I have seen and posted the beautifully colorful illustration work of Paris-based Véronique Meignaud A.K.A. Marmotte before but there some equally inspiring images being more frequently added to her blog.
I know I have seen and posted the work of Leander Herzog in the past, but I revisted his Flickr-folio today and only again realized how sprawling and truly experimental it is. Trying to just pick one image out of such a huge archive just doesn’t seem to do it all justice.
The work of artist (maybe illustrator?) Andreas Barsleth is a bit of a strangely psychedelic romp.
Alejandro Fuentes A.K.A. Los Fokos has an unusual style that is a mixed bag of influences and cultural references. The resulting drawing-meets-vector-graphic results are vivid and unusual. He has updated with new work and a new website. You can also browse some of his work via his Behance-folio. My only bone to pick is that I would absolutely love to see the rest of the image above but you can’t scroll down to see it while browsing on a smaller screen. The reason I want to see it though is because it looks amazing.
“We Are The Friction is a book of illustration and short fiction created by 12 pairs of international writers and illustrators. It’s the second book edited, designed and published by Sing Statistics, the collaborative concern of Jez Burrows and Lizzy Stewart.
The book paired writers with illustrators, both established and emerging in their disciplines. Each then produced new work inspired by the work of their partner: stories from illustrations, and illustrations from stories. The result is an erratic, eclectic collection of work that takes in space travel, Japanese deities, monster husbandry, and the Marx Brothers.”
More projects like this please. It utilizes an international cast of really talented people, all working in hand to both inspire eachother and the reader with some genuinely considered and original creativity. What a simple and great idea. And it’s available at a reasonable price to boot.
Amen.
Illustrator Jan Kallwejt has updated yet again with a new website containing imagery from several new and recent projects. It’s once again full of simple, inspiring vectory-goodness.
There is some beautiful work in the Flickr-folio of Spanish illustrator/artist Lagolo who seems comfortable seamlessly moving from pen and paper to digital.
There are some surreal and imaginative digitally-manipulated photographs in the Behance-folio of Romanian designer/photographer Pose Radu.
With a name like Impossible Quality, I guess you just kind of have to deliver and I think that is definitely the case here.
Daniel Conway is only 23 and already digital illustrating like a pro. The piece above is really stunning. I need to take a digital painting class.
Nomono is the work of Chilean graphic designer and illustrator Cristóbal Schmal who now lives and works in Barcelona.
Grandpeople co-founder Magnus Voll Mathiassen recently established his own studio. As you could well imagine MVM already has some cracking graphic design and illustration work in it’s young portfolio.
There is some stunning examples of imaginative vector illustration in the portfolio of Moscow-based, Zutto.
Get evil with Norwegian (correction on behalf of the readers) American illustrator Justin Bartlett.
There is some clever typography and illustration work in the Flickr-folio of Scottish designer Steven Bonner. Gotta love the ampersand.
Helsinki-born, Barcelona-based illustrator Pietari Posti has updated with both a new website and an entirely new storefront. Good stuff.
Beautiful comic book art, comic book inspiration and artistic inspiration all served up by the Flickr-folio and pages of Ernest Borg 9 who is also known as Paul Pope or Pulphope. You can also see more at his blog.
There is some fun and colorful design/illustration work in the Flickr-folio of Frenchman, Skooly DK. That’s some trippy vector art.
