2 mugs of coffee. 3 briefs (two on the desk, one under my jeans). 15 sketches. 1/2 hour of design. 1 lunch. 30 emails. 1 bucket of mouse clicks. 2 RedBubble sales. 1 or 2 uploads. Stir well and season to taste... in this installment of our Member Monday features, get to know Illustrators Australia's Ben Sanders.
30+ years and 20,000 commissions… meet IA’s Nick Diggory
30+ years and more than 20,000 commissions for advertising agencies, designers and publishers all around the world... meet Illustrators Australia's Nick Diggory.
Meet Michelle Frantom (Dr. Grafix)
Have you met Illustrators Australia's featured member, Michelle Frantom (Dr Grafix)? A career artist with a PhD in visual art, Grafix creates bold, satirical artworks from the south coast of WA.
The Melbourne Writers Festival 2017
Where to go, who to watch and what to make - IA's picks for things to do at the 2017 Melbourne Writers Festival
Blume Illustrated Festival Wrap-up!
Jody Pratt, Working Party member and former President of Illustrators Australia, talks about Blume Illustrated, a multi-faceted magazine and festival-based project that took place in Katoomba, NSW May 26-29, 2017.
The people have spoken!
Flushed with success at being the joint winners of the 'People's Choice Award' at Illustrators Australia's recent group show 'Paper + Pixel' at Collingwood Gallery, Serena Geddes and Rhiannon Mowat share some advice for those reluctant to show their work.
In preparation for Illustrators Australia's next major group show Paper + Pixel - opening May 5 2017- we have a look at what's in store for the exhibition...
Anna Hoyle – Not Quite Right
It’ll come as no surprise to fans of Anna Hoyle’s pun-packed paintings celebrating vintage books and collectables and the absurdities of consumer culture that humour is central to her mission as an artist.
Tonia Composto Is Making Up For Lost Time
2017 promises to be massive for Tonia Composto. She has Excel spreadsheets full of goals (most of which began life ─ like many of her wildly colourful, quirky, printerly illustrations ─ as sticky notes. Such a liberating, no-pressure medium, the sticky note).
Burning Questions for those ‘In The Know’
IA’s recent In The Know Seminar at Docklands gave experienced and emerging illustrators the chance to fire questions at an industry panel. Here are a handful of Q&As we couldn’t resist sharing.