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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

It's a tough time to be an illustrator right now. The consensus from industry leaders is that to survive as a freelancer , illustrators need to double down on what makes them unique and carve out a distinctive style to set them apart. Jean Jullien French graphic designer and illustrator currently lives and works in Paris.

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The eight things illustration agencies are looking for in 2025

Creative Boom

By Kyle Platts, Brilliant Artists We picked the brains of experienced illustration agents at Pocko, IllustrationX, Illozoo, Brilliant Artists, Handsome Frank and Norte for their take on the coming year. While 2024 has been pretty morale-sapping for many illustrators, perhaps 2025 will bring new hope and enthusiasm to the sector.

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The eight things illustration agencies are looking for in 2025

Creative Boom

By Kyle Platts, Brilliant Artists We picked the brains of experienced illustration agents at Pocko, IllustrationX, Illozoo, Brilliant Artists, Handsome Frank and Norte for their take on the coming year. While 2024 has been pretty morale-sapping for many illustrators, perhaps 2025 will bring new hope and enthusiasm to the sector.

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From watercolours to Snakes with Legs: illustrator Beth Bennett on her work so far

Creative Boom

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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Emotional, expressive, evocative: Illustrator Ilya Kazakov is proving that cute is the way forward

Creative Boom

From contemplative cats to wide-eyed bat skeletons and even Santa on an exercise bike, Ilya Kazakov's cartoony characters are helping the artist build his own community of fans and clients around the world. People can buy packs of five digital character cards to trade and ask for specific artwork from Ilya. Not every morning is great.

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New look and new showreel for Mutant Hands

Creative Boom

As such, highlighted work includes client pieces such as the motion graphics title sequence for the Apple TV+ show Platonic and complex animated visuals he created for ITUPP in Dubai – a collaboration with his wife, the illustrator Jing Zhang. They were delighted with the result, which was a relief." Platonic, with Sarofsky, for Apple TV+.

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Anna Knopf's cosy illustrations capture worlds and emotions we can all relate to

Creative Boom

© Anna Knopf Germany-based illustrator and storyteller Anna Knopf creates delightfully snug worlds in her atmospheric artwork populated by people, plants, and members of the animal kingdom. Don't worry if you can't do this for real, though, because Anna Knopf's delightful illustrations will take you there. Sounds like heaven, right?