Client feedback
From clients about our members
“Patrick McQuade's natural talents are only equaled by his enthusiasm and work ethic. If you want someone to OVER-deliver, then Patrick McQuade is your man. I can't wait till our next exciting team-up and see what spews forth from his uber-creative mind and hands.”
- Josh Bernstein
(Creative Director, Revolver Magazine)
“"Mair was excellent throughout this project! Very creative and took on board all our feedback and comments. Working with Mair was a very easy and straightforward process – I’m sure we’ll work together in the future!"
http://www.mairperkins.co.uk/testimonials/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mairperkins ”
- Rebecca Stephens
(TSU Professionals)
“It has been a true pleasure working with Gabriela. She brings a sense of fun, youthfulness to DENY Designs that our audience flocks to and we look forward to seeing what vibrant designs she'll be creating next!”
- Rebecca Cope
(Deny Designs)
“I'd like to thank the unbelivably talented, Angela Cater, fo agreeing to be the illustrator for this book. The moment I saw a sample of your masterpiece creations, Angela, I knew you were the only one who could breathe life into Carmen & Rickie. Your illustrations make this story perfect. Thank you.”
- Giovanna Lagana
(Author)
“Bjorn is not only one of our favourite illustrators but also one of our favourite people to work with – with an imagination that knows no bounds and the attitude of a saint, Bjorn is an publisher’s dream. - Alex Spiro, Nobrow”
- Miscellaneous
“I approached Mike Nash to produce the cover art for my novel, having already considered a number of other artists. Mike’s fantasy paintings stood out on account of his innovative compositions and consummate ability to generate atmosphere and realism through combinations of detail, colour and lighting. Throughout the project, Mike kept in close contact and regularly updated me on his progress. He was meticulous in his research and studied relevant scenes from the book in order to elicit characterisation and style. The preliminary sketches were astounding, far exceeding my expectations. At eac”
- Jeffrey B. Palmer
(Writer/director of The Sleeping Deep - FlickerPictures.com)
“Tim Foley is one of the most creative illustrators that I have ever worked with. He is able to turn the thinnest of feature descriptions into a highly polished illustration, and always delivers the finished artwork well before the stated deadline. Tim always creates the most elegant solutions to complex visual assignments by providing a number of possible solutions to choose from with his roughs.”
- Mark Wauben
(Deputy Art Director, Barron's Magazine)
“ "I consider myself very lucky that Hollie found my ad when I was looking for an illustrator for my book. As soon as I saw her sample sketch of my character, I yelped out with joy! Her style, design, and color pallet is exactly what I was looking for. She has been very professional, responsive, and takes feedback graciously. She's happy to make the illustrations 100% perfect. I am so grateful that I was blessed with such an outstanding and gifted illustrator and that she magically brought my characters to life."
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- Christina Cole
(Author)
““I originally hired Micah to create a piece of art for my wedding day, a gift for my husband. What I ended up with is way beyond my wildest dreams. It is absolutely breath taking. I cherish it every day I wake up. He really listens and also provides some feedback. He is very flexible and his art work is amazing.
The second time I hired him was for a piece of artwork for my friend's wedding. It came out amazing and they were so surprised and an awe of his work as well.
His work is great. He is very easy to work with. A true professional through and through.” ”
- Kendel Mineo
(Owner/Designer of Kendel Kouture)
“"I thank Kristian for his professionalism, commitment, and willingness to address input. He had a great attitude throughout our project. All attributes, as well as his skills as an illustrator, were greatly appreciated".
-Jeanette Aramburu, Tim Harris Design
"Kristian's intricate and unique style of illustration has marked him out as a man to watch... his creations make heads turn".
-Debbi Allen, Advanced Photoshop Magazine
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- Miscellaneous
“Raiman is wonderful! He is an illustrator with excellent and creative ideas. He resolves his draws with ingenuity and at the same time naivety. He plays a lot and that are incredible drawings.
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- Daniel Vega
(Art director)
“His intense attention to detail is creative, fresh and so humorous. He creates a puzzle of characters and designs unlike any other artist i've seen in quite some time.”
- Nicole Gsell
(Pinwheel Books)
““Rebecca does beautiful work. She is able to take suggestions and feedback and use her creativity to make the art her own while realizing the visions of others. Very easy to work with.”
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- Anni Mackin
(Design Director)
“Kathryn!! these are fantastic! Oh I'm so excited. Let me pass these around and I'll let you know which works better in a week. Know that we're deeply pleased and looking forward to seeing more!”
- Katie Wilson
(Portraits for MAKE Magazine)
“Marc Scheff was quick and efficient with his artwork. He provided exactly what our company needed and he did so with a fine attitude and was never reluctant to go back and make changes. We highly recommend him.”
- Valerian Ruminski
(Artistic Director)
“"I briefed Paul out of the blue very late on a project we needed doing asap and he was more than happy to help. He completed the project on time and was more than happy to make any changes that needed doing. On top of this what he created was top notch. Will be working with him in the future."
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- Hanna Kirk
(ISM Search and Social)
“I can't say enough good things. He is easy to communicate with, has amazing ideas and talent, and really captures the themes one may be looking for. Everyone should get a chance to see themselves as a super hero or comic book character. I am sure that I am treating myself to one of these too in the near future. I encourage anyone that's thinking about it to go for it! Cheers, Brandon.”
- Anthony Rivera
“Onno is one of the best illustrators we have ever worked with. He “gets it”. He quickly understands the brief and what has to be done, and then supplies you with right-first-time work that is excellent. We are very happy with Onno. He is an A-lister. If you’re after that kind of operator, you’re in the right place.”
- Will Roffé
(Founder & Creative Director, Adland)
“Keith illustrated several of the Pre-K storybooks books I produced at while at Smarterville, Inc. He was very enjoyable to work with. I could always easily discuss a project with him, explain the parameters and negotiate the project details with him.
His illustrations were on model, fun for kids and worked tightly with the story concepts. Keith took direction well to make this happen, but also came up with his own great ideas to create a wonderful end product.
It was fun working with him too which is also a big plus in my book!”
Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, On Time
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- Rebecca Zelo
(Director, Preschool Games at Nickelodeon)
“As the editor of Untapped Cities, a web magazine dedicated to art, architecture and design that helps people rediscover their city, I'm always excited to meet talented artists and writers. I was really lucky to meet David, whose quirky illustrations always capture the humorous and human side of Paris. His column, A Few Parisians, is one of the most popular columns on Untapped Cities and always elicits adoring messages from fans. David is an excellent illustrator and a great person to work with. I'm looking forward to more of his delightful illustrations in the future!”
- Laura Itzkowitz
(Untapped Cities)
“"Coen designed and produced our logo, business cards, promo materials and other colletaral for the Happy Notes Society. He set the visual identity which perfectly fits our musical tone with a commercial edge."
“I don't know many people that have such great talents in so many fields. Coen is an illustrator, graphic designer, animator, actor, musician, songwriter, playwright. And excellent in all diciplines!"”
- Miscellaneous
“Thanks Huan. We’re all real happy with the results. I’ll send you some issues once it’s out.
It would be great to do this again soon.”
- Rob Schultz
(Art Director, Macworld Magazine)
“Michelle Marie Kelly; Skelly illustration, and myself, have been working together for a future book release; http://www.amazon.co.uk/Danny-Monroe-Saving-Antonia-Mysteries/dp/1906529256/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365683623&sr=8-1&keywords=danny+monroe and illustrations for web use. Michelle has created many pieces already for the book and these are of the highest quality. She produces work within time limits and to the descriptions given, as well as modifying where required/ if necessary. Myself and Michelle are already working together on future projects and I would highly recommend her art work.”
- Jason Ellis
(Author)
“We found James professional and easy to work with – he came up with creative solutions to the brief, but was willing to adapt his ideas to fit in with our requirements.”
- Mike Thompson
(The Psychologist)
““Sarah is a talented inventive illustrator, and I know her to be bright and able to produce great work to a deadline.” Dee Shulman, Tutor, Citylit
“Lovely creative style, full of ideas, yet didn't stray off-brief and delivered exactly what we needed.” Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative.
Nick Saalfeld Director, Yoodoo Media Ltd
“Sarah showed a great desire and passion for illustration/ design and a great technical ability and understanding when operating with Creative Suite 5 software. She was able create imaginative, creative and technically brilliant illustration”
- Nick Saalfeld
(Yoodoo Media Ltd)
““Bryony is an illustrator whose work contains beautiful detail and vibrant life within each piece."”
- Helen Martin
(Editor of Lionheart Magazine)
“I employed Graeme as the sole illustrator and designer on The Dangerous Book of Heroes. The quality of his work was excellent and he was great at understanding what we at HarperCollins needed, and at doing it quickly too. It was a complicated project, and the drawings needed to be historically accurate as well as engaging for the reader and Graeme was particularly good at paying attention to the details which were important to us and the author. The project was on a tight timescale and he rose to the challenge, producing everything in time and to budget, with great creativity, speed and care.”
- Clare Hey
(Senior Editor HarperCollins)
“"Joseph took the idea from my head and brought it to life even better than I had imagined. He's professional, easy to work with and has great ideas. If you want his style, there's no reason to consider another artist."”
- Chad Upton
(Webfluid)
“As I'm based in Australia, I've never even met Katy who has already produced one short animation for our company, with two more on the way. To have someone that professional, enthusiastic and motivated that we've been able to complete a project just via email is amazing. Her artistic direction has been a great attribute to the production and her drawing styles and initiative are fantastic. She's been a pleasure to work with and I wouldn't hesitate in recommending her to anyone else looking for an animator.”
- Tamar Crane
(Senior Producer & Manager, Best Practice Productions)
“Thanks again for your flexibility and hard work on this cover. It just makes a HUGE difference to work with such a genial and talented illustrator. To repeat myself, you rock! ”
- Cara Llewellyn
(Art Director at Houghton Mifflin (USA))
“The design(s) created by Andrei were very quick and precise to the brief provided. Andrei was quick to come up with a concept and worked well with me to refine the design to best match the game style.
Unlike the other designers, Andrei went that extra distance to ensure that I was sold on the concept and you could detect the passion in his work which was my favourite part working with Andrei.
Andrei has design skills that rival any veteran, seasoned designer. His work ethic mixed with his design quality makes him a standout against other designers.”
- Alexander Yianni
(Yianni Software pty ltd)
“Manuel is a terrific illustrator - but even more he is a fantastic collaborator. He shares in discussing a goal, or tackling a problem, and works with you to create a solution. The work he has done for me has been simply awesome.
With each update he sent to share progress and ask for feedback I felt like a kid at Christmas, getting a glimpse of his presents. I was so excited to see the completed work that I feared my over-anticipation would set my expectations too high. But that certainly didn't happen - when I saw the final image I was awe struck.
Manuel won't let you down.”
- Chris Yoko
(Yoko Consulting)
Jose Pardo
Illustrator specializing in Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror. Received a BFA in illustratio...
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“José Pardo made me look like a genius. He asked lots of questions, came up with cool ideas, worked ahead of schedule, and delivered finals in a format our book designer really appreciated.
He gave us a reason to appreciate him every week, for the entire span of the project.
The whole office was sorry when the job was done - sorry we didn't have any more of José's work to look forward to. He is at the top of our list for artists to work with in teen/YA lit.”
- Steve Shea, Project Manager
(Academic Therapy Publications / High Noon Books)
“Gatis Sluka provided good communication, quick turnaround, and most importantly, amazing design quality. He has a very friendly attitude. This was my first time hiring Gatis, but will not be the last.”
- Juris Kristobans
(ScreenStreet.co.uk)
“"Dan Lambert was pivotal in our poster campaign for TfL (Transport for London) warning Londoners about the potential travel problems during the Olympics. He is a truly inspirational designer and artist. His work was exceptionally timely, considered and of a consistently high quality. I can't wait to work with him again. I would recommend Dan every time, he is a unique artist."
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- Jane Bolton
(Producer. Picasso Pictures)
“S.Q. Schwartz helped me to create the most amazing, one-of-a-kind wedding invitations ever!!! He took my idea, built upon it, then collaborated with me to produce phenomenal portraits of my husband and I. I couldn't be happier about how they turned out! I completely, wholeheartedly recommend this artist's work the next time you need something!!!”
- Megan Griffith
“Roland is an incredibly insightful and skilled artist and art director. It has been a pleasure and awe-inspiring to work with him on Shogun 2 at the Creative Assembly. Roland's illustrations for Shogun 2 are perhaps the most outstanding single artistic achievement during the 10+ years of development of the brand. Kudos.” January 31, 2011
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- Kevin McDowell, Group Lead Artist PC
(The Creative Assembly, SEGA)
“Ensuring our website engaged with 16-24 year olds was essential to the success of our campaign. Thankfully we found Ian who had previous experience of designing creative web sites, animations and publicity work aimed at targeting youth markets. His unique artistic style, which has a wide-appeal, allowed us to highlight important road safety messages in an engaging and non authoritive way. We look forward to continue to work with Ian.”
- Tom Southerby
(Bristol City Council)
“"We will be using Matthew for all work of this kind in future. He did a fantastic job for us and is a very reliable person to do business with (as well as being a skilled illustrator)." ”
- John Clayton
(Advanced Vehicle Tracking)
“I asked Damien to do an illustration for my club night. I only briefly told him what I wanted and he went away for a couple of days and absolutley nailed it first time. Not only was he extremeley well priced but a really nice lad aswell. I will no doubt use Damien again in the future and I look forward to seeing what he does next time.”
- Rob Clowes
(Club Decades)
“I have worked with Kate over a number of years as she has provided illustrations for one of my key clients. I have always found Kate a pleasure to work with, and she has always provided beautiful illustrations, on brief. I can highly recommend Kate.”
- Elaine Henderson
(Account Director, Emperor Design)
“'Jodee Taylor is as patient as she is talented. She cheerfully put up with multiple revisions, all the while providing beautiful, captivating images. Partnering with her is money well spent. The final product was stunning, and everyone who has seen it has had the same expression: "Oh wow!" ' ”
- Doug Glener
(Catalyst Creative Services)
“Jim is fantastic to work with. I had the pleasure of hiring Jim a few years ago to work with us on the Dixie Riddle Cups and Riddle Cups packaging for Georia-Pacific. Jim contributed to the creative process as well as creating the illustrations. Jim is extremely enthusiastic about his work, which is infectious. Jim met all of our deadlines, was easy to work with, and created memorable illustrations for the Riddle Cups that are still being used in the market today. We have hired Jim since to work with us on A&W internal signage, as well as additional Dixie projects.”
- Bill Leissring
(SubZero Design)
“the illustrations of joyce give the magazine a face
How do you get the idea?
What a gorgeous cover art! PGGM about investing in your retirement: wow!”
- Miscellaneous
“"I'm sure we'll call on you for any future illustrator needs!
Thanks for your patience, flexibility and for working to deadlines."”
- Teresa McConlogue
(Queen Mary's University)
“I found Wylie to be not only exceedingly professional but very thorough and well organized. At some points during the project I had some questions and concerns to which she addressed each and every one. We had a constant flow of communication, which made the end result that much better.
When it came to her artistic ability, Wylie completely blew me away. Though I came to her with some ideas already at hand, she took those ideas and ran with them. The book cover came out better than I could have ever imagined.”
- S. Frank
(Snappy Turtle Publishing Company)
“Please visit my website: www.flylanddesigns.com to see a full list of client testimonials.”
- Miscellaneous
“Paul Loudon created approximately 90 artworks for me for a series of children’s reading books. The brief was to create
a set of characters in a naturalistic style to complement a more graphic approach within the books. We were extremely
happy with the work Paul carried out and how well he hit the marks of the brief. His approach was considered and
sympathetic to the series style and age-appropriate. His work was well-timed and amends were carried out promptly.
I would definitely work with Paul again.
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- Sasha Morton
(Publishing Manager Rising Stars; Resources that inspire www.risingstars-uk.com)
“'I found Peter through Google and entered into the world of www.worldofpetergeorge.com and after giving my brief, I have really been impressed by Peter's ability to understand my brief and his quality of work. He created four new pieces of work on time and budget! What more could anyone ask for? I would highly recommend Peter'
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- Sandeep Virdee, Artistic Director
(Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust)
“I have employed Anton's services for the past 5 or 6 years and he has always been my "go to guy" for anything that requires special attention and care. His ability to interpret and follow a brief is what sets him apart from most and the quality of his work speaks for itself (take a moment to scan through his portfolio)
His stock images are great but his personalisation is even better!”
- Mike Said
(Owner at brandStrategy.co.za )
“Rachel created the front cover for our new title 'House of Vampires', a novel aimed squarely at the teen market. We selected Rachel on the quality of her portfolio and were delighted with the ideas she came up with. She worked to the brief, and also brought her own creative flair to the project. I'd like to work with Rachel again soon and thoroughly recommend her as a supplier.”
- Helen Hart
(Silverwood Books)
“"Megan produced superb illustrations for us - and did them fast! We were on a tight deadline and she exceeded our expectations. Bottom line: she's AWESOME!"
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- Noah St. John
(www.SuccessClinic.com)
“We chose to use Elise as an artist for our labels because of the care and attention to detail that she puts into every piece of artwork. We found Elise easy to work with and prompt with changes and feed back regarding the artwork in progress. We loved how she was able to bring the label ideas to life and add the finishing touches that make an ordinary label extraordinary. Our experience with her was very professional and we would defiantly recommend Elise to another business or individual.”
- Cherylynn Bos
(Rock Ridge Dairy)
““Matt is a beard with an exceptionally talented and witty person attached to it. He has a store and a label which oozes with so much cool its Damp – literally.””
- Murray Fraser
(Sprout Daily)
“We had the privilege to work with Shirow on Forgotten Myths, the Trading Card Game over the past year. During that time, he repeatedly surprised us by his passion and dedication to his art, and we were amazed by his versatility. We had the chance to watch how he developed over time, both from a technical and artistic point of view. He is very diligent and shows great care to meet and exceed the client’s expectations. While developing Forgotten Myths, Shirow has shown genuine interest in our project beyond the scope of concept art, and has become a part of the team and a friend. ”
- Emre Ozturk
(CEO of Anchora Games)
“I had a look at the finalized graphics. Very impressive. I like them a lot.
I definitely would like to continue this relationship. I’m a big fan of your work.
Be well and thanks again,”
- Mike Klein
(adidas)
“ "Gaia is a wonderful team player who takes her work seriously while also truly enjoying building her skills and working on her business. She will work tirelessly to design something that is just right for you or your company, and I recommend her to anyone looking for creative illustration work."
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- Arianne Foulks
(Aeolidia)
““Ian listens carefully and asks questions in order to clearly understand my goals for each project. As a result, what he creates powerfully communicates what I wanted to convey. His readiness to listen saves clients both time and money. Ian seems genuinely interested in helping me achieve my goals. He is willing to adapt and think outside the box to create a product that is artistically pleasing and effective.””
- Deborah Bullock
(Creator, NRG Curriculum)
““Steve is one of those rare creative types who can use both hemispheres of his brain to create tight, outstanding illustrations--every time.
His website speaks volumes about the quality of his work, so let me speak to the quality of his ethos:
Steve is sharp, friendly and very professional. He pulls out the stops and delivers above-expectation results consistently. Thanks Steve!” February 15, 2008
Steve Fischer / Fischer Design 2008”
- Steve Fischer
(Fischer Design)
““We hired Paul for a project with a really tight timeline. Add to that a holiday and the fact that we were half a world apart, things could have gone horribly wrong. But Paul was great. Got us everything we need and more. Was easy to work with, always available and delivered great results.” August 26, 2012
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- Fabian Grateroles
(JWT New York)
“Erik is a wonderful person and friend, an awesome artist, illustrator, and designer and he will give you 110%. I’ve hired Erik for many jobs at Zondervan over the past 2-3 years and he has always amazed me and the team here at Zondervan. He has an arsenal of techniques that will amaze you and takes direction well.
Erik has a vast portfolio of skill and talent and when it comes to creative design on any of my projects he always delivers on time, on budget, and gives me more than I expected.
Anyone would be fortunate to have Erik’s services in any capacity I highly recommend him 100%. ”
- Curt Diepenhorst
(Zondervan Publishing)
“The only difficulty with recommending Vikki is finding sufficient words of praise. She is an outstanding colleague who would add an immense amount to any company but even more than this, she is a fantastic person - friendly, helpful, kind and a joy to be around. She sets the highest of standards for herself and always delivers, never missing a deadline but never compromising in her work.”
- Richard Coulter
(Bristol Evening Post)
“Well-known children's book illustrator.
Bright, Cheerful Illustrations .”
- Miscellaneous
““…I found Karen very responsive to what I was looking for in my design. Most importantly, I needed a quick turnaround..24 hours later I had exactly what I was looking for. Highly recommended!…”
Grey Cooper, Professional Musician
http://www.greycooperblues.co.uk/
“…Working with Karen was easy and seamless. She achieved exactly what we were looking for and I would have no hesitation in recommending her…”
Simon Mitchell, Professional Musician http://www.soundhouse-uk.com/
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- Richard Mallard
(Rotherham Council (RAE))
“After finishing a 16 page comic commission from client: "Been a pleasure working with you and thanks again for agreeing to do this commission. Turned out really well :)"”
- Eric Dapkewicz
(Private Commission)
“Gaz Roberts, you are a genius and I love you"
- Mark Sargeant (Former Claridges head chef and director of Rocksalt, Kent)
"Gaz, if you weren't already married I'd ask you to consider a civil ceremony"
- Adam Humphrey, Editor, Random House
"A huge thanks to Gaz for bringing our conversations to life"
- Imran Hussain, My Hotels
"What a star! Absolutely loved his work"
-Helen Cooke, Director, My Plus Consulting
"A massive well done on the graphic novelisation of The Adventures of Simon Pegg. It's so brilliant and will be a real treat for app lovers"
- Simon Pegg, Actor/Writer”
- Miscellaneous
“"Gareth is a pleasure to work with, not only is he a very talented animator, he also brings consideration, knowledge, experience and a passion for producing great work to projects. He is an asset to any team, I hope to work with Gareth again in the future." ”
- Emily Webber
(Senior Project manager, Dachis group )