Debut Art

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Debut Art is an art agency based in London, England. It has been in existence since 1985, and now has offices in New York City, Edinburgh, and Paris. It discovers clients and contemporary image makers who make commercially viable artistic work.

The agency is widely regarded, and its services are sought after, all around the world for its promotion, and its illustrators. Some of the Illustrators that debut art markets, have successfully undertaken assignments, and worked with many high ranking professional companies, such as Microsoft, Apple, Coca Cola, Samsung, Nokia, HSBC, Walmart, Vodaphone, The New York Times, Sony and Vogue.

The company runs its own gallery, called the Coningsby gallery, and stages some 30 exhibitions per year, by selected leading illustrators, fine artists, and photographers alike. The gallery can be found here, on their official website, at (www.coningsbygallery.com) . The gallery also contains an assortment of books, and related materials.

Agency Structure:
The company is a member of the UK association of illustrators, and Andrew Coningsby is a board member of the association group, and also a representative for the association to pro-action (http://www.pro-action.org.uk/) the company is a member of the society of artists agents (UK).

The executive team for Debut Art, and the Coningsby gallery is as follows. (London office) Andrew Coningsby, Samuel Summerskill, Jonathon Hedley and Rhiannon Lloyd. (New York Office) Kat Irannejad (Paris office) Arnuad Mayet. (Edinburgh office) Neil Leslie.





Thomas.

Coningsby Gallery

My work for the London exhibition will be held in a small illustrative gallery called the Coningsby gallery. The exhibition will be held this upcoming July.

• The gallery was established in 1994, The Coningsby Gallery featured an assortment of different art 
• Features exhibitions, featuring contemporary illustration, as well as graphic art. 
• The gallery supports upcoming illustrators, for example, by providing a platform for our own CCAD class, to display work.
• The gallery is run by Andrew Coningsby, hence the name.
• Although the space inside is small, it is a widely known gallery in Eastern London.

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This gallery is situated in 30 Tottenham Street, London, W1T 4RJ, United Kingdom.

The piece above is my proposed piece for the London exhibition.

My self portrait zine illustration.

I am very excited to have  my pieces in the gallery this summer.


Thomas.

Page Numbers

In the terms of my book, I strongly believe that numbers to mark each page aren't necessary.

I feel this way mainly because of the following reasons:

• The book is aimed at young children, some of those reading, (or the book being read to by parents etc) may not be able to count well, and thus will not even make practical use of the numbers on the page. 
• Secondly because the book follows a directed story. I feel numbers belong more in the realms of reference, and educational books. 
• Thirdly, it may be distracting from the illustration/body text.
• And finally, because the book is very short, I believe numbers just aren't necessary. Perhaps for a longer book maybe, but not for my book which is only several pages long.

Thomas.

Update

Now that the 15th may deadline is approaching, all I need to do now is add 'bleeds' to my images, and print/submit digitally. Also, the final work on my entry based around the Colin West poem needs to be completed. After this, the module is done.

Thomas.

Rob Hunter

Robert Frank Hunter is an artist and illustrator from London, UK. Some of his clients include The New York Times, Nobrow, Random House, Universal, Granta etc.

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http://robertfrankhunter.com/

Robert graduated in the town to Bristol in the year of 2007. Since then he has claimed to be working as a freelance illustrator. He uses his shared studio apace occupied by a 'group of friends', creating all kinds of work from books to films.

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http://www.nobrow.net/3365

I have a book, that was written and illustrated by the artist. I personally enjoy his work, as I love his use of colours with the screenprint technique, as well has his narrative skills. The book I am talking about in particular, is one called 'The New Ghost'.

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This book is a 17x23cm series book, which is exactly the same dimensions as my book, called 'A Short Tail".

In my opinion he is a very highly talented artist, and I will be looking out for any new work published by him.

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Above is the inside of the book, 'The New Ghost', that is featured above.

I have also bought a limited edition print from Nobrow, that is based on Rob's work. I will post an example of the piece below in a photo.

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Thomas.

Ladybird books

Ladybird was introduced to the world in 1915, and their first book was produced during WW1. The company is very well known around the world. They are well recognised by their small, cheap to develop and market books, based on a wide range of topics.

Image reference at this link > http://books.ladybird.co.uk/static/newimages/logo_0812.jpg

Ladybird books is a part of the company penguin, alongside such others including puffin, Frederick Warne, Sunbird, and BBC children's books.

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Some of the companies most well known books, include ones from the series of Peppa Pig, Hello Kitty, and Lego.

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The company also produces content within the digital sector, via applications for smartphones/tablets etc.

Image reference at this link > http://www.ladybird.co.uk/aboutus/companyhistory.html 

Their registered office can be found at, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Ladybird books have offered an inspiration for Sam Arthur, who said this on the campus visit. He said he adored the way Ladybird could mass produce pocket sized books, that were cheap to make, for both consumer and company, in a pre-internet based world.

Thomas.

Nick White

Nick White is an illustrator and animator, who lives in Stoke Newington, London. He works with an assortment of other clients, apart from Nobrow Press. Such other companies he is associated with include the following. The Big Issue, LA Times, Plan B, Time Out London, World Of Interiors, Dufus (Iron Man Records), Eye Magazine, The Dial For The Spectator.

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Here is a list, detailing some of the various places that he has exhibited at. The list was found on White's main site.

• The Stairwell Gallery in London
• Gutes Von Freunden in Frankfurt, Germany 
• The Joyful Bewilderment @ Rough Trade East, London. 
• Solo Show/Book Launch For 'People I've Never Met & Conversations I've Never Had.' , Concrete Hermit, London."

list above referenced at > http://www.thisisnickwhite.com/info.html

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Nick can be contacted at the address, on the image below

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He is represented by the heart agency, which is an agency specialised for artists. > http://www.heartagency.com/




Thomas.