As the leading annual illustration competition, Images is dedicated to showcasing the very best of UK’s contemporary illustration, presented in six categories: Advertising, Books, Editorial, Design and New Media, Self-promotion and New Talent.

The competition was arranged by the Association of Illustrators (AOI) and being judged by a highly regarded panel of industry experts in multiple categories, the annual competition also celebrates the excellence of illustration and distributed to a specially targeted list of international commissioners.

A selection of about 80 works of Images 32 will be touring around the UK until September 2009:

• Peninsula Art Gallery, Plymouth: 15 September 2008 – 28th October 2008
• Aberystwyth Arts Centre: 08 November 2008 – 05 January 2009
• Kings Lynn Arts Centre: 17 January 2009 – 01 March 2009
• Central Library, Gateshead: 07 March 2009 – 12 April 2009
• South Hill Park, Bracknell: 18 April 2009 – 14 June 2009
• Harrogate Museum and Arts: 27 June – 06 September 2009

Below are the list of all the winners of 2008 competition, with image showing is the gold winner on each category.

Advertising

Gold Award: Adrian Johnson – Apple Halo – for Robinsons through BBH
Silver Award: Max Ellis – Tattoo Girl
Bronze Award: Chris Haughton – Creating Demand -Not Just Servicing It

Books

Gold Award: Tom Burns – The New York Trilogy – for Paul Auster, published by
the Folio Society
Silver Award: Simon Pemberton – Horror Classics – Frankenstein’s Monster
Bronze Award: Lucy Davey – From Hereabout Hill

Design and New Media

Gold Award: Steve Simpson – Pure Pie – for Red Rocket
Silver Award: Eleanor Meredith – Lemontits
Bronze Award: Tom Gaul – Basil Fawlty

Editorial

Gold Award: Peter Grundy – Bodyparts – for Esquire magazine
Silver Award: Philip Disley – Mad Churchill
Bronze Award: Stephen Collins – Competition Between Cities

Self-promotion

Gold Award: A. Richard Allen – Tick Tock
Silver Award: Caroline Tomlinson – Happy 1st Birthday Jelly
Bronze Award: Chris Vine – Manhattan Landscape

New Talent

Gold Award: Nick Mott – Rapunzel
Silver Award: Haruka Shinji – From The Cradle To The Grave Collector¹s Cards
Bronze Award: Imogen Clare – Lucy Goes To Market

Source and image credits: Images.

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