Do the words ‘Tax Return’ send shivers down your spine? For many illustrators, bookkeeping isn’t the thing that we love the most about freelancing. In fact, you wouldn’t be alone..

Shih-Hsien Hsu won the World Illustration Awards 2018 New Talent Books Category sponsored by NoBrow. We caught up with him to ask about how winning the award has impacted his practice, and his future plans.

We’re delighted to introduce our new World Illustration Awards 2019 in partnership with Directory of Illustration sponsors WORKBOOK

We interviewed Esther Goh, about the impact on her illustration career of winning the WIA2018 Professional Editorial Category sponsored by Eye Magazine.

Observe Collect Draw! is a visual journal getting to the core of self-examination. It seeks to inspire the reader into using one’s personal data in order to develop creativity and to better connect with oneself.

We spoke to Lucia Orlandi a Creative Director at R/GA the advertising agency involved in Mailchimp‘s recent global contemporary rebrand!

The exhibition is curated by Lauren Child and commissioned by the British Council, and celebrates ten of the most inspiring contemporary British Children’s Book illustrators, including AOI member, Jill Calder.

Tara Books’ children’s titles, published in India, are progressive, political – and beautiful. Varoom talks to one of the founders, Gita Wolf, and artist Bhajju Shyam.

Robert Hunter’s clean lines ensure that each bird’s attributes are clear to see in the illustrations, while bringing a pleasing sense of movement within his compositions. And the bird ‘sounds’ are great!

Hector, a man of advancing years who has played his fiddle on the streets for a long time, finds his popularity as a performer has waned. And when his companion, Hugo the dog, takes it up (brilliantly) and is whisked away by Bear to tour, how will Hector deal with the loss of their friendship?