The Big Picture Party

Hello,

I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend, and have remembered to turn the clocks back.

In my recaptured hour I'm here blogging, there's something so wrong about that.

Never mind, just a quickie to say I'll be at The Big Picture Party on Monday at the British Museum. The likes of Quentin Blake, Emily Gravett and Axel Scheffler will be there, I think it's aimed at children and families, so I may seem a bit conspicuous as a 24 year old fangirl who's taken the day off work to be there...

Images 32

I had the pleasure of attending Images 32 private view a few weeks ago, which was a lovely event over at London College of Communication. It's a great space and is there until 29th August when it goes on tour. So if you can, take a peek, it's free!

The AOI have done a great job and by their own admission, it's been a strong year for illustration, it was a strange experience seeing illustrators whose work I've admired from afar, so putting faces to names and most importantly seeing the people behind the illustrations was surreal. Jill Calder, Jonny Hannah, Tom Gauld and most extraordinarily Quentin Blake were in attendance, the latter of which was presenting the awards in lieu of David Downton's absence.

I was there as Jemma Robinson (pictured above) of Jemillo fame's guest, this is Jemma's second inclusion in Images. My work was featured in last year's Images, but my day job has become my excuse for not doing more personal work, this is something I aim to amend. More pictures of the night are available on my flickr page.  

Images 32 cover photograph courtesy of The AOI, cover illustration by Jill Calder.