Andrew Bylo is an artist and illustrator with 39 years’ experience in the worlds of Advertising, Design & Editorial. He’s illustrated posters for Transport for London and Wimbledon, supplied P&O with large series of artworks for 2 cruise ships and recently illustrated a range of flour bags for flour millers Shipton Mill. Since 2014 he has worked regularly for Japanese clothing brand ‘Dessin’, each year producing 4 seasonal high-usage promotional images, and has recently completed Autumn 2020.
During a rich & varied professional career, he’s had afternoon tea with Ian Dury at The Waldorf Astoria as part of a book project for Faber & Faber on emerging creatives, and been sent to Patrick Moore's house to draw his portrait from life on behalf of Mitchell Beazley, only to be told by the celebrated astronomer that the drawing was 'a grotesque caricature'. The publishers had warned Andrew it might not go well...
He was appointed in October 2017 as ‘portrait-painter-in-residence’ for London-based agency ‘krow’ and has painted all 54 of krow’s team. Each of the team sat for Andrew for just 45 minutes to allow him to create the likenesses as 20cm x 14cm portraits in acrylic. The framed portraits now hang permanently in the agency’s reception area. Malcolm White, chief strategy officer and founder of krow, said: “Andrew Bylo’s genius is in working quickly to seize a recognisable impression of an individual. We commissioned him to celebrate the role our people play in the success of the agency, and to make our office walls far more personal.”
Andrew is an avid keeper of sketchbooks, dating back to the 1970s, about 130 or so at the last count, and in his spare time, curiously enough, he rather likes to draw and paint.
Projects
- krow communications appoints Andrew Bylo as portrait-painter-in-residenceLondon-based agency krow has developed a creative new initiative to celebrate the contribution of its staff. The agency appointed artist Andrew Bylo in late 2017 as its "portrait-painter-in-residence", and Bylo has painted all of krow's team in a format he described as "Painted Polaroids" due to the fast turnaround time of each portrait. Each of the krow team sat for Bylo for just 45 minutes to allow him to paint the 20cm x 14cm portraits in acrylic. A gallery of all the images can be found here
- Shipton Mill packaging: White SpeltI was first commissioned in 1986 via Lewis Moberly to produce illustrations for the first 3 products for a (then) new Mill in Tetbury called Shipton Mill. About a quarter of a century later, Tom Russell, Marketing Manager at Shipton Mill came back to me to "create an extension of the designs already in existence that capture further the spirit of the place and feel of the environment that we mill within. We want our customers to feel that they have a connection with Shipton Mill through the packaging - so that they feel part of the place without ever having been there - to capitalise on the longevity of the existing 3 designs and roll them out to more packs and a new brand identity."
- Brand identity image Dessin Untitled Spring Summer 2016Image commissioned by The World Corporation Japan via Cross World Connections Tokyo for apparel brand 'Dessin Untitled'. Seasonal image for Summer 2015 themed on a holiday in Cuba to reflect target client lifestyle & aspirations - licensed for web & print for 6 month season.
- Shipton Mill packaging: Light Rye flour bagI was first commissioned in 1986 via Lewis Moberly to produce illustrations for the first 3 products for a (then) new Mill in Tetbury called Shipton Mill. About a quarter of a century later, Tom Russell, Marketing Manager at Shipton Mill came back to me to "create an extension of the designs already in existence that capture further the spirit of the place and feel of the environment that we mill within. We want our customers to feel that they have a connection with Shipton Mill through the packaging - so that they feel part of the place without ever having been there - to capitalise on the longevity of the existing 3 designs and roll them out to more packs and a new brand identity."
- Shipton Mill packaging: Cake & Pastry flour bagI was first commissioned in 1986 via Lewis Moberly to produce illustrations for the first 3 products for a (then) new Mill in Tetbury called Shipton Mill. About a quarter of a century later, Tom Russell, Marketing Manager at Shipton Mill came back to me to "create an extension of the designs already in existence that capture further the spirit of the place and feel of the environment that we mill within. We want our customers to feel that they have a connection with Shipton Mill through the packaging - so that they feel part of the place without ever having been there - to capitalise on the longevity of the existing 3 designs and roll them out to more packs and a new brand identity."
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Skills
- Illustrator
- Portrait Painting
- Drawing From Life
- Reportage Drawing