simon pemberton

winner of the V&A editorial illustration award 2015 for ” the blackest isles” illustration produced for the financial times weekend magazine.

This image also selected for AI34 the american illustration awards 2015

key ideas: to capture the colours, wind and weather of the winter boat journey undertaken by the writer “last night…the ship bucked and tossed as if we were on a fairground ride..the gale has dropped outside and it has started to freeze. weather is everything in shetland…we always know which way the wind is blowing”

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