Jonny Duddle's PIRATES for Aardman

For the last three years Jonny Duddle been working with Aardman Features on a new stop-motion movie about pirates, based on the hilarious series of books (honestly, they're brilliant) by Gideon Defoe. This has taken up a big chunk of Jonny's life since early 2008, and he's designed a load of characters for the film. It's been a great experience and he's loved every minute.
Here's the first official teaser shot from Aardman. 

ARENA Spring Catalogue

ARENA Illustration has released its new catalogue for Spring 2011.

Jam packed with new work featuring the best in children's illustration.

Follow the link to get an advance look at the pages.

The cover is illustrated by Thomas Flintham who you may remember did some great package designs for Halloween.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all.
Here's hoping the year ahead continues to produce great work!
Chris McGrath saw 2010 out with a bang featuring this piece entitled Hour of Dust for Lisa Litwack at Pocket Gallery.
Chris continues to create strong, compelling cover art for some of the genres biggest authors including Jim Butcher, Brandon Sanderson, Rob Thurman, Joe Abercrombie to name just a few.
Look for new work by Chris on his web portfolio and you can also see more at his personal website: http://www.christianmcgrath.com/

Paul Youll - new web site

Paul Youll has redesigned his web site.

It now features all his latest works as well

as works available for second rights.

Divided into several categories it showcases

the finest in fantasy and science fiction.

Thanks to Jamie Warren for the design work.

Arantza Sestayo for Rebel Ink

The September issue of Rebel Ink features a striking cover by Arantza Sestayo. The assignment called for a portrait of celebrated singer Pink envisioned in a full Day of the Dead tattoo ensemble. Thanks to Paul Gambino at Rebel Ink for making this a painless proceedure.

Chris Gibbs - new covers

Christopher Gibbs has recently illustrated these 

covers for L.J. Smith’s The Night of the Solstice

and Heart of Valour ( The Vampire Diaries).

Chris manipulates digital imagery to create
multi-layered pictures, using photography 
and graphic symbols with rich textures, 
which perfectly suited the brief from the 
publisher.Simon & Schuster commissioned 
him to complete the first cover with only seven 
days from brief to final artwork. 

Victoria Francés DARK SANCTUARY

Victoria Francés has published a new collection of work in a portfolio entitled DARK SANCTUARY. This follows the success of her recent trilogy of portfolios based on her books FAVOLE which have been published in five languages and garnered her a passionate and devoted fan base around the world.
To see more of Victoria's world, please visit her website at: http://www.victoriafrances.es