Illustrated by Allan Sanders, whose artwork is often packed with detail, A Number of Numbers is a search and find book that takes a number as the starting point for each of the 26 spreads.

Here we celebrate just some of the shortlisted projects from the WIA2020 Editorial Category sponsored by Procreate!

How do illustrators use their autobiography as inspiration for their work? We’ve selected entries from the WIA2020 shortlist of works that use personal stories, life experience, and family history as their starting point.

Meet Aimée Felone co-director of Knights of Publishing house. Knights Of Publishing specialise in inclusive commercial children’s publishing based in heart of Brixton, London. Aimée shares her top tips to illustrators looking to move into Children’s books.

Two longstanding Directors of the AOI retire at the AGM.

Like many organisations, the AOI is run day to day by a staff team, with its strategy guided by a Board of Directors. The Directors are responsible for ensuring that..

Our WIA2020 Category Highlights series continues – with highlights of the entries shortlisted in the Science and Technology Category selected by Directory of Illustration’s Medical Illustration Programme Editor Rachel Bajema!

We’ve curated this list of shortlisted projects that use a limited colour palette from the WIA shortlist for you to discover the creativity unleashed by working in monochrome!

Cicada’s Ziggy Hanaor has a keen eye for talent, she has hand-picked some of her favourite illustrators from the AOI folios with the style and energy needed to succeed in children’s publishing.

Our WIA2020 Category Highlights series continues. Read on for highlights of the commissioned entries shortlisted in the Book Covers Category!

Writer and Artist Sara Lundberg’s story takes place on a farm in the spare landscape of rural Sweden in the 1920’s and is inspired by the paintings, letters and diaries of the artist Berta Hansson. It begins when Berta is young and standing at a crossroads in her life. Our hero has to decide whether to stay or go.

As creatives are allowed to leave their WFH set-ups, many are cautiously returning to their studio spaces, or even looking for one. In a time when the right working space..

The British Copyright Council is a not-for-profit organisation that provides an effective and authoritative voice for the copyright community. The AOI are proud members, and are delighted to be joining..

We’ve rounded up some not quite 2-dimensional entries from the WIA shortlist for you to discover the extra dimension/s illustration can take.

Street art expert Tristan Manco joined AOI members for a July ‘Spotlight On’ informal lunchtime talk. With graffiti everywhere as a form of protest, it was the right time for..

The first in our WIA2020 Category Highlights series – see highlights of the entries shortlisted in the Advertising Category!

AOI’s Chief Executive Ren Renwick considers the silver linings of the pandemic.

Here at the AOI, we have been astounded by the versatility, resilience and undeniable talent of this years graduates. In this feature, we are celebrating 10 up-and-coming illustrators, who stand out in our minds. From paper-cuts to placards, these illustrators have demonstrated incredible creativity in the face of adversity, and we know they will take the industry by storm.

Georgia O’Keeffe is often labelled the ‘Mother of American Modernism’, and this portrait of one of the best known female artists of all time seeks to open children’s eyes to her achievements as a trailblazer.

Award winning illustrator Lucy Truman joined AOI members for our new ‘Spotlight On’ series of informal lunchtime talks. With a great use of line and a lightness of touch, Lucy..

This charming tale from Alice Bowsher has her curly haired/bearded hero feeling the need for a canine companion. He’s not that fussed what it will look like, as he’s a scruffy kind of guy himself.

The AOI, in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, is delighted to announce the 200 projects that have been shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2020! In December 2019, we..

Racism, discrimination and inequality have no place in our world, or our industry.

Wei Shao’s focus on urban spaces and their functions is explored through her interest in the rules people make up for their city that regulate, categorise and standardise inhabitants’ lives. In this excerpt from Varoom 40, Luise Vormittag talks to Wei about her ‘zine projects.

Watch our ‘Spotlight On’ talk with talented cartoonist, illustrator and graphic novelist Stephen Collins. Stephen discusses the creative process of ‘writing with pictures’.

We need radical, ambitious plans to see us through the exit from the pandemic.

AOI Members Central Vapeur are set up in the heart of Strasbourg, France, and the newest members of the European Illustrators Forum. Here’s eight affiliated illustrators we met while visiting the association.

Watch our ‘Spotlight On’ talk with illustrator, author, YouTuber and Patreon expert, Fran Meneses a.k.a Frannerd who share fascinating insights into her life as a ‘content producer’.

We’ve rounded up some fantastic New Talent entries by either current students or recent graduates for you to discover, and see the next generation of illustrators who are pushing our industry forward.

This comprehensive book feels very contemporary, documenting as it does the imagery of protest from the social comment of the Reformation in the 1500’s to the civil rights movements. Also covering Women’s Liberation, AIDS, LGBTQ campaigns, Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement, Pussy Riot and more from recent decades.