Happy New Year of the Tiger!
Goodbye Noughties, hello …. Teenies? Oneies? What will this decade be called? Wishing all my friends a happy and prosperous 2010. I’ll be...
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StudioNIB
Dec 18, 20081 min read
Hornsey Gallery Reception Party
Many thanks to everyone who showed up for the author/illustrator event and exhibition reception party for the Children’s Illustrators...
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StudioNIB
Dec 13, 20081 min read
I am not an Artist
I am not an artist. Or maybe I am, I don’t know, it’s not my position to judge. Art is after all in the eye of the beholder. i.e. the...
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StudioNIB
Dec 1, 20081 min read
Group Show in Crouch End, London
Exhibition of Children’s Book Illustrations With works by Ros Asquith, Tanya Linch, Sian Pattenden, Jane Ray and John Shelley The show...
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StudioNIB
Nov 15, 20082 min read
One year on
Today was the one year anniversary of my wife Makiko’s death. Naturally a lot of emotions have been running through my mind, and daughter...
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StudioNIB
Oct 25, 20081 min read
Illustration Friday – Repair
Another picture book illustration, this one from The Boat in the Tree (Front Street 2007). It just seemed to fit the topic perfectly!...
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StudioNIB
Oct 19, 20081 min read
Illustration Friday – Late
Something fitting for this weeks theme. It’s from Maho no Kasa, a translated version of Rose Fyleman’s story “The Magic Umbrella”,...
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StudioNIB
Oct 7, 20081 min read
Nichiban Campaign
Access the Nichiban site and click on the middle icon on the right hand side. It takes a while to load so you may need to be patient....
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StudioNIB
Sep 26, 20081 min read
Illustration Friday – Packed
Here’s another image for Illustration Friday. It’s an old exhibition piece from a few years ago. Now what inspired me to draw this? I...
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StudioNIB
Jul 12, 20081 min read
Daiwa Event photos
#DaiwaFoundation #JohnShelley #SatoshiKitamura
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StudioNIB
Jul 5, 20081 min read
Daiwa Foundation thanks
Many thanks to everyone who attended my talk at the Daiwa Foundation in London on Thursday. I was greatly surprised by the generous...
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StudioNIB
Jun 15, 20083 min read
"Artist in Residence: 20 years as an illustrator in Japan"
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation presents an illustrated lecture Artist in Residence: 20 years as an illustrator in Japan by John...
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StudioNIB
Apr 17, 20082 min read
More on Bologna
The Book Fair SCBWI had a stand at the Fair for the first time this year, and it was a marvellous base of operations for us. Being worn...
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StudioNIB
Apr 17, 20084 min read
Bologna Snapshots
Every Bologna is different they say, and so it proved this year. It was the second time I’d been to the Book Fair, the last visit being...
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StudioNIB
Apr 12, 20081 min read
Bologna Book Fair
I’ve recently returned from the Bologna Book Fair, where I was one of the speakers at the SCBWI Biennial Conference. This was scheduled a...
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StudioNIB
Jan 1, 20082 min read
New year, new life
2007 was a hell of a year. I can confidently say the most unforgetable year of my life. I wasn’t going to spell everything out in the...
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StudioNIB
Oct 29, 20071 min read
No Tricks, but a Treat for Halloween
This image is so old I’m quite embarassed to post it, a portfolio piece right from the beginning of my career when I was fresh out of...
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