Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Nature's beauty, fragility, and those rare moments when we feel at one with it are key themes for this Irish artist, who brings them to life through soft details and bold contrasts. Mark Conlan is an artist whose journey began in Dublin as an animator. He moved to London for six years and worked as a graphic and digital designer.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The London artist follows in the footsteps of Warhol, Bowie, Malika Favre, Tomi Ungerer, JR, and Rylsee. The Montreux Jazz Festival has today unveiled its official poster for the 59th edition, created by London-based artist Lakwena. And her vibrant design is the first-ever typographic poster in the event's history.

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Graphic Design Junction

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Expressive Badge Designs with Artistic Typography Typography is evolving beyond functional text, becoming an integral part of the badge design itself. Whether you’re inspired by retro styles, hand-drawn aesthetics, or vibrant colors, the key is to create a design that authentically represents your brand.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The Strasbourg-based artist uses marker pens, risograph printing and her unique eye for colour to document the great outdoors in locations across France. There's no need to ask what inspires her. I went to work at a mountain refuge at Vanoise National Park in the Alps, at the bottom of a magnificent valley, which inspired me a lot.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2025

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Fuel your creative fire with these hidden audio gems, which offer practical advice, inspiration and fresh perspectives to inspire the modern professional. With so much white noise online these days, finding genuine inspiration can be a challenge.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 4, 2024

As a result, successful visual artists are increasingly multi-disciplined, possessing skills and knowledge that extend beyond their chosen speciality. Delving into another artistic discipline can spark unexpected inspiration. Benefits of being multi-disciplined So why is being multi-disciplined so valuable?

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Creative Boom

APRIL 2, 2024

California-based illustrator, artist and letterer Sam Rodriguez specialises in creating portraits that include the "unseen aspects of individuals." Some people have always known that they wanted to be artists. I learned about artistic expression, the importance of personal style and taking risks.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 9, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock In a world that often misunderstands and stigmatises ADHD, a growing community of artists is challenging the status quo. Joanna Henly , an artist, founder, mentor, and speaker, has been working closely with ADHD and ASD (autism spectrum disorder) creatives for over four years.

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Creative Boom

JULY 15, 2024

If classic literature brought to life in works of art inspires you, then it's worth pointing your web browser towards three new archives of Victorian imagery released online by Michael John Goodman. The Kelmscott Chaucer is a book designed by Morris with 87 woodcut illustrations by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Johns.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

It celebrates designers who use type as an artistic expression to stand out and make an impact," Dowling shares. But it's not just about poring over inspiring project images; Expressive Type Today also explores the deeper meaning behind typography.

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Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 9, 2024

” This collection highlights his mastery of combining nature-inspired themes with geometric precision, offering an inspiring glimpse into his creative world. Alexis Marcou is a highly acclaimed visual artist from Greece, renowned for his distinctive artistic approach that blends traditional and digital techniques.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

With many artists concerned about AI taking over creative jobs, he explains why human creativity still has a unique place—and how illustrators can thrive in an evolving industry. This question often comes up from newer artists and beginners, and I can understand why. Or, more broadly, will AI take over creative jobs altogether?

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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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Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2025

Created by husband-and-wife duo James and Vicky Wall, Art Around Every Corner offers a deep dive into the stories, processes, and inspirations behind some of Leeds' most iconic murals. Vicky Wall explains that selecting the artists was a combination of research, instinct, and community connection. That was the spark."

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Creative Boom

MARCH 3, 2025

Where ideas bounce from mind to mind, and inspiration strikes when you least expect it. The Tokyo-born, UK-based artist creates installations that give physical form to sound, using artificial intelligence to generate ever-evolving audio experiences that blur the boundaries between permanence and change.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For graphic designers especially, print magazines offer a source of inspiration that's tangible and immersive and presents content in a completely different visual way to digital. Why it inspires: Idea's design is a play on colours, layouts, and paper types, creating a one-of-a-kind printed product. Eye magazine 2.

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Creative Bloq

MARCH 11, 2025

Inside the artist's serene nature paintings inspired by Hayao Miyazaki

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 7, 2024

And if you're an artist, illustrator, or designer yourself, they're a great opportunity to make money doing what you love. I mean, as artists, how often do we get to meet and chat in real life with our collectors? People like to make that connection with the artist as it gives them a story to share, a deeper bond to the art."

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

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. The piece combines her drawings and digital artwork with Chinese-inspired cut-paper animation and plenty of sounds you'll hear on any Tube journey.

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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. Explore the full collection on his official website and journey into a retro-futuristic world brought to life by one of todays most talented multimedia artists.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 14, 2024

Her colourful, surreal style is impossible to resist, not least because it leads with a sense of hope and inspiration. I have always wanted to be an artist and have been drawing since I was a child, but I also know how difficult it can be, so I am very grateful that I can make a living by drawing."

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Creative Boom

APRIL 9, 2024

Because, in all likelihood, it will save you a huge amount of time faffing around and make the whole process of gathering visual inspiration a more fun and rewarding experience. You can save all kinds of things there, but it works especially well for visual inspiration. But first things first. So let us explain.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The Hague-based design studio drew inspiration from breathtaking sunsets along the nearby beach just two streets away, to form the basis of the new identity. The theatre experience here is not just about the shows; it’s about combining artistic excellence with the beauty of the setting sun."

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 20, 2025

We'll find out what inspired him, how he got through difficult periods, and what advice he'd give to up-and-coming illustrators. Gilbey names Thomas William Chantrell's classic Star Wars poster as "the single biggest influence" on him in terms of inspiration and "falling in love with pop culture illustration".

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Even with some newfound inspiration, Hovey was still unsure where his passion for drawing could take him. His early reading of Steadman and Scarfe inspired him to create political illustrations throughout university. The HND gave me a work ethic and base knowledge of storyboarding, which I've used in a few jobs," says Hovey.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

At the moment, many clients commissioning children's illustration are looking for artists who can bring a little spookiness to their work. The artists we've brought together here are all emerging talents whose work is hitting the mark. For her, artists shouldn't underestimate children's love for all things spooky. "I

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Montreal hosted the summit for the first time in 2025, so it was important that both the consultancy behind the identity and the collaborating artist be local. The new identity was built to last for years to come, but one of the elements is that it was designed to evolve and highlight work from different artists each year.

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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. Karlotta is an artist who is most at ease when drawing, which shows through her imagery. A piece for the New York Times. She was invited to a location and left to sketch for a few days.

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Creative Bloq

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Illustrator Soyatu, background artist Pinga and technical artist Maxi discuss their inspirations, techniques, and pay tribute to the game's late creator.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

3D artist Jose Andrés García explains how he used Character Creator and iClone to bring the Spanish heroes of American independence back to animated life. 3D artist Jose Andrés García is a long-time collaborator of The Legacy, and he recently put his 3D skills to work to help promote its exhibition We the Spanish People.

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Creative Boom

MAY 19, 2024

So we love the fact that the spectacular 8m high installation that framed the 2024 BAFTA TV Awards, hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan, was inspired by and paid tribute to just those creatives. We were excited to chat with renowned production designer Julio Himede to find out how he conceived and created it.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 21, 2025

A shopping centre car park in Stockport, often dismissed as an eyesore, is the surprising inspiration for View Through a Hole. Stockport's Merseyway car park might not win any beauty contests, but its distinctive modernist screen has captured the imagination of local artist Alison Waters.

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Graphic Design Junction

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

In today’s design world, logo badge designs are a popular trend that continues to inspire both designers and brands. Whether you’re rebranding your business, starting a new venture, or simply looking for design inspiration , logo badges offer endless possibilities. Let’s keep the inspiration flowing! Let your creativity soar!

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 9, 2025

Multidisciplinary artist Kathryn Andrews saw her Pacific Palisades home burn down; the second time she's faced such tragedy following the 2020 Bobcat Fire. Artist and scholar Beatriz Cortez has lost her home too, writing on Instagram: "My heart is broken for my friends, and neighbours, for L.A.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 21, 2025

World-famous artist, activist, and provocateur Ai Weiwei is currently exhibiting stunning new work at two different galleries in New York that reproduce famous paintings and news images on a massive scale all composed from hundreds of thousands of LEGO and WOMA bricks.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 19, 2025

This collection showcases stunning handmade lettering, calligraphy, and typography creations crafted by top Instagram artists and graphic designers. To celebrate this artistic trend, I’ve gathered an incredible selection of handmade lettering, calligraphy, and typography designs that every type lover will appreciate.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Brooklyn studio began by creating a system inspired by the visual cues of track mixing with certain elements becoming subtle gestures that hint at BPM's product without being too literal. It allows the brand to feature artist names more prominently in communications," explains Porto Rocha.

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