Changethethought

‘Tweed Tom‘ lives in London where he works as a creative for Antidote. In his spare time he illustrates obsolete ‘mechanical marvels’. He is also one of the five members of the illustration and design collective Evening Tweed. Tom has some excellent screen prints on his website. The ones that I like are selling for £120 which I believe is something like 2,000 dollars U.S. (just kidding), but they might be worth it as a unique piece of art as homage to the printing process.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Printing Press. Art, Tweed Tom

UK creative studio A-Side has updated with new work and a new site. There is a lot of different styles of design happening throughout their portfolio and it’s expertly executed.

written by Christopher | tags: a-side studio, Graphic Design, Illustration, Print, U.K.

Southwest UK based Designer/Illustrator Mike Harrison has updated his portfolio with some colorful new work. There is some nice collage work for Nike featuring a cast of world famous athletes.

written by Christopher | tags: Destill, Graphic Design, Illustration, Mike Harrison, U.K.

Designer/illustrator Pablo Alfieri recently updated his Flickr-folio with some really fun new work. He is keeping his color palette bright and wild and still experimenting heavily with typography.

written by Christopher | tags: Digital, Graphic Design, Illustration, Pablo Alfieri

Brazilian Designer/Art Director /Illustrator Rogerio Lionzo is currently working at Syrup in New York City . While living in Brazil he was one of the founders and Art Directors at Mopa studio. He recently updated his website and portfolio with some new stylish and trendy project work.

written by Christopher | tags: Brazil, Graphic Design, Illustration, Rogerio Lionzo, Syrup

Connor Willumsen is a curious illustrator based in Montreal, Canada. His work is somewhat unusual and you have to keep clicking into his Flickr-folio to really uncover some interesting imagery that recalls comic books and functions almost as surrealist pop art.

written by Christopher | tags: Comic Books, Connor Willumsen, Illustration, Montreal

Aussie digital illustrator extraordinaire Justin Maller has updated with some of his patent wild visuals that are always wonderful to look at. Someone needs to partner with him and put some of this work in motion.

written by Christopher | tags: Australia, Depthcore, Illustration, Justin Maller, Melbourne

Mister Mista is a super fun clothing label producing some very well designed tee shirts for your little guys and gals. If your aesthetic leans toward the design side, your babies would look cute in these duds.

By the way, just sneaking this in here, my wife is officially pregnant and I am going to be a Papa in February of next year. So I am busting it hard right now trying to make the studio work so I can take care of my baby. But I am pretty excited to be a Dad especially with a wife that I love more than anything else in the entire world.

written by Christopher | tags: Fashion, Graphic Design, Illustration, Kids, Mister Mista

Spanish designer/illustrator Mar Hernandez is based out of the gorgeous city of Valencia Spain (hey jealousy) and produces some lovely retro-inspired illustrations that are easy on the eyes. I would imagine they’d light up a mid-century styled interior as well. You can see her work both via her home website and her Flickr-folio.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Malota, Mar Hernandez, Spain, Valencia

Illustrator Nathan Manire reached out to inform us that he has updated his portfolio with more of his intricate portrait work. This time the update comes with an illustration of famed basketball giant Lebron James who made a lot of people happy this year and also pissed off an entire city/state upon his recent decision to uproot. It’s crazy how much his likeness has popped up recently in design and illustration circles. The economy he has fueled around himself and his career is impressive.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Detroit, Illustration, Nathan Manire, New York, Watercolor

Famed designer/illustrator Eduardo Recife (Misprinted Type) has updated his personal site with more of his expertly composed collages that have influenced designer and illustrators alike the world over going on for a very long time now. He never disappoints.

written by Christopher | tags: Brazil, Eduardo Recife, Illustration, Misprinted Type

Russian illustrator Eika Dopludo has been busy since I last posted her work and has updated with some new and even trippier examples of hand drawn lettering. It’s psychedelic type as image and it’s a lot of fun to look at.

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

Andy Smith kind of says what he has to say about himself much better than I could. And he also recently put up a new site with several new examples of his often hand rendered typography. So I will let him speak for himself:

“Andy Smith studied illustration at the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art, London. Graduating in 1998 he quickly established a client list of advertising, publishing and editorial clients including Orange, Mercedes, McDonalds, The Guardian, Expedia, Sony, Vodafone, Random House and Penguin Books, directing Run London a commercial for Nike in 2000. His work combines illustration and typography to create images that have humour, energy and optimism and all are executed with a handmade, hand-printed, tactile feel. Quirky characters find themselves in absurd situations, often with a large piece of lettering nearby. When not producing commercial work for clients Andy can be found in the studio screen printing books and posters about Fatty, the Target People and the Hot Dog. He has exhibited in the UK, USA, France and Australia. He lives and works by the sea in Hastings, East Sussex. His favourite colour is blue.”

written by Christopher | tags: Andy Smith, Brighton, Illustration, Typography, U.K.

Rep agency Hugo and Marie have added one more remarkably talented name to their short but amazing list of artists and that person is Kustaa Saksi. They have updated their website with some of Saksi’s colorful and fantastic work. Last time I was in NY, Mario Hugo was loaded to the gills with work so it sounds like they are doing very well. With the talent they currently have under their umbrella, it’s easy to see why they would be busy.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Hugo and Marie, Illustration, New York, Rep

Korean illustrator (now lives in NYC) Tae Querney wrote us to inform us she updated her website and portfolio with new works. She has a soft and whimsical style that maintains it’s human touch even after retouching. We like her work.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Illustration, Korea, New York, Painting, Tae Querney

Chicken Billy is artist and designer Billy Hayes hailing from Fort Worth, Texas. He has an unusual and highly recognizable style using aggressive color schemes with arranged flat graphic ‘puzzle’ pieces. This is how he describes his work: “The recipe – Take Hanna Barbera, Hulk Hogan, James Brown, Fort Worth Zoo, B.B. King, Hank Williams III and Jesus Christ, mix until the image is bright like a angel. Add a pair of cowboy boots and jeans, some Mexican beer, your choice, and put it all on a page using only flat vector shapes.”

His work is impossible not to like and ready made for t-shirt art. The best way to take in his work is by perusing his Flickr-folio which he updates regularly.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Billy Hayes, Chicken Billy, Illustration, Texas, Vector

Sara Blake AKA ZSO has updated recently with some lovely new illustrations employing drawing, pen and ink, watercolor and digital retouching. There are some excellent illustrations in ZSO’s portfolio making use of bright color schemes. ZSO currently lives and works in New York City. She is a graduate from from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a concentration in Graphic Art and Postmodern Studies. She also works as a digital designer at Euro RSCG.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, New York, Sara Blake, ZSO

Matthew the Horse is an illustrator represented by Unseen Agency. He has a quirky doodley style that at first seems childlike but closer examination reveals a very deliberate adult approach resulting in some interesting contemporary imagery.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Drawing, Illustration, Matthew the Horse