Memories

A couple of weeks ago the V&A gave out its Illustrator of the Year awards, and Matthew Richardson picked up the prize in their editorial category for an incredible piece he did for New Scientist. So we’re really pleased to announce that he’s joined our merry band of creatives on the Memories project. Matthew is going to create an image for a story by Kay Inglis about her mother, who was lost to cancer two years ago, and we can’t wait to see what he comes up with.

His style can be slightly abstract, and his technique uses mixed media, found objects and, sometimes, vintage typography. He did an amazing cover for Daniel Handler’s book Adverbs, for instance, and the image you see above is a great example of his style. We’d like to thank Matthew for joining the project, and if you want to see more of his work please check out his portfolio here.

David Cousens of Cool Surface has joined the Memories project. He works in a modern, graphic novel style employing digital techniques, using his skills in book illustration – which sounds ideal for our project! He’s going to be creating an image for the Memories book, which will be sold to benefit Maggie’s Cancer Care Centres. His image will accompany the story Drying Paint by Antony Kitson. David’s family have also been touched by the disease and he lost his grandmother to it when he was 10. Although she never smoked, she worked in a cigarette factory and her husband and son were smokers and it took its toll. We thank David for joining the project. Please check out the Cool Surface website here.

The latest artist to join our project is Dave Kendall, who has incredible painting skills. Dave is a fantasy artist well known in the comic book industry. As such, he’s into things like spirits, giants, changelings and frequently creates images for the Magic: The Gathering and World of Warcraft card games. One thing I love about Dave’s work is how he works with texture. He has a great knack for creating the effect of translucent skin, for instance. He’s going to be painting an illustration for Fat Feet, the story Kay Inglis has written about her mother, who passed away from cancer in 2008. The image you see above is a crop from his work-in-progress which features giants from the ancient mythology of the Wiltshire area. He’s creating it using acrylic paints. Please check out Dave’s portfolio here.

A personal thanks to Greig Anderson Creative Director at Effektive for posting his memories submission on the Effektive website.

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This is a rare chance to feast your eyes on a memories submission as we are holding back the majority of artwork for the book.

The submission was inspired by a personal memory found in my story. It is amazing to see the project coming together and how individual artists portray each story in print. This piece sums up my story with huge visual impact. I love it!

More of Greig’s work can be found at www.effektivedesign.co.uk

We’re thrilled to announce that studio 8 have agreed to take part in the Memories project! There excellent work speaks for itself and we are extremely grateful to zoe and the gang at Studio 8 for coming on board

The design duo Simon Dovar and Nils Davey are Binary & The Brain, and they’ve thrown their weight behind Memories project. Formerly Jawa & Midwich, they do all kinds of design work including book covers and music packaging, as well as online work. The image you see here is from their self-initiated poster range. Another interesting thing about them is that their studio is trans-Atlantic and transcontinental. Simon is based in London and Nils in Los Angeles. We’ve asked them to create an image for a story called The Fox Cubs by leukaemia survivor Sarah Yates. Our thanks go out to Binary & The Brain. Please take a look at their website here.