AOI Year in Review: 10 Highlights
We take a moment to look back, reflect and celebrate 10 key highlights and achievements in 2024.
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Looking Back: Recent AOI Meet Ups
Creative socials and festive fun! A summary of what our AOI Meet up groups have been up to in the last months of 2024.
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Topsy & Tim creator, Jean Adamson dies
The creator of enduring children’s series, Topsy & Tim, Jean Adamson, sadly died on Sunday 15th December in Cambridgeshire with her family around her. Her creations were an amazing success, developing beyond the page to a TV series, and involving the twins going to a farm, having a birthday party, meeting the police and lots more.
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WIA2024 Catalogue
All 200 shortlisted projects for the 2024 World Illustration Awards are featured in the online catalogue, including highlighted Winners and Highly Commended. You can also find a brief overview of the judges, categories and sponsors. The index features a list of all artists’ or their representatives’ websites. Click on the cross to view fullscreen.
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AOI join Creative Rights In AI Coalition
The AOI has joined a new coalition of rights holders including publishers, authors, visual artists, music businesses, specialist interest publications and unions, which has called on government to spur growth in the creative and tech sectors by protecting copyright ahead of an imminent consultation.
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10 Reasons To Enter The World Illustration Awards 2025
The World Illustration Awards are a year-round celebration of the power and diversity of illustration being made today. In this post we share 10 reasons you should enter this year.
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AOI Publishes 2024 Pricing Survey Results
The results of our 2024 Pricing Survey are now available to all AOI members, offering a valuable market research tool to support illustrators in making informed decisions around pricing.
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The World Illustration Awards 2025 are now open for entries!
The AOI, in partnership with the USA-based Directory of Illustration, is delighted to announce that the World Illustration Awards 2025 are open for entries until 11 February 2025.
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A Day in the life of an Illustrator
On National Illustration Day we, alongside Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, celebrate how wonderfully varied and illuminating illustration is. Featuring a selection of AOI Members and Folios.
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