Andy‘s new animated cover illustration for BBC Science Focus’ latest issue on the theme of First Contact and what happens if we discover an extra terrestrial signal.
The brief was to visualise this alien message with a silhouetted onlooker in a spartan night time landscape. Andy’s design was inspired by scenes from Contact, Arrival and Close Encounters.
Astronaut Clayton Anderson spent 152 days in space aboard the International Space Station – and while he didn’t mail dozens of letters back to Earth (they would have burned up on reentry!), imagine if he did!
These letters from space are full of weird science, wild facts, and outrageous true stories from life in space, complete with hysterical illustrations from Susan Batori.
‘Letters from Space’, available from Sleeping Bear Press.
3… 2…1… BLAST-OFF! Christiane has illustrated ‘Build-a-Story Cards – Space Quest’ for Barefoot Books. This deck of 36 wordless cards features fantastical spaceships, planets, astronauts and aliens.
The cards also present problems to solve and tools for creative solutions, encouraging critical thinking skills and laying the building blocks for lifelong STEM learning.
So many wonderful details to be found in these cheerful transport-themed scenes by Maria Neradova. ‘Cherche et trouve – Les transports’ will be available soon from Auzou Editions.
With Halloween just around the corner, there’s lots of mischief & mayhem to be enjoyed in ‘The Alien Next Door: Trick or Cheat?’ brilliantly illustrated by Anjan Sarkar. This fourth book in the popular series published by Little Bee Books is out now.
Captain Kris has illustrated the cover and various spreads for “Neon Aliens Ate My Homework and Other Poems” by celebrity entertainer Nick Cannon, published by Scholastic.
The book, aimed at 7+, covers a diverse range of kid-friendly topics including funny, silly, gross, heart-warming, as well as serious poems.
