Timothy Bird is an illustrator, who has published a number of magazines/books/graphic novels. I own quite a lot of them.
He has a particular interest in, and skill, in drawing architecture and I love his visual style. The illustration here is one of his commissions from the website.
He has added a new comic to the store recently called 'Asleep in the Back' which is about falling asleep as a child when heading for his grandparents' house which, it turns out, was in Wickersley where I grew up. There are some drawings of very familiar buildings.
Also check out Our Town, which looks at the links between place and memory.
Little Cities is one of the many art projects of Maxwell Tilse.
He is an illustrator, and the representation of places and memories and place association is one of my current areas of interest and research, particularly the narratives which they create. See the examples here. I've recently engaged with the work of the House of Illustration, and other illustrators like Tim Bird (of whom more to come in a future post)
Book illustrators are so creative with the work they create, which is so varied in its nature and media.
The House of Illustration is part of the new King's Place / Granary Square development, which houses St. Martin's School of Art - my wife went there when it was housed in Long Acre.
We found out about the launch of their new education resources for Primary, with a talk from a teacher who had used them with her class - some really nice work had been created.
We heard about the importance of the visual language of illustration to go along with spoken and written word.
We had an introduction to the House of Illustration's materials here (all free to download)
As I've always said, I should stay of Twitter not because it's bad for my concentration or work, but because it's bad for my wallet. Darran Anderson put me on to this graphic novel, which tells the story of the history of The Great North Wood, which is a story of change and psychogeography, as the wood becomes the London suburbs. It's created by Tim Bird. Twitter here. Website here.
P.S When taking a look at some past media on Tweets to find out a little more, I came across an illustration which I recognised as the village of Wickersley near Rotherham where I grew up, and it looks like that will be included in Tim's next comic, which I shall keep an eye out for...
Timothy Bird is an illustrator, who has published a number of magazines/books/graphic novels.
