#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Italian illustrator Enrico Lorenzi, who mixes traditional and digital techniques. From Are You Looking at Me? with text by Philip Ardagh, which explores which animal has the stariest stare. This spread is turned sideways. Little Tiger 4 June. @littletigeruk.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Satoshi Kitamura from Pyramid Boy about a boy who travels in time to Ancient Egypt. Walker 4 June. In this eventful, angular, ink-&-watercolour spread he chases a cat from a museum through a sarcophagus into the blue & out again up a staircase. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Amber Au. Spread from The Blue Tomato, about wanting to fit in. Harmonious neutral colours set off the central drama of blue versus red. Soft, crayon-y lines and detail to explore of the blue protagonist's research. Little Tiger Press 4 June. @littletigeruk.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Rosalind Beardshaw from Maudie and Chip: The Perfect Day Out. The friends make the best of an imperfect day at the seaside. Decorative graphic cartoon style with sharp lines & sweet characters & colours, as a stormcloud lours. Farshore 4 June. @farshorebooks.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Charley Rabbit from her part graphic novel part chapter book Monsieur Mustard: The Disappearance of Fabio Fangtooth. Stylish comic cartoons telling the story of a monocled French detective mouse based in Bath. Oh la la. Andersen Press 4 June. @andersenpress.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationoftheDay. So much of the story of Ed Vere's Waffles and Julius: No Hugs Please is told in the pictures. Waffles loves hugs. Julius does NOT. Comedy and character economically expressed with flat colour and playful line. Puffin 4 June. @edvere.bsky.social @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Flora Luckman, one of five illustrators on the shortlist announced today for this Kelpies Prize category. Images suitable for children's books are invited from artists with Scottish connections. This luminous lighthouse scene is gouache and ink. @florisbooks.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Festive limited edition print by Axel Scheffler from the goody bag for Nosy Crow’s 15th birthday celebration last night, a party that was indeed thronged with the Crow’s friends. Congratulations & thanks to Kate Wilson (excellent speech) & her team. @nosycrow.bsky.social
