Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

And now we're back for 2023 with another bumper crop of amazing gift ideas from independent artists and shops. And this one has been designed by Dutch designer/printmaker Karel Martens. To guard against that happening, last year we compiled the ultimate 2022 Christmas gift guide for creatives.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The 2024 winners were chosen by an expert judging panel consisting of printmaker and previous Illustration Awards winner James Albon, author, illustrator, and animator Yasmeen Ismail, founder and director of Gran Salón Mexico Maru Aguzzi, and esteemed illustrator and cartoonist Chris Riddell.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

But just like his biggest inspiration and obsession, Charley Harper, Chris's illustrations have recently focused on shape, texture and colour. Combined with an aesthetic from traditional printmaking techniques, he's settled into a new role as a graphic illustrator. What are you hoping to achieve in 2023?

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Creative Boom

JUNE 2, 2024

I predominantly use dip and reed pens for linework, pencil crayon and pastels for texture, and brushes for more painterly marks with watercolour and gouache," he says. However, I am also interested in printmaking methods, screenprinting, mono printing, etching, and true grain.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Each one showcases her unique style of texture and collage and comes with a recycled brown craft envelope. Handprinted Christmas Card by Luiza Holub Based in Sheffield, artist Luiza Holub's practice focuses on the handmade process of traditional linocut printmaking techniques, creating work that is contemporary with a nod to the traditional.

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Colossal

DECEMBER 4, 2023

“Erin and Anyah with Hydrangeas” (2023), acrylic and collage on carved wood panel, 48 x 60 inches. Often using her family, friends, and self as subjects, Hobbs creates densely textured prints and paintings depicting quiet moments of affection and connection. Photo by Ariston Jacks.

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Shillington

APRIL 27, 2023

Amifer Folio by Typeland Typeland , the custom type foundry run by designers Alessia Mazzarella and Vaibhav Singh, joined forces with Shakespeare’s Globe to create a custom typeface for the theatre’s 2023 summer season. Read more about Any But None 10. Koto delivered that in droves. Read more about Noita 18.

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