With the Bologna Children’s Book Fair now in full swing, have a look at our stand that Ed, Hannah and Kate have taken with them!
The stand features some of our fantastic children’s illustrators, and has a lovely woodland theme and we all think it looks great.
Come and visit us if you’re at the fair, we’re very friendly!
Check out Tom Pervical‘s illustration in the Children’s Bookseller segment of the Bookseller Magazine! The children’s book illustration is featured in an article that discusses the importance of combining strong story concepts and art work that communicates with its target audience in todays competitive children’s book market.
The article covers what publishers look for in book ideas and illustrations, and talks about what they’ll be keeping their eyes peeled for at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. It’s definitely worth a read, so pick up the magazine if you can!
Have a look at more of Tom’s fantastic work in his Advocate portfolio by clicking here.
Here at Advocate, we’re always doing our best to spread the word on how fantastic our freelance illustrators are. Here’s a little sample of one our recent advertisements in the 2013 Department Store Yearbook! It’s a used frequently with department store buyers, and a great source of getting in more work!
It was Laurens birthday on Wednesday, so here at the Advocate offices we surprised her with a big cupcake birthday cake and presents!
The cake was delicious, and of course we all sang her happy birthday!
We hope you had a fantastic day and a great birthday weekend, Lauren!
Check out these awesome phonics books for Tick Tock! This book series is illustrated by a number of our Advocate Illustraters, and you can have a look at more of their work in their portfolios on our website.
Each book teaches children how to read by teaching children to recognise the sounds of letters, and each book leads onto the next in the series.
With such a large amount of books being worked on by so many of our fabulous artists, each with different styles and aesthetics, it makes the series exciting to move through, as it’s constantly changing and fun to see what you’ll get next!
Advocate would like to introduce you to one of our artists, Maurizio Campidelli. Influenced by the 70′s marvel comics, his attention to detail and action packed illustrations have brought him huge success. You can see more of Maurizio’s fantastic work on his Advocate Portfolio by clicking here.
“I was born on June 6th, 1962 in Riccione, a little tourist town on the Italian east coast.
I lived in Ravenna where I studied Graphic Design and Illustration at the Art School. I also I had my first studio here, and I still live here, working near the sea.
When i was three years old i broke my left leg, and my mother bought me two comics, ‘Mickey Mouse’ and ‘Tex’
These were the cause of my future career. I started to draw very soon and when I was ten I knew that I would become and illustrator. The most important influences came from the artists of Marvel Comics Group of the ’70s, specifically Jim Steranko and Barry Windsor-Smith.
Usually, when I begin a new work I need silence and quiet to sketch, but then I need rhythm! In my soundtrack I have punk and english new wave, but also Frank Zappa, Kraftwerk, Pizzicato Five and.. Lady Gaga!
The modern love pop songs are not present on my i-pod!
I’ve displayed my artwork in many exhibitions, mainly in Italy, but also in Paris and Taiwan.
In 2012 I won a design competition for my logo design for the 90th birthday of the Common of Riccione!
My best works include the covers for a fantasy novel series named “History of Dragons, Wizards and Warriors”.
When I’m not working, I love to watch movies (Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrik, Ridley Scott…)
I love to spend my time at the beach, and if I weren’t an illustrator, I would have been a lifeguard so I could be there all the time!”
With Kate just arriving back from her Adventures across the pond, we thought we’d show you what she’s been up to over the past week!
She started off the week at the London Toy Fair, before jetting off to Nuremberg, Germany, for the biggest toy fair in the world! Next stop was New York City for yet another Toy Fair, before heading to a very cold Minnesota, Minneapolis. With a short stopover in Chicago, we finally have Kate back in the Advocate offices! Welcome back, Kate!
Advocate would like you to meet one of our freelance illustrators, Aurelie Blanz. Aurelie has been drawing since childhood, and her vibrant use of colour and subtle texture make her work stand out from the crowd. She specialises in children’s books, and the attention to detail and characters really draw the reader in.
Aurelie’s beautiful illustrations can be seen in her portfolio here.
“Aurélie Blanz was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1973. She has been drawing since childhood, and illustrating children’s books was always her greatest dream. After graduating from art school in Paris, she began working for publishers in France, Germany, and the United States. She loves inventing figures, playing around with colors, and creating her own world. She also likes to be in touch with her readers, so she works with children in schools and at book festivals. Aurélie lives in Paris with her husband and three children.”
This week, the Advocate stand made the move from the Frankfurt Paper World fair all the way to the Birmingham NEC for the Spring Fair. It looks fantastic, and the show continues until Thursday, so we’re hoping the stand will contribute to a successful fair!
Yesterday at Advocate, we received a lovely email from one of our freelance illustrators, Helen Poole. Helen has been a full time illustrator for three years now, and heres what she had to say:
“Hi Guys!
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It’s been a busy couple of days at the Advocate offices! With Hannah and Natasha jetting off to Germany for the Frankfurt Paperworld Fair, it’s been all hands on deck with creating mockups for our new card designs. There’s some great work being produced by our artists, so we’re excited for the new designs to get out there!
We recently received our new sends folders here at Advocate! The re-design includes lots of pictures of our Advocate Artists, and it matches our brand new exhibition stand! We use them for sending out our Artists portfolio’s, so if you’re expecting any artist work, you’ll be seeing one of these awesome new folders in the flesh very soon!
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