Creative Boom

JANUARY 30, 2024

New York-based illustrator and designer Sam Twardy specialises in creating bold, playful work built around flat vectors and bright colours. We caught up with her to hear how she's gone from working as a grocery store chalkboard artist to being represented by Closer&Closer. Creativity seems to run in Sam Twardy's family.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It's now being celebrated in a beautiful new book that promises a definitive illustrated history of the cult video game. Our designs had to work in 'the future we were impatient for' to be credible," says Ian. "We It's been almost thirty years since WipEout changed the course of gaming forever.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2024

The illustrator behind a series of best-selling books explains how she sums up the story and grabs the reader's attention. This is why we were keen to chat with Leah Jacobs-Gordon , a multi-disciplinary designer with a passion for illustration and a keen eye for captivating design, who's worked on more than 250 book covers to date.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 17, 2022

After suffering from chronic pain for several years, Hong Kong artist Julie Lai used her creativity as part of her healing process, illustrating pivotal moments from her journey back to health. The resulting series, Chrysalis, is as though she is emerging from a cocoon. She remembers art was an escape at school to explore new ideas.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Imbued with a subtle sense of unease, Laura Callaghan's latest exhibition in Dublin brings together illustration and Bacchanalia to make a unique artistic comment on climate change. Laura Callaghan is an Irish illustrator living in Belfast. Her work is largely hand-painted using watercolour and gouache. And it's quite something.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 10, 2023

Bournemouth-based freelance illustrator Julia Jin combines oriental art styles with Western graphics to create unique artworks that tackle topics of nature and womanhood. Originally from Shenzen, China, Julia Jin moved to England to study illustration at Arts University Bournemouth.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 21, 2024

Featuring radiant, scorching colours and an iconography which draws on everything from natural history illustrations to dioramas in the American Museum of Natural History, this eclectic style is perfectly suited to making a statement about the ongoing climate crisis. What connects Greece, Canada, Spain, Russia, and Portugal?

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Creative Boom

MARCH 15, 2023

© Zhiyu You Chinese artist Zhiyu You brings to life the plights facing women in her grizzly series of Hell Scene paintings that draw on her country's rich cultural heritage and imagery. And it's these foreign influences which she says impacted her future life choices. Eyeless heads stuffed in dumpling baskets.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 16, 2023

And she hopes her work will offer viewers a sense of catharsis and being in the moment, too. And you'll get an instant hit of that the moment you glance at the work of Zhongwen Hu. This work, imbued with emotional sensitivity, can be found in art galleries, books and commercial products.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 11, 2023

World-renowned animation company Aardman has launched a new series exclusive to YouTube called Adventures of ArachnoFly. More recently, it has moved from claymation to 3D, with series such as Lloyd of the Flies which follows the adventures of a humble bluebottle called Lloyd, his little sister PB and his best friend Abacus.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 28, 2022

From the series, Infra: Blue, White, Red © Pierre-Louis Ferrer. With France poised for an election and the polls showing the incumbent president Emmanuel Macron having a comfortable lead, it's likely the country's citizens will be considering its past as well as its future.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 17, 2023

But that was over five years ago, so we booked ourselves in for the work, and after much discussion, research and planning, a new design began to unfold. Today sees the launch of a refreshed identity for Creative Boom. It's been a whole year since we began chatting about Creative Boom and where it's heading. It has done us proud.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 3, 2023

It's a powerful representation of the unity, support and collaboration at the core of Tender's work. It's a powerful representation of the unity, support and collaboration at the core of Tender's work. The design agency has hit all the right notes with its new branding for the UK domestic abuse and sexual violence charity.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 17, 2023

It's certainly evident in the spirit of Stern Grove Festival, a series of free concerts featuring world-renowned artists from various genres, for 10 Sundays throughout the summer. How do you keep a festival's old-time associations while making it relevant to a modern audience? But it needed to bring its image into line with the modern day.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 14, 2023

Hudson-Powell has created a new brand identity for Intrinsic, which is the software powering the future of robotics. The design team also created a series of UI and illustrative icons across the identity. The design team also created a series of UI and illustrative icons across the identity.

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Creative Boom

JULY 20, 2023

Let's be fair, for anyone who's worked for a large organisation will know that's not exactly unheard of.) Lark worked with the internal design team to remain true to the brand's heritage and its core components, including the colour palette and typography. Illustrations and icons The patterns show up in illustrations, too.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Do you believe your future is written in the cards? If they're reading The Oracle of the Rising Sun cards, they're also treated to the stunning illustrations drawn by Jenny Hamasaki, also known as Jenny à la Mode. These meticulously realised illustrations are not merely chosen for their aesthetic qualities either.

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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. We caught up with her to learn more about her work and discover what action the industry needs to take going forwards. Not everyone will be familiar with the term accessible illustration.

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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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Creative Boom

JULY 10, 2022

Energetic, bold and colourful with a dash of playful style is how Hattie Clark would describe her inspiring work. The Leeds-based illustrator has just launched a new website, marking a fresh chapter in freelancing and a renewed confidence in herself. Hattie Clark. We chatted with Hattie to find out more. You've got a brand new website.

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Creative Boom

JULY 10, 2023

Various Formats Mockups can help speed up your graphic design work and give you time to be more creative. In the graphic design world of 2023, it's getting more and more difficult to make your work stand out. We bring together 12 fantastic places to find quality mockups. Read on to discover the best-kept secrets in mockup design.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 22, 2023

Freelance illustrator Tasia Graham specialises in creating artwork that explores womanhood, cultural identity and imagination. Describing herself as an imaginative storytelling artist, Tasia Graham has found success by working with the likes of the BBC, the Financial Times, and the University of Arts London.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

While to some, it is the city of stars where dreams become a reality, to others LA is a place to live, work, and lead a comparatively everyday life. Armed with just his little, discrete Leica Q, Franck originally had no intentions of shooting a photo series, and it was the first time he took snapshot photos on the go without a tripod. "It

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We And The Color

JUNE 5, 2023

A Call for Conservation: Rohan Dahotre’s Inspiring Animal Illustrations. Rohan Dahotre , a talented illustrator with a passion for wildlife, has crafted a captivating series of animal illustrations that serve as a clarion call to protect our planet’s endangered species. Subscribe to our newsletter!

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Sports Illustrated Germany has celebrated the return of the EuroBasket 2022 championship with a special issue dedicated to basketball. To quote Dirk Nowitzki: 'It's fun being around guys that want to work, that want to learn, that want to get better'. Our favourite piece of the campaign is 'Paper Ball'.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 13, 2022

His first job was as an illustrator and graphic designer at Croma Studio before switching to become an art director at Mr John Sample/SCPF and later Aftershare TV. "I He says, "I try to work with it related to what I know I can do. As a result, most – if not all – of his work has been created in relation to his passion for music.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

His resulting series depicts the very scars and hidden harms that mining and power plants have inflicted on the continent. The title of Wilton's series couldn't be more ominous: The Very Fire They Sit Beside tells us exactly what to expect from the haunting images. Ending coal is crucial: it puts our shared, bright future at risk.

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We And The Color

AUGUST 15, 2021

In the Future We Lose Contact, a mind-provoking artistic illustration series by James Lipnickas. From today’s perspective after all the social distancing caused by COVID-19 during 2020 and 2021, one could think that James Lipnickas had a glimpse into the future when he created this illustration series in 2019.

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Abduzeedo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Modern Street Demons Illustrations. Eduardo León is a graphic designer and illustrator from Mexico, Mexico. He shares a series of illustrations that really caught my eye in terms of style, concepts, and purely its execution. I am excited to see more of the series in the near future. AoiroStudio 09.05.21

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 20, 2024

Benefits of Taking a Logo Design Course Taking a dedicated logo design course offers many advantages: Develop Key Technical Skills Quality logo design courses will significantly upgrade your technical abilities, from typography principles to colour theory to working with different design software. What Makes a Good Logo Design Course?

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Creative Review

MARCH 19, 2021

When motion designer and illustrator Ardhira Putra was a kid he often drew Son Goku from Dragon Ball as well as copying characters from other comics such as Astro Boy, Doraemon and the Adventures of Tintin. Top: The Future is Female. “At that time I was only using my graphic design skills to edit my profile picture on Friendster.

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We And The Color

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Impression from 65 days of lockdown illustrated by Marianna Tomaselli. Marianna Tomaselli is an Italian illustrator and art director who lives and works in Milan. During the first lockdown in 2020, she decided to express her impression in a series of illustrations. WEEK 33: my present, my hope, my future.

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Design You Trust

APRIL 21, 2023

His work has gained recognition and praise for its ability to blend nostalgia with modernity, creating a fun and imaginative series that appeals to a wide audience. Originally from Colombia, Obregon moved to Melbourne, Australia, several years ago to pursue his dream of becoming an artist.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Melissa McCarthy in Booking.com 's ad for the Super Bowl 2023 Super Bowl LVII aired this weekend, and so did nearly 80 advertisements from brands ranging from Hellman's Mayonnaise to Netflix to Bud Light, all custom created to draw eyeballs during the big game. But Spees says seeing so many celebrity endorsements doesn't surprise him.

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Creative Review

OCTOBER 14, 2020

As with much of the movie industry however, coronavirus has thrown a bit of a spanner in the works. A small ray of hope for 007 design nerds comes in the form of a personal project by graphic designer and illustrator Matt Needle, titled Bond Redesigned. CR: How did the idea for this personal series come about?

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Abduzeedo

JANUARY 24, 2024

Meta Messenger Bolts: A 3D Illustration Journey by David Pocull abduzeedo 0124—24 Discover the innovative world of 3D illustrations with David Pocull's Meta Messenger Bolt Explorations, blending classic Meta aesthetics with unique themes and materials. Pocull's work is a testament to the versatility of 3D illustration as a medium.

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Design You Trust

MARCH 11, 2023

Lizzie Campbell is a clay artist and illustrator who has a passion for creating “paintings” based on her favorite films. Her favorite genre to work with is horror, but her child-friendly style often leads to intriguing results. She discovered that she could work in 3D and no longer had to stress about her drawing style.

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