It's that time of the year again when the great and good in British Illustration pop up in the A.O.I's 'IMAGES' annual. Judgement on number 36 is out soon, while IMAGES 35 recently had it's private view in London, where the various awards in different categories were dished out. Work to appear in the annual is jury selected, so not every Tom Dick and Harry can get in, and subsequently the standard is always high.
Well we are happy here at team FMI to say that we have had not just one, nor two, but three people manage to get into the hefty tome. And if that wasn't enough, some of them even got a number of illustrations into it.
The people and their work are:
Valentina Cavallini. Valentina has had three unpublished pieces to go into the children's book section.
All the illustrations are inspired by a magical tale. The above image is based on a Greek myth.
The above is based on a tale about an enchanted lake.
And the above, Alice in Wonderland. Lovely work as usual from Valentina.
Tom Morgan-Jones. Tom has had his image selected for the self promotion section.
Tom said of the piece: 'Being a fan of Peter Cook and his Dagenham Dialogues I decided to ink a bit of both. Regrettably Dudley Moore has been overlooked, it's so easily done, I think it was his height.'
James De la rue. James has had two pieces selected for the children's books section.
Both images are part of the 'Gladiator Boy' series, written by David Grimstone, published by Hodder and commissioned by Leilani Sparrow and Laura Richardson.
The above image was also selected to go into the exhibition as well, which will tour around the U.K. from 26 September 2011. If it is calling in around your area do not miss this opportunity to see some great work.
Well done to all and best of luck for 'IMAGES 36'.
Donough O' Malley
