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).

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.

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!

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!

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.

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..

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

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.

We’re proud to highlight our network of brilliant Illustration Agency members and break-down what they can offer to business – to help propel new projects to the fore during this period!

Find out how some artists are pushing the boundaries of illustration’s potential. This feature selected by the AOI Awards Team highlights the more unusual entries from across the entire WIA2020 Longlist.

Award winning illustrator Claudine O’Sullivan joined AOI members for our new ‘Spotlight On’ series of informal lunchtime talks. Claudine, who is well known for her Apple and Jameson whiskey commissions, discussed her practice and her unique experience of the illustration industry to date.

This article from the AOI Awards team features a selection of animated and moving image entries from the WIA2020 Longlist.

There are some incredible entries on the WIA longlist. This feature selected by WIA2020 Overall Winner sponsor Winsor & Newton highlights entries drawn and painted using fine art materials.

Spotlight On is our series of informal online lunch chats with inspiring Illustrators. This week Illustrator, mural artist, wordsmith and map-maker Vic Lee.

We think highly of the whole WIA longlist and are proud to see a great number of illustrators, who are AOI members appear in the final selection. This feature is dedicated to some of the great members celebrated across the categories.

We bring you a recording of our latest chat with Dapo Adeola, part of Spotlight On: a new series of informal online lunch chats with inspiring Illustrators, freely available to all AOI members.

We bring you a recording of our latest chat with Genie Espinosa, part of Spotlight On: a new series of informal online lunch chats with inspiring Illustrators, freely available to all AOI members.

With audiences watching brands more closely than ever – our priorities have changed, and consumers are looking to invest and support more meaningful projects during this time of crisis. This is our letter to Art Directors!

Written by AOI’s Georgia Luckman

Last Friday we hosted our first Spotlight On Montana Forbes, a new series of informal online lunch chats with inspiring Illustrators, freely available to all AOI members! Clcik through to see the full recording of the session.

We have tips and practices to improve your situation and continue doing the work that you love – and run a business that can thrive in this exceptional climate.