Charlene Chua, that’s ‘choo-wah’ to you, was raised in Singapore and began working first as a web designer in 1998. From there she worked for some very large agencies but decided to pursue illustration in 2003 and taking the full time leap in 2006. It’s a good thing she did because she is very good at what she does.
Jesse Balmer is an interesting illustrator/artist (more artist than illustrator) that I have had an eye on for a while. I really dig his work and it appears as though he has put some new examples of his unusual version of psychedelic surrealism on his website.
Romanian graphic designer, Stefan Lucut has updated his website and reloaded with some nice new work.
Kazuki Takamatsu creates some of the most unusual and quietly contemplative black and white illustrations I have seen in a very long time. They are like a frozen moment from a strange dream and each one is wildly gorgeous.
“Born in Israel in 1973, Noma Bar studied graphic design and typography at the Jerusalem Academy of Art & Design. He has been based in London since 2001. In 2003, Bar received his first national magazine commission from Time Out London, and since then he has worked for an array of media clients, including the BBC, Random House, The Observer, The Economist and Wallpaper.”
His work can currently be seen at his rep’s website, Dutch Uncle. Noma’s ‘negative space’ illustrations have been circulating the creative blogosphere over the last few weeks for the simple reason that most of them are just brilliant.
Minjae Lee is a 19 year old artist/illustrator from South Korea. Considering his very young age, his work shows a maturity well beyond his years.
Mike Orduna A.K.A. Fatoe has been busy as always and there some tasty updates of his unique brand of design and illustration now up at his website.
I am just really blown away today by the poster art of Emek. All of it is rich, amazingly conceived and incredibly rendered. It’s hard to think of one person outputting such an amazing body of poster art all by themselves. Truly inspiring. This is definitely ‘poster art’.
Alex Passapera is an illustrator/fine artist based out of New York. He has some downright wild, as in pretty awesome drawings in his portfolio. It’s either the stuff of dreams or nightmares. Maybe nightmares. But still awesome.
Malaysian graphic designer/illustrator Tang YauHoong has a robust Flickr-folio brimming over with adept illustration and design work.
There is some cool geometric/architectural-inspired work in the Flickr-folio of Why Plus Eight.
Arkitip has a new issue hitting the pricey ($40) newsstands featuring the work of Steven Harrington. The issue comes with a cover matching bookmark and a scarf. For an extra five bucks, you can also get your issue signed by Harrington, which is kind of a nice little extra deal.
I think I may have written about the Spanish design firm, Medusa Team before in the past but I stumbled across their Behance and Flickr portfolios today and found a lot of fun and colorful work encompassing typography, design and illustration.
Alvaro Arteaga Sabaini A.K.A. Alvarejo was born in Spain but now lives in Chile. He has had several clever illustrations published on Threadless t-shirts and is looking for a gig in the states. Hire this guy already.
Although Austrian illustrator/designer, Marek Haiduk has never been featured on the blog, now is a better time than ever as his portfolio has just been updated.
Brighton-based illustrator, Matt Taylor has some fun and colorful work in his portfolio.
Theo Aartsma is an unusual designer who generates some interesting digital illustration/design work that also often incorporates typographical forms.
Kustaa Saksi has updated with a new website and it is brimming with colorful and exciting design and illustration work.
