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10 brilliant illustrators you should have on your radar

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And with output as diverse as their influences (ranging from 8-bit video games and Chinese watercolours to architecture and emojis), you're sure to find art that speaks to you personally. On her return to China, she founded her own design studio, MOU, which focuses on illustration, motion design and art direction.

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Xiangni Song follows her instincts to create paintings of the abstract images in her mind

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Spending her time between Beijing and New York, Xiangni was trained at the School of Visual Arts in 2016. She subsequently transitioned from illustration to fine art by enrolling in the MFA Fine Arts program at Pratt Institute in 2020. This doesn't mean her background in illustration was time wasted, though.

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Dong Qiu's magical illustrations summon the East-meets-West spirit of Shanghai

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© Dong Qiu The Chinese artist's distinctive style blends Asian tradition with modern sensibilities, attracting global clients and resonating with audiences worldwide. Her art is at once subtle yet distinctive, calm yet thrilling, steeped in tradition yet irrepressibly modern.

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Ensemble: Paintings by Susie Stone celebrate our return to freedom, fashion and self-expression

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On show at Eames Fine Art Gallery in London next month, the striking artworks feature women who meet us posed, positioned and postured in a dazzling array of attire that invites us to consider that most portable form of expression – fashion. But they beg the question, what to wear? From the series, Ensemble © Susie Stone.

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Dong Qiu's magical illustrations summon the East-meets-West spirit of Shanghai

Creative Boom

© Dong Qiu The Chinese artist's distinctive style blends Asian tradition with modern sensibilities, attracting global clients and resonating with audiences worldwide. Her art is at once subtle yet distinctive, calm yet thrilling, steeped in tradition yet irrepressibly modern.

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Alice Bowsher on falling into illustration, the joys of Substack, and why artists should stay true to themselves

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The long list of clients enamoured with her work includes Apple, The Guardian, Hato Press, Camden Town Brewery and Orchard Thieves. We caught up with Alice to hear how she turned marginalia into a career, how she chooses clients, and what she loves most about being an illustrator. How do you go about choosing the clients you work with?

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Soumyaraj Vishwakarma's calming illustrations remind us to enjoy a slower pace of life

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Through those, I realised that I could pursue art as a profession. That's when I decided to go to an art college.". And that's exactly what she did in 2016, studying Visual Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and graduating in 2020, during the height of the pandemic.