Calling all closet (or not so closet) dinosaur lovers out there: we are not alone. Hailing from the East Fernando Valley, Delgado is a comic book creator, novelist, printmaker, illustrator, concept artist and fanatic of all things ‘dinosaur’, and his detailed, fluid and entirely absorbing illustrations take me right back…
Drawing is an effortless practice in observation and we often find ourselves getting lost in some kind of meditative state when we draw. South-Korean artist Daehyun Kim also uses pigment pencil, pigment pen, marker and ink as a method of relaxation. He has been drawing the Moonassi series since he…
Osma Harvilahti’s beautiful photographs visualize the world often to points of abstraction, whether his subject is a plant, person or object, it is portrayed on it’s level of colour pattern or form. Frequently traveling, Osma’s photography is documentary in nature responding to his surroundings and environments. Osma Harvilahti was last…
Screen printer Kate Gibb has been working from her studio in Paddington for over 15 years, on commissions from the likes of Apple, Nike, Stussy, Dries Van Noten and The Chemical Brothers. She had early studies in printed textiles which is evident, and her stunning colours, use of pattern and…
Artist Kate Shaw creates fantasy landscapes that blend recognisable perspectives with surreal colour and tone. Producing dream like views of melting colours that drip poetically into each other, her intriguing use of layering is hard to ignore. Exploring our relationship with the natural world, glacial and mountainous environments are dramatised…
Brighton based Rivan’s creates playful utopias and overwhelms us with the meticulous compositions of her prints, which draw inspiration from psychological teachings, vintage hollywood films, Hitchcock and Sci-Fi, amongst other things! Her jewellery designer past is evident in the hugely intricate and time consuming way in which she selects and…
Independent graphic designer Marcel Häusler’s portfolio is jam-packed with top-quality work for a diverse range of international clients. What’s great about this Hamburg-based design champion is his bold but subtle typographic selection. He has a great eye for creating visual impact and his striking print/design layout is undeniably a result…
Ceramicist Dana Bechert uses a variation of the traditional Acoma Pueblo style of native american pottery decoration, and her beautiful, monochrome, graphic designs cover pots, vases coffee funnels and even beehives. It can take her seven hours to complete the carving on a single piece, but she thinks of her…
This impressive portfolio of freelance illustrator Dominic Kesterton encompasses a vast range of Memphis-influenced compositions made up of beautiful colour shades and squiggles. Kesterton now works from his studio in Edinburgh experimenting with patterns and tongue-in-cheek characters that can be seen in an innumerable number of designs ranging from publications,…
Uli Knörzer is a Berlin based illustrator that directs his focus towards people and portraits, capturing a wide selection of famous faces using coloured pencils. With his detailed artwork capturing emotion, mood and personality effortlessly, Uli strives to capture ‘the beauty of transient moments’ throughout his stunning drawings. Uli Knörzer…
Take a look at the yummy new work from UK based artist and image maker Pat Bradbury. Hypnotic flashes of colour and a rather jazzy selection of shapes, explode over the space they occupy and make for an entrancing example of visual eye candy. What’s great about Pat’s work is…
Roos Van Dijk is an artist that transforms large scale architectural photographs into painted interpretations. Focusing on repeat patterns found in modern structures, she recreates paint fuelled versions containing clean white lines and shadowed squares. There is a simplistic quality to her work, with blocky shades of pastel concrete and…
Laura Slater is a bespoke pattern, textile and print designer. Her work is all inspired by drawing and the manipulation of colour, shapes and pattern, and our engagement with it’s ability to provoke and stimulate different responses from our environment. She has translated her drawings and print textures to her…
Curran Hatleberg is a photographer that is currently based in Brooklyn NY. Having exhibited both nationally and internationally, Curran’s gritty photography captures still moments of real life containing ‘colliding emotional spaces’ as he travels across America. Reflecting upon his practice Curran quotes “That’s the power of photography, to deliver some…
Stephanie Rohlfs is an artist specialising in drawings, sculpture and installation. Her creations are ‘playful investigations of the inanimate life of objects,’ exploring undefinable environments and the items they contain. Although her 3D work is undoubtably visually pleasing, it’s the flat drawings of her planned sculptures that really charmed me.…
Following our interview with North London-based illustrator Nicholas Stevenson who won the silver prize at the Serco Prize competition earlier this year, today it’s such a perfect day to take a closer look into the work of this multi-talented illustration prodigy and it is no surprise he won the prize.…
Olga Capdevila is an independent illustrator, art director and designer from Barcelona who is well-known for her fun, charming illustration. We love nothing more than her extraordinary mix of cheerful characters and warm colours that also allows audience to tap into their imagination. She combines handmade and digital techniques together…
Jeffrey Simmons is a visual artist from Washington, USA. After painting for nearly 20 years, creating work with oil and acrylic on canvas, a necessary studio downsize meant switching his medium to watercolours. Using a process where layers of transparent pigment are built up on one another, he bases his…
Hisashi Okawa is a Japanese illustrator that lives and works in Tokyo and goes by the ‘pen-name’ of Ponchan. Creating bold an beautiful imagery signified by his application of felt-tip pens Ponchan’s hand-rendered, tactile and contemporary portfolio is a pleasure to immerse yourself in and is definitely well worth checking…
Charming illustration by graphic designer, illustrator and animator Timothy Hunt will definitely lift you up after an arduous day at work. His selection of interesting colour combos complements his simplified flat illustrations beautifully and with a simple layout made up of only a few shapes and characters, the results are…