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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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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Eastbourne-based illustrator Beth Tibbles specialises in creating colourful illustrations brimming with joy and humour. We caught up with her to learn more about her journey so far, how she looped back into illustration, and what it's like to go freelance. For Beth Tibbles, drawing has been a life-long passion.

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MAY 26, 2024

We canvassed the views of illustrators, who shared their biggest challenges and explained what they're doing to meet them. Working as an illustrator is a fun way to earn a living, but it's not without its challenges, not least the need to constantly adapt to new challenges and shifting paradigms. Sebastian Abboud tells a similar story.

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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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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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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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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

With a background as a tattoo artist, Tom Strom is an emerging American illustrator whose images will draw you in and perhaps give you a little scare. Because as sweet and benign as his creatures seem, there's a dark side to most things Virginia illustrator Tom Strom conjures up. But what's life without a little peril now and again?

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MARCH 14, 2024

Stoke-on-Trent-based illustrator and animator Qianhui Yu is on a mission to highlight social problems and tell stories from new perspectives. She's doing this by creating imaginative illustrations imbued with a healthy dose of feminism. Outside of her animation work, Qianhui is also making waves as an illustrator.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

Illustration challenges are a great way to reboot your creative brain because they offer structure, motivation and a sense of community to help you out when you can't get motivated by yourself. Official illustration challenges 1. Food illustration challenge Love food? And we've got ten ideas to help you do just that.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While the country watched the crowning of another Great British Bake Off winner, we caught up with the man behind the moreish illustrations on the show. It's impossible to visit the homepage of Welsh illustrator Tom Hovey's website without working up an appetite.

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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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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

XG by Alxndra Cook We talk to Yvette Earl, Tatyana Alanis, Kyle Platts, Alxndra Cook, and Ryan Gillett – five talented illustrators who draw people convincingly and in unique styles that engage the viewer. As many an artist will tell you, illustrating people is one of the hardest skills to learn.

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MAY 13, 2024

Buenos Aires-based illustrator Milagros Pico specialises in creating images that are bursting with vibrant colours. If the illustrations of Milagros Pico had a flavour, they'd definitely be bittersweet. Elsewhere, Milagros's love of music plays a huge part in her illustrations. "It

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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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APRIL 3, 2024

Animation studio Yatta has brought Liverpool illustrator Luke McConkey's work to life in Slam Dunk, a new animated short that blends 2D and 3D techniques. To transform Luke's illustrations into an animated short, Yatta began by choreographing the sequence in 3D. The baller was looking fly, but something was missing… the court. "We

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

Photography by Aya Wind In her debut graphic novel, Home Bound, the Tel Aviv-based illustrator explores the complex, fragile nature of belonging via a word-free odyssey in which the visual language speaks for itself. Her visual language is both precise and dreamlike, reflecting her own experiences of living between worlds.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

One of the world's most renowned illustrators has chosen some of his most iconic works for a 14-week exhibition at The Edge Theatre & Arts Centre in Chorlton. We asked him how he managed to decide which art to display from his collection of thousands of illustrations to choose from.

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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've been selling at illustration fairs and art markets for years," says illustrator and pattern designer Jacqueline Colley. Vickysworld Printmaker and illustrator Jason Limberg agrees.

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MARCH 19, 2024

Tokyo-based illustrator Yuki Uebo creates messy, densely-packed images that reflect the crowded lifestyle of Japan's capital city. And it's this crowded way of living which has inspired local illustrator Yuki Uebo to fill her drawings with as many people as possible while also capturing the unique essence of Japan in the process.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Peru-based illustrator Ximena Collado is known for her bright and bold fashion artwork, which depicts female body types rarely seen in the mainstream. I started an Instagram account for my illustrations and always shared my process, which was very easy because of the speed painting videos Procreate automatically makes," she explains.

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JUNE 2, 2024

Award-winning children's book illustrator Ian Morris reveals how he broke into the industry, why he prefers older artists, and what he keeps in mind when drawing for young audiences. Ian Morris's career as an illustrator has got off to an explosive start. My love for illustration was there from a young age," he tells Creative Boom.

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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. It's the colour that hits you first when Wenjing Yang 's portfolio is laid out before you.

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JULY 23, 2024

With a background in editorial design, Andy Goodman decided to become an illustrator, developing an impactful, graphical style that's sublime and simple and a portfolio full of clever visual wordplay. Andy would love to return to large-scale artwork soon and explore more children's illustrations. "I

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

From doodling characters to illustrating for global brands, Alyah Holmes shares her colourful journey in the world of illustration. Illustration may be an increasingly competitive field, but Alyah Holmes has succeeded in standing out. I took art classes for Christmas and birthdays," she recalls. "My

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Pennsylvania-based illustrator and designer Laura Moyer has created stunning work for Disney, Pixar and Apple, all from the comfort of her cabin in the woods. But for illustrator and designer Laura Moyer, it's a reality that she wouldn't trade for the world. Most illustrators are in the same boat and are equally happy to connect.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

The work of illustrator Danii Pollehn is bold, unmissable and amazing. Her goal is to create artwork that stands out, whether in a mural, graphics, packaging design or an illustration. But then, just as she had decided to become a full-time freelance illustrator, the pandemic hit. It's safe to say Danii has achieved these goals.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

Originally from the Russian territory of Sakha – also called Yakutia – Ilya Kazakov is one of the most northerly illustrators we've featured in a while. When the OFFF Festival came to Moscow in 2021, Ilya had the honour of creating the opening titles – a job many illustrators and animators would envy.

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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. One of the five illustrations for A Better City. Mark Conlan is an artist whose journey began in Dublin as an animator.

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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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MAY 8, 2024

Sheffield-based graphic designer Matthew J Wood has transformed his love of football into a series of wonderfully retro illustrated posters. As designer and illustrator Matthew J Wood puts it, they're the only near constant for fans to grab hold of. And they've even caught the eye of big-name clubs.

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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. Studying illustration at Exeter changed all that. His illustrations still manage to be completely unique, representing a blend of Quentin Blake and Spike Milligan.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Rhode Island School of Design student Cara Ziruo Wang has translated China's rich cultural history into a series of elegant and inspiring illustrations for the country's children's literary magazine October Kids. It's a splendid array of illustrations that's even more magnificent when considering how quickly they were made.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

Julia Wand is an illustration and graphic design graduate of the Münster School of Design in Germany. In my opinion, illustration and graphic design go hand-in-hand together," she explains. Style-wise, I'm inspired by the amazing fellow illustrators and graphic designers I follow on social media," she continues. "I

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The next development was a playful new illustration style, creating unique monochrome illustrations to help bring to life what makes Kindred so special: a grand piano, branded drum kit and microphone on a looping cord to represent Kindred's dynamic roster of live music events.

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JUNE 24, 2024

London illustrator Sam Taylor explains what he learned from this unusual project. We're big fans of London-based illustrator Sam Taylor , whom we last covered in 2023 when he was experimenting with hand-made techniques. Overall, Sam has found this project rewarding and a valuable experience for his development as an illustrator.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Leeds-based illustrator Khloe Baker documents the people and stories behind the city's famous food markets in a charming personal project cum zine. Through her illustrations, which have since become a zine, Khloe managed to tackle the daunting prospect of location drawing.

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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. Fran first had the idea when she was taking a break in Bali, recovering from burnout with plenty of yoga, meditation, and stillness.

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