Creative Boom

JULY 15, 2024

Designer, writer, and academic Michael John Goodman has launched three online archives of Victorian illustrations covering works by Shakespeare, Dickens, and Chaucer. It's fascinating to compare how illustrators have depicted great works of literature through the ages.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

We present a curated list to help you develop your illustration practice. Building your skills as an illustrator is mainly about practice, practice, practice. Also, there are many different types of illustration, and few of us have mastered them all. But you have to know the fundamentals first.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Putting together samples of your work for art directors, editors, and others might sound straightforward, but many illustrators find it anything but. We share some tips from the Creative Boom community on presenting your illustrations in the best possible light. Quality over quantity."

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Creative Boom

MAY 22, 2023

© Fangyu Ma Atlanta-based illustrator Fangyu Ma creates decorative and narrative illustrations that bring viewers joy thanks to their vibrant colours and unique animal imagery. It's all part of her mission to approach subjects from different angles and present the world anew. Art seems to be in Fangyu's blood.

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

Energetic shades of pink, green and blue are blended and carved into forms that begin rooted in daily life but quickly lead to strange realms of dreamlike surrealism as envisaged by the talented young illustrator Wenjing Yang. It's the colour that hits you first when Wenjing Yang 's portfolio is laid out before you.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 28, 2023

© 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. But what would it look like if the past caught up with the present? In a world filled with digital and A.I.,

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Creative Boom

JUNE 22, 2023

Multi-disciplined creative and globetrotter Maria Navarro Sanchez combines illustration and design to create stunning and empowering artwork. Based in the German city of Karlsruhe, illustrator and designer Maria Navarro Sanchez's career has been meandering. It has given me a more comprehensive and practical view of illustration.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 22, 2023

London-based illustrator Wei Wu draws on the rich history of her homeland and her experiences as an only child and a woman in her beautiful, symbolic artwork, which urges the viewer to tease out its meaning. I believed that studying here could help me start my career path as an illustrator. I have always been ambitious," she explains.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Piper Nigrum, 2020 © Dafi Kühne Typographic Disillusion, 2023 © Dafi Kühne Poster Cult includes the thoughtful presentation of 60 selected posters, as well as black and white images shot by Zurich-based photographer Peter Hauser that illustrate the artist's interconnected digital and analogue working process.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Professional Exploration Category Winner: The Governess by Trevin Wyant We reveal the winners of the World Illustration Awards 2023, and share their winning pieces. In both cases, we've got 22 pieces of illustration that you simply have to check out. Looking for visual inspiration? New Talent Overall Winner: FETCH!

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2025

Dutch illustrator Nastia Cistakova isn't interested in playing it safe, and that much is obvious from her work. Her impulse to explore, experiment, and connect led Nastia to study illustration at HKU in Utrecht. "By However, being an independent illustrator hasn't always been easy. "I

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2022

Vintage paper, daily fantasies, and retro-futurism are just some of the many inspirations that fuel illustrator Megan Du. Originally from China, Megan Du is a London-based artist studying illustration at the University of the Arts London. I want to continue in the field of illustration," she says. "I

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The popular Swedish illustrator reveals how success carries its own burdens and the need to balance personal and commercial work to protect your mental health. With a BA in graphic design from Central Saint Martins, Alva is currently represented by Jelly and is challenging norms and helping shape the future of illustration.

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Creative Boom

JULY 29, 2024

The illustrator worked closely with the well-known musician to create a truly innovative EP design. And he's teamed up with rising star illustrator Con McHugh to create a visual world that's as fresh and vibrant as the music itself, including album artwork, typography and an animated event poster. I was beyond excited.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 19, 2023

London-based illustrator Chiara Xie reflects on the effect of technology in her cyberpunk artwork. This realisation prompted me to enrol in an intensive summer illustration course in New York, where I explored various forms of illustration. Among them, editorial illustration resonated with me the most.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 29, 2023

Illustrator and designer Erin Ruane presents the familiar characters of the Zodiac in a new light in her latest project, which transforms them into a gorgeous set of cohesive images. The 12 astrological signs of the Zodiac are some of the world's most recognisable and well-known characters.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The stress goes out as the creativity comes in with Fran Cieslar's oracle deck, which combines anatomical and botanical illustrations to help us see the inner world of our bodies in a different light. The set is presented as an oracle deck and comes on 400gsm matte art paper. The cards are wrapped in a white ribbon inside their box.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Rhode Island School of Design student Cara Ziruo Wang has translated China's rich cultural history into a series of elegant and inspiring illustrations for the country's children's literary magazine October Kids. It's a splendid array of illustrations that's even more magnificent when considering how quickly they were made.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 19, 2022

Illustrator, designer and author Aura Lewis creates joyful, colourful worlds where the personal is political. Renowned for her feminist-themed illustrations, Aura's work takes traditionally 'girly' visual elements and turns them into empowering statements. When did you first know that you wanted to be an illustrator?

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Wet Market © Huilin Gui New York-based illustrator Huilin Gui captures everyday moments from her childhood spent growing up in China in a beautifully nostalgic series of images titled Home. Through this creative process, I was allowed to weave new memories with them, as if the present me were reconnecting with them."

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The worlds of illustration and variable fonts collide in a new project from creative duo Rob en Robin titled F. But what if the same could apply to illustrations? But what if the same could apply to illustrations? Through some research, we discovered that a font is not much different from an illustration.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 22, 2024

New York City-based illustrator Esther Tang communicates her emotions and connects to the world through her delightfully nuanced and universally resonant work. Connection and communication are at the heart of Esther Tang's illustrations. Sounds, smiles, touch, and my environment influence my illustrations in many aspects.

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Creative Boom

MAY 22, 2024

Somerset-based illustrator, Charles Bailey channels the likes of Quentin Blake and Spike Milligan in his naive, expressive artwork, which explores complex themes. Studying illustration at Exeter changed all that. His illustrations still manage to be completely unique, representing a blend of Quentin Blake and Spike Milligan.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 27, 2024

To date, he has produced 48 books full of illustrations, working with historical, cultural and commercial organisations around Europe. Two editions have been published: a run of 2000 for sale in the museum and a luxury edition of 500 signed and numbered copies that can be presented to special guests and dignitaries.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Globe-trotting illustrator Amber Day , AKA VISBII, has created her own unique spin on the Malbon mascot in a new collaboration which pairs up the golf character with luxury watch manufacturer TAG Heuer. We ended up creating animated videos and ads combining illustrations with lifestyle photography and giant storefront displays.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Orange County-based illustrator Raina Jia puts emotions first in her drawings, aiming to tell stories that connect with audiences from diverse walks of life. But as she grew older, she saw it would be more difficult than she first realised and decided to turn her attention to graphic design instead of illustration.

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Graphic Design Junction

MAY 1, 2024

While a grand gesture is always cherished, a heartfelt card, adorned with beautiful illustrations and brimming with your love, can be the most precious token. Download 3d Mother's Day Illustration Set Explore boundless creativity with our meticulously crafted 3D illustration, tailored for seamless integration into your designs.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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. We met him to hear how his work and life have evolved. We're big fans of Teddy Kang here at Creative Boom.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 14, 2024

GOSE required an identity as unique as its product, which Bala delivered through semi-abstract illustrations and an acidic colour palette that reflects the beer's salty flavour. Since this is the first beer made with grasshopper, Reguera says that the team wanted the design to be "as radical as the recipe". "We

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 23, 2024

That's exactly what illustrator, designer and creative consultant Molly Maine did in 2016, and since then, she's been enjoying the joy of travel while bringing her creative ambitions to life. And on top of that, her ambitions of becoming an illustrator were still niggling away in her mind. Her solution? Quit and travel the world.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 30, 2023

Freelance designer and illustrator Hatiye Garip is part of an ever-growing community of creatives making art more inclusive and accessible for all. One such creative who is making a positive difference is Turkey-based designer and illustrator Hatiye Garip. Not everyone will be familiar with the term accessible illustration.

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Graphic Design Junction

APRIL 26, 2024

In the realm of contemporary digital illustrations art, one name shines brightly: Samji Illustrator. With a unique style characterized by vibrant colors, intricate details, and whimsical narratives, Samji has carved a niche for themselves in the world of illustration. You can catch Samji’s on Behance.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 29, 2024

From the midcentury script typography to the playful supporting illustrations and colour palette to the custom plaid and argyle patterns, everything is designed with tongue-in-cheek. It's pickleball, after all."

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Creative Boom

JUNE 6, 2023

During this time, her eyeball series was purely something she did for fun, and her main goal was to share glimpses of her life and the things that surrounded her through her illustrations. "As The only certainty is that there will not be limited illustrations anymore." It actually stems from a personal reflection," she reveals. "I

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Graphic Design Junction

JUNE 2, 2024

Hala Mohamed is a distinguished graphic designer and digital illustrations artist from Egypt, whose work embodies the vibrancy and complexity of contemporary Egyptian culture. She pursued her studies in graphic design and illustration, honing her skills at prestigious institutions.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

LA-based illustrator and artist Trevor Shin reflects on his intuitive and improvised free-flowing state. His detailed images distort reality, presenting patterned and coloured depictions of emotions and situations. That's where anything that needs to be on the page can slowly and spontaneously appear.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 28, 2023

San Francisco-based illustrator Emma Cheng has swapped her stethoscope for sketchbooks by switching from a medical career to a full-time freelance illustrator. But for Taiwanese illustrator Emma Cheng, the two can work together in stunning and surprising ways. When did you know you wanted to be an illustrator?

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