Illustrator Koren Shadmi lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and if I could be so bold I recommend checking out Sadmi’s personal work.
What do you think the odds are that if you threw a rock into a crowd in Brooklyn it would hit a designer, artist or illustrator?
The Brazilian design and illustration trio known as ‘Bicicleta Sem Freio’ (bicycle with no brakes) that is comprised of Douglas de Castro, Victor Rocha and Renato Reno have continued to fill their Flickr-folio with fantastically kitschy work that is downright impossible not to like. I am digging their brand of cynical pop big time.
Lina Ekstrand is a freelance illustrator who splits her time between Sweden and Berlin. In the last few years she has lived and worked in London, Sweden, Mexico and New York. At one point she held an internship at Vault 49. Her work is largely inspired by fashion and she has illustrated for several fashion industry publications.
Wow, I stumbled up the Behance sketchbook of illustrator Wesley Eggebrecht and was very impressed. He has an amazing style and imagination. It made me excited to pick up the pencil and just go for it. You can see a few more examples of his work in the rest of his Behance folio and he also has a website, but to be perfectly honest the rawness of his sketches and his intuitive style was what I was most taken by.
Madrid based freelance illustrator and graphic artist Gary Fernández uses a muted color palette to create his organic retro/fashion inspired imagery. His work is absolutely striking in a gallery setting as can be seen at his website. Fernández is also the co-founder and of the T-shirt brand Velvet Banana.
Christopher Haines is a designer/illustrator based in Perth, Australia (I have a friend from college who lives there and he says it gets hotter than the blazes there). Haines mixes photography, 3d and digital painting to generate extremely detailed imagery. He has launched a clean and attractive new website under his moniker ‘Neon Dreams’ where you can check out some newly posted project work.
Vector illustrator extraordinaire Akutou has updated with a new website featuring some 80’s, manga and movie inspired vector candy that is sure to bring a smile to your face. It’s the first website I can remember in years that starts with music that I didn’t immediately turn off. The soundtrack is as good as the website and work and you can see what you are listening to by clicking here.
San Francisco based artist and illustrator Jeremy Forson is influenced by fashion, pop art and tattoo culture. Aside from accepting freelance illustration commissions his work can also be seen in exhibitions throughout the bay area.
Although there are only a slight few that are new, illustrator Martin Ansin has added some marvelous illustrated movie posters to his stunning portfolio. I would kill for a copy of the above Stanley Kubrick poster. Kill.
Although I have posted the work of Russian illustrator/designer Alexandre Efimov before, there are a few new bits and bobs in his portfolio that are technically masterful enough to warrant another look at his work.
22-year-old Brisbane based illustrator and motionographer Dave Collinson has some charming, retro-twinged and fashion-inspired work in his portfolio. He is a very young illustrator with a mature style already firmly in place.
“Owen Freeman is an illustrator and designer for print and advertising. Clients include Scholastic Books, FHM, Runner’s World, New York Magazine, Out, Nylon-Guys and the LA Weekly. His work has been featured in American Illustration 27, CMYK, Communication Arts, CQ, as well as Taschen’s Illustration Now! 3.”
Freeman has some lovely work in his portfolio with a surreal watercolor-real look that reminds me a bit of rotoscoped imagery. You can see his illustrations via both his personal website and his Flickr-folio.
I can’t really tell you much about Japanese illustrator Zain 7 except for that she is a she and she is Japanese. What I can tell you with certainty is that some of her work is mind-bendingly awesome. Pure pop art candy.
Illustrator Nathan Manire was originally in Detroit but is now based in New York City. He has recently developed a new technique using watercolor to create a pixelated look that I would imagine requires a fair bit of patience to accomplish. The end result of his diligence is a striking image. To truly appreciate the amount of detail, take a few steps back from your monitor and squint your eyes a bit.
There is a cache of simply executed illustrations brimming with personality at Patrick Draws Things where it appears some of the drawings were most likely completed via computer (but who’s counting).
Adam White has kept up with me for a few years now and has continued to push himself to create some exceptional illustration work. He has amassed a really impressive portfolio over the years and he is finally having his first art exhibition. The show begins this Friday April 2nd, 2010. The show is open from 6:30-10:00 and is for one night only at the Parrish Project on the second floor at 14th & O street in Lincoln, Nebraska. If you can’t make the show be sure to check out some of the more recent work at his website.
Melbourne-based digital illustrator and designer Justin Maller has updated his unusual portfolio once again. Justin is also the Creative Director of the Depthcore Collective and is represented by the Jacky Winter Group.
‘Pingzoo‘ is the work of Ping Zhu, a Los Angeles-based illustrator who paints in gouache on BFK Rives printmaking paper.
