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Shaun Tan: The Lost Thing on DVD

Shaun Tan’s illustrated books have made him famous all around the world, from his Australian birthplace to the UK. He and his dedicated team have adapted Tan’s children’s book “The Lost Thing” as an animated film, which has been winning numerous awards in 2010. It will be available to buy on DVD from November 10th. [ READ MORE ]

Revisiting: Aurélie Neyret

I’ve been trying to pick a good time to feature Aurélie Neyret (a.k.a Clo/Clochette) again after the first time I posted her work. There’s such a flurry of it on her blog that it’s been hard to pick a good moment, but now is as good a time as any. There is so much that [ READ MORE ]

Aurélie Neyret a.k.a. “Clo”/”Clochette”: illustration and character design

While browsing through Ffffound, I saw a piece of artwork which stopped me in my tracks so I had to search onwards to discover the identity of the artist: Aurélie Neyret. Here is a trailer for her tutorial video, which is on sale at Massive Black. It is best viewed at fullscreen and if you [ READ MORE ]

Virginia Frances Sterrett: illustrator of Arabian Nights (1928)

I’m thinking about scanning an original 1899 edition of “Arabian Nights” with illustrations by W. H. Robinson and others, but I’m worried about messing up the binding so we’ll see about that. In the meantime, here is the triumphant but unfortunate story of the artist behind another edition of “Arabian Nights”: Virginia Sterrett. She was [ READ MORE ]

Lorena Alvarez at Unstage

Unstage has a great collection of Lorena Alvarez‘s illustrations. Here are some of them[ READ MORE ]

Adam Pękalski: illustrations with adult appeal and a children’s book style

See more at his site. Here’s a slideshow, with thumbnails below if you’d like to see larger versions[ READ MORE ]

Willy Pogàny (1882-1955): illustrations for myths and legends

Hungarian-born Vilmos Andreas (“Willy”) Pogàny lived in many locations across Europe before settling in the USA. He died in Manhattan. 1910 – Illustrations for The Tale Of Lohengrin, T. W. Rolleston “Willy Pogàny’s Drawing Lessons”, one of his instructional books (which is still in print as “The Art Of Drawing“) – go to ASIFA’s archive [ READ MORE ]

Katie Hatz: Critter’s Collection (illustrated children’s story)

“Critter’s Collection is a children’s story about a little critter who, jealous of his classmate’s stamp collection, sets out to find a collection of his own. Discouraged at the failure of his early (and somewhat feeble) attempts, Critter complains to his mother, whose sage advice leads Critter on a journey of thinly veiled metaphorical self-discovery [ READ MORE ]

Ana de los Angeles Morra, a.k.a. Anita Morra, a.k.a. Porcelanita: new children’s book illustrations

… a.k.a. pictures for kids’ tomes, a.k.a. sketches for short people’s publications, a.k.a libretto etchings for the tiny. She has a wonderful command of colour, shape and texture and creates beautifully concise pictures which are the perfect accompaniment for children’s stories. This year sees the release of the first two books to carry her work. [ READ MORE ]

Barbara Reid – illustrations in plasticine

Barbara Reid is an illustrator from Toronto. She has created artwork for many children’s books, and she writes some of them too. Her husband Ian Crysler photographs the work for reproduction[ READ MORE ]

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