The Jacky Winter Peter Peter

Justin has also made a great short video chronically his work process. The work in question will be part of his up-coming exhibition 'Between a God and a Ghost' exhibiting in Sydney and Brisbane. Definitely worth a look if you are a fan.

BETWEEN A GOD AND A GHOST from Justin Williams on Vimeo.

Great news for Eamo who is now represented in the states by illustration agency Gerald & Cullen Rapp, one of America's top illustration agencies. Eamo is still available for commissions through JW in all other territories :) We are very much looking forward to see him further his career in the area.

Eamo has also recently illustrated his first commission for Playboy Magazine US. It was a story on a drink called the Blue Blazer with art direction by Rob Wilson. Kudos to Playboy as well for having the most awesome hand-typed contracts and stationery ever. Look out for Eamo's next piece in Playboy which should also hit the stands soon. Go Eamo!

Following an astounding redesign by Dirk Barnett, Blender Magazine was one of the finest recent examples of editorial design. Under the Art Direction Robert Vargas, Eamo had been providing regular monthly spots, but his most recent commission was the most ambitious to date, a 4 page comic detailing the adventures of the band Mastodon at the New York comic-con. Although it didn't make it to print before the publication folded it can still be found on the Blender Blog here: ‘The Astounding Adventures of Mastodon’.

This was one of the most exciting projects we have worked on at the agency, with Eamo conquering a brand new medium, plus the collaboration between writer, art director, and editor, made it a true group effort. Such a shame we will never see it in print!

In other news, Justin Maller releases new artwork in the recent Depthcore pack.

Lastly, Madeleine Stamer currently has an exhibition on show in Bendigo - ‘Birdsville’ New and recent bird inspired work from May 2 - June 18.

Matt Davidson has some illustrations on display at the Behind the Lines exhibition currently at City Museum (Old Treasury building) on Spring Street, Melbourne, until May 17.

Cast a vote for your favourite cartoon and help decide who will win the annual People’s Choice award.

Behind the Lines - the year's best cartoon 2008 is a national travelling exhibition of political satire as a light-hearted historical record organised by the National Museum of Australia, Canberra. Find out when it will be at a location near you...

Kate Banazi, Lachlan Conn and Niels Oeltjen have all recently illustrated the cover and interior dividers for separate issues of Meanjin Literary Journal, as part of a recent redesign.

Lachlan Conn also created a banner for live author readings.

Oslo Davis also features regularly in the Newsreel section of Meanjin shown below, and his recent cartoon 'Tight-Arse Days' is up for a political cartoon prize through New Matilda. You can register and vote for this cartoon through the New Matilda website:

REGISTER:  http://newmatilda.com/user/register/
VOTE:  http://newmatilda.com/cartooncomp/heat-4/ (scroll down to see 'Oslo Davis')  .

Lachlan Conn has illustrated another article in Readers Digest's Handyman Magazine on kitchens of the future. This illustration is part of a series for Readers Digest.

Marcela Restrepo went through her fair share of pencils in this latest piece for GHO Sydney, for the rebrand of Calliden. The 'World' of Calliden shown below will be rolled out into a variety of materials for the new ID.

JW shares some pearls of wisdom is a recent interview with Brita Frost for the new ADGA blog.

Marcela Restrepo illustrated for The Good Weekends Valentines Day issue and also for Travel and Leisure on their summer foods article.

And lastly, Beck Wheeler has recently been working with Sputnik Agency in Melbourne on an advertising campaign for Somerfield, a new neighborhood in the Melbourne's South East, and developing a full suite of images to be used across a variety of media. Here's one of the executions that will be popping up around town:

Check out Lachlan Conn's recent alphabet illustrations for Text Pacific custom publishing:

Lachlan has also been doing some great regular work for Readers Digest Healthsmart magazine on homes of the future:

In recent news...

Madeleine Stamer recently completed on an educational children's book for the National Gallery of Victoria which is available through the gallery's shop.

James Gulliver Hancock has been busy, illustrating Business Week's Best Business Books of 2008 article in their late November issue in 2008. He also teamed up with The Furnace in Sydney on Mission Critical DM and worked with HBF's Outlook Magazine on an article about Anxiety. As well as creating a print for the sponsors of Loreal's Melbourne Fashion Festival.

Marcela Restrepo worked with Notebook Magazine on a recent article about 'Love' for their Feb 09 issue.

Kate Banazi illustrated for Australia's Readers Digest on two recent articles, one an extract by Barack Obama and the other for Healthsmart Magazine on Eczema. Kate was also featured in an article for AFR Boss Magazine on the Fiat's Comeback in their Feb 2009 issue.

Clemens Habicht for Good Weekend on an article about Happiness:

Eamo had fun with Blender Magazine's recent article on on-stage rock deaths!

..and Karl Kwasny worked with Honda on their promo for the Good Vibrations Festival.

More to come! Stay tuned.