Illustrations by Monica Johnson
San Francisco- based artist Monica Johnson shares two series of female glitchy portraits and minimal illustrations
Marina Mika ink illustrations
Croatian artist Marina Mika has developed a personal style in traditional hand-drawn art with a b/w ink approach with a slight clingy to contemporary fashion. Her works correlates with the "Beardsley's" art-nouveau lineart previously praised by Kaethe Butcher and Maria Menshikova
Dima Rebus: Underground Aquarellka
Russia-born, New York-based artist Dima Rebus creates arresting watercolours with visuals that blend surrealism and modernised labeling. Recent works move between quiet scenes and crowd-filled cacophonies, packed with contemporary commentary. He was last featured in HiFructose Magazine
First Words by Javier Jaén
Barcelona-based creative Javier Jaén spends his days illustrating the world around him. For the past three years, Javier has been building a steady reputation via weekly collaborations with The New York Times Magazine.
"It is work that takes the form photo illustrations for a section called “First Words” which considers the ways language shifts and shapes our understanding of the world. The topics covered are vast and complex, from “The Identity Politics of Whiteness” to “How ‘Political Correctness’ Went From Punch Line to Panic.” For three years, it’s been Javier’s job to make impactful visual images to reduce those arguments into a single image."
Disappearing Tokyo Storefronts illustrated by Mateusz Urbanowicz
As Me Kyeoung Lee documenting the 20 years of conventional stores in Korea, his colleague of illustration world Mateusz Urbanowicz does it in Tokyo, Japan. While exploring the city, Mateusz was surprised to see the perseverance of older, more traditional architectures in spite of the city’s rapidly changing face and its international reputation as a sprawling metropolis.
Knowing all too well how quickly these buildings could be replaced with more modern counterparts, the artist set about illustrating the endearing buildings in a series rich with color, personality, and history.
20 years of Convenience by Me Kyeoung Lee
"For the last 20 years, South Korean artist Me Kyeoung Lee has traveled around her home country, armed with acrylic inks and a penchant for painting quaint little convenience stores. Throughout her childhood, Lee recalls frequenting these charming corner stores that are now becoming few and far between in modern-day South Korea. In each painting, she captures every little detail, highlighting each store’s idyllic features, its traditional signage, and miscellaneous bric-à-brac."
Cute Celebrity Illustrations by Lera Kiryakova
Lera Kiryakova is a Russian illustrator, who is known for cute celebrity portraits. She creates hand-drawn cartoons in a kind of "puppet" style, which not only affects the similarity but also adds adorableness
Posters by Erich Brechbühl
Erich Brechbühl [Mixer] is a Lucerne based independent graphic designer focused on poster and corporate design.
He was born on the 3rd of October 1977, and grew up in Sempach, Switzerland. In 1990, at the age of 13, he started his career with he foundation of Mix Pictures, an organisation for short film productions and cultural events. After a typography apprenticeship near Lucerne [1994-1998] he began an apprenticeship in graphic design at the studio of Niklaus Troxler in Willisau [1998-2002]. Then Erich moved to Germany where he did an internship at MetaDesign Berlin. Back in Lucerne he founded his own graphic design studio Mixer. Since 2007 he’s a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale [AGI]. 2009 he was co-founder of the poster festival Weltformat in Lucerne and started the regular exchange meeting for graphic designers called Show & Tell in 2012.
"I found my silence" by Eiko Ojala
Estonian artist Eiko Ojala famous for his paperwork released a new personal project with no clue on what media is used in it. This could be a beautiful mix of paper, photography and illustrations but we are gracefully confused, but incline to paper. The only thing we know - it is beautiful
Mahyar Kalantari
Turkish artist Mahyar Kalantari creates awesome digital collages and artworks that can be seen on Behance following his progress on a timeline of a few last years
Illustrations by Alex Kuno
Minneapolis-based artist Alex Kuno imagines a world of twisted organic beings that borrow elements of plant life, anatomy, and the natural world. The artist admits that his illustrations are likely to creep some people out, but purposefully includes ideas that highlight life and growth, creating a dichotomy of revulsion and delight as the viewer carefully untangles each artwork. The mixed-media drawings are made primarily using ink, watercolor, graphite and chalk.
GONE by Romain Trystram
Futuristic illustrator Romain Trystram returns with a new visual story GONE
Architectural Sketches by Adelina Gareeva
As a two-years drop-out from Architectural department I was totally amazed by the recent discovery of freehand sketches drawn by Adelina Gareeva, a modern student from Kazan (KSUAE). Looking at her drawings makes my head dizzying from the amount of perfect one-dot or 2-dots perspective clusters done with simple pencil. In addition to being an artist, Adelina juggles her time as a model.
Illustrations by Kim Jungyoun
Explore the eternal happiness and easy-going in Korean illustrations of Kim Jungyoun
(You Want It) Darker: Illustrations by Daniel Stolle
Here is a set of various monochrome editorial illustrations made by Daniel Stolle for New York Times, SPIEGEL, Scientific American and others.
Illustrations of Salomé Gautier
Belgium-based illustrator Salomé Gautier creates visual stories using cut-off-like illustration techniques.
Illustrations by Jo In Hyuk
Seoul-based artist Jo In Huyk shares his delicate portaits
Maria Menshikova illustrations
Residing in Amsterdam, Maria is a young Russia-born illustrator working for advertising and illustrative projects (ex. Russian Post cards). Her personal way of creating artworks takes from the mix of art nouveau and gothic prints. Some of her latest artwork remind me personally the works of French illustrator Vania Zouravliov
Illustrations by Patryk Hardziej
View a showcase of talented Polish illustrator Patryk Hardziej Together with Patrycja Podkościelny they operate in a graphic tandem and run the Negation Studio.
Tom Haugomat illustrative works
It's been a while since we visited Tom Haugomat illustrative portfolio. Here is a brief look on what he has done during last year
