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Illustrators Ireland Awards 2005
December 16 2005On Friday, December 16th2005, the Illustrators Guild of Ireland held their fourth IllustratorsIreland.com Annual Awards in the United Arts Club, Dublin. It was a fantastic evening with a really good turn out.
Once again, the results show that quality, hand-made imagery is the order of the day. Illustrations portray a very human element in designs, thus engaging the viewer and bringing them into another world -a world where anything can happen. It’s a world of the ‘double-take’ -and who doesn’t want their publication or design to be looked at more than once?
Again, the IGI is proud to have collected together some of the best people in the industry from outside of Ireland to judge its awards. When IGI members put their work forward, it’s judged against international standards.
IGI Awards 2005 judges were as follows: Nate Williams - Illustrator (US/South America), Roddy Llewellyn - Art Director Computer Arts magazine (UK), Steven Guarnaccia - Director of Illustration, Parsons School for Design (US), Fig Taylor - Portfolio consultant for AOI (UK) & Mark Reddy - Art Director McCann Erickson (UK)
The Award winners were:
The winners (from left to right) - PJ Lynch, Ale Mercado, David Rooney,
Fig Tayor (Judge and Speaker on night) and Kevin McSherry.
Best Advertising Illustration
PJ Lynch won the ‘Best Advertising Award’ for his watercolour poster illustration for the theatre production of Oscar Wilde’s Importance of Being Earnest. An image of a naked young man in Art Nouveau style was required for the poster of the Abbey’s all male cast production of Oscar Wilde’s greatest play.
Fig Taylor said. “An audacious concept brought to light by excellent handling of the medium”.
Best Design Illustration
The ‘Best Design Award’ was taken by Ale Mercado with his digital [Painter and Photoshop] poster illustration for Linton Kwesi Johnson’s poetry recital in Kilkenny Castle. It is a 2 colour production - each separation created separately in Painter.
Richard Llewellyn commented: “Great knowledge of how to make a poster work wins this category for me. Originality and typography make this an eyecatching poster, and really enlightens a difficult subject - Poetry!”
for his gouache and airbrush illustration for the Office of Public Works, of a 16th century cattle raid. Used in an exhibition centre in Ross Castle, Killarney. Client: Jonathan Mason, Heritage Planning and Design.
Best Editorial Illustration
David Rooney took the ‘Best Editorial Illustration’ with his view of the way German State Bodies continue to waste money through outmoded practices.
Richard Llewellyn commented: “Great use of perspective and attention to detail”.
Best Book Illustration
The ‘Best Book Illustration[s] Award’ went to Joven Kerekes for his 2-colour digital illustrations for a school workbook encouraging thought about sustainable energy through classroom science experiments.
Nate Williams commented: “By far the best in this category. Really clever concepts in a perfect style”.
Best Overall Illustration
Kevin McSherry took the overall best illustration as well as the ‘Best Self-promotional’ categories with his acrylics illustration of a robot.
Mark Reddy commented, “Extraordinary, surreal, oddly nostalgic but at the same time dark and provocative”.
