Interviews

Exclusive interviews with contemporary illustrators, looking at their work, ideas and perspectives, techniques and inspiration, illustrated!

JAYDE PERKIN

Meet illustrator Jayde Perkin, and learn more about her tactile illustration work, that is both playfully personal and professionally playful.

Advice for Illustrators – Q & A with Folio illustration agency

Illustration agents are practised at promotion, negotiation, licensing and standing up for an illustrator’s rights. Nicola Manuel from Folio illustration agency in London gives some helpful advice for freelance illustrators who are just starting out, or experienced illustrators who want to refresh their approach!

Heather Gatley – Illustration Agents Special!

Talented illustrator Heather Gatley works from a beautiful shared studio space in an old factory building in the heart of Kreuzberg, Berlin. As part of the Illustrators Illustrated Agency Special, read her brief interview about being represented by her UK illustration agency.

OLAF BREUNING

Olaf Breuning is a multi-disciplinary contemporary artist, originally from Switzerland and currently living and working in NYC. Olaf’s work escapes definition, moving between photography, sculpture, videos, and installation. His drawings, made with pencil, paper and a sense of humour, reveal and delight in the absurdity of life.

WASTED RITA

Portuguese illustrator and artist Rita Gomes, A.K.A. Wasted Rita, scrawls and almost scratches her drawings and text works onto the page. Her black and white images are dripping with sarcasm and challenge you with their explicit content and strong emotion. Restless and easily bored, she has a thirst for new people and places, hurling herself into new experiences that inspire her in creating her work.

IN CONVERSATION

Longer and freeform conversations with contemporary illustrators (with PDFs available to download!)

ILLUSTRATORS IN CONVERSATION #3

Olivia Ahmad and Judith Carnaby

Go behind the scenes and learn about curating illustration in this in-depth interview with Olivia Ahmad, Curator at the House of Illustration in London, UK.

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ILLUSTRATORS IN CONVERSATION #2

Jayde Perkin and David McMillan

Jayde Perkin asks her partner and fellow illustrator David McMillan some tough and touching questions in this cheeky interview!

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ILLUSTRATORS IN CONVERSATION #1

Ella Cohen and Bárbara Fonseca
– with Judith Carnaby.

On a cold and dark night in Berlin two talented contemporary illustrators sat down and had an informative, inquiring and inspiring conversation with Illustrators Illustrated founder Judith Carnaby. Ella Cohen, aka Ella Kookoo, and Bárbara Fonseca, aka Veils and Mirrors, share their thoughts, frustrations and methods around illustration and research as well as musings on Nick Cave’s work ethic…

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