3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
ILL&MATES is an illustration agency based in revolutionary Kyiv, Ukraine. The agency offers all types of illustration services. Among famous artists who work with ILL&MATES are Conrad Roset, Robert Tirado, Dmitry Ligay, Fil Dunsky, Sergey Maidukov, Victoria Janis, many other Ukrainian and international illustrators.
After enormous success of "Russian Art get Simpsonised" students from Moscow high school of Art and Design BSHAD strikes again. I am really jealous they have a tutor like Dmitry Karpov, this time he "beats" out lumps of creative out of their heads. The brief was short - migrate Russian (Soviet) Cartoons personages to Foreign Animation Families like Adventure Time, The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park and SpongeBob SquarePants. The idea of a study to explore new boundaries of multiculturalism and reveal tolerance and patience. To get more fun you must be Russian and grown up on Soviet animation, otherwise enjoy the project itself. You might find few works responding to the hot political topic around Ukraine's issues, but take it with a smile rather than seriously.
Author names and links TBD
Saint Petersburg based illustrator and graphic designer Ooli Mos has an awesome set of works in her portfolio. Everything from infographics to black and white illustration, from signage to tattoos is an object to collect and save for further inspiration. Ooli is a part of creative duo working under the name Orka Collective creating commercial work for editorials and independent stores.
Collaboration splash. Motion design by Alex Frolov http://vimeo.com/80416903
Russian officials are going crazy next year, but let's leave all politics and take a look at the new amateur Olympic Pinup Calendar created by Andrew Tarusov (check his previous work "Apocalypse Tomorrow Calendar"). The new Calendar is a kind of humorous answer for the whole political situation around upcoming Winter Games. I won't translate mottos from each page, so please enjoy the Soviet aesthetic graphics below. If you read Russian you can order print version on https://boomstarter.ru/projects/tarusov/pechat_sportivnogo_kalendarya_na_2014_g
http://vimeo.com/79047374
Russian talented commercial illustrator Gleb Solntsev updated his personal portfolio website featuring pencil drawings and some poetical projects.
Talented illustrator from Trinidad and Tobago Gerrel Saunders (from Top 2012) kicks again with his series of Skull Girls 2 available for purchase on different medium through S6 profile
Since our last visit Jaw-dropping mouth-gaping illustrator Kilian Eng has a plenty of updates on personal tumblr. The most recent work has been done as a cover art for M83's newest single "You and the night" (actually a OST for the upcoming movie). Okay too much additional information in one post, please come back and enjoy Kilian's commissioned illustrations represented by Debutart agency.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFCnJ-R33jw
One of the leading illustrator that follows "negative space" technique and not only it - Malika Favre (you may remember her Kama Sutra book) has been featured on our pages some time ago and returns with a new video "Hide and Seek".
http://vimeo.com/46929319
Talented and very young fashion illustrator from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Please check his works on Devianart, Behance or Facebook
If William Gibson could select illustrator for his "Neuromancer" from the near future i suggest him Paris based Romain Trystram with his latest "Reflections" series.
Mago Dovjenko, russian born artist, self-taught, began at an early age. He now lives in Germany, working as an illustrator, graphic designer and art director for more than 6 years. Almost abstract forms allied with a fluid style, gives a organic and psychedelic touch to his compositions. The use of vibrant colors and high contrast combined with a great wealth of detail, creating complex compositions gives strength and personality to his works. His irregular bold typography is another strong characteristic and present in most of his works.
Being a prominent figure in Germany’s Design Industry, Highlights of his Career include him being invited twice to Germany’s top late-night talkshows including TV Total on Pro7 and Stern TV on RTL. Beside that, numorous other TV appearances at Talk Shows and Documentations.
Chicago based graphic artist Alex Solis knows the ways of better procrastination using Instagram and imagination.
Russian artist based in Moscow Sergey Kritskiy get the highest place on our Russian Illustration shelf
Take a look at a huge artworks made by Cj Hendry using only ball-pen as a tool
http://vimeo.com/65339364
New works from Gareth Edwards, a UK based artist, predominantly working in ballpoint pen.
"I began working in ballpoint pen because I was to lazy to sharpen a pencil, or put away my paints at the end of the day. The simplicity of the ballpoint pen first appealed to me at school. The initial scribbles I did then, have since become an addiction in trying to create a drawing that is so realistic its deceives its audience into thinking such a detailed piece couldn't have been created with such a humble source."
Nabil Nezzar is a multidisciplinary designer and illustrator living and working in Belgium, originally from France, focusing on editorial, advertising and illustration. His pencil and watercolours are worth of exploring in details on portfolio
Alexey Andreev has uploaded new jaw-dropping artworks, mostly available for purchase from http://www.alexandreev.com/
Talented artist from Saint Petersburg Lora Zombie recorded (Mike Droog) a timelapse of her recent drawing study
https://www.facebook.com/LoraZombie
http://vimeo.com/72874423
