The third double spread of my childrens picture book. They say never judge a book by its cover but its impossible not to when the designs are as striking as the entrants for this years book illustration competition, run by the folio society and. Folio society competition 2018 heather whitney illustration. A selection of pages from a book published to by 10ofthose publishing to mark the 500th anniversary of the reformation. Folio society illustration awards 2018 sandy horsley. Because the folio society doesnt sell in bookshops, its important that the book cover is still translated clearly through a photograph, or something as simple as making sure there arent 12 grey books. A partnership between the folio society and house of illustration, this years competition closes on 8 january. The silver age 19601970 marks the second chapter in the folio society s collaboration with marvel comics. Winner of the harpercoliinssaatchi gallery book cover design competition 2008, finalist 2005 nationwide mercury prize. Get involved the book illustration competition 2020. The annual international competition is open to illustrators over the age of 18, both student and professional, with the winner receiving a prestigious folio society commission. The competition is open to both student and professional illustrators, and this year entrants were asked to submit three illustrations and a cover for jane austens mansfield park. My planned entry to the folio society competition, i had to illustrate three ghost stories and design a cover for them.
The aims of the competition are to encourage professionals, amateurs and students to produce originally designed and well bound books, and to give them the opportunity to exhibit their technical and artistic skills. The selected adventures and memoirs of sherlock holmes a scandal in bohemia. Book illustration competition 2019 announces winner from. This is the tenth book illustration competition and this time were on the hunt for an illustrator for love poems, selected and edited by imtiaz dharker the winner will be commissioned to complete a further six illustrations and a binding for the book which will be published by the folio society.
Applications for the book illustration competition 2020 are now closed. Book cover forthe selected adventures and memoirs of sherlock holmes. Even when my parents were travelling, somehow my mother seemed to manage to take a good part of her own collection of books with her. This competition is a unique partnership between house of illustration and the folio society that seeks to identify new talent in illustration, as well as promote them. I now have the original pair of books they bought therese raquin by zola and a collection of maupassant. The folio society annual book illustration competition. The book illustration competition is a partnership between house of illustration and the folio society. Traveling illustrator from latvia specifying in conceptual and graphic art. How the folio society designs incredibly beautiful book. The book illustration competition is a partnership between house of illustration and the folio society that identifies and celebrates new talent in illustration. The book was the adventures and memoirs of sherlock holmes by arthur conan doyle and we were tasked with producing three illustrations for the stories the musgrave ritual, the man with the twisted lip and a scandal in bohemia we also had to create a binding design ideally in just three colours which could print. The book illustration competition invited entrants, who must not already be.
Now in its ninth year, the book illustration competition is a partnership between the folio society and. And, when i was eight or nine, they started to buy folio society books. The arts shelf the book illustration competition 2020. Completed as an entry for the book illustration competition, a unique partnership between house of illustration and the folio society, that seeks to identify and promote new talent in illustration three separate illustrations from the collection. I recently entered the house of illustration folio society 2018 illustration awards. Many folio society book covers use the traditional technique of blocking. The book illustration competition 2020 graphic competitions. Illustrating howls moving castle in pictures books. The annual international competition is open to illustrators over the age of 18, both student and professional, who have not been previously published by. The tenth annual competition asks entrants to illustrate poetry for the first time by creating. Today, the folio society and house of illustration are thrilled to. Digital arts interview our art directors about how folio approaches the cover design for each beautiful book. There are three categories for published illustration book cover, book illustration.
Now in its eighth year, the book illustration competition is a partnership between the folio society and house of illustration. From puss in boots to the company of wolves, entrants to the 2012 book illustration competition were challenged to design a new edition of one. The book illustration competition 2019 announces longlist. Book cover design and illustration as part of a recent third year university project i chose to design and illustrate the book warhorse by michael morpurgo which was a live competition for the folio society which i will actually be submitting in january. I actually would have rather seen it in blue, although the earthy tone is very fitting.
Reading and interpreting the book into paintings helping the reader get a real sense of the period and feel of the book they were reading. Joe went on to praise all the shortlisted artists, and their pieces were then presented. The book illustration competition bic is now open, giving illustrators both student and professional the opportunity to win an exclusive commission from the folio society to illustrate howls moving castle by diana wynne jones. The chosen book to illustrate was the selected adventures and memoirs of sherlock holmes and the brief required illustrations for three short stories and a cover binding design rendered in a simpler. Here is my entry for the folio societyhouse of illustration competition 2018. Were looking for a striking cover that will stand out not only in the hand, but.
Book illustration competition 2019 announces winner from record. Sherlock holmes book illustration for the house of. The book illustration competition is a unique partnership between house of illustration and the folio society that seeks to identify and promote. The book itself is bound with gold on a delicately mottled blue, which is paler than i. I finally got around to entering the folio society book illustration competition, something ive wanted to do for quite a while, and am really pleased to say ive made it on to this years longlist. Publishers the folio society and four leading illustrators take us through how they commission and create beautiful, powerful book cover art. Entrants starting out in this years book illustration competition may well be asking.
See the contestwinning cover for brave new world with his eerie dystopian vision, this years winner of a book illustration competition would do aldous huxley proud. Watch the book illustration awards 2018, held at house of illustration on tuesday 20 february 2018. Your annual opportunity to win a highly soughtafter commission from the folio society. Over 30 revolutionary super heroes await you, including spiderman, the avengers and doctor strange. The book illustration competition 2019 has announced the winners from a record field of over 500 entries. From upandcoming artists to industry icons, we make it easy for you to find the right illustrator for your project. The silver age 19601970 marks the second chapter in the folio societys collaboration with marvel comics. The book illustration competition 2015 winners telegraph.
The book illustration competition winners gallery this is a great museum that everyone should visit. This years book illustration competition winner is announced dreams, myths, fairy tales, metamorphoses, the unruly unconscious, epic journeys, and a highly sensual celebration of sexuality in both its most joyous and darkest manifestations. Book illustration competition 2020 folio society devotees. Get involved the book illustration competition house of illustration. The annual international competition is open to illustrators over the age of 18 not previously published by the folio society, both student and professional. Made for the 2019 folio societyhouse of illustration competition for howls moving castle. Applications for the book illustration competition. Folio illustration agency illustrators and artists. I recently recieved my copies of beowulf, translated by seamus heaney, which i illustrated for the folio society.
How are book cover designs conceived and commissioned. The book illustration competition 2018 howls moving castle by diana wynne jones illustrations. Internal illustrations and a cover design for the folio society and house of illustration book illustration competition 2016, for war horse by michael morpurgo. The selected adventures and memoirs of sherlock holmes cover binding design selected for shortlist and chosen as one of five finalists. Here are the 25 book illustration competition finalists in the running to illustrate the folio societys new edition of diana wynne joness classic novel about a young womans adventures. The folio society and house of illustration have opened the book illustration competition 2020.
The annual international competition is open to illustrators over the age of 18, both student and professional. The folio book of ghost stories illustrated by david mcconochie will be available from the folio society in september. This year illustrators were asked to come up with images and a binding design for a new edition of michael morpurgos war horse, which the folio society will publish in october 2016. Ba hons illustration student sophia watts has been selected as a finalist in the folio society and house of illustrations book illustration competition 2017. The folio society has been sponsoring the designer bookbinding competition since 1990. Darya shnykina selected as winner who will illustrate the folio society edition of mansfield park.
This year i was delighted to hear that the book to illustrate was a new edition of three selected works by sir arthur conan doyle sherlock holmes. The folio society and house of illustration have announced mariealice harel of edinburgh as the winner of the ninth annual book illustration competition a unique partnership between the folio society and house of illustration. The book illustration competition 2020 is now open for. Folio society book illustration competition art opps. Each year entrants are asked to submit three illustrations and a binding design for a book chosen by the folio society. Producing 3 internal illustrations and a book cover design for the publication ghost stories, this book complies a series of haunting stories, that haydn illustrated towards. This years book illustration competition winner is.
This year, the folio society and house of illustration challenged illustrators to produce cover and internal designs for the classic howls moving castle by diana. Various published by the folio society, london 2015 david mcconochie is a londonbased illustrator already well known for his interest in collage, assemblage an. The brief was to illustrate 3 different stories from the selected advetures and memoirs of sherlock holmes by arthur conan doyle. Folio is an illustration agency representing a diverse range of worldclass illustrators. The book illustration competition 2018 announces longlist. This year we are asking entrants to submit three illustrations and a binding design for the selected adventures and memoirs of sherlock holmes by arthur conan doyle. This years prize from the folio society and house of illustration called for images to. From facebook, the chosen book is an anthology of love poems. Another artist who has been longlisted for the book illustration competition 2020 is jurgita vasiliauskaite. The book illustration competition 2018 is now open for entries. The folio society edition has a slipcase coloured to match the longboat which appears on the cover. This year, they are looking for an artist to illustrate love poems, selected and edited by.
Win a commission to illustrate the folio societys new anthology of love poems applications are now open. I had an opportunity to create book illustrations for jane austins mansfield park for the house of illustration and folio society competition. James, sit alongside a selection of tales by modern writers, all of whom use the bestloved hallmarks of the ghost story with precision. January 2015 filed under illustration book design cover design. There he was to be found, she was sure of it, at the bar of gold, in upper swandam lane.