Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Transform your designs with these must-have Illustrator brushes. Whether youre creating intricate vector illustrations, vibrant digital art, or professional designs, having the right tools in your creative arsenal makes all the difference. Rough Craft Brushes is an art brush set for Adobe Illustrator users.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Illustration by Tom Woolley As AI-generated artwork becomes more common, many illustrators worry about being replaced. Illustrator Tom Woolley shows us how to future-proof your career in an evolving industry. As illustration agent James Hughes mentioned in his article, Is AI really coming for your illustration career?

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2024

New beginnings can be a fantastic source of ideas and creative energy for an illustrator. Nine years in Melbourne saw him morph into an illustrator, where he truly discovered his creative voice. Unveiled in March, it celebrates the city's creativity, diversity, and shared culture through street art.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 13, 2024

There's a sense of childlike wonder in the work of this Japanese illustrator, who's committed to challenging social norms through his art with wit and humour. Japanese artist Ryohei Kadokura stands out as a fresh and innovative voice in the world of modern illustration.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Katty Maurey, Daphne Schenderling, Abi Bi, Becky Colvin and Helen Brady are rising stars in children's illustration – but cute, happy and fluffy isn't always on the agenda. At the moment, many clients commissioning children's illustration are looking for artists who can bring a little spookiness to their work.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Originally from Denmark, Julie Solvstrom has become a leading light in Vancouver's creative community with her beautiful, organic approach to illustration and typography. In a world where synthetic imagery is on the rise, illustrator and typographer Julie Solvstrom has the antidote. Botany drinks packaging for Collective Arts Brewing.

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Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Today, we shine the spotlight on the incredibly talented Shinrou Inaki, a senior designer and creative comics and illustrations artist from Nanjing, China. The Artistic Journey Shinrous journey began at the Nanjing Art Institute, where he honed his skills in traditional and digital art.

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Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Today, we are proud to feature Alexis Marcou’s latest digital drawing illustrations series, “WILD.” Over the years, Alexis has collaborated with some of the worlds leading brands and agencies, including Nike, PepsiCo, Hewlett Packard, Electronic Arts, BMW, Gatorade, Air Jordan, and The Washington Post, among many others.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Three years on from our last conversation, Taiwanese illustrator Poan Pan reflects on his evolving creative journey, the power of community, and his ever-expanding artistic practice. Good news I'm still freelancing as an illustrator! He asks, "Can illustration also embrace nuance, ambiguity, and a broader spectrum of emotions?

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We met Aino-Maija Metsola to discuss her signature style and creative approach to illustrating book covers. She is known for her use of watercolour to ink, collage, markers, and gouache to craft paintings, patterns, and illustrations. Since then, Metsola has occasionally illustrated book covers published by Vintage/Penguin.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 29, 2025

And, if you're good at it, there are clients out there who will pay handsomely for your live illustration talents. Ever since Creative Boom began, illustrators have told us they love getting back to the basicsdrawing and painting hands-on with traditional media. Most live event illustrators work in fashion and beauty.

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Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Matt Griffin, a celebrated multimedia artist known for his imaginative fantasy and sci-fi art, has unveiled a stunning new collection of digital posters titled Amazing 70s Sci-Fi Art. This collection is a must-have for fans of vintage sci-fi aesthetics, digital art enthusiasts, and collectors of Griffins work.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 18, 2024

Award-winning UK illustrator Elly Walton's quirky style brings whimsy and depth to her editorial, advertising, and design work. In the world of illustration, Elly Walton stands out as a virtuoso of playful storytelling. Her love for illustration was further nurtured by children's books, which offered layers of visual storytelling.

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Creative Boom

MAY 22, 2024

Somerset-based illustrator, Charles Bailey channels the likes of Quentin Blake and Spike Milligan in his naive, expressive artwork, which explores complex themes. Ever since he was young, he's had a passion for art. Studying illustration at Exeter changed all that. I enjoy simplicity within art," he reveals.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 7, 2024

Who doesn't love an art fair or creative market? And if you're an artist, illustrator, or designer yourself, they're a great opportunity to make money doing what you love. So, to help you make the most of these events, we asked experienced creators who have found success in the art fair and market scene to share their best tips.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 27, 2025

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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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

From the valleys of Kashmir to the studios of Florida, Ghazal Qadri crafts vibrant illustrations that tell stories of culture, empathy, and the power of art to inspire change. Both an illustrator and graphic designer, Ghazal Qadri has relocated from a picturesque valley in Kashmir, northwest India, to the sunshine state of Florida.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Cloth holds tradition, and this is the driving force behind Crafting Topographies , which features hand-embroidered wall art from Brinda Dudhat of Morii Design. Crafting Topographies goes beyond wall art, to expose the underbelly of work that women have been silently completing for centuries.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 4, 2024

Illustrator, muralist and sign writer Will Rea offers a shining example of how to do it right. Also known as Willustration , the Sheffield-based illustrator, muralist and sign writer has quickly become known for his public artwork, indoor and outdoor signage, illustration and work in arts education.

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Creative Boom

JULY 10, 2024

Sometimes, a busy illustrator just needs a break – time to focus on personal projects and, perhaps, to make a difference in the world by creating art for people to enjoy without a brief or a price tag. His portfolio includes book and editorial illustrations as well as product campaigns.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The stress goes out as the creativity comes in with Fran Cieslar's oracle deck, which combines anatomical and botanical illustrations to help us see the inner world of our bodies in a different light. The set is presented as an oracle deck and comes on 400gsm matte art paper. The cards are wrapped in a white ribbon inside their box.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It seems that everywhere we look, there is news on advances in technology and the rise of digital techniques, even in the art and design world. In his studio, he mostly worked on typographic posters for music, art, architecture, theatre and film projects, but also created some posters for products.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Quebec-based illustrator and graphic designer Chad Grenier uses his beautiful illustrations as a means of connecting with other people and the world around him. As well as being a way for him to discover himself, art also helps him conquer social anxiety and develop connections with other people.

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Creative Boom

JULY 30, 2024

The Munich-based creative studio Kreatives has teamed up with 11 illustrators from around the world to create animated explainers for the Paralympics, telling the story of each sport from the athlete's perspective. We quickly realised we couldn't just hire illustrators and make them conform to a single style. Table tennis via Ingres.

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Creative Boom

JULY 15, 2024

Designer, writer, and academic Michael John Goodman has launched three online archives of Victorian illustrations covering works by Shakespeare, Dickens, and Chaucer. It's fascinating to compare how illustrators have depicted great works of literature through the ages. Without works like these, Laura Ashley would never have existed.

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Creative Boom

JULY 6, 2023

Sara Neuhart – Visual Thoughts on Current Affairs (Editorial) Over 5,000 entries to this year's World Illustration Awards have been whittled to a shortlist of 200 incredible artists. Rachel Hill, CEO of the Association of Illustrators, says: "We are delighted to announce the 2023 World Illustration Awards shortlist.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Colourful, playful, and surreal, New York illustrator Jimmy Simpson has a portfolio full of mind-blowing artwork driven by retro influences but executed in his own contemporary style. Illustration seems to come naturally to Brooklyn-based artist Jimmy Simpson. That's why commercial art suits me pretty well.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 20, 2024

Images used here are copyrighted to Reel Art Press Bringing popular culture together with graphic design, photography, illustration and typography, movie posters enjoy huge popularity with creatives and fans alike, and this new book selects 1001 of the very best examples. Secretly, some love them even more than the films themselves.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Boost your abilities and raise your earning power with the best art books on the market. We present a curated list to help you develop your illustration practice. Building your skills as an illustrator is mainly about practice, practice, practice. But you have to know the fundamentals first.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 20, 2025

Abstract line art logos are creative and stylish. Line art logos have gained popularity for their clean, minimal, and modern appeal. Whether youre a startup, a creative professional, or a corporate brand, a well-crafted line art logo can make your business stand out. Duck Line Art Logo The logo is vector-based.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For this Brooklyn artist, creating an illustration is about spending time with it, exploring it, and finding that moment when things fall into place. In the upcoming months, I will create many illustrations for the brand, and having this much deeper, tangible knowledge about it feels so special." Personal works.

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Creative Boom

MAY 15, 2024

Illustrator impression of the new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration © Nora Walter With the help of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is set to move into London's historic New River Head buildings. And the artist himself couldn't be happier. Having been awarded a £3.75

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Vast outdoor settings, bold forms, and unexpected colours combine to give French illustrator Agathe Meunier a style entirely her own. Trained at the Duperré school in Paris and then the Haute École des Arts du Rhin in Strasbourg, she has remained in eastern France, working as a freelance illustrator while pursuing her own individual projects.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Lena Yokoyama created National Illustration Day's quirky identity Grab your pencils! Public arts organisation The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration has today launched the UK's first country-wide celebration of pictures and the people who make them with National Illustration Day, which will take place on 24 November.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Professional Overall Winner: Mark Smith Last night, the winners of the World Illustration Awards were announced via an online ceremony hosted by renowned artist Aurélia Durand, along with a collection of special guests to present them. Our 2024 winners truly excel in their fields, illustrating complex narratives and ideas through their work.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2025

Host: Liz Mosley Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts Thoughts on Illustration For illustrators seeking technical insights and emotional support, Tom Froese's bi-weekly podcast offers a refreshingly honest look at the professional landscape.

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

Energetic shades of pink, green and blue are blended and carved into forms that begin rooted in daily life but quickly lead to strange realms of dreamlike surrealism as envisaged by the talented young illustrator Wenjing Yang. To say Wenjing's art is unique would be something of an understatement.

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