We’ve already given you a snippet about our judging panel, but we wanted you to get to know them a bit better, because of course you want to know who will be looking at your work and deciding whether it’s good enough to be in the next Annual. …

This is a book I should have read years ago, but funnily enough I never actually studied illustration. I‘ve studied around it — graphic design, multimedia & technology, digital art… Illustration felt like a risky subject for me, and not quite established enough for a Maltese designer to want to…

As we slowly iron out details for the next Malta Illustration Annual, I’m moving on with my literature review that is part of the larger research project that is the Malta Community of Illustrators. The next book on my to-read list was the third edition of ‘The Fundamentals of Illustration’…

Our blog has been slightly neglected, but it will serve a new purpose in the coming months. MCOI was started during lockdown following a chat among several Maltese illustrators scattered all over the world (and a few in Malta too). We wanted it to happen because there was a need…

You’ve read all the other blogs and posts about buying local gifts this season, but it’s worth repeating; Small businesses have had a tough year, but that’s not the only reason you should buy art/prints and illustrated goods as a gift. …

A foreword by Prof. Ġorġ Mallia This is the full unedited version of Prof. Ġorġ Mallia’s foreword for the first Malta Illustration Annual 2019/2020. “The Illustrator’s job,” said Andrew Hall, “is to create a something from a nothing, to encapsulate an idea that communicates to an audience in an innovative…

Selected Illustrations For 2019/2020 Malta Illustration Annual We are pleased to share the selected illustrators for this first Annual. The jury panel consisted of: Francesco Poroli, Petra Eriksson, Ricardo Bessa, Francesca Infantino (Tinetta from Pangramma), Ruth Ancilleri, Matthew Demarco, Chris Gruppetta. Since we initially had 6 judges, each submission required…

Malta Illustration Annual 2019/2020 — Submissions open! The time has finally come to reveal our second project as Malta Community of Illustrators! Following the success of https://artna.online/ we are so excited to announce Malta’s first Illustration Annual that will showcase the best illustrative work from June 2019 — June 2020…

Hello and welcome to our new Malta Community of Illustrators Blog! Here we’ll be posting wordier articles and interviews that aren’t exactly suitable to post on our Instagram / Facebook Page. We have recently launched Artna.online, an online exhibition of illustrated posters about the destruction of Malta’s environment. …