In celebration of this month’s 40 year anniversary of the landing of the first man on the moon, I bring you the marvelous illustration work of Katie Allen. She is one super talented young illustrator from London currently pursuing her BA in illustration in Southampton and is set to graduate in 2010. Katie has offered up a great set of typographic Apollo 11 postcards for a lucky AQ-V reader! Be sure to make the jump below to see the cards and learn how to get your shot at acquiring them.
Above and below are selections from Katie’s The First Man on the Moon project. I was immediately taken in by her super fresh style that is rich with freestyle line work, typography and collage. These illustrations telling the story of Apollo 11 were created for the 2009 Macmillan Prize for Children’s Book Illustrations. This picture book was designed for children under age 7. Katie explains, “It was important to me to fill the pages with lots of snippets and facts about the journey, which allowed me to have a lot of fun using typography.”
Katie’s consistent integration of illustrative type throughout the book gives such life to these pieces. I have encouraged her to offer these as prints for sale. Don’t you agree? Glad to hear she is currently setting up shop and will soon be selling a selection of these plus more of her illustration work online. Please visit her website for more details.
It was hard to narrow this down to just a small sampling of these fabulous Apollo 11 works. You will definitely want to see the entire set of illustrations right here. Plus stay tuned, I will be interviewing Katie for a special feature coming this fall.
And now for the giveaway…
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>> What you will receive:
A set of the 8 typographic Apollo 11 “factoids” postcards seen above. They are wonderfully low-tech with a handmade feel just like her work, created with various pens plus collage and reproduced with a photocopier… a bit like a great Seattle underground music gig poster. The cards are size A6 (6.25″ x 4.625″).
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>> How to enter:
01. Go ahead and leave a nice comment below.
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02. Enter twice by leaving a comment + re-tweeting this post.
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>> The details:
The giveaway contest will remain open until Friday, August 7th (extended until the 14th). I will draw a random winner that weekend and make contact via email by Monday, August 17th.
Good luck!
–Amy
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>> KatieAllen-Illustration.com
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These are excellent illustrations. I love the style and imaginative approach.
Katie’s other works are jewels too!
I love these kinds of illustrations!! I wanted to send you this link my gf showed me.
http://szymon.tumblr.com/page/2
what a talent! just might feature her work on my own blog. :) illustrations are so unique, original. thanks for posting this.
Brilliant artwork! I love all of the quirky illustrated fonts.
They definitely remind me of music gig posters! I’m enjoying the style and use of color.
I have had the best time reading these snippets! My favorite is the collage commemorating 1969…those eyeballs are great! Thanks for sharing!
Love how the handmade low-tech feel of these works contrasts with their subject matter…
These are so great! Love the typography.
I wanted to be an astronaut…
nice postcards
please enter me in your draw
lovely! count me in :)
love a factoid… love a brilliant illustration… but a brilliantly illustrated factoid? well you can’t beat that. but oh, you just did! there’s loads of them!!!
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