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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...

  Sandra de la Prada is a Barcelona based illustrator, who studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona, completed her training with several courses related to design and illustration at Escola Massana, Escola de la Dona (both in Barcelona) and Fabbrica delle Favole (Macerata, Italy). She humorously adds in her bio that she works along with her two dogs, Chicho and Rudo, who help her in everything they can and they are the reason for all kinds of animals in her illustrations: cats, dogs, monkeys, elephants, birds. To see her works visit her website - http://www.sandradelaprada.com/ She has created illustrations for children's and youth publishing principally, although she had also designed various posters. Among her clients are the publishing houses Estrella Polar, Timun Mas, Cruïlla, SM, Barcanova, Planeta, Edicions Salòria, OQO Editora, Pintar-Pintar Editorial, El Terrat de Produccions; The studios Escletxa, Bräva Büro and Tucan, the magazine Barçakids, t...

Janusz Stanny Born in 1932, Stanny is described as one of the most known and one of the greatest illustrators and graphic artists of polish posters, drawings and books. In 1952-56, he studied the posters under Henryk Tomaszewski. Stanny took on graphic design and animation. '' To get an idea of the geography of my students' thinking, at the beginning I've asked them to answer with a  drawing to my question - 'Why doesn't this cat fish the mice?' - It was a good test - you had to switch to thinking with the picture.'' - Janusz Stanny Three gentlemen in a boat (and a dog)  A lot of his work included humour and strong lines and blocks of colours, while at the same time, showing appreciation for the negative space. Janusz Stanny is the author of over 200 book covers, which include those for: ''Pan Tadeusz''; ''Don Kichot''; Andersen's 'Fairytales'';  ''O malarzu r...

Alain Gree  The French illustrator and author   Alain Grée  was born on July, 21st 1936 in Eaubonne near Paris.  He is the author of three detective novels (“La Chouette” editions) and produced children’s broadcasts on the French national television for two years.  He studied in Paris at the “Ecole des Arts Appliqués” (atelier d’Art Graphique) and at the “Beaux Arts de Paris”.  Gree has published over 300 books for several editors (Casterman, Hachette, etc.), most in the 1960s and 1970s. His books were translated around the world into 25 different languages.  He also worked as an illustrator for “Pomme d’Api” and “Journal de Babar” magazines. Later he created 10 books as initiation works to ship navigation for Gallimard editions. He was also a journalist for the “Voiles et Voiliers” (sailing ships) magazine for 20 years and is currently working as a graphic designer and editor of advertising publications. Alain Grée recently remas...

This week I am back to working in the uni studio. Great help, since I do not have the software I need at home. I have focused on bringing together my pieces of collage and building up the spreads. Here are some sneak up images: I have added a different audience piece to a theater collage than I have initially planned on but it looked a little bit too basic. I've also asked around for some feedback on my work and there are some little changes and tweaks that I will need to do next week. Mostly it is to do with shadow and re-positioning few parts of the images. There are only two more weeks until the final deadline and so much work to do.  We have held portfolio reviews today, where I've received a little bit of advice to rearrange and take out some of the works from my portfolio as they didn't show my abilities and the quality of my works. Eh. Sometimes it feels like too much stress, but in the end the effort is definitely worth it.

The  past week and a half have been a great time off. I was finally able to distress myself and enjoy reading again. :)  I don't usually use my half term breaks to rest, as there is always something to do, but I think I needed it so much, particularly since my last break in February, there was a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. While I find working under pressure a necessity and a motivational atmosphere, it is also nervewracking. Everyone needs some time off.  I have spent the last week on catching up with my reading lists and watching some of the series that I have been missing out on.  However, during this week I have decided to get back into my work mode and use my time off in an efficient way to get ahead, especially with the next three weeks being the last ones of my second year, therefore I need to get ahead and make sure that I am ready to finish the project as I want to. Here are some sneak peaks into what I have been working on. I find ...