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'Storytelling and emotional connection matter more than aesthetics,' says illustrator Fangfang Han

Creative Boom

In 2020, she was a fashion buyer working in a busy industry where there just wasn't time to explore other creative avenues. Fast forward to 2024, and she's recently won a World Illustration Award for New Talent in Animation. An illustration about creativity for Teen Breathe. Count Fangfang Han among them.

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How live event illustration brings big opportunities for artists

Creative Boom

And, if you're good at it, there are clients out there who will pay handsomely for your live illustration talents. Ever since Creative Boom began, illustrators have told us they love getting back to the basicsdrawing and painting hands-on with traditional media. Most live event illustrators work in fashion and beauty.

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Ximena Collado on how a series of failures made her a successful fashion illustrator

Creative Boom

Peru-based illustrator Ximena Collado is known for her bright and bold fashion artwork, which depicts female body types rarely seen in the mainstream. In my teen years, I loved reading fashion blogs like Man Repeller and La Vida de Serendipity, and sometimes I would just draw the looks I saw there," she tells Creative Boom. "It

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Illustrator Teddy Kang on shifting into the fashion industry and learning to see where life takes you

Creative Boom

Art director, designer and illustrator Teddy Kang has had an eventful couple of years. Since the pandemic, he's moved from Toronto back to China, working in new creative fields and rediscovering his routes as an illustrator. A career change into the fashion industry wasn't based on a whim, though. It's been quite a journey!"

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Drawing people: Five illustrators with the human touch

Creative Boom

XG by Alxndra Cook We talk to Yvette Earl, Tatyana Alanis, Kyle Platts, Alxndra Cook, and Ryan Gillett – five talented illustrators who draw people convincingly and in unique styles that engage the viewer. As many an artist will tell you, illustrating people is one of the hardest skills to learn. I love the fashion aspect of it.

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Karlotta Freier draws with such freedom her imagery seems to float on air

Creative Boom

For this Brooklyn artist, creating an illustration is about spending time with it, exploring it, and finding that moment when things fall into place. Perhaps it's this connection with what she creates that makes her so popular with clients—in fashion, beauty, and editorial. Editorial illustrations for The New Yorker.

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Oliver Perry's charming illustrations recreate the magic of vintage New Yorker cartoons

Creative Boom

© Oliver Perry New York-based illustrator Oliver Perry brings the retro charm of vintage magazine cartoons into the modern day with his artwork documenting the weird and wonderful residents of the city he calls home. I sincerely appreciate the perfectly imperfect nature of authentic hand-drawn illustrations."