Children's book Rally: 25. Abi Daker

A Guide to Stripydinosaurs

By Abi Daker

@abigaildaker

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Please read our submission guideline here!

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Colours of the rainbow: Indigo

By Abi Daker

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Valentine's Day submissions now open!

Its that beautiful bitter-sweet time of the year where we have an excuse or direct orders to drop our guard and get that little bit softer, so IR is pleased to announce that we are now open for all your Valentine's love whether its light hearted, romantic, passionate or dark we want your art now!

As we are all about promoting you, seasonal events are our way of having fresh work and showing as many illustrators as we can.

So here's the drill, just like all our previous seasonal events for which we had some truly beautiful illustrations, we have a few simple guidelines which are set out below.

Illustration by Abi Daker 

This illustration is available for sale from here!

Submission Guidelines 

• Anyone can submit their work.
• Any form of art is welcome, illustration, photography, graphic Design, animation and more.
• Low res jpeg file please so I have some space left on my almost fossilised pc!
• Don't forget to send us the links to your portfolio sites, if you are sending us your product, send us a link to the pages you are selling your products.
• Send us your twitter name if you have one, so I can promote you on twitter effectively.
• Deadline is Valentines day!
• Please send your work to illustrationrally@hotmail.co.uk

So get cracking! and lets feel the love!

 

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Christmas No. 11

By Abi Daker

By raff raff

"All I want for Christmas is a Rocket Reindeer"

By Will Aslett

By Jo Cheung

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Artist 44: Abi Daker

A great big welcome to the fantastic Abi Daker! Cyprus based Abi gives us a real treat with her amazingly powerful work. Inspired by observation and influenced by aerial photography Abi has a really unique way of looking at the world and her happy fisheye lens captures all manner of fun and imaginative ideas and really brings the world around us to life. It's a great joy to experience the world through the beautiful palette of Abi's work. A painters eye and an illustrators determination compliment each other to produce some beautifully realised exquisite work. She has a natural flow about her work and a rhythm that gives her work a vivaciousness and happy vitality that will warm your heart and put a big smile on your face. Please read about the talented and wonderful Abi Daker below!

Who are you: 

I’m Abi Daker, an artist and illustrator who currently lives in Cyprus.

What do you do:

I draw a lot – I get commissioned by a real mixture of people; I’ve illustrated some children’s books, various editorial articles, designed a couple of wine labels locally and am currently working on a huge map commission. As well as illustration, I spend a lot of time painting, usually large acrylic landscapes. Paphos is a great part of Cyprus and some of the landscapes are amazing around here.

How did you start: 
I studied art at the University of Reading. After graduation, I started working as a mural designer for a nightclub chain, carried on working on commissions for people then discovered illustration after I was offered a children’s book to work on. This happened when my son was a baby and I found that I really loved illustration; it’s never stopped me from working on my paintings; I actually find that the two compliment one another quite well.

A Personal statement about you or your work:
My work is primarily hand drawn and is based on my observations about the world. I am especially influenced by landscapes and aerial perspectives. My work aims to represent the things I see in as positive a way as I can.

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European countries: Bulgaria

Bulgaria

By Abi Daker

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