Jonny Duddle - 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/