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F5: Glen Baldridge Loves Gummi Bears, Printmaking + More

Design Milk

“Garbage Pail Kids cards blew my mind,” said accomplished painter, printmaker, and draftsman Glen Baldridge. We’ll do a Google image search for “cool cars,” “deep sea animals,” etc. Printmaking I have met some of my best friends through making prints. and make sticker collages together.

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'Storytelling and emotional connection matter more than aesthetics,' says illustrator Fangfang Han

Creative Boom

From digital painting to cut-paper stop-motion animation, this award-winning Chinese artist is passionate about creating visual narratives with energy, positivity, and a sense of life. Fast forward to 2024, and she's recently won a World Illustration Award for New Talent in Animation. The London Underground logo animation set.

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Irina ?elaru closes the gap between her personality and drawings by embracing simplicity

Creative Boom

Studying graphic arts introduced her to almost every visual art-related discipline, including graphic design, printmaking, photography, and fine art. "I If you can't find an illustration project, you can search for something in graphic design, animation, or anything else you could be a good fit for.

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Ukrainian illustrator Olga Shtonda uses her art to call for peace after seeing her home country destroyed

Creative Boom

Olga Shtonda is an award-winning illustrator from Kharkiv, Ukraine, who loves to combine different graphic techniques with printmaking, ink, pencils, collages and digital. Olga believes her visual style was influenced by studying printmaking and graphic art at Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. "I © Olga Shtonda. © Olga Shtonda.

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V&A names Benjamin Phillips as Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year 2024

Creative Boom

The 2024 winners were chosen by an expert judging panel consisting of printmaker and previous Illustration Awards winner James Albon, author, illustrator, and animator Yasmeen Ismail, founder and director of Gran Salón Mexico Maru Aguzzi, and esteemed illustrator and cartoonist Chris Riddell.

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Tissue Paper Illustrations Celebrate the Animal Kingdom With an Unexpectedly Printmakerly Feel

Brown Paper Bag

When scanned, the flattening makes these pieces look like they were done with printmaking techniques; the opacity of the tissue paper mimics the roll of a brayer. I’m currently working on completing a collection of works featuring tissue paper illustrations of collective nouns for animal groups! See her work in progress on Instagram.

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Chris Madden on becoming a graphic illustrator, the joys of editorial work, and how to enter the industry

Creative Boom

Combined with an aesthetic from traditional printmaking techniques, he's settled into a new role as a graphic illustrator. Animals are one of your favourite things to draw. I have always been obsessed with animals, and it seemed a way to combine my love of illustration with the animal world.