Joanne Young Illustration

Bologna Children's Book Fair

2012-03-08T07:31:00.004-08:00

For the first time Cambridge School of Art and the MA course in Children's Book Illustration will be showcasing students and graduates work at the Children's Book Fair in Bologna

Visit us at Hall 25 stand B/69 where you'll be able to view dummy books and portfolios. For more information visit our website

Here's a preview of the catalog with my selected illustration

Facebook Page

2012-02-29T14:33:00.000-08:00

My facebook page has had a bit of a revamp with the timeline,

go and have a look and feel free to hint 'like' if you like what you see :)

Website Update

2012-02-14T06:07:00.002-08:00

There has been a few new images added to my website,

click on the image to have a look

setting up the show :)

2012-02-08T08:10:00.000-08:00

finally the big day arrived and we spent yesterday setting up the show

here's a look at my spot, I'm really happy how it all turned out

... and a few more of the show being set up

Count down :)

2012-02-06T01:13:00.000-08:00

One day until we set up the show, two days until the show opens and three days until the private view!

Here's another sneak preview of what you can expect to see :)

Plus lots of exciting work from the rest of the class!

http://www.foyles.co.uk/Children-Illustration-Ruskin

Dummy Book

2012-02-04T03:08:00.000-08:00

Only a few days to go now until we all go down to London to set up the show. I can't believe how fast the last year and an half has gone! Not only were the course and tutors fantastic, I don't think I would of been able to do half of what I did without the inspiration of my classmates, they really are one of the most talented groups of people I have ever met.

On another note here's a preview on my A3 dummy book :)

Misbehaving Website

2012-02-01T03:04:00.000-08:00

My website has decided to misbehave... in the meantime please visit my portfolio here

....problem now solved!

featured on Amelia's Magazine, MA Children's Book Illustration 2012

2012-02-01T02:48:00.000-08:00

Click on the image to have a closer look

Prep for the MA show

2012-01-31T13:56:00.000-08:00

A few of my images that I will be exhibiting at the MA show

MA Children's Book Illustration 2012 Website

2012-01-31T13:19:00.000-08:00

2012-01-27T07:49:00.001-08:00

a little bit more of a sneak preview ...

2012-01-27T03:08:00.000-08:00

I've added a couple more images from my new book 'Forest' to my website

Click on the sleeping girl to see

Tree Children

2012-01-24T10:01:00.000-08:00

MA Catalogue

2012-01-20T04:57:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday we received the finished copy of the MA Catalogue, with beautiful cover illustrations by Sarah Smith. My business cards also came and I'm really happy how they came out.

Postcards

2012-01-18T04:27:00.000-08:00

postcards for the MA Exhibition came today :)

* MA Children's Book Illustration Show 2012 *

2012-01-15T07:00:00.000-08:00

Link to our exhibition at Foyles in London

Illustration by Sarah Smith

Cities

2012-01-06T05:13:00.000-08:00

Click on the image above to view a new selection of drawings

I have done on the theme of cities

Character drawings

2012-01-05T07:27:00.000-08:00

Character drawings from my final project, I still have a long way to go

but I feel like I am finally getting somewhere.

One Image

2011-12-28T11:13:00.000-08:00

My work usually starts with one image, I have a vague idea about what I want to do, but it takes this process in the first image to help me start to realise what it is I want to achieve.

This is the image inspired my latest project 'Forest', which I'll be showing at my

MA show in February

Images 36

2011-12-23T05:16:00.000-08:00

I'm delighted to say that my image from 'The Museum' has been selected to appear in the AOI's Images 36 annual

It's funny how much my work has progressed and changed through the MA, seeing this image again though is tempting me to return to working purely in graphite

2011-12-20T04:42:00.001-08:00

Trying to develop my child characters.. this is proving a little difficult

work in progress....

2011-12-17T04:44:00.000-08:00

Working on a drawing for my big city scene

V&A Illustration Awards

2011-12-13T01:42:00.000-08:00

My entry for the V&A Illustration Awards, competition open until the 15th Dec

New Website

2011-12-10T01:25:00.000-08:00

I gave myself the day off yesterday after the final crit on my MA. It's scary to think it's nearly the end, but very inspiring to see all the incredible work my classmates have produced.

Therefore yesterday I started playing around with putting a new website together on Cargo Collective (which ~~will be~~ is now linked to joanneyoungillustration.co.uk ~~very soon~~)

It's still a bit of a work in progress, but here's a little sneak peak at it here

Christmas Tree

2011-12-09T01:59:00.000-08:00

2011-11-25T08:14:00.000-08:00

Starting to come to the end of the MA, scary and exciting times!

2011-11-18T02:15:00.000-08:00

2011-11-16T11:24:00.001-08:00

A little bit of a sneak preview of what I've been up to....

2011-08-01T03:53:00.000-07:00

Sketches from Kiev, Ukraine.

2011-07-30T07:43:00.000-07:00

Image for the day ...

2011-07-08T03:35:00.000-07:00

Sketches

2011-07-07T08:36:00.000-07:00

New Narrative......

2011-07-07T02:36:00.000-07:00

Along with posting update images from my narrative sequence 'The Museum Walk', I want to show all you lovely people my latest project. It was inspired primarily by 'The Big Fish Fight' on TV, where issues on over fishing and excessive bi catching were discussed.

My narrative follows a tuna's journey.

Updates to follow

Other web pages worth viewing: Greenpeace, Hugh's Fish Fight

The Museum Walk (2)

2011-07-06T09:17:00.000-07:00

The Museum Walk

2011-07-05T02:52:00.000-07:00

Posting a little late after it was produced, my first attempt at Narrative. For this reason I wanted to keep 'The Museum Walk' quite simple, I decided to concentrate on environments rather than character development. One of the ways I wanted to show this was through extreme used of scale, and the contrast in detail between the main character and the museum.

I will post more images from the sequence later.

I now also have a facebook page, so please have a look, and if you want, let me know what you think. thank you :)

Work over the summer

2011-06-16T12:29:00.000-07:00

When I start back in September it will be the beginning of my final masters project on my course, so this summer I am going to attempt my best as widening my skills, experimenting and developing drawing characters (as I seem to avoid doing this) and really just to play with illustration.

I am going to post here some of my attempts here....

AOI's Images 34

2011-03-15T08:10:00.000-07:00

Rather slow posting this on the blog but last summer I was delighted when my work was chosen to be featured in the AOI's Images 34 Annual and exhibition at the LCC. Showcasing a fantastic range of British Illustration which is currently still on tour (for information visit the AOI's Images website)

Was also very happy to see my work had been commented on by Janet Woolley, which you can see above, in the introduction for 'New Talent'.

Observation Project: 2

2011-03-13T10:10:00.000-07:00

Selection of images also from my observational project, where I tried to consider the composition to create more dramatic scenes. I started to work at a larger format and detail became more key to my work.

This drawing was what inspired my Sequential Image Project, 'A Walk in a Museum'

Observation Project (People)

2011-03-01T15:13:00.000-08:00

On one of the many rainy days during the drawing project in Cambridge

Observation Project (People)

2011-03-01T13:13:00.000-08:00

These are a few Images from my first semester for a observational project, here's a selection of studies based on the interaction between people.

More will hopefully follow soon on some of the other themes I looked at.

Thank you!

C is for Camel...

2009-12-07T11:22:00.000-08:00

Hairy Times

2009-12-07T11:21:00.000-08:00

2009-11-11T09:53:00.000-08:00

Illustration Rally with Natsucki Otani

http://illustrationrally.blogspot.com/

2009-11-03T16:17:00.000-08:00

Quick post just to say that im very very happy to be chosen to be featured in the AOI Images 34, the best of British contemporary illustration 2010 annual! !

http://www.aoiimages.com/I34selected.htm

Also proud to say that i am now also a member of the AOI

One Important Tree

2009-10-20T11:54:00.000-07:00

'My number one tree has to be the outstanding Dancing Miyabe Maple.

Found only in Northern Ukraine. She can be sometimes sinister in

appearance, but no one can deny her amazing crisp, dark green summer

foliage, appealing upright rounded head and the superb way in which

she moves.'

This was my submission for a competition for Arjowiggins

Graphic and Bostock and Pollitt where you were meant to

illustrate one Tree that is important to you.

really happy to say that my tree has been chosen! really

enjoyed this project though, so I am considering creating a

A-Z along the same lines.

Monster Collection

2009-10-19T03:36:00.000-07:00

I've decided Im going to (well try) and least draw a thing a day and

then post it on here, hopefully will go well! give me something to

do at least

2009-09-21T04:03:00.000-07:00

2009-09-21T03:34:00.000-07:00

NUCA 2009 Illustration Degree Show.

Also The winner of this years NCAS award for

the best work in the NUCA degree show 2009