extra virgin olive oil Parmesan Lemon juice & zest Salt & Pepper Handful of fresh basil Method Cook Spaghetti […]

Hannah Bailey has illustrated the gardening feature for the Wildlife Trusts companion, bringing her beautiful washes of painterly texture to six consecutive issues! This most recent feature is top tips for planting! The spread plays to Hannah’s strengths and love of drawing vegetable gardens and allotments, “…they have a wonderful aesthetic. Everything planted in straight […]

If you’re hungry for something a little lighter but definitely filling, Dàlia Adillon has provided (and illustrated) the perfect recipe for Mung Bean & Miso Noodle Soup; Dalia Adilon’s Mung Bean & Miso Soup 2 large eggs 1.25 litre veg stock 3 tbsp of White Miso paste 1 tbsp fresh grated ginger 2 garlic cloves 2 tbsp […]

Rachael Saunders has collaborated with the team at luxury travel experts Black Tomato, designing the visual identity for their new venture “Take Me on a Story”; bespoke family holidays for families that are based on classic children’s stories. Rachael has illustrated classic character’s, from Alice (in Wonderland) to John Thornton from ‘The Call of the […]

We are excited to share Holly Maguire’s collaboration with Workman Publishing; Book Nerd, which was released this week. A celebration of all things bookish and biblio, Book Nerd is full of Holly’s incredible illustrations and musings on one of her favourite subjects; books! Guided by the team at Workman, Holly worked with editors Kylie and Sarah and […]

As the days are getting brighter (and warmer… slowly), it seemed like a good time to share Hannah Riordan’s recipe for Summer Berry Pudding; Hannah Riordan’s Summer Berry Pudding: Frozen Summer Berries 1 pack of Belgian Waffles 2 bars of white chocolate 1 egg 300ml of Crème Fraîche Method Cover the base of a deep […]

Maren Schabhüser was asked by the editorial team of Deutsch Perfekt to illustrate an article about the role of chance and its effects on our lives in reference to our current global situation and its impact on planning. Given a list of objects to build in her signature paper craft, the design and colour palettes were […]

Daniel Long has been commissioned by Quorn (via Something More Studio) to illustrate a T-Rex character that will adorn their new range of dinosaur-shaped nuggets, Roarsomes. Dan’s dino is perfectly balanced between fearsome and friendly (while still remaining obviously a T-Rex), and will definitely appeal to young palaeontologists. Going with a blue/orange colour scheme to […]

Congratulations are in order as Kate Forrester’s fantastic cover for ‘The End of the World is Bigger than Love’ by Davina Bell, has been shortlisted in the Best Designed YA Cover category at the 69th Australian Book Design Awards. The cover is an instant Kate Forrester classic uses symmetry to great effect, with Kate’s hand-lettering perfectly balanced […]

Our next Artcook is Lucy Davey, who has provided an amazing recipe for Vegan Pancakes! Lucy Davey’s Vegan Pancakes! 125g self-raising flour 2 tbsp. caster sugar 1 tsp. baking powder 150ml. Oat Milk Method: Whisk ingredients together. Ladle batter into a hot, oiled pan. Cook and flip! Serve with your favourite toppings.

Amy Grimes’s collaboration with White Lion Publishing continues with “Artistic Places”, the fourth book in the Inspired Travellers Guides series. Featuring 25 locations around the world, each one focusing on a different artist and looking at the way the location inspired their art. Amy’s artwork manages to capture something about the artist in each illustration, while also […]

Dalia Adillon has illustrated ‘Acqua Alta’, a new book published by Jollibre, Santillana Editorial, about the effects of climate change on the city of Venice. Dalia illustrated the cover as well 10 interior images, telling the story of thirteen year old Lauretta and her plan to save Venice with the help and wisdom of her grandfather, […]

Over the last year, while being restricted to our homes, many of us have taken the time to sharpen up our culinary skills. Our artists are not exempt from this, and have been kind of enough to share some of their favourite recipes from this time, served with the perfect accompaniment; an illustration! We’ll be […]

Laurindo Feliciano has been invited by British poster Mika, to be one of ten artists who will exhibit their work in public spaces all across Paris. Temporarily transforming the city into an open-air art gallery, Laurindo and the other artists work can be seen across 2500 sights, including billboards, flags and Morris columns, giving the […]

The Magic Place, Chris Wormell’s debut children’s novel is out now in paperback, and as it’s name suggests is packed full of magic and character that will enthral readers of any age. While we wrote about the book when it first came out in hardback, we caught up with Chris to revisit The Magic Place […]

Daniel Long has created two illustrations for the new issue of Pets at Home My VIP Magazine that were then animated for the online edition by Jack Snelling! One image accompanies an article about fur balls in long breeds of cats, and the other is about how to properly clean out your guinea pig hutch. […]

Mary Woodin has painted three images for the American Bar Association, accompanying tributes to two recently deceased and very well respected lawyers; Steve Sussman and Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Working to a specific brief provided by Jill Tedhams, Mary started with a lot of photo research of the two lawyers in order to compose her scenes, […]

Sarah McMenemy has added a new cover to her ongoing collaboration with Little John Publishers, for a series of humours murder mysteries by Hannah Dennison based at Honeychurch Hall, a large Manor House in the English countryside. Capturing a light-hearted humour in the novels while still retaining a mysterious quality, each cover features the inquisitive […]

For the last year Heather Gatley has been illustrating the Most Memorable Meal segment in Sainsbury’s magazine. Each month a different celebrity is asked to describe the most memorable meal they’ve ever had, with Heather then creating an illustrated food-themed frame fro the text. This month’s offering was courtesy of diet and fitness queen Rosemary Conley, […]

  Catherine Pearson has been commissioned by HV Zurich Agency on behalf of the Association of Swiss Goldsmiths and Watchmakers to create a panoramic illustration, incorporating five scenes that showcase Swiss jewellery. The scenes were then separately animated (animated by Messieurs.ch) for socials, showing Catherine’s style to be perfectly suited to elegant movement. Taking inspiration from […]