Illustrations

Katie Chappell Makes the Case For Live Illustration

With brands constantly looking for new unique ways to surprise and delight, the market for live illustrators has grown dramatically in the last decade. Case in point: illustrator Katie Chappell. With a resume that...

The Illustrated Friends of Lydia Nichols

Lydia Nichols' illustrations appeal to both children and adults. A self-proclaimed anthropomorphizer, she admits she has a penchant for the quirky and wants to anthropomorphize all the things. Her anthropomorphized characters include both animals...

Looking For the Perfect Gift? Why Not Commission a Portrait

About Face Illustration, an independent brand launched in 2016 and run by illustrator Paulina Kwietniewska, is dedicated to portraiture. Using a variety of tools that include watercolors, oils, and ink, Kwietniewska makes custom portraits...

Lee Foster-Wilson’s Illustrations Prove Magic is Real

British illustrator and author Lee Foster-Wilson delights our inner child. Her illustrations, shared on her Instagram page, have a certain charm to them that appeals to our sense of adventure. It's the kind of...

Susie Ghahremani’s Illustrations are Good, Clean, Fun

There's an undeniable playfulness to Susie Ghahremani's illustrations. The combination of her passion for nature, animals, music, and patterns, her creations have an added humoristic edge that makes for good, clean, fun. It also...

Following the Curve of the Road: Ed Fairburn’s Portraits

Ed Fairburn uses paper he finds as maps for his canvas, making gradual changes to features like contours and roads until a face is formed from within the map itself. The finished result is...

Mariam Tafsiri’s Unibrowed Characters Question Our Ideas About Beauty

British-Iranian illustrator Mariam Tafsiri is greatly inspired by Qajar art—art made during the Qajar dynasty of the late Persian Empire, which lasted from 1781 to 1925 in Iran (then Persia). Tafsiri says that her...

Leigh Ellexson’s Animal Illustrations are the Epitome of Cute

You don't have to be an animal lover to enjoy Leigh Ellexson’s animal illustrations. But it won't hurt. Using mainly watercolors, Ellexson experiments with both colors and textures, with the result more often than...

The Whimsical Linocut Illustrations of Dan Howden

Dan Howden employs linocut techniques to create intricate illustrations that have a grainy, textured feel to them. Using linoleum surfaces, which he purchases on Amazon, he cuts his design into the surface. The raised...

Alexandria Canchola’s Illustrations Articulate Raw Emotion

Texas-based illustrator, Alexandria Canchola, captures everyday life in vivid colors. Having earned a bachelor’s degree in Government and Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an MFA in 2D Design from the...