An Iggy from the IllustratorsIreland.com Awards 2006
The Illustrators Guild of Ireland had its annual awards last Friday in the United Arts Club in Dublin's City Centre. I was delighted to be awarded the 'Iggy' for this illustration in the 'Self-promotional' category. In fact, the idea was conceived in response to a call by the IGI for images for a promotional postcard campaign but it's still self-promotional really. There was some beautiful work on show from everybody but especially from PJ Lynch [Best Book Illustration] and David Rooney [Best Editorial and Best Overall Illustration].
'Pencil Boy' is a witty soubriquet bestowed upon me by photographer John Redmond [or 'Lens Creature'] one day and it made me laugh with its crazy American comic-book language dude-like hipness. I thought a Pencil Boy would be a good image to promote a bunch of illustrators.
Anyroad, while staying at my father-in-law's gaff in Provence during the summer, I obviously found that I needed to pass a lot of time away fr…
'Pencil Boy' is a witty soubriquet bestowed upon me by photographer John Redmond [or 'Lens Creature'] one day and it made me laugh with its crazy American comic-book language dude-like hipness. I thought a Pencil Boy would be a good image to promote a bunch of illustrators.
Anyroad, while staying at my father-in-law's gaff in Provence during the summer, I obviously found that I needed to pass a lot of time away fr…