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Folio illustration agency regularly works with clients to help them commission new illustrations. We work with a broad range of clients, from major international brands producing award-winning advertising campaigns, through magazines and newspapers requiring feature illustrations, to small-scale first-time illustration buyers.
Here will you find examples of our most recent projects - click on the images for larger versions.
Magazine Feature
Feature illustration for The Telegraph's 'The Season' supplement.
Diz Wallis has created this beautiful equine painting of Mafki, the worlds most expensive (and pampered!) stud horse.
New Signing - Son of Alan
Son of Alan joins Folio
We'd like to say a big Folio welcome to our newest signing, Son of Alan. As you can see from his extensive client list, his humorous, diagrammatical illustrations are a winning choice for clients all over the world!
Magazine Feature
Clear As Mud Illustrations for TES.
Clear as Mud has created these stunning yet informative cover and inside illustrations for the Times Educational Supplement - highlighting the problem of special education needs being used as a cover for bad teaching.
American Illustration 31
New animations from Andy Acourt.
Andy Acourt has been selected for American Illustration 31, with these two wonderful animations!
Magazine Feature
Josie Jo Double Page Spread
Josie Jo has created a stunning double page spread for this months SFX magazine, alongside regular SFX contributors Andy Watt and Maria Colino.
Exhibition
Ed McLachlan - one of the all-time great gag artists of Punch
The Chris Beetles Gallery is celebrating 50 years of the cartoonist's art of making us laugh. Ed McLachlan and Mike Williams, two of the all time great, living gag artists from the glory days of Punch, continue to be the most popular regular cartoonists in The Spectator, The Oldie, Private Eye, The Big Issue and Saga Magazine. Alongside will be shown works by Bill Hewison (1925-2002) the influential Art Editor of Punch from 1960 to 1984, and a significant theatre and editorial cartoonist in his own right. These works come directly from the Hewison Estate and are on display for the first time. Private View Tuesday 17th April 2012 6pm - 8pm Meet the artist, Ed McLachlan. The exhibition runs until 5 May.
Kensington Palace
Julian De Narvaez Illustrated playing cards
Following a two-year, £12m renovation of Kensington Palace. Folio's Julian De Narvaez was commissioned to create twelve playing cards for the Kensington Project's 'House of Cards'. Each beautifully illustrated card depicts one of the many characters to be found around Kensington Palace during its heyday, from the Yeoman of the Guard all the way through to The Lady of the Bedchamber.
Exhibition
Jill Barthorpe Private View of recent work.
The very talented Jill Barthorpe will be exhibiting her recent work at The George Hotel, Stamford. The exhibition runs from 16th - 21st April 2012 with a Private View on Thursday 19th April from 6-8pm. To RSVP please email Riona O'Shea at riona@cottrellandklar.co.uk.
Live Drawing - Pick Me Up
Jason Brooks originals for sale.
Jason Brooks is going to be at the Pick Me Up Contemporary Graphic Art Fair this Friday 30th, at Somerset House on the Strand, London. Jason's been invited as a 'Daily Special', from 11 am until 5.30 pm, and he'll be creating 50 signed, A4 artworks for sale from a mere £25 upwards. Here's your chance to pick up an original JB, so it's not to be missed. Admission is £8 - hope to see you there on Friday!
Online Feature
Rui Ricardo Der Spiegel Interview
The very talented Rui Ricardo has been featured on Der Spiegel Online! In the interview Rui speaks of his wanderlust and the beautiful work inspired by his many travels, in particular his ongoing retro travel poster series. The full interview can be found here: http://www.spiegel.de/reise/europa/0,1518,823403,00.html. And if you're keen to own a piece of round-the-World nostalgia, head on over to the Folio Boutique site, where prints of Rui's posters can be purchased! http://www.folioboutique.com/
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