Why do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? tells you how to understand the emotions of dogs and has lots of fun, inspiring facts in it.

This year saw a record number of entries from across the UK and a very strong field and, after much deliberation, the judges have decided that two winners will share the prize – Jo Surman for Snow, the book she has written and illustrated, and Kael Tudor for the story he has written:One Goose, Two Moose.

We are aware that there may be an increase in the number of jobs that are cancelled due to the  unprecedented challenges businesses are facing at present. It is always..

We are in fast moving times and there is a huge amount of uncertainty and anxiety around. Coronavirus, and the response to it, is as challenging for illustrators as it..

    Here at the AOI we are always interested in how creatives grow their businesses and expand their practice into new and exciting areas. We were thrilled to catch..

This is the fifteenth time that designaustria organises the Joseph Binder Award, an international competition with a focus on graphic design & illustration. Designers, illustrators, agencies and students from all over..

This book from Norwegian illustrator and author Roskifte is built around contemplation, the times where we take a step back from the world and become a spectator, observing the appearance and actions of others and use this to build a mental narrative of that person’s life.

Catarina Glam is a Portuguese street artist and sculptor who assembles geometric characters, in ways that make them stand out and be enjoyed by local communities on the public realm. Learn about her unique working process!

If you’re looking for imaginative, funny, colour packed, characterful illustrations (with a few cats too), look no further! Aurora Cacciapuoti does this and much more, and we’re very proud to be showcasing her as our Illustrator of the Month for March.

AOI Membership fees, and consultation fees will increase from 1 May 2020. This will not affect current membership, but will mean that if members purchase from 1 May onwards, they will pay the new fee.

Greta Thunberg, the 17-year-old, Swedish school child who has become famous through her stand to save the world, has been cast in a fictional tale to help children grasp the concept of activism.

You wouldn’t have to be a resident of this most well-know of British seaside towns to feel attached to this elegant resurrection of John Piper’s pre-war aquatint artworks of Brighton.

Varoom 41 – the No Narrative issue The practice of storytelling dominates our understanding of illustration, and for good reason – illustrators are brilliant at it. In the No Narrative..

In this extract from Varoom Fantasy issue, Creative Director Dan Pinchbeck of Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, the BAFTA Award-winning non-linear game created by Brighton-based studio The Chinese Room tells us how the team created their ‘artful, painterly and almost seductive’, yet eerily real dystopian fantasy.

In this excerpt from Varoom 40 Alix-Rose Cowie talks to Ram Han about her artwork, and what it means to her: “From time to time, I’m obsessed with the urge to observe myself from a distance,” Han says. She broaches adult themes; romance, sexuality and voyeurism. Her work seems at the intersection of innocence lost and complexity gained.

Earth Shattering Events! is fun, educational and equally entertaining to people big and small. As our world changes around us, understanding the events out of our control happening around us is increasingly important, and yet still overlooked.

The Bookseller is to once again run an Illustrators’ Showcase at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair devoted to displaying the artwork of new illustrators.

It’s your last chance to be part of this year’s World Illustration Awards…

Exciting opportunity to share studio with editors, animators, designers and more creatives in Leith!

  There is lots of good news in Ben The Illustrator’s survey.  Overall as illustrators we are proud, feel supported and are motivated to be better.  Our industry offers a..

Slanted #34 stands then as a plea for a multi-faceted and vibrant Europe, with an impressively broad assembly of texts, photography, illustration, graphic design expressed through the full range of graphic mediums.

The longlist for the 2020 Klaus Flugge Prize has been announced this week. Now in its fifth year, the Klaus Flugge Prize is awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s picture book illustration

We are delighted to announce the jury for the 2020 Di Award. The Directory of Illustration jury will select one shortlisted project to win the DI Award. The Winner will..

‘No Lifestyle. No Pose. No Galleries. No Collaboration. No Commissions. No Art Direction. No Illustration. No Creative. No Social Network. No Fashion.’ It would hard to imagine more restrictive prohibitions on an illustrator than these Ten Commandments. Yet they are the credo strictly observed by Herman Inclusus, the anachronistic pseudonym of the Staffordshire-based artist formerly known as Stuart Kolakovic, interviewed in this extract from Varoom 40 by Paul Gravett.

Yehrin Tong created the dramatic, flowing artwork for the cover of the Fantasy issue of Varoom in four varied colourways. We asked her about her concept and process.

For the World Illustration Awards 2019 we introduced some new Cross-Category Awards, including an AOI Members Award, the Directory of Illustration Award, and the SAA Agents’ Award for New Talent…

Our second Working Spaces article features Argentinian illustrator María Luque. We set out to find out why she loves working in cafés, libraries, and local joints.

Master of chill, Illustrator and Animator Joe Prytherch (aka Mason London) has built an impressive portfolio of seamless animated loops complimenting your favourite chill out tracks. Creating animations that work alongside contemporary jazz, and arcade game music – we’re excited to present as February’s Illustrator of the Month!

In this excerpt from Varoom 40, Ritupriya Basu connects with Victo Ngai at her studio in LA, to talk about how fantasy plays into her work and why composing illustrations is akin to orchestrating stage plays.

This May, the 16th Pictoplasma Berlin Festival presents an all new selection of trailblazing, trendsetting character design and art.