Posts Tagged ‘childrens book illustration’
Friday, March 30th, 2012
Advocate Art would like to introduce Melanie Mitchell, she is one of Advocate’s most popular artists. Melanie has been with us for some time and her colourful paintings of animals and children have led to her having great success as a children’s book illustrator. To see more of Melanie’s work visit her portfolio on our website by clicking here, or read on to find out a little bit more about her background.
I live in a small gwynedd village, near the Cardigan Bay coastline and the Snowdonia mountains. I have two beautiful kids and share a studio with my partner and fellow Advocate illustrator Paul Nicholls ( who’s great for throwing paper balls at!)
I studied illustration at the North East Wales College of Art and Design, there I gained a degree. I’ve now been working as a illustrator for over 10 years and I’ve been lucky enough to work on a whole range of different projects from packaging to greeting cards, but children’s books is what I specialize in and something I’ve wanted to do since I was little. I very much enjoy my work, from the initial sketches to the painting and the satisfaction of seeing the finished product, its so great to see a child enjoying a book I’ve illustrated (even if its only to chew it!)
Tags: advocate art, artist biography, childrens book illustration, greetings card illustration, illustration agency, Melanie Mitchell
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
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!
Tags: advocate art, Big Up, children's illustration, childrens book illustration, Christine Tappin, illustration agency
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
We have just received this brilliant new pop up bible story book retold by Juliet David and illustrated by Advocate artist Daniel Howarth. Each page has a different story and a full colour illustration with fun pop up elements. We think the book is fantastic and will keep little ones thoroughly entertained. If you’d like to get a copy of one of these vibrant pop up books click here to visit the retailer. Click here to see more of Daniel’s children’s illustrations on the Advocate art website.
Tags: advocate art, artist agency, children's book illustrators, childrens book illustration, Daniel Howarth, Freelance Illustrator, illustration agency UK
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Friday, March 23rd, 2012
Over the past three days, Advocate’s Ed, Kate, Lesley and Caroline have been at Bologna Children’s Book Fair meeting with clients and showing off our fabulous new book portfolios. With over 70 face-to-face meetings during the day, and entertaining clients in the evenings, they have been extremely busy! Below you can see some photos that they have sent us. Although they have been working hard it looks like they found time to enjoy themselves too!
Tags: advocate art, artist agency, Bologna Book Fair, childrens book illustration, illustration agency UK
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Friday, March 23rd, 2012
We have recently received this fabulous new children’s book though the post, My Uncle Foulpest, written by Timothy Knapman and illustrated by Advocate artist Sarah Horne. Sarah’s illustrations are used throughout the book and on the front cover – we think they look great! To get yourself a copy of this fantastic new book click here to visit the retailer. Read below to find out more about the book and click here to see more of Sarah’s work on the Advocate art website.
Wally has chicken-pox and is desperate not to miss his best friend’s birthday party – and Uncle Foulpest reckons he knows exactly how to make him better. But Foulpest is an ogre and, though he means well, he just can’t help getting things wrong . . . His magic medicine cures Wally’s spots, but has a surprising side effect . . . Wally’s frown a dinosaur tail!
Tags: advocate art, childrens book illustration, Freelance Illustrator, illustration agency UK, Sarah Horne
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Advocate Art would like to tell you a little bit more about Marina Le Ray, one of our talented artists. Her beautiful illustrations are full of character and her style is vibrant and distinctive. She has had success as both a children’s book illustrator and as a greetings card designer.
Read on to find out ore about Marina or have a look at her portfolio on the book publishing pages of our website but clicking here.
Born in Britanny (France),I grew up in the countryside but I really love living in the city. I live and work in Nantes.
I have been drawing since I can hold a pen, and never stop drawing and painting ever since. It’s only after my studies in biology and landscape architecture that I finally decided to make a living out of my hobby!
I have have been using tempera for my recent artworks, I also use acrylics and watercolour for my sketch books.
I love sketching, especially when I travel or I visit new places andI am a real radio and music addict when I work
If I wasn’t an illustrator? I would love to be a chef, not just any kind though: a pasta chef!
Tags: advocate art, artist biography, childrens book illustration, Greeting Card Illustration, illustration agency, Marina Le Ray
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Jon Davis is a talented illustrator that has been with Advocate for a while, but we’d like to tell you a bit more about him. As you can see his children’s book illustrations are fun, charming and beautifully coloured.
Read on to learn more about Jon or see more of his work by visiting our website.
I always loved drawing as a child. Paints, pencils, felt tips, crayons, anything would do, and art lessons were my favourite at school by far.
So, I decided to study Illustration at Glyndwr University, Wrexham, and after that spent some time doing 3D animation. I got some of my films screened at a few festivals around the world, including Raindance, but not long after I returned to illustration.
I find my work and ideas naturally fall into the world of children’s books, and I love the liveliness and breadth of imagination you can use with them.
I work digitally, in Photoshop with a tablet and pen, because the ‘undo’ function saves me from the depths of frustration.
I currently live and work in Twickenham
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Thursday, March 15th, 2012
After working so hard on getting the new children book portfolios ready for the Bologna Children’s book fair, we were all very excited when the finished product turned up at the office today! With a smooth matt finish and smart ring binding they look absolutely fantastic and we can’t wait to start showing them off! Below you can see pictures of Ed, Kate and Lauren opening them when they arrived.
Tags: advocate art, book portfolios, children's book illustrators, childrens book illustration, Freelance Illustrator, illustration agency UK
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Thursday, March 15th, 2012
New samples just in! Two new books in the Who’s Hiding in my Toy Box range include Zoo Animals and Robots, both illustrated by Sarah Alcock. These chunky board books are perfect for young children as they are full of bright and colourful collage which will keep the little ones entertained. If you’d like to get yourself a copy of one of these books click here to visit the retailer. Visit Sarah’s portfolio on the Advocate art website to see more of her children’s book illustrations.
Tags: advocate art, children's book illustrators, Children's illustrator, childrens book illustration, Freelance Illustrator, illustration agency UK, Sarah Alcock
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Thursday, March 8th, 2012
At Advocate art we are very excited to have made it onto Pinterest, the new social media website that rolls blogging and Flickr all into one! This great new website allows you to ‘pin’ anything to your online pinboard, whether from another website or uploaded straight from your computer. Unlike blogging where you have to scroll through to find what you are looking for, Pinterest has everything on one page so you can pick and choose exactly what you want to look at. We have pinboards for artist biographies, children’s book illustrators, trends and mood boards, book samples, awards and many more! We can’t wait to get everyone involved and following us on Pinterest, click here to visit our page!
Tags: childrens book illustration, Freelance Illustrator, Greeting Card Design, illustration agency UK, photography, Pinterest, poster illustration
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Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Sunshine Smile Publications is a website dedicated to children’s books, including news on up and coming projects, artist interviews, new books and advice and tips on becoming an illustrator; it is a brilliant resource for children’s book illustration. One of Advocate art’s very own children’s illustrator’s Angela Muss has recently become a contributor at Sunshine Smile Publications, this is fantastic news so well done Angela! As well as this Advocate art now have a feature page on the website and a monthly guest post on the Top Tips page where we can share all of our useful tips! You can access our first months post ‘How to create successful licensing characters’ by clicking here. We are extremely excited to be collaborating with Sunshine Smile Publications and we are looking forward to working with them much more in the future; click here to visit their website and read more! You can also check out more of Angela’s work on the Advocate website by clicking here.
Tags: advocate art, Angela Muss, children's book illustrators, childrens book illustration, Freelance Illustrator, illustration agency UK, Sunshine Smile Publications
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
At Advocate art, we are very excited to announce Ed Myer as our illustrator of the month. He creates his bright colourful illustrations by hand drawing the scenes and characters and then colouring them digitally, his style is very popular in children’s books and he has been published in many countries.
His extensive experience in illustrating allows him to draw anything and everything, from pets to pirates and farm animals to space ships; his combination of colour, composition and lively characters brings his artwork to life. Below you can see some examples of his work, click here to visit his online portfolio on the Advocate art website.
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