Here at Advocate Art we were very excited to discover that one of our illustrators, Mike Byrne, was featured as Illustrator of the Week on Childrensillustrators.com. Mike’s work is vibrant, playful, full of energy and very popular for children’s book illustration. See more of his work by visiting his portfolio on the Advocate website.
Today at Advocate we learnt that one of our artists, Chris Embleton, is featured on the front page of the Ice Water Press website, they are an Australian publisher of children’s books. Not only does the new children’s book he illustrated appear in ‘featured this month’ but he is also their featured artist! Read on the see the interview, have a look at his book on the Ice Water Press website or visit Chris’ children’s book illustration portfolio on our website to see more of his work!
Illustrator Spotlight: Meet Chris Embleton-Hall
What inspired you to become an illustrator?
I had always drawn from an early age and used to spend a few hours drawing with my Grandad. I suppose it developed from there.
What do you love the most about your job?
Creating artwork that other people will get enjoyment from and seeing a finished book in print.
How long does it take you to illustrate a book like Little Discoveries?
Can depend on other workloads at the time but probably about 4 to 6 weeks.
Who is your favourite character in the Little Discoveries series so far?
Probably Scooter the Cat.
Any advice for up and coming illustrators?
It is hard work and took me about a year of taking my portfolio around before I was lucky enough to be taken on by my agent, Advocate. I have been with them 10 years now and the work has kept coming. Perseverance is the key and I am now looking at hiring a workspace to keep my homelife and worklife separate. After 10 years of working from home I need a bit of social interaction as it can be a bit isolating so hopefully this will add to my illustration experience. I wouldn’t do any other job though.
Here at Advocate Art we were very excited to learn that one of our Artists, Sophia Touliatou, has won a ‘Greek Graphic Design & Illustration Awards’ award for a christmas book she illustrated last year. To see more of Sophia’s work visit our website by clicking here.
Congratulations Sophia!
Today is St. Georges day, and here at Advocate we can not think of a better excuse to get together some of our finest dragon and knight images. We have searched our greeting cards and children’s book illustrations to bring you this fantastical collection. Enjoy…
To see more work by these artists, please click on their name: Alida Massari, Andy Catling, Bill Bolton, Elena Vitalij, Eva Sassin, Jack Hughes, Jason Juta, Monica Armino, Paul Nicholls.
Check out this YouTube video shown to us here at Advocate by one of our children’s book illustrators Katherine Kirkland.
…well we knew that already right?
Its been a busy week for the agents and designers here at Advocate. Look whats been going on with us… 
We love it when we have happy artists here at Advocate, its lovely to know we are doing a great job! That is why we were thrilled to hear of this message that one of illustrators, Peter Joseph, sent to Hannah. Thanks Joseph!
In addition can I also say a big thank you for all the work you have been bringing in. I’m absolutely loving it plus all the helpful pointers you guys have been giving me. It’s definitely pushing everything in the direction I want to be heading into and I appreciate it all.
Visit our website to see more of Josephs work by clicking here.
At Advocate we really love to hear when our illustrators and clients are working well together. So imagine how happy we were to hear about this message sent to our artist Christine Tappin. Have a look on the Advocate website to see more of Christine’s work.
We’re so pleased that you’ve enjoyed working on the project, and that it’s proven to be such a good learning experience for you! Also I have to say how impressed I am that even though you were in loads of pain with your neck and arm, you always met deadlines and never complained to us about it but found ways of improving the situation and helping it get better 
We work with some artists who are always asking for more time due to pretty minor issues so the fact that you dealt with something that really impacted your work, so well and professionally, is fantastic!
I’m really glad you’re almost back to normal now – I do a lot of pilates too, I love it
Thanks for being so lovely and easy to work with, you’ve made the project a pleasure to do – hopefully we can work together again soon, as your work is really loved by everyone here!
Here at Advocate Art we love to know when our illustrators are doing well. We received these lovely message about Marc Mones. Well done Marc!
It was really pleasure to work with Marc, and I hope he does as well.
Please tell him that I wish he has a great luck on his next project and look forward to working with him again soon.
Have a look at some of his work on the Advocate Art website by clicking here.
At Advocate art we have recently signed new book artist Josema Carrasco. Instead of the more conventional portfolio, Josema has used animation to showcase his illustrations. With all the images timed to backing music we think this is great! Click on the link below to see Josema’s animation, and click here to visit his portfolio on the Advocate art website.
At Advocate art, we strive to make all our clients happy, so we love it when we receive emails of appreciation! This week Natasha got a lovely email from one of our clients.
Thanks Natasha, you’ve been brilliant this week!
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