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

Creative Boom

Fast forward to 2024, and she's recently won a World Illustration Award for New Talent in Animation. Originally from Hefei in eastern China, Fangfang relocated to London, studied illustration at the Kingston College of Art, and graduated this year. An illustration about creativity for Teen Breathe.

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Food illustrator Tom Hovey talks Bake Off, Bristol and building a creative community

Creative Boom

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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How live event illustration brings big opportunities for artists

Creative Boom

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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Fresh impressions of the French landscape with Agathe Meunier

Creative Boom

The Strasbourg-based artist uses marker pens, risograph printing and her unique eye for colour to document the great outdoors in locations across France. Vast outdoor settings, bold forms, and unexpected colours combine to give French illustrator Agathe Meunier a style entirely her own.

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Poster Cult: the latest works of Swiss printmaker Dafi Kühne

Creative Boom

The tactility of analogue techniques has become somewhat nostalgic; print papers and magazines are becoming fewer and fewer, and most of our marketing comes through a relentless stream of emails. But despite all this, poster printing seems to have endured and retained its popularity as a medium of communication and advertising.

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Luke Tonge: A career shaped by passion, print, and punk aesthetics

Creative Boom

I always got told I spent longer illustrating my schoolwork than actually doing it," he laughs. This hands-on love for print and branding carried him through a foundation year at Lincoln and eventually to Falmouth University, where he found a community of like-minded creatives. Falmouth was formative for me.

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From fine art to Photoshop: Sam Gilbey's illustrious career so far

Creative Boom

Come with us on a deep dive into the last twenty years of Sam Gilbey's freelance illustration practice. We'll find out what inspired him, how he got through difficult periods, and what advice he'd give to up-and-coming illustrators. And he has no plans to slow down anytime soon. He adds: "I adored the drama and excitement it conveyed."

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