Thursday 25 September 2014

Success for student

A Masters student at Camberwell College of Arts in the UK has won the 2014 Book Illustration Competition, a collaboration between House of Illustration and The Folio Society.

Sean McSorley's illustrations for Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad's masterpiece set in 19th-century Congo, beat hundreds of entrants from more than 30 countries.

Sean’s winning illustrations form part of a Folio Society commission, worth £5,000, to complete nine illustrations and a binding design for a new edition of Heart of Darkness, which is published by The Folio Society in October.

The annual Book Illustration Competition is open to student and professional illustrators, aged 18 and over, who have not been published by The Folio Society. The winner receives a highly sought-after Folio Society commission and five runners-up each receive £500 cash. Each year, three prizes of the six are awarded to student entries.

Sean said: “'It was a real privilege to have been chosen to work on Heart of Darkness, and a real challenge too, since it was my first book illustration commission and I was juggling it around my MA work. I learnt a great deal throughout the process and I hope I've done some justice to Conrad's complex and fascinating text.'

To sign up for future House of Illustration competitions and to see a gallery of past winners of The Book Illustration Competition please visit the Competitions site.

For updates about the competition follow @foliosociety and @illustrationhq

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