Sparrow Vs Swallow is the collected labors of Phillip Fivel Nessen. He has a unique retro-influenced illustration style that is hard not to like and he has just launched a brand new website.
Rich Gemmell is a freelance illustrator who has been working solo for 2 years. It sounds as though things are going well so far as several of his prints are sold out and he is currently tied up with several projects.
Melbourne-based artist and illustrator Michael Steele has updated since I last dropped in with a few more of his signature spheres of colliding objects. I particularly like the hand drawn examples such as the one above.
There is some fun illustration work in the portfolio of South African studio Fanakolo.
I am way into these drawn typography layouts in the Behance-folio of Serbian illustrator Nebojsa Cvetkovic. There is something retro about them that is hard to put a finger on (like you have seen them before) but they are oh-so-likeable and I would pick one up if they were for sale.
Berlin-based graphic designer Tobias Roettger has a rather random scroll of a portfolio which at first doesn’t necessarily seem all that engaging until you start to take notice of a few really nice examples of contemporary design and illustration.
Pratt graduate Chelsea Greene Lewyta has some striking illustration work already in her young portfolio. She is currently based out of NYC and she is someone to keep an eye on for sure.
Kitsune Noir has teamed up with Society 6 to bring you the Kitsune Noir Poster Club. The first collection of poster artists include Frank Chimero, Mark Weaver, Jez Burrows, Cody Hoyt and Garrett Vander Leun. The artists were asked to create a poster about their favorite book. The end result is some really attractive Giclée prints on bright white, matte, smooth surface, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper. The posters were printed using Epson K3 archival inks and then custom trimmed with 2″ border. Kitsune Noir author Bobby Solomon is a genuinely nice person and it always comes through in his tone and posts to his blog. He’s a great person to support and he sincerely cares about bringing his readers news and links to emerging art and culture. Society 6 is also out to shed light on upandcoming artists and illustrators and are doing their best to start putting out more projects like this that help promote their work. Kudos to both.
Illustrator Therese Larsson creates some beautiful illustrations using everything from pastels to Photoshop. The tactility of the imagery, regardless of the method of production is never lost and each piece manages to stand on it’s own.
Illustrator Sanna Annukka really caught on to something special when she started incorporating her work into wall prints and the first image at her new website (above) portrays this realization in stark beauty. She also has a new storefront added to her new site that offers up some beautiful (yet pricey) prints.
Illustrator Sam Gilbey has been steadily improving over the years and has managed to merge a digital approach with an analogue tactility. He is also a master at self promotion and makes sure he never manages to drop off the radar. Hence his new website complete with some new work. There is a lot to be said for being able to manage both the workflow and the self promotion and he does it with style.
Digital illustrator Rob Shields sent a note today that he has been busy updating his site with several examples of new project work. He recently completed some illustrations for both Beautiful Decay and Computer Arts.
Tim Gough is a illustrator/designer based in Philadelphia, PA. He publishes a limited edition zine called ‘Cut and Paste’. He just updated with a new website and new work.
Melbourne-based illustrator Rik Lee wrote in to let us know he has stayed busy and updated his blog with new work. I am digging the integration of illustration and simple typography in the piece above. That is a lot of drawing.
Finnish illustrator Antti Uotila has been busy lately and wrote in to let us know he has updated with both a new website and new neon colored collage-style work.
Illustration Stephane Manel has updated lately with more of his simple pen and ink style illustrations that always manage to somehow capture the personality of the subject.
Bold, colorful, crisp and aggressive illustration and design work are brimming over the portfolio of Brazilian design firm Firmorama. Even their name insinuates that you are in for a celebration, and you most certainly are.
Artist and illustrator Silene Audibert has some interesting nature-inspired pen and ink drawings posted to fuel your creative inspiration. They kind of remind me of magic root the little girl hides under her mother’s bed in the movie Pan’s Labyrinth.
