News: Talks and Exhibitions

The final video in our book focussed series of interviews is with not one, but four of our incredible illustrators; Dawn Cooper, Daniel Long, Katie Ponder and Jesús Sotés, who all contributed to the incredible “A Really Short History of Nearly Everything” written by none other than Bill Bryson. A very special project that sees […]

We’re continuing our look at some of the amazing book projects our artists have recently worked on and in our video series The Artworks Interviews, we’ll be hearing about these projects from the voices of the illustrators, the people behind the pencils. This week we spoke to Hannah Bailey, illustrator of Explore! America’s National Parks, […]

What a week it’s been for Startworks artist Greg McIndoe (AKA Headless Greg)! Greg was invited to chat on the latest Creative Boom Podcast , where he discusses starting his own business,  social media, and the importance of recognising and reconciling struggle. It’s a really candid and thoughtful interview and definitely something we would recommend listening […]

Catherine Pearson was commissioned as part of this years Adobe MAX virtual event to create two downloadable wallpapers for attendees, as part of the CoCreate: Max illustration team. Adobe MAX is renowned for its luminary speakers, celebrity appearances, musical performances and global collaborative art projects; “If you told me a year ago that I would […]

Sarah McMenemy completed a magnificent 5-panel mural on canvas for the US employment law firm, Ogletree Deakins. The work was to celebrate the opening of their new office near to St. Paul’s Cathedral. Sarah’s painting depicts all the hustle and bustle of Paternoster Square – which is just around the corner – and exuberantly injects […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

We are delighted that both Josie Shenoy and Dalia Adillon were both shortlisted for the 2018 World Illustration Awards. The 200 strong shortlist was drawn from a record of 3,300 entries from 75 countries, with the 2018 Awards attracting over 1,000 more entries than in 2017. We had a fantastic time at the awards ceremony at London’s […]

Last year, Laura Barrett had the pleasure of working with the lovely design team at Studioarc on the refurbishment of Edinburgh’s Museum of Childhood. Laura was commissioned to create some beautiful and enchanting illustrations for a backdrop for an Interactive play area for children. Laura has brought her wonderful Illustrated characters from Alice in Wonderland, […]

Sarah McMenemy is honoured to be part of the wonderful Poster Girls Exhibition at the London Transport Museum! Poster Girls –  a century of art and design is a new exhibit that is open till January 2019 at the London Transport Museum. With over 150 posters on the display, the exhibition celebrates the work of […]

The Artworks really enjoy being able to support new talent through visiting students on Illustration and Foundation courses and giving talks about the industry, The agency itself and our wonderful artists. Recently Alex was asked to speak at Long Road Sixth form college in Cambridge on their Art Foundation course. As part of the experience, […]

Debbie Powell’s wonderful Illustrations for Dippy on Tour have been brought to life online. Follow Dippy on his adventures across the UK with the Natural History Museum. More Information about Dippy’s Tour can be found here – nhm.ac.uk/dippyontour  

The famous and much loved diplodocus -‘Dippy’ from the Natural History Museum is going on tour! Debbie Powell has been busy creating illustrations to advertise Dippy’s tour. You can see Debbie’s beautiful illustrations of Dippy and other creatures and scientific artefacts on posters promoting Dippy’s tour and follow the hashtag #DippyOnTour to follow his journey.

Mary Woodin has been asked to serve up some food related paintings to coincide with the ever popular Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival which is happening at Snape in Suffolk this weekend. You can catch Mary’s delicious watercolours at the Maltings Gallery, Snape You can catch Mary’s delicious watercolours at the Maltings Gallery, Snape over […]

It’s Nice That interviewed Jesús Sotés about his work, method and inspirations behind his illustrations. Jesús talks about his unique style and how he stays true to his artistic integrity whilst working to a brief. Allowing his quirky vision to be maintained “I think the best illustrators are those who are able to transfer the […]

We were delighted to attend the World Illustration Awards last night which included 2 of our talented artists in the shortlist! Andrew Davidson’s stunning black and white engraving for Tales of The Peculiar commissioned by Penguin Random House was shortlisted for the Professional Books category and Kate Forrester’s incredible mural for Hachette UK was shortlisted […]

It’s Nice That interviewed Jesús Sotés about his work, method and inspirations behind his illustrations. Jesús talks about his unique style and how he stays true to his artistic integrity whilst working to a brief. Allowing his quirky vision to be maintained “I think the best illustrators are those who are able to transfer the most […]

Yo illo has been hosting free talks from professional illustrators for students and aspiring illustrators. Kate Forrester last week talked about her work developing her beautiful fonts and hand rendered type.  

Matthew Cook shared his experience of being the Times Official War Artist during the Gulf War at a guided tour of the War Paint exhibition at The National Army Museum in Chelsea, London. Matthew has been to the front line as a War Artist a number of times and completed two tours of Afghanistan with the Territorial […]