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Illustrator Jonas Bergstrand has been busy since I last dropped in and he has updated recently with some beautiful illustration work that shows an enormous attention to detail.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, collage, Illustration, Jonas Bergstrand, Retro

Iain Macarthur graduated in 2008 from Swindon College after completing a study in illustration and has since been filling his Behance-folio with some well crafted ‘collage’ pen, ink and graphite drawings. There is some great contrast happening within the drawings and there is a great balance between flat color and softer gradients. They are definitely fun to look at and I could imagine them being quite striking when hung on a wall in a group. The high school punk in me is still always a sucker for skulls.

written by Christopher | tags: Drawing, England, Iain Macarthur, Illustration, Swindon

Surreal Sushi is the concept art and illustration of the extremely talented Vancouver based Jeff Simpson. His proficiencies are in Photoshop CS2 and Wacom intuos which seems to insinuate that most of his work is probably digital which is pretty amazing considering how tactile it all feels. I am always a little in awe of illustration work created this way.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Jeff Simpson, Surreal Sushi, Vancouver

Hellofreaks is a Graphic Design Studio based in Paris, France. They are led by graphic designer/illustrator Jerome Castro. They have a style all their own and some really fun character illustration in their portfolio.

written by Christopher | tags: France, Graphic Design, Hellofreaks, Illustration, Paris

Monsieur Qui is a French illustrator who loves cats, dogs, working with his hands, listening to big brass bands and pasting posters up in the streets of Pari. I am loving some of his hand drawn illustration work on shoes, guitars, skateboards and munnies.

written by Christopher | tags: France, Illustration, Monsieur Qui, Paris, street art

Creative representation agency Monsieur L’agent has updated with a new website that offers up some new work from it’s all star roster of illustrators, designer, art directors, photographers and set designers. There is some really remarkable work on the site. It takes some time to dig through a lot of it but think of it as mining inspirational gems.

written by Christopher | tags: Creative Agency, Illustration, Monsieur L'agent, Rep

It was only a couple of months ago that I mentioned illustrator Ricardo Fumanal but he has been busy since. His already smooth fashion-related/inspired drawing work continues to get even silkier (great adjective that’s so rarely called for). Fumanal was ‘born in Huesca in 1984 and moved to London after cultivating his youthful spirit in Barcelona and Madrid’. Damn that sounds cool doesn’t it? I was born in Nebraska and cultivated my spirit (whatever the hell that means) in Denver, Colorado. It just doesn’t have the same ring to it does it? I spent a week in Barcelona and a couple of days in London a few months ago, and all I can think about is going back (any projects in London/Barcelona anyone?). Fumanal’s coolness translates into his work as it is expertly executed and manifested with a sensitivity to craft that maintains a dash of fine art (all kidding aside).

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Fashion, Illustration, London, Ricardo Fumanal, Spain

At some point in the not so distant past it appears illustration/design powerhouse Vault 49 has updated with what looks like both a new website and several new projects. All of which looks pop-o-liscious.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Vault 49

Artist/illustrator Andre Azevedo sent a note that he has updated his website with a new layout and some hip fashion-inspired new work. There is a ton of new work actually and some of it is pretty fun to look at.

written by Christopher | tags: Andre Azevedo, Art, Drawing, Fashion, Illustration

Tim Lahan is an illustrator I have always enjoyed for his rather peculiar sense of sarcasm. I always end up quite literally laughing out loud (oh I said it LOL) when looking through his work. The adventures of poop man in his Flickrfolio were no exception. I mean how can you not appreciate an image titled ‘Poop Douche’. I not only appreciate the illustration, I also appreciate the fact that Tim is always subconsciously on the lookout for the next perfect image to fit poop man into.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Poop Man, Tim Lahan, Trademark

Russian artist and illustrator Eika Dopludo has some nice pencil work in her Behance-folio but the standout is definitely this hand drawn alphabet. Each letterform is it’s own work of art and you can see all of them one-by-one here.

written by Christopher | tags: Drawing, Eika Dopludo, Illustration, Moscow, Russia

I remember seeing one of Jason Holley’s illustration a few years back in one of the Communication Arts Illustration annuals. I bookmarked the page and kept referencing it for inspiration. As far as I know he only recently put up a website. His work continues to inspire.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Illustration, Jason Holley, Painting

Fernando Volken Togni is a graphic designer and illustrator living in Porto Alegre. He creates some delectable vector eye candy.

written by Christopher | tags: Brazil, Fernando Volken Togni, Illustration, Vector

Canadian artist and illustrator Tara Dougans has some unusual pencil work in her Flickr folio of some piercing characters spilling personality right off the page.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Canada, Illustration, Pencil, Tara Dougans

Yu Cheng Hong is an illustrator, concept artist and motion designer based in Taipei, Taiwan. Although I can’t claim to be a fan of the Flash portfolio, there are large scale images at his site and his illustrations are incredibly elaborate and remarkably imaginative. It’s all well worth checking out and sitting patiently through any preloading.

I originally posted his work last summer but he has since updated with both a new site and some exceptional new work.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Illustration, Taipei, Taiwan, Yu Cheng Hong

Illustrator Kristina Collantes has been written about on this blog several times but damn it all if she doesn’t just keep updating with such cool illustration work. She keeps growing and expanding her style and she very recently added a psychedelic Fantastic Planet inspired set of candy colored images that are exceptionally fun to look at. I had to let you know about them because I love them and would love to hang the whole set in my studio.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Kristina Collantes, Psychedelic, San Diego

I can’t tell you much about Alecio Braga Junior other than I am guessing he might be Brazilian and I am loving some of his pencil work in his Flickr-folio.

written by Christopher | tags: Alecio Braga Junior, Art, Brazil, Illustration

Norwegian illustrator Esra Røise has a large portfolio of attractive pencil and watercolor illustrations that are influenced by fashion.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Esra Roise, Fashion, Illustration, Norway