Chris Madden

Found in Best Of British Illustration and Photography
Googled "Chris Madden"
http://www.maddenillustration.co.uk/
Chris Madden is a freelance illustrator from London. His style is simple and has a retro look. He also works in a sense of humour into his work.

Caroline Smith

Found in Art Directors Index to Illustrators Volume 12
Googled "Caroline Smith"
http://www.ccsmith.co.uk/
http://www.dextrousart.com/newgallery.html
Caroline Smith is a British illustrator who uses a mixture of traditional and digital methods. She produces work both for canvas and archival giclee prints. She lives live in the English coastal town of Bournemouth in Dorset.
She has had exhibitions in the following places
2010

Dorset Art Weeks 2010

Café Boscanova, Bournemouth, Dorset.

Jason Jones, Lymington, Hampshire.

2009

KUBE Art Gallery, Poole, Dorset.

Café Boscanova, Bournemouth, Dorset.

Poole Lighthouse Arts Centre, Dorset.

Alan Baker

Found in Art Directors Index to Illustrators Volume 12
Alan Baker is a writer and illustrator of childrens books and is best known for his "little rabbit" series.He has won numerous awards including the Benson and Hedges illustrators gold award, Gold Creative Circle award, Silver Campaign Press award.The Little Rabbit series has sold 750,000 copies.
http://www.childrensillustrators.com/abaker/

George Hardie

Found in Best of British Illustration & Photography. George Hardy is a graphic designer, illustrator and educator.
http://artsresearch.brighton.ac.uk/research/academic/hardie/activity
George Hardie also worked with the Hipgnosis design team headed by Storm Thorgerson responsible for other Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd published prints, notably Presence and Floyd’s classic The Dark Side Of The Moon.

Geo Parkin

Found illustrator from Art Directors Index To Illustrators Volume 12
Geo Parkin is a Brighton based illustrator who does illustrations for Publishing, character design, maps, etc. He has been doing illustrations since 1984.
His blog http://drawstringblog.wordpress.com/

Peter Lin

Search method:

Googled new british illustrators found a link to “BEST OF BRITISH: THE HOTTEST NEW ILLUSTRATORS FOR 2009”. Found some interesting illustratons: http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/index.cfm?featureID=1821&page=1&pagepos=0&pn=4

Peter Lin

His designs are influenced by Chinese traditional art.

He moved from Hong Kong to London when he was 16 and mixes eastern design with western design.

He graduated university of Creative Arts last year and exhibited his work in graduation shows including Free Range 2008, D&AD New Blood and The Creative Talent Show 2008, Lin now runs a studio, 2xanadu Creative Media, with producer Piers Vernon-Kell, in Kingston, near London.

Melanie Armstrong

Search method:

Googled “uk illustrators”

Found a link to a blog called “Inside Ugly” – browsed to page 3, found an interesting illustration: http://www.insideugly.co.uk/page/3/

Followed the link to her website: http://www.mousetricks.co.uk/

Melanie Armstrong is a freelance artist / Illustrator living and working in Nottingham, England. Also a graduate of Nottingham Trent University, with a BA in Graphic Design.

I always start any project with a fine-liner, sketchbook and tea. I like to add bursts of colour, to my detailed line work; by combining traditional and digital elements. Inspiration for my artwork can come from everywhere, architecture, friends, music. Generally, it’s the combination of life, and my imagination.

A Group of note worthy Illustrators

http://www.debutart.com/artist/sarah-howell

http://www.siscottstudio.com/

http://www.mcfaulstudio.com/

http://www.robtheillustrator.co.uk/

http://www.nbillustration.co.uk/

http://www.artisticdirectory.co.uk/illustration/asmith/images/owl-and-pussycat.jpg

http://www.artisticdirectory.co.uk/illustration/asmith/asmith.html

http://www.timothydonaldson.com/real_index2.html (my old college lecture)

Pippa Toole

Pippa is a friend of mine and is a really talented student at Brighton uni, i think some of her work is really interesting and she's receiving alot of attetion for it. you might have seen some of her work around Manchester on posters for a club night called, 'the wagon'


Heres some examples of her work....










follow her too

http://pippatoole.blogspot.com/

Gigposters.com

A website i use for a lot of inspiration is www.gigposters.com it has thousands of posters from illustrators from the past 60 years.

William Blake

Blake began to experiment with a new method of engraving. The first of his illuminated works, natural reigion appeared in 1788. The poetry and their illustrations were drawn in reverse on copper plates in an impervious liquid, then the plain parts eaten away with acid. After the prints were taken they were coloured by hand.

A Short history of Illustration

The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric cave paintings

During the 15th century books started to be illustrated with woodcut illustrations, The main processes used for reproduction of illustrations during the 16th and 17th centuries were engraving and etching. At the end of the 18th century, lithography allowed even better illustrations to be reproduced.

William Blake is worth noting from this period.

Matt Sargent

Matt Sargent is another London based illustrator, he offers freelance commission based artwork

Martin Lowe

Martin Lowe is a London based designer and illustrator, studying in Brighton and Bristol. Stating his specialties are humor & characters making his work mostly aimed for a child market


www.martinloweillustration.com/

UK Illustrators

First thing i've found is the 'Association of Illustrators' where you can view portfolios and upload your own

www.theaoi.com

www.aoiportfolios.com