Images 28: The Best of British Illustration

1 of 8 The Images 28 exhibition, featuring more than 220 award-winning works from established and new British illustrators, opens on Wednesday.

2 of 8 The exhibition is open at London's Mall Galleries from 18-27 August before touring parts of the UK including Durham, Rhyl, Solihull and Glasgow.

3 of 8 This cover was created by Lasse Skarbovik for Mark Haddon's award-winning book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

4 of 8 Olivier Kugler designed a portrait of US author Jonathan Franzen, who wrote The Corrections.

5 of 8 All the images are selected by a jury of illustrators. Sir Peter Blake will present prizes in eight categories including children's books and design/new media.

6 of 8 Julie Monks' Foot Prints is her first picture book as both author and illustrator.

7 of 8 Henry Obasi says his work is driven by his love for music: "If the music I'm listening to hits me then that translates into my art."

8 of 8 Grimm fairytale The Wolf and Seven Kids was the inspiration for this poster by Sharon Tancredi.