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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

Jean Jullien French graphic designer and illustrator currently lives and works in Paris. He has worked with hundreds of clients, including The New York Times, RCA Records, and Geographic, and has published numerous books with publishers such as teNeues, Walker Books, Comme des Géants, and Hato Press. © Jocie Juritz 10.

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Rabbithole on the sensitivity challenges of branding Leeds' big ideas festival

Creative Boom

Leeds International Festival of Ideas covers some tricky topics, so the branding and visual assets needed to be sensitive. Taking place every autumn, it covers topics across science, technology, culture and society and serves as a platform for exchanging ideas, fostering dialogue, and encouraging curiosity.

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Ed Helms' SNAFU podcast embraces 'controlled messiness' in new identity

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In the new and improved brand, expect graphics inspired by art books on Cold War propaganda, spy movie posters from the 1950s and '60s, and vintage adventure and educational book covers. It should also feel timeless, like an artefact you could pull from a vault of government secrets," explains Fresneda.

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Food illustrator Tom Hovey talks Bake Off, Bristol and building a creative community

Creative Boom

The term illustration didn't even cross his path until sixth form college, where he studied art and design and discovered some books on British illustrator Ralph Steadman and professional cartoonist Gerald Scarfe. Since his parents weren't necessarily what you'd call "arty people", his perception of art was limited to big, grand formats.

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New look and new showreel for Mutant Hands

Creative Boom

Mutant Hands – AKA animator and art director James Wignall – burst onto the creative scene back in 2005, one of a new wave of creatives at the vanguard of the noughties motion graphics revolution. I like to think that theme is to raise a smile or some kind of intangible intrinsic quality, like umami. Platonic, with Sarofsky, for Apple TV+.

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How to paint in greyscale for powerful, moody digital art

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TOPICS Animation Photoshop Art Marta Dahlig Social Links Navigation Artist and illustrator Marta Dahlig is a talented Polish artist who has been working with Photoshop and Painter for years. She has freelanced and now illustrates childrens books for mother and daughter publisher Tumilu. So how to approach painting in greyscale?

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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. "I It's endlessly inspiring." Another goal of hers is designing packaging featuring Snakes with Legs.