Puerto Rican illustrator Goñi Montes attended Savannah College of Art and Design and now resides in Decatur, GA. Montes’s work is a masterful combination of both analogue and digital techniques that often arrive in action packed compositions with bright colorways.
“Chris von Szombathy is a visual & auditory artist/producer, designer and writer residing in Vancouver, Canada. His work deals with modern social, visual and economic culture, with a focus on referencing pop culture products, advertising, character design and sound. His artistic background is within abstract forms of painting, communicative graphics/logos and conceptual art and is also strongly influenced and informed by his 15 year struggle with acute agoraphobia.”
Chris’s work is a simple, iconic critique on modern society that is sometimes disturbing and other times hilarious.
I am digging some of the prints available at Another Example produced by Former McFaul designer/illustrator Elliott Grubb. They are simple clean and interesting. Definitely look sharp on a wall. Nice to see the whole ‘holding up my poster to acknowledge it’s physicality’ trend is still hanging on for dear life.
I am not sure if I have ever posted the work of illustrator Matthew Lyons before but he is something special. His unique 50’s-esque brand of image-making has sparked quite a following and he recently posted a new series of images simply entitled ‘Locations’. There is some really nice things happening in the recent set between muted color palettes and strong geometric shapes that would look quite stunning on any mid-century modern wall.
Rory Kurtz has updated and was kind enough to pass on a note that he has done so. He is a very talented illustrator and some of his recent work is as stunning as ever.
There is some slick vector work happening in the portfolio of Japanese (now based in the U.S.) designer/illustrator Junichi Tsuneoka whose studio name is Stubborn Sideburn. You can see a slight influence of Japanese prints in his very ornate illustration work.
Central St Martins College graduate Sam Green has continued to updated his portfolio with some truly beautiful illustration work that combines both pencil and digital to achieve some inspiring imagery. His raw talent has provided him some exciting opportunities as of late to work for some amazing clients.
New and totally awesome drawings from Iain Macarthur are now in his Behance-folio. Loving what he has done recently. It’s time to pick up the pencil again.
Adam Hill AKA the Velcro Suit has just updated with some new work and I think a new site. I have always liked his style of illustration and his recent work does not disappoint.
Philadelphia based digital illustrator Rob Shields has recently updated with several new images. He has been busy lately with projects in fashion, music, lifestyle and sports.
Michael Ostermann is experimenting with numerous styles of illustration in his Flickr-folio including image collages and digital paintings. All of his imagery is colorful, interesting and imaginative.
Illustrator Aurélien Arnaud is one half of studio PNTS. He has an interesting style that is somewhat reminiscent of Jesse Auersalo or what Theo Gennitsakis has been up to lately. The imagery appears as though it was created digitally but still possesses a tangible quality comparable to a pencil drawing. I am not entirely sure, nor do I particularly care who was the originator or this illustrative style. I feel like all 3 of these artists are doing something a little different with it and I like it.
Everson Nazari AKA Indio San is a Brazilian illustrator who has worked extensively in motion with a wild and imaginative portfolio of work. I really liked the definition of illustration written in his biographical section: “Illustration is a clearly defined act of making art, the goal of wich is to illuminate a piece, a visual representation that is used to make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand.”
Chad Manzo is based on the island of Cebu in the Philippines. His animation/Ren and Stimpy-inspired illustrations are energetic and vectorlicious. His work is aptly suited for retail merchandise and there is no doubting his drawing skills.
Raccoonnook has nothing to say for himself but rather prefers to let his work do the talking. His work mixes pop culture with a healthy dose of inspiration garnered from animation and comics. The old versus new tension happening through simple line art clashing with colors that only could be achieved digitally make for engaging imagery.
“Mark Ward is a graphic artist based in South London and working internationally. Mark’s work mixes surreal elements inspired by Americana with the everyday, encouraging the viewer to see things differently and look twice at their surroundings.
A graduate of Central St. Martins, he works across fashion, magazine covers, editorial and installations, delivering strong concepts and bold visuals to a range of clients. Projects include signature collections for Stussy, Burton Snowboards and Nike.”
Mark isn’t afraid to just bust out his pen and get gnarly with some old school gritty skateboard deck worthy typography. And oh do I have a soft spot in my heart for that sort of thing and thank you for sending in your work Mark. Awesome.
Yann AKA Blind Salida has updated with some fun and colorful new vector illustration work. There is some really nice contrast happening in some of the pieces between soft gradiation and simple line work.
Brazilian vector illustrator Cristiano Siqueira has updated just in time for World Cup with some famous football players (Kaka is depicted above). That isn’t the only new thing happening in his portfolio. There is also a lot of new illustration work including some highly developed digital painting work.
