[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-1798-EN":3},{"news_id":4,"pk":5,"title":6,"posted":7,"tags":8,"permalink":9,"published":10,"tile_image":11,"images":12,"body":20},1798,"news","Crackanory","2014-09-30T11:45:00#1798","#figure and people#advertising#portraits#realistic#tv#posters#publishing#celebrities#retro#realistic art#ruth palmer#crackanory#dave#","\u002Fnews\u002F1798\u002Fcrackanory","2014-09-30T11:45:00","blog_1798_635476732703690000.jpg",[13,14,16,18],{"filename":11},{"filename":15},"blog_1798_635476732806150000.jpg",{"filename":17},"blog_1798_635476732901120000.jpg",{"filename":19},"blog_1798_635476733005580000.jpg","\r\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: center;\">\u003Cbr>above - Ruth's artwork of David Mitchell\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: center;\">\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>above and below -  posters of the celebrity readers\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: center;\">\u003Cbr>the posters on the underground\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\r\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: left;\">\u003Cstrong>Joint London commission \u003Ca href=\"\u002FRuthPalmer\" target=\"_blank\">Ruth Palmer\u003C\u002Fa> for these retro portraits for Dave's Crackanory.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp style=\"text-align: left;\">Currently splashed over the underground, the 48 sheet posters of six celebrities were painted in the style of 60's and 70's children's book illustrations. And to promote Dave's new Crackanory series, the portraits include David Mitchell, Vic Reeves, Johnny Vegas and Ruby Wax.  Ruth says \"I love the painting styles of the old picture books and so this was a really enjoyable project to work on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>"]