Saturday 29, 07.2017
Earlier this year I’ve decided that I want to start my own business, doing illustration. The first step I took was starting a subscription box of physical products that I designed and produced myself and that I would mail to my subscribers, on a monthly basis. Now, almost six months later, I am closing down […]
Friday 02, 06.2017
Josh Hara is known for turning into artwork something you’d normally throw into the trash: your paper coffee cup. Starting with the goal to draw 100 coffee cups, Josh Hara quickly became an Instagram star, popular for his #100CoffeeCups tag.
Friday 26, 05.2017
Lienke Raben is one of the illustrators whose work I’ve been following for years and she inspired me more than once.
Lienke is from Amsterdam, The Netherlands and she does these amazing doodles of anything you can think of. Her new business, Wallnuts Murals, is all about illustrating walls. She has a blast doing murals and shares her work process in this interview!
Friday 07, 04.2017
Why I draw so many animals? I think it’s because it gives so much freedom. Most of my drawings are a bit ambivalent, in that it’s not really clear “what animal” it is supposed to depict. I prefer drawing animal characters more than humans, because it leaves out so many decisions, like sex, age and ethnicity. It allows me to focus on creating a character with an emotion or expression!
Friday 31, 03.2017
Owen’s illustrations have been published “in every continent except Antarctica”, and his work ranges from children’s books to magazines, branding and mobile game apps. His clients include brands like Orange, Microsoft, Persil, The New York Times, BBC and Jamie Oliver.
Friday 24, 03.2017
Greg Kletsel is one of my favorite illustrators. I really like the energy of his illustrations, how there’s always so much going on in every image, that you can’t ever get bored with it. And how his characters look so honest, so authentic, each one having a different, unique personality.
Saturday 11, 03.2017
“I’m finding inspiration everywhere and constantly. It’s an all time adrenaline-high path.”
Saturday 18, 02.2017
“Launching this project is proving to myself and others that you really can make dreams come true.”
Friday 03, 02.2017
“I’m forever inspired by the place I live, the landscapes and the folklore, so I love to incorporate that into my illustration”
Friday 20, 01.2017
“Between design projects we slept in our van that we converted ourselves, we surfed, skated, and explored more than 40 cities.”
Saturday 05, 11.2016
Esra Roise is Norwegian, living in Oslo, and a lot of her work involves people and fashion. Her style is loose, glamorous and playful at the same time.
Tuesday 25, 10.2016
Ana Ban Ana, by her real name Ana Bănică, is a great illustrator I met at an art workshop I attended a few months ago.
Friday 21, 10.2016
“I think it is great to experience diverse art fields when you are still young.”
Friday 30, 09.2016
“Your style will come naturally, because at the end it’s just your personality: who you are, what you like, what your strengths and weaknesses.”
Saturday 24, 09.2016
We are too easily seduced by technique and tools, instead of testing, playing with ideas and concepts. When starting out in an industry that’s new to us, we sometimes believe that finding that one technique, or that one perfect tool, will single handedly shed light on us and make us successful.
Sunday 10, 07.2016
Gemma Correll is probably one of the most well-known cartoonists of nowadays. Her funny, self-deprecating comics, often involving pugs, are popular all around the world.
Friday 08, 07.2016
“Stop being so hard on yourself. Stop comparing your own art to professionals, stop beating yourself up when it doesn’t look perfect”.
Friday 01, 07.2016
“The fun part as a designer is exploring. It’s part of the process: when you’re designing a logo, you create a system, a visual language.”
Friday 24, 06.2016
Lienke Raben is an illustrator I’ve been following for about 2 years now. I love her loose, creative style and her work is an inspiration to me.
Friday 27, 05.2016
Today’s featured artist is Mona Stenseth Larsen, aka Emmeselle. She creates beautiful hand made illustrations inspired by her Norwegian legacy.
