Explore our showcase of a few of our highlights from the WIA2020 Alternative Publishing Category.

Public Lending Rights (PLR) have released the Top 50 Illustrators whose work has been most borrowed from public libraries.

How do illustrators play with perspective and scale to create dynamic, imaginative work? We explore entries that these strategies to make striking images.

A chart maker who previously worked as senior designer at BuzzFeed News and as a writer/illustrator for BuzzFeed, Michelle Rial’s new book Am I Overthinking This? is subtitled Over-answering life’s questions in 101 charts. With Varoom 41 themed on No Narrative, we talk to her about how her smart, witty charts are created and how her ‘real life charts’ evolved.

Calm Down Zebra is written by Lou Kuenzler and illustrated by Julia Woolf, and follows on from Not Yet Zebra, another fun rhyming book for early learners. To continue, the same enthusiastic zebra is back, says reviewer Louise Date, and helping Annie teach her little brother all about colours and how to use them, sometimes with a little too much zeal!

Explore our showcase of a few of our highlights from the WIA2020 Site Specific Category.

Printmaking and Collage offer exciting ways to play with shape, colour and surface. We’ve picked some of our favourite examples from the WIA shortlist for you to explore how illustrators can use these versatile techniques.

Whether you are a commissioner looking to work with fresh talent, or just an illustration enthusiast, we recommend visiting a variety of this years online degree shows. Now is the time to celebrate, share and support the graduates of 2020. The AOI have compiled a shortlist of 5 illustration degree shows to get you started on your virtual tour (no petrol needed).

Agency Artist Partners have announced with sadness the passing of their friend and artist/illustrator Lizzie Sanders.

After an extraordinary nine years, illustrator and educator, Roderick Mills has recently retired from the AOI Board. He reflects on 9 years of the AOI, illustration and the industry.