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Images - the best of British contemporary illustration Images is the UK's leading illustration competition, annual, awards show, and touring exhibition dedicated to showcasing the very best contemporary illustration published in the UK. Images is unique in that it is Britain's only jury-selected illustration competition, judged by a highly regarded panel of industry experts, spanning multiple categories. The annual celebrates illustration excellence and is distributed to a specially targeted list of international commissioners and sold worldwide. Click on the line with a '+' to read more. Images stands out from its competitors both in content and format +The jury-selected content represents the highest standards of British illustration today. The annual's structure and design combines contemporary book design of the highest quality with functionality - making Images an indispensable tool for leading commissioners and industry professionals. Your work is seen by a highly respected panel of judges +Each entry is marked according to how well the work fulfils the brief, originality, and technical ability. Only the highest scoring images will be invited to feature in the annual. See Images 2009's jury here. Images encourages critical debate +Since 2004, Images has featured the Critic's Award, each year chosen by a personality from the world of arts, culture and design. The Award winner is presented with a trophy and a special feature in Images. Images celebrates the best of British contemporary illustration +34 special pages profile the award winning illustrators and their work. At the awards night, winners in their categories are presented with a trophy. Their work is displayed free of charge at the London show and nationwide tour. Images supports new talent in illustration +A special section features the work of students and recent graduates. This year the award winners in this section will receive the Images New Talent Refresh! Award. Sponsored by The Coningsby Gallery worth Gold: £500, Silver: £250 and Bronze: £150. Their courses and tutors are listed in the caption of each selected entry encouraging competition and excellence. Successful student entrants will have the opportunity to show work at www.dandad.org /talentpool an online showcase of the best creative talent in design, advertising and communication, presented by D&AD. All student award winners will be given a year's free, unlimited use of mailing lists produced by the AOI. Images acknowledges commissioners of illustration +The caption of each published image includes the name of the commissioner, the commissioning agency or the client. Submitting commissioners and agents whose illustration projects are selected for publication will be acknowledged with their logo on a special page in the book and a link to their website from the online version of Images. If you want to set yourself up for success - enter Images +The complete annual will be published as part of the Images archive promoting the selected illustrations online. |
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