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Jon Berkeley has lived and worked as a freelance illustrator and writer in Dublin, London, Sydney, Hong Kong and Barcelona.
His clients include Time Magazine, The Economist, The Irish Times, Hot Press, The Sunday Tribune, The LA Times, Credit Lyonnais, Guinness and American Express. Jon has won awards from the Society of Newspaper Design in the US, The 4As in Hong Kong, as well as the ICAD and the IGI in Ireland.
I find inspiration in my collection of vintage Vogues, anything glossy, super shiny. I have found the higher I draw the heel, the better I feel.
Event Caricaturist and Illustrator Aidan Cooney is a member of the National Caricaturist Network ( N.C.N). Previous Clients include TV3, National Museum of Ireland, Special Olympics, Sunday Independent etc. Lives in near Westport Co. Mayo, overlooking Clew Bay.
Cathy has worked as a free-lance illustrator since 1989. she has worked mostly as an editorial illustrator, being a regular contributor to such publications as The Irish Times and The Sunday Business Post. Other clients include An Post, Trocaire,The Carers Association,Barabbas theatre company, The Down Syndrome Centre,The Library Council of Ireland, The National Library and The Food Safety Authority. Cathy has lived in Co. Kilkenny since 1995 and worked with a local potter on a limited range of ceramic designs between 1999 and 2001. A lot of her work is now for private commissions. She likes to garden. She's not very good at it yet though.
Brian always goes to great lengths to meet clients requirements and fulfil a brief. His work is being used for a multitude of purposes with applications in short stories, educational publication and editorial. His many years of experience have led to a fluency of ideas presented in a distinctive style.
Brian is a fulltime freelance Illustrator based in Dublin with about 17 years experience. A graduate in Art and Design, he also obtained a BA honours degree in Illustration and has built a strong demand for his graphic work and paintings. His Scraperboard illustrations have been published in many newspapers, magazines, books and in all fields of design, both in Ireland and abroad.
I'm an Illustrator and painter based in Dublin. I try to work and develope my style in as many areas as possible including hand drawn illustrations, paintings, digital illustration and a mixture of all of them together.
PJ Lynch has worked in the field of Children's Books for more than two decades. He has sold millions of books, and won many awards, including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal twice. In recent years PJ has been commissioned to design posters for Opera Ireland and the Abbey Theatre. He has also designed several sets of stamps for An Post, the Irish Post Office.
I work traditionally in acrylics on paper, mostly and in a leaky studio, too. Clients that I have fun working with include the Irish Times, Wall Street Journal and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
Karen worked for a design studio in Switzerland before returning home to Wexford where she is now based. She continues to work freelance for the Swiss design company and has picked up a silver award from Art Directors Club of Switzerland in the process. In 2005 Karen earned an MA in illustration from NCAD.
"Photography tells us what we look like. Illustration tells us how we perceive ourselves." Draughtsmanship is very important to my work. Once the line-work is in place, the colour suggests itself.
Over two decades producing award winning, concept driven illustration, in scraperboard and other media. David Rooney has scratched away editorially at the national psyche and provided a wide variety of clients at home and abroad with his unique vision and honed technique.
I like collaborating on good ideas and hooking my subconscious up to the brief. Sometimes it fights back and then I know I'm getting there. I work with organic line & texture in a variety of media. I often bring it all into my whirring glass box to tweak for impact, but my most powerful digital technology twitches at the end of my arms.
Fintan is an award winning cartoonist and illustrator based in Dublin. His stylish pen and ink drawings feature in Irish and international newspapers, magazines, books and ad-campaigns. He is also the current chairman of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland.
Annie West works as an illustrator for children`s publishing, as well as other work for musicians, television production and comissioned work. She can work to extremely tight deadlines. She exhibits her own work annually in Dublin, Sligo and London.
She has had over a dozen books published so far and has a number of books in development.
BRENB draws pictures and typography. Some of these have been exhibited in London. Others were on covers and inside terribly trendy magazines or on screen-printed posters for the best bands to come to Dublin. While others are starting to find their way into the crazy world of advertising. He has travelled to NYC to talk about these pictures. He is a member of CANDYCOLLECTIVE.
I work mostly with Photoshop and illustrator & am based in Paris. I work with many international brands. Most of the illustration I produce is for outdoor advertising campaigns where quality and eye catching detail is required. Usual turn around time for an illustration is one week.
I am a Cork-born illustrator working primarily for the advertising industry. After 2 years working in germany as a graphic designer, I returned to ireland to produce a graphic novel under the creative direction of the late Will Eisner. I have contributed to the Judge Dredd Megazine and am a regular contributor to the Dubliner magazine.
Peter Donnelly was born in Dublin. Prior to his success as an illustrator he enjoyed a lengthy career as a feature animator and award winning art director. As an illustrator he has built up a formidable reputation with many leading ad agencies and design houses where his commissions range from storyboarding to fully illustrated artwork. He has had a large number of children's books published including many educational workbooks. He also freelances as a conceptual artist for several television production companies.
Adrienne illustrates everything, kid's picture books, editorial art, advertising jobs, and more recently, 'limited edition wall art' for her new company 'My Very Own Picture' She has been creating and designing stuff full time for over 15 years, and is still happy and sane. In summer 2007, Adrienne moved home and studio from her native Dublin to Cork. She also writes for young kids and occasionally does writing and art workshops. Adrienne is represented by Eunice McMullan literary agent, in the UK.
Una is a collage artist and has a unique, quirky, hip style. Her commercial work reflects an ability to interpret and translate a pitch into a strong, clear, visual language. Una studied painting, drawing, and print making at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, graduating with a degree in Fine Art in 1998. She now lives and works in Dublin where her clients include The Sunday Tribune, The Irish Times, WomenMeanBusiness, and CARA magazine.
Uncomfortable with rules and authority Peter decided to create another world, a world that operates by a different, more flexible, set of rules. Join him there.
Based in London, Chris illustrates regularly for The Guardian, The Times, and The Independent and many other publications.
He has worked for several large national and international advertising campaigns, and created murals in London and Tokyo.
He was listed in Time magazine's 'DESIGN 100' this year for the work he has been doing for fair trade clothing company People Tree.
Joven Kerekes' award winning illustrations bring a burst of wacky, edgy energy to his clients projects, accommodating a range of applications from sharp editorial to cute children's books. His international career has also included work in comics, advertising, television, video games and gallery exhibitions. One of founders of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland, Joven nonetheless hails from San Francisco, city of love, where he earned his degree in illustration from The San Francisco Academy of Art in 1991. A few years later he and his wife moved to Dublin, Ireland where they live today.
Stephen’s work is created using a mixture of traditional materials and digital elements. Stephen has illustrated for editorial, publishing and advertising clients including The Reader's Digest, Runner's World, Der Spiegel and Harvard Business Review. Stephen work has been recognised by Applied Arts magazine and American Illustration as well as featuring in 3x3 magazine.
Strong sense of concept, composition and colour. Has illustrated for advertising, editorial, design and publishing clients in Germany, Japan, Dublin, London and Belfast. Winner of the Society of Artists' Agents Illustration Award, London 2004; bronze PANI Award winner, Belfast 2007. Shortlisted in the APA Creative Awards, London 2007. Fluctuates between 'happy-go-lucky' and 'a bit of a worrier'.
I love getting involved in projects, push the illustration as far as I can and surprise my clients. Some of them are Kilkenny County Council, Butler Gallery, Dunbrody Ship, Fresh Film Festival, An Taisce.
Orla Roche lives and works as an illustrator in Dublin. She studied illustration at D.I.T. and works mainly in acrylics, producing work for advertising, design and publishing.
Steve Simpson has been illustrating for major ad & design companies in Dublin and farer afield for the last 10 years. He is probably best known for his adaptability and wide range of styles. His characters have appeared on every thing from postage stamps to 48 sheets, crisp packets to gourmet pies and plenty more beside. In recent years he's also illustrated several children's books both here and in the States.
Stephen is a freelance illustrator, designer and part-time lecturer in IADT. He won Best Advertising Illustration at the 2006 IGI Awards.
It was as a child, with my crayons on the back of my fathers old blueprints that I began to draw. I like to include quirky little details in my pictures; just little things that you might not notice at first. Occasionally a friend or family member will turn up as a character in one of my books. I also like to draw food. When I'm not in my studio drawing and painting, I entertain myself by teaching design and illustration at Ballyfermot (a college here in Dublin) and making pottery.
Illustrating now for 20 years, working in a variety of styles. Most of my work is detailed realistic illustration, retouching and photomontage for advertising design and packaging. On the Mac I work n photoshop , Illustrator and Strata 3D. However, I still work in traditional medium such as watercolour, pen & ink and occassionally scraperboard as and when the need arises.

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