Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While the country watched the crowning of another Great British Bake Off winner, we caught up with the man behind the moreish illustrations on the show. It's impossible to visit the homepage of Welsh illustrator Tom Hovey's website without working up an appetite.

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Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Today, we are proud to feature Alexis Marcou’s latest digital drawing illustrations series, “WILD.” The post Amazing Digital Drawing Illustrations By Alexis Marcou first appeared on Graphic Design Junction. Dive into this mesmerizing piece and experience the artistry that has earned him global acclaim.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2024

New beginnings can be a fantastic source of ideas and creative energy for an illustrator. Nine years in Melbourne saw him morph into an illustrator, where he truly discovered his creative voice. One of the five illustrations for A Better City. Mark Conlan is an artist whose journey began in Dublin as an animator.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The airline commissioned illustrator and pattern designer Martha Olivia to create a suite of six bespoke illustrations for their High Life magazine. While the article focuses on the 25 most unmissable wonders of India, Olivia was able to select six of her favourite sights to illustrate. million TikTok posts.

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Graphic Design Junction

JULY 21, 2025

Rafael Nobre is an illustrator and designer based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By blending digital and traditional techniques, he creates design and illustrations that carry depth, clarity, and personality. The post Amazing Design and Illustrations by Rafael Nobre first appeared on Graphic Design Junction.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 29, 2025

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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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Three years on from our last conversation, Taiwanese illustrator Poan Pan reflects on his evolving creative journey, the power of community, and his ever-expanding artistic practice. Good news I'm still freelancing as an illustrator! He asks, "Can illustration also embrace nuance, ambiguity, and a broader spectrum of emotions?

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Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Today, we shine the spotlight on the incredibly talented Shinrou Inaki, a senior designer and creative comics and illustrations artist from Nanjing, China. Explore the Remarkable Comics and Illustrations by Shinrous World To fully appreciate the depth of Shinrou Inakis artistry, we encourage you to explore his portfolio.

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Creative Boom

JULY 15, 2025

An Egg-cellent Card Game: Can You Find the Missing by Paperface (Design Product & Packaging) The AOI has unveiled those in the running for this year's World Illustration Awards, featuring 200 standout projects from over 4,700 entries worldwide. Illustrators are leveraging technology not just for efficiency but to push visual boundaries."

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Creative Boom

APRIL 8, 2025

Enter Ben Duchesne, the emerging English illustrator who would very much like to push AI back into the shadows ones meticulously cross-hatched by hand in his highly detailed, beautifully gothic pen-and-ink style. "My My work is proudly and boldly traditional, and I am determined to stay that way," says Ben. "Art

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Creative Bloq

JULY 25, 2025

Getting started in digital art and illustration can be daunting, especially if youre new to the tools, tech, and apps. TOPICS Illustration Art procreate iPad Apple Daniel Włodarski Social Links Navigation Illustrator Daniel is an illustrator. The best iPad for drawing makes art approachable, too.

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Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Transform your designs with these must-have Illustrator brushes. Whether youre creating intricate vector illustrations, vibrant digital art, or professional designs, having the right tools in your creative arsenal makes all the difference. This curated collection of best Illustrator brushes is perfect for elevating your vector art.

Vectors

Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We met Aino-Maija Metsola to discuss her signature style and creative approach to illustrating book covers. She is known for her use of watercolour to ink, collage, markers, and gouache to craft paintings, patterns, and illustrations. Since then, Metsola has occasionally illustrated book covers published by Vintage/Penguin.

Artist

Creative Boom

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Originally from Denmark, Julie Solvstrom has become a leading light in Vancouver's creative community with her beautiful, organic approach to illustration and typography. In a world where synthetic imagery is on the rise, illustrator and typographer Julie Solvstrom has the antidote. Julie's appeal for work on arriving in Vancouver.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 20, 2025

From architecture to illustration and everything in between Roco's path to illustration wasn't straight. These skills would later become invaluable when she pivoted to illustration and graphic design. I don't just illustrate I translate ideas into the language I understand best: images." I don't think so.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 27, 2025

Plymouth-based illustrator and graphic designer Beth Bennett is a fairly new face in the creative industries, having only graduated last year in 2024, but one of her recent projects caught our eye, and we just had to know more. Pizza, the New York Timesbestselling illustrator behind the popular podcast Creative Pep Talk.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Illustration can be a lonely career, but Ashwin Chacko and Clive McFarland are on a mission to change that through a community that connects and supports Northern Ireland's often-overlooked creative talent. As illustrators and authors themselves, they know first-hand how isolating it can be. The mission?

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Graphic Design Junction

OCTOBER 14, 2024

” A spectacular digital illustration can make your brand’s merchandise as iconic as the Apple logo or the Nike swoosh. So, what’s behind an iconic illustration? Each illustration should be like a freeze frame from that film. In digital illustration, less usually means more. Your brand is worth it!

Digital

Creative Boom

JUNE 18, 2025

The way Patricia Shea has combined her textile design skills with print-on-demand services is simply mesmerising, offering plenty of inspiration for aspiring illustrators and designers. You'll have to forgive our headline. Blue Denim Paisley. Painted and digitally arranged patterns become products in Patricia's store. "I

Patterns

Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 5, 2025

Perfect for logo design, visual identities, web graphics, and more, these illustrations combine beauty and functionality. Download available in Illustrator AI, EPS, and PNG format. Free Flying Birds Vector Illustrations Free flying birds vector illustrations are perfect for adding a touch of nature to your designs.

Vectors

Creative Boom

AUGUST 3, 2025

As graphic designer and illustrator Nvard Yerkanian puts it: "Your portfolio isn't meant to be an archive. So, unless it's a truly differentiating skill, leave out those couple of illustrations or photos or fine art that don't stack up to your graphic design work." So the instinct to showcase everything can be overwhelming.

Portfolio

Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Vast outdoor settings, bold forms, and unexpected colours combine to give French illustrator Agathe Meunier a style entirely her own. Trained at the Duperré school in Paris and then the Haute École des Arts du Rhin in Strasbourg, she has remained in eastern France, working as a freelance illustrator while pursuing her own individual projects.

Print

Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Studio Morfar and illustrator Doug John Miller worked together to create a fun but functional identity for the new home services app. Yoderlay immediately stands out thanks to a bespoke series of illustrations created by Doug John Miller, known for his work with BAO, Netflix, Nike, and The New York Times.

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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.

Printmaking

Graphic Design Junction

AUGUST 5, 2025

Instead of relying on images or illustrations, the message is shaped through font choice, layout, and visual rhythm. Typographic posters focus on the use of text as the main visual element. Typography becomes both content and form. The post 21 Creative Typographic Posters with Visual Structure first appeared on Graphic Design Junction.

Layout

Creative Boom

MARCH 27, 2025

A farm-first approach, real-world textures, and playful illustrations bring an authentic, handcrafted charm to the Bath-based brewery's new look. Expect homegrown textures, characterful illustrations, and evocative beer names. Somer Valley Brewing isn't your typical craft brewery.

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Abduzeedo

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Adobe Illustrator 2025 Splash Screen Illustration: TRÜF’s “Weird Fishes” abduzeedo 1104—24 Discover how TRÜF’s “Weird Fishes” splash screen for Adobe Illustrator 2025 celebrates creativity with vibrant, minimalist illustration. The Adobe Illustrator 2025 splash screen opens with a statement: creativity meets minimalism.

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Graphic Design Junction

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Reference: Patagonia’s environmental campaigns illustrate how color and texture are used to reinforce the brand’s commitment to the environment, combining visuals and values seamlessly. This color scheme not only looks visually engaging but also reduces screen glare, providing a comfortable viewing experience for users.

Graphic Design

Creative Boom

JANUARY 29, 2025

New illustrations are a key part of the brand's new identity, designed to help its new Greek and Kefir products stand out on the shelf. For example, illustrative elements have a bit more breathing room, and the messaging and layout of the packaging have been refined.

Portfolio

Creative Boom

JUNE 29, 2025

And those who prefer to (say) juggle illustration, web design, photography and a bit of copy on the side might just be built for this new era. Illustrator Annie McGee explains how being multi-disciplinary actually enables sustainability. I've just tried a bit of everything, and it's always been an advantage.

Client

Creative Bloq

AUGUST 9, 2025

For this tutorial, I’ll guide you through the process of creating a book cover illustration just like this. Sign in here TOPICS Art Illustration Photoshop Adobe Painting Fernanda Suarez Social Links Navigation Digital artist Santiago-born Fernanda is a digital artist who currently works as a freelance Illustrator.

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Design Shack

MAY 20, 2025

We’ve put together a collection of our favorite, high-quality Photoshop and Illustrator brushes, to help you put the perfect finishing touch on your next design. A Photoshop or Illustrator brush is, at its simplest, exactly what you’d expect — a way to draw a particular line or style in a Photoshop or Illustrator document.

Photoshop

Graphic Design Junction

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

100% vector shapes editable in Photoshop and Illustrator. Created using Adobe Illustrator CS2, Photoshop CS2, and CorelDraw X4, the set exclusively uses free fonts, with all font links included in the download file for easy access. All badges are all placed in a single file available in PSD, AI and EPS formats. Very well organised.

Vectors

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."

Brand

Creative Boom

DECEMBER 1, 2024

As a delightful quirk, the typeface includes eight Dinamo pig illustrations, some drawn by the designers' children. Its italics break from traditional flowery styles, offering a bubbly, understated design with a dynamic rhythm. Accompanying the font is an actual storybook—also called Otto—written and designed by de Groot.

Fonts

Creative Bloq

AUGUST 4, 2025

See more in our list of the 23 stunning book illustrations.) ” (Image credit: © Baljinder Kaur) Defining the form Illustrated books come in all shapes and sizes, so defining exactly what a picture book is will help out aspiring artists on their journey.

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Abduzeedo

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Seoul Illustration Fair: Redefining Logo Design and Visual Identity abduzeedo 1030—24 Discover the Seoul Illustration Fair’s dynamic logo design and visual identity that celebrates creative expression. The updated logo of the Seoul Illustration Fair integrates design and illustration to reflect the fair’s creative roots.

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