Gail Armstrong (illustrator)

Gail Armstrong (born 1966) is a British illustrator using paper as a primary medium.

Biography

Gail Armstrong was born in Sheffield in 1966 and where she completed a Foundation Course in art and design at Sheffield Polytechnic in 1984. Next, Armstrong went to Glasgow School of Art where she completed both a bachelor's of art in graphic design and illustration in 1987, and a master's degree in graphic design and illustration in 1988. She then moved to London where she still resides with her husband and two children.

Armstrong worked initially as a graphic designer for design consultancy The Small Back Room in London before leaving in 1990 to establish herself as a paper sculpture illustrator. Her three dimensional paper art is used in advertising, editorial, animation, design, children books and publishing. She has participated in several group exhibitions including at Bankside Gallery, the London Transport Museum and Somerset House. She is a member of the Association Of Illustrators. Her notable works include the Kleenex "Feelings" series, two gold lion and two bronze lions for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity[1] and the United Nations "Land" Philatelic Award and "[SOGO] Anniversary" World Illustration Award.[2]

Awards

Awards for Kleenex "Feelings" campaign with JWT, London include:

  • Cannes International Advertising Festival 2010: Gold Lion award (billboards); Bronze Lion award (Illustration); Bronze Lion award (press)[1]
  • The Directory Big Won Creativity Rankings 2010 : 1st place Top 10 Press Campaigns in the World[3]
  • The London International Awards 2010 - Gold[4] & Silver (print category)[5]
  • The 2010 International Andy Awards : Bronze (illustration)
  • Creative Circle Awards 2011 : Silver Honour for Best Illustration (Craft Print category);[6] Bronze Honour for Best Magazine Campaign (Press category);[7] Commendation for Best Magazine Advertisement for Yes/No and for Glory/Failure[8]
  • WPP Award 2010 Gold for advertising (print)[9]

Other awards include:

  • Shortlisted World Illustration Awards 2015 (Advertising category) for "SOGO Anniversary"[2]
  • Shortlisted in AOI World Illustration Award 2014 (Research and Knowledge category) for "Life Cycle of a Butterfly"[10]
  • Asiago International Award for Philatelic Art 2012 (winner) for “Land” stamp in set of 3 for United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio
  • Winner of Creativematch’s Flair Awards for Illustration Competition March 2011 for “Tufted Puffin”[11]
  • Winner of the Daler Rowney Award for Outstanding Paper Sculpture 1997[12]

Interviews, magazines and publications

Armstrong and her work have been showcased in the books

  • “Paradise of Paper Art 2: World of Dance Paper” (p242-279) published by Designer Books, China[13]
  • “Understanding Illustration” by Derek Brazell and Jo Davies, published by Bloomsbury[14]
  • "Twitter Is Not a Strategy" (119-122) by Tom Doctoroff, published by Macmillan[15]
  • "Illustration" (p187) by Alan Male, published by Bloomsbury[16]

Her work has been included in several magazine articles including

  • "The Illustrator's Journal" Summer 2018 pages 31–37[17]
  • Varoom! Magazine Issue 26 - the STYLE issue, Summer 2014
  • "Computer Arts" Magazine March 17, 2010[18]
  • "Design Week" April 2009[19]

References
  1. "Cannes Lions 2010". Ads of the World. Mecklermedia. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  2. "World Illustration Awards 2015". The AOI. Association of Illustrators. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  3. "The directory Big won Creativity Rankings 2010". Directory Magazine. The Directory Ltd. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  4. "LIA Gold winner". London International Awards. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  5. "LIA 2010". London International Awards. LIA. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  6. "Creative Circle 2011- silver". Creative Circle Awards. Creative Circle. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  7. "Creative Circle 2011 - bronze". Creative Circle. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  8. "Creative Circle 2011- commendation". Creative Circle. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  9. "WPPed Cream Gold Awards 2010". WPPed Cream 2010. WPP. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  10. "World Illustration Awards 2014". The AOI World Illustration Awards. the association of Illustrators. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  11. "Flair Awards". Creative Match. Creative Match. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  12. Images 22 - the Best of British Illustration. Switzerland: Rotovision SA. 1997. p. 104. ISBN 978-2880463595.
  13. Paradise of paper art 2: the world of dance paper. Hong Kong: Designer Books. 2015. pp. 242–279. ISBN 9789881378217.
  14. Brazil, Derek; Jo, Davies (2014). Understanding illustration. UK: Bloomsbury. pp. 36–39. ISBN 9781408171790.
  15. Doctoroff, Tom (2014). Twitter Is Not a Strategy. UK: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 119–122. ISBN 9781137279309.
  16. Male, Alan (2017-02-23). Illustration - a Theoretical & Contextual Perspective. UK: Bloomsbury. p. 187. ISBN 9781474263023.
  17. Levin, Lon. "Gail Armstrong - Paper Sculpture Master". The Illustrators Journal. ISSUU. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  18. "Paper chase". Creative Bloq. Computer Arts Magazine. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  19. "The craft skills of paper illustration are finding favour". Design Week. Centaur Media. 2009-04-02. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
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