WOW – Artist & Illustrator Leif Low-beer Parsons
Just do it, choose something that seems interesting and fun and get on it… Once you get that down then follow up with: If there were no rules or compromises what is the very best possible thing I can make / do? (then go back to step one, etc…) Leif Low-beer Parsons, 2013 Artist and [...]
WOW – Studio Peskimo
Create what you enjoy If you’re stuck for ideas, walk it out. Fresh air can do wonders, we go out for a walk around Bristol harbour and brainstorm as we go, it never fails! Jodie and David of Peskimo, 2013 Illustrators Peskimo is Jodie and David and they live in sunny Bristol in the south [...]
WOW – Artist & Designer Kyle Bean
Stay curious! Kyle Bean, 2013 Artist and Designer Kyle Bean is an Artist and Designer from Brighton specialising in hand made models, sets and tactile illustrations. Since graduating from a degree in Illustration from the University of Brighton in 2009 he has worked for a diverse range of clients on various projects. Kyle has created [...]
WOW – Graphic Artist Marion Deuchars
Remember to take time away from your desk or screen for R&D. It’s so easy to sit there and pretend you are working. New ideas come from experience; seeing an exhibition, taking a walk with your camera, doing something out of your comfort zone. Learn something new, no matter what it is, it will enhance [...]
WOW – Illustrator Anthony Atkinson
A piece of advice that I wish someone had told me when I started? I guess it would have to be to not think too much about your work – just get on and do it! Even now I waste way too much time thinking – I could be so much more productive! Anthony Atkinson, [...]
WOW – Illustrator & Graphic Designer Adrian Johnson
Ideas never go out of fashion. Style does. Adrian Johnson, 2013 Illustrator and graphic designer Studied : Kingston University, graduating in 1997 Illustrating for 16 years. Over the years, Liverpool born Adrian Johnson has developed a unique and strongly identifiable body of work. His trademark economical, highly crafted, graphic work is constantly evolving, whilst always [...]
WOW – Art Director Sean Garrehy
Work will be rejected; it happens, it hurts. If it didn’t, you’re in the wrong profession. Sean Garrehy Art Director Little, Brown Book Group Sean studied Graphic Design in Southampton and worked for various agencies before falling in to cover design. He is the Art Director at Little, Brown Book Group where he’s worked for [...]
WOW – Artist and Picture-Book Maker Oliver Jeffers
Some days you achieve less than others. This is ok. Oliver Jeffers Artist & Picture-book maker Studied: Visual Communication, University of Ulster From figurative painting, collage and installation to illustration and picture-book making, Oliver Jeffers practice takes many forms. His distinctive oil paintings have been exhibited in multiple cities, including the National Portrait Gallery in [...]
WOW – Artist John Dilnot
If you are wondering how to do something, get on and do it and then wonder how you did it. I remembered being told this while I was at infants school. Soon after that I remember sliding down the steep playground on a patch of ice and banging my head on the flint wall at [...]
WOW – Supermundane
Never underestimate the power of the obvious. Not what is expected, but the things people trample past to get to obscurity. Sometimes the best ideas are staring you in the face! Supermundane (Rob Lowe) Artist, designer, illustrator, typographer and writer. Studied: HND Graphic Communication Cleveland College of Art Supermundane is Rob Lowe, born in the [...]