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Nic Jones draws inspiration from the animal world, creating beautiful digital illustrations that evoke the tactile feel of fur and feathers through her use of painterly texture and confident mark making. Colour palettes and the settings they suggest are another important feature of Nic’s work; warm saturated reds and green suggest active nighttime in images […]

The stories James Weston Lewis tells within his illustrations are impressively detailed while remaining strikingly bold – they draw you in from afar with their distinctive limited colour palettes and reward closer inspection with concise narratives. It’s no wonder that James says if he wasn’t an illustrator, he’d be writing. James says that his grandparents […]

The Artworks is very excited to introduce you to our newest artist to join the family: Lizzie King. Hailing from Hackney, Lizzie’s tropical flavoured works evoke all the good feelings, bright colours and warmth of hazy summer parties! Working across a variety of mediums including; window painting, prop making, pinatas(!) and illustration, Lizzie can consistently […]

Amy Grimes’s illustrations are brimming with the human touch, her fluid landscapes are full of brightly coloured elements, soft textures and confidently made marks; reflecting the natural patterns found in her favourite subjects. Amy creates botanical motifs and leafy scenes that highlight the dense enclosures of the outdoors, while somehow giving every element of the […]

  The trailer for Lucy Rose Cartwright’s new book “Wild City” starts off with a city townhouse, revealed to be surrounded by all kinds of flora and fauna, some expected, but some… definitely unexpected! Flamingoes?! These are the kind of reveals and unexpected communities we can expect to find in “Wild City”, an exploration of […]

We are delighted to announce that in the run up to Christmas, The Story of London Underground Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy, Christmas Shopaholic Illustrated by Lucy Davey, The Book of Dust (Volumes one and two), Seashaken Houses, Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp and Erebus Illustrated by Chris Wormell, Shakespeare For Every Day of The Year Illustrated by Harry Goldhawk, The Snow Queen […]

Laura Barrett has illustrated a stunning silhouette of the much loved Jane Austen character, Mr Darcy, for a new book by Garbielle Malcom, commissioned by Imogen Streater at independent publisher Endeavour Quill. We spoke to Laura, asking how she approached such an exciting project. Laura told us, as with any illustrated project, this one started […]

We are very excited to announce that When the Stars Come Out has been longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2020! Lucy Rose was commissioned by Caterpillar Books to illustrate When the Stars Come Out, written by Nicola Edwards. This was Lucy Rose’s first children’s book project, and it required an extensive amount of highly narrative […]

Here are some of the recent packaging projects that Andrew Davidson has masterfully illustrated by using traditional engraving and printmaking methods. His eye for design and skill as an illustrator can be the perfect combination to adorn packaging, and his work showcases how traditional craftsmanship can add opulence to brands and products. Whether highly detailed or stripped back, there […]

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 […]

Dàlia was commissioned by Exploare magazine to create an illustration of a dozen building projects that the architecture studio, Haore Lea Studio has worked on across the city of Birmingham. The brief was to create a fictional skyline made up of each project – split evenly over two spreads of the magazine. They wanted the illustration to incorporate the […]

The Artworks illustration agent, Alex Hadlow was invited to be part of the small-but-select panel of judges to decide the award for SAA New Talent in Illustration Associate Prize at the prestigious New Designers Awards, taking place at London’s Business Design Centre this week. There was some amazing work exhibited by recent graduates from courses […]

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 […]

We are delighted that Rob Ball has been commissioned by Aesop and HBO to design and illustrate the DVD and Blu Ray packaging for all seven seasons of the hit show, Game of Thrones. The incredible detail in each illustration depicts a significant object, which on closer inspection reveals a momentous scene from the season it […]

Laurindo Feliciano was recently commissioned by Heineken France to illustrate and sign a limited series of bottles inspired by his home country, Brazil. Feliciano was asked to approach the brief in a very abstract way, taking influence from the festival culture of Brazil he has created this vibrant and colourful design. The bottles will be on […]

Kate Forrester was asked by Innocent to come up with a distinctive paper-cut style design for their new spice flavours of smoothie – one vanilla/raspberry and a chai, banana and fig flavour. The brief was to create a design that contained a nod to their fruity ingredients as well as the general feel of a […]

Lucy Rose’s fantastic new editorial Illustrations for Waitrose Food Magazine (March Issue) are out now – Yay! The article Lucy has beautifully illustrated is all about how the chocolate company ‘Madécasse’ has helped to change the lives of many in Madagascar and how the co-founder started as a volunteer in the developing country but has now […]

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 […]

Just a small blog post to share some wonderful festive Illustrations from our talented Artists and to say Merry Christmas from everyone at the Artworks! Artists featured (Top to Bottom) – Katie Ponder, Lucia Gaggiotti, Sarah Gibb, Lucy Davey, Lucy Rose, Kate Forrester, Heather Gatley, Sarah McMenemy and Matthew Cook

A beautiful new book just arrived in the post for us! Lindsey Spinks has done a brilliant job illustrating a lovely activity book for literature lovers published by Running Press Books.