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Potential Client - Dwie Siostry    Dwie Siostry is a publishing company based in Warsaw, Poland. It was established in 2005 by three friends: Joanna Rzyska, Jadwiga Jędras and Ewa Stiasny.  The publishers specialises in children's literature and puts pressure on the graphic design of the book. Books published by the company include:  Babcia na jabłoni ,  Mira Lobe  with illustrations of  Mirosław Pokor a, series about a detective, Ture Sventon by  Åke Holmberg , children's poems  Stanisław Jachowicz ,  Julian Tuwim  and  Aleksander Fredr a. At the Bologne Children's Book Fair 2018, the company received the award for the Best European Children's Publishers of the Year.  source  Many of the books from my own library come from this publisher. I think that the challenge of producing collage and ink illustrations for the publishers would be very informative and refle...

This seems a little overdue, but I have finally found the time to write it up. Few months ago, we held a Q&A panel for some of the graduates of our Illustration course. The invited guests were: Rose Lloyd , Beth Mills and Chris Howker . Be sure to check out their amazing work. Q. How do you manage your time? C.H: Poorly, it is a rather difficult thing to do, but I enjoy having time for myself. B.M: I like the normal hours, as in the office job. 12 hours on week days. Make sure to never do enything, if you are not getting paid for it. R.L: I work nearly every day, even weekends, because I work from home and try to do everything right for the deadline. I do try to not get sick with it, I don't want to over do it. It's good to be disciplined. Q. How did you know, that you want to do art? C.H: I knew since primary school, often I was called the artsy kid. I did a photography course, but then moved to illustration and sticked with it. B.M: I decided in the last...