News: Special Projects

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

  We are delighted to share Laurindo Feliciano’s first animation project for the traditional Brazilian apothecary, Granado Pharmacias. Founded in 1870, Granado commissioned Laurindo to create a series of short animations about their brand heritage and iconic products. Included here are the first two of Laurindo’s animations for the project, Granado Global and Tradicao. Agency: La Baraque Creative Art direction and Illustrations: Laurindo […]

Wow! We are so impressed by Laura Barrett’s amazing pop-up version of Christian Andersen’s classic tale, The Snow Queen. It is a beautiful book which took a huge amount of skill to create so we asked Laura to tell us how the project came about and her approach to the work. “After creating a self-initiated miniature hand clothbound concertina of […]

Andrew Davidson was incredibly honoured to be invited to design a commemorative stamp for the 2018 edition of the Royal Mail’s programme marking the centenary of the Great War. Since 2014 Royal Mail has released 6 stamps per year that honour the contribution of the Commonwealth countries, the armed forces, non-combatants and women. Royal Mail […]

Sarah McMenemy was invited to create a series of illustrations for the new Cambridge North development which aims to create a thriving, sustainable community beside the Cambridge North railway station. Sarah is well known for her beautiful architectural drawings, painted murals and book illustrations; and was asked asked to paint the hoardings which are designed by […]

Kate Forrester was asked to collaborate with photographer, Charlie Clift on the photography exhibition Let’s Talk, a charity project aimed to raise awareness for mental health issues. Kate hand lettered people’s own experiences with mental health onto their faces. The charity has released a series of 17 portraits of regular people and some well known faces​ such as […]