News: Special Projects

We are very excited to announce the publication week of The Magic Place – a children’s book written and illustrated by Chris Wormell. Chris has created many stunning illustrations whilst being represented by Artworks, and it is wonderful to see him illustrating his own book. The Magic Place tells the story of Clementine and her […]

Lottie Hall was spotted at New Blood this year, her work stood out to us immediately! We are thrilled to have snapped her up straight from Graduation. Startworks continues to be a successful way of giving artists the opportunity to join an agency with no experience. We work side by side to broaden potential, expand […]

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    

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 […]

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 […]

Rob Ball has been working hard for many months creating a new take on the Flying Lady featuring on the side of Virgin planes. Virgin Atlantic says the move is part of a “pledge to tackle its gender pay gap and increase diversity and inclusion across the business”, which extends to “the look and feel […]

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 […]

Rachael Saunders has once again come up with two beautiful illustrations for Radley of London. We love the playfulness of both designs which are enhanced by the craftsmanship which has gone into the bags. The Party Bus Bag features Radley driving a classic red London bus with his Scottie dog friends, peering out to see the sights of […]

Laurindo Feliciano was commissioned by The Victoria & Albert Museum, to refresh the visual identity for their families programme. As part of the programme the V&A host workshops and events that encourage children and adults to take part in creative and fun activities that explore the museum’s vast collection. Laurindo was asked to work on […]

Suffolk based artist, Mary Woodin recently visited family in Peckham, South East London and was inspired to create a series of illustrations of the shop fronts on Bellenden Rd. We love how Mary has captured the essence and atmosphere of the area in her unique style. Painted with watercolours these beautifully detailed images show a new direction in […]

We recently spotted Debbie Powell’s lovely murals at the Wondertree Resturant, Heathrow airport, London. Debbie was commissioned back in 2013 to create large murals of jungle leaves and vines, as well as world maps to fill the restaurant space. The illustrations also appeared on coffee mugs and menus. So nice to see the work still looking […]

What a year we have had at the Artworks! Our illustrators have worked on so many exciting projects, with such a range of clients and as ever we are thrilled to be working with such talented and dedicated artists. Highlights of the year have included Rob Ball’s work for HBO’s Game of Thrones and Andrew Davidson’s […]

We have thoroughly enjoyed seeing Andrew Davidson’s beautiful illustrations on this years Christmas Stamps for the Royal Mail. It was also super exciting to see Andrew and the designs featured on last nights BBC2 programme ‘Inside the Factory – Christmas’. The interview with Andrew takes place in his studio based in the leafy Cotswolds and […]

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 […]

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, […]