“When it comes to graphically represent certain situations, objects or ideas, I try to think about the composition and in a ‘geometric’ way, seeing if I can find a new way of showing it,” explained Azambuja in an interview with Sense of Creativity. “I think it is more a style of thinking than of working since I do not always adopt the same techniques and sometimes I am changing.”

According to Azambuja, this attraction so simplicity (“the geometric interpretation of things”, as he calls it), has always been with him. “I even remember as a child that I liked Mondrian a lot,” he notes. “I was struck by the synthesis and how the proper use of colors can generate new universes, even if the elements are minimal.”

But being also a graphic designer, he leaves room for flexibility. “I do not feel I have a style as marked as other illustrators,” he admits, “in fact probably because I feel more graphic designer than illustrator.” With more than 55k fans on Instagram, people are clearly digging what he has to offer.

The post Martín Azambuja’s Illustrations Are Satisfying In Their Simplicity appeared first on TettyBetty.

Working digitally, using a Wacom graphic tablet, allows Golubović to experiment with textures and patterns. “I prefer digital over analog because it gives me more freedom to experiment,” she told Talenthouse. “As I really often change my mind about how something should look, it is more convenient for me to draw digitally and it is less time-consuming.”

Originally from Kotor, Montenegro, and now based in Belgrade, Serbia, her work is very much inspired by nature and specifically the Mediterranean seaside. “I’m mostly inspired by the sea and the seashore, clear sky and sunny days,” she says. “I would say that generally, Mediterranean life is a big part of that well from which I draw inspiration.”

According to Golubović, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what it is that makes the Mediterranean lifestyle so appealing. “I think that it can be felt by looking at my work,” she notes, “it gives it a dreamy, calm, and a bit of a poetic atmosphere.”

The post The Poetic Illustrations of Milica Golubović appeared first on TettyBetty.

Based in Liverpool, she now runs a successful Etsy store, where she sells her original merch which includes accessories, greeting cards, and homewares. But it’s her unique enamel pins that first caught our attention. “I’ve been working in the creative industries for many years, but my greeting cards and pin designs are a recent side hustle that gives me a chance to express myself freely without working to brief,” Harry relayed in an interview with the Printed blog.

“I’ve always loved the idea of owning a shop since I was young and surrounding myself with beautiful things!” she adds. “When I started creating my greeting cards I decided to setup an Etsy shop, which has been developing since. Pins and jewelry were a natural progression for me, I’ve always dabbled with jewelry making but never taken it any further until a friend introduced me to a company making enamel pins – The resurgence in enamel pin designs over the last five years hadn’t gone unnoticed by me and I decided to make one!”

Known for her bright and playful designs (that tend to stick to rainbow color palettes), her creations make for good, clean, fun. They also make for good gifts (hint, hint). Here are some of her more quirky enamel pins.

The post Yes Please! Liz Harry’s Quirky Enamel Pins Make For the Perfect Gifts appeared first on TettyBetty.

Working full time as a graphic artist and illustrator, her energetic work hasn’t gone unnoticed, attracting global brands and publications alike. “I’m constantly in a different headspace and love to think three steps ahead, and usually the next project is the most exciting one,” she told Adobe’s online magazine. “When working with clients, I really like a good brief, but I also love to come up with new stuff and usually do a bunch of explorations using the tools and colors that I feel work best or will help that specific brand communicate better.”

But though her work is bold, she describes her real-life personality as “very chill.” “It probably has to do with the fact that I get bored easily and love to experiment, and I find art to be the perfect way of expressing myself,” admits Robescu.

Indeed, growing up in a family of artists, art was always regarded by Robescu as a means of self-expression. By the age of 12, she had her first group exhibition, so it comes as no surprise that by the time she became a grown-up, she spoke fluently in both languages of art and graphic design.

The post Andreea Robescu’s Art Oozes With Cool appeared first on TettyBetty.

Inspired by surreal artists such as Ernst, Magritte, and Miro, Schnee says such artists have taught her the ways in which to incorporate irony and metaphors into her work. “Bauhaus, Memphis, Japanese Graphic Design and Surrealism were the most formative movements for my work,” she says. Perhaps so, but we also sense some heavy ’80s vibes poking through.

Since graduating with both a BA and an MA in Communication Design, Schnee has been hard at work, collaborating with brands like Adidas and Nike, as well as publications like The Washington Post. “With my art, I hope I can reach a lot of people and move something in them,” she says. “I want them to take a moment and think and maybe also rethink. And that I want to achieve in a playful and fun way that should not be dry and boring to experience.”

Her art in all its rich variety provides such playful experience. Take a look for yourself.

The post The Delightful, Abstract World of Ju Schnee appeared first on TettyBetty.

It all started when, while living in Portland, he drew a circular map of the city which helped him understand better his whereabouts. It was then that the Archie’s Press brand was born.

“I make letterpress ‘maps from the mind’ of cities, planets, organs, and many other subjects,” he told the Ohh Deer blog. “They’re all super-simple distillations of the complex ideas.” Now, he travels all over the world meeting people and exploring cities. Each map is assembled after asking residents a lot of questions and referencing current and past maps.

“When I started taking this design practice seriously, I went in a dozen different directions,” he recalled. “Most of it was type and image with quippy or impactful messages. I made things that were funny, clever, crude, and everything in-between, but the maps were by far the biggest hit and I really enjoyed making them. Then my brain became like this map-thinking machine and I stopped thinking about other things.”

Take a look at some of his maps:

The post Designer Uses Maps to Simplify Complex Ideas appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I’d describe my style as graphic, colorful, and bold,” she shared with Ape on the Moon. “I take a lot of inspiration from the composition and layout of art deco posters from the 1930s, which I studied in my first few years at Falmouth.”

Based in London, UK, the Award-winning illustrator has worked for giants such as VOGUE, Fujitsu, WIRED, and Tesco Magazine. “I start each project with research, then I draw out ideas before developing my final sketch,” she explained. “I then spend time working with this in Photoshop adding color, texture, and extra elements.”

“I love working digitally but also love the imperfect nature of hand-drawn work. I combine both of them by starting each illustration as a pencil drawing and, once created digitally, I overlay traditional textures I’ve made through mono printing.”

The only question left is: which of her prints would you hang on your wall?

The post Bright Up Your Day with Sophie Melissa’s Prints appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I think that the idea is the center of my work,” says Marra in an interview with Illustrators’ Lounge. “If the original idea is good, if it can transmit something, then you can work on it in many ways. Never be trivial, try to find your own way to communicate something.”

Based in the south of Italy, Marra recalls exploring his creative side from a very young age. “I’ve always enjoyed drawing,” he said. “When I was a kid I used to copy the illustrations of Popeye and Donald Duck that I had on the VHS. My parents stimulated my passion for drawings. I wanted to be an animator, I always wanted to tell a story.”

After studying at an art-oriented high-school he went on to enroll at the School of Design in Vietri sul Mare, specializing in graphic design and illustration. “After school, I met Ilaria Grimaldi, an illustrator (who became my friend) and taught me a lot of things of the illustration world and suggested I stick with it, even if my education was more focused on graphic design,” he recalled.

Take a look at some of his awe-inspiring work:

The post Stefano Marra’s Minimalist Art Speaks Volumes appeared first on TettyBetty.

Creating anything from illustrations, graphic art, and murals to animations and handwritten type, their studio’s Instagram page is one you’ll definitely want to follow.

While Cecile is Norwegian, Gilles is French. And with different backgrounds, the two designers seem to complement each other perfectly. “I attended a foundation in design in Oslo before moving to London,” said Cecile in an interview with Inky Goodness. “I learned a lot, met many like-minded people that I still know today and got introduced to CSM that I applied to. I also have a Masters in Business Management.”

Gilles, on the other hand, spent his youth in the outskirts of Paris. “I was doing skating and graffiti,” recalled the artist, “and was spending days in Paris at the Centre Pompidou, Louvre Museum, Musée D’orsay… I did the classic French art curriculum before Central Saint Martins. My background is a strange mix of DIY, suburb influence and classical art.”

Check out their colorful creations in the gallery below.

The post These Designers Add a Blast of Color to the World Around Them appeared first on TettyBetty.

With features in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Apartamento Magazine, and collaborations with giants like Fendi and the Guggenheim Museum – the sky is truly the limit for Zagnoli.

But talking about her artistic background, she’s relatively modest. “My path is probably very similar to that of many illustrators,” she told Freelance Wisdom.“You love to draw, you graduate from some sort of art school, you’re out and terrified, you’re desperate to find your own language, you sorta find it, you begin to work, your first works are terrible, you get better, you work more, one day you’re like ‘this is not too bad’ and you feel kind of happy for what you’ve done, then you’re lost again, two days later you’re happy again, you struggle to get paid, you finally get paid and you buy a nice pair of shoes.”

“One of the hardest parts was looking for a visual language,” she added. “I wasn’t looking for anything COOL back then but I was looking for something ‘me.’ A set of subjects, shapes, and colors that reflected who I was on the inside and made me feel comfortable. It wasn’t automatic but as soon as that started to take shape, more clients started to connect with my world and understand it.”

Follow her Instagram page for more pizzaz.

The post Add a Little Oomph to Your Life with Olimpia Zagnoli’s Graphic Art appeared first on TettyBetty.

“When it comes to graphically represent certain situations, objects or ideas, I try to think about the composition and in a ‘geometric’ way, seeing if I can find a new way of showing it,” explained Azambuja in an interview with Sense of Creativity. “I think it is more a style of thinking than of working since I do not always adopt the same techniques and sometimes I am changing.”

According to Azambuja, this attraction so simplicity (“the geometric interpretation of things”, as he calls it), has always been with him. “I even remember as a child that I liked Mondrian a lot,” he notes. “I was struck by the synthesis and how the proper use of colors can generate new universes, even if the elements are minimal.”

But being also a graphic designer, he leaves room for flexibility. “I do not feel I have a style as marked as other illustrators,” he admits, “in fact probably because I feel more graphic designer than illustrator.” With more than 55k fans on Instagram, people are clearly digging what he has to offer.

The post Martín Azambuja’s Illustrations Are Satisfying In Their Simplicity appeared first on TettyBetty.

Working digitally, using a Wacom graphic tablet, allows Golubović to experiment with textures and patterns. “I prefer digital over analog because it gives me more freedom to experiment,” she told Talenthouse. “As I really often change my mind about how something should look, it is more convenient for me to draw digitally and it is less time-consuming.”

Originally from Kotor, Montenegro, and now based in Belgrade, Serbia, her work is very much inspired by nature and specifically the Mediterranean seaside. “I’m mostly inspired by the sea and the seashore, clear sky and sunny days,” she says. “I would say that generally, Mediterranean life is a big part of that well from which I draw inspiration.”

According to Golubović, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what it is that makes the Mediterranean lifestyle so appealing. “I think that it can be felt by looking at my work,” she notes, “it gives it a dreamy, calm, and a bit of a poetic atmosphere.”

The post The Poetic Illustrations of Milica Golubović appeared first on TettyBetty.

Based in Liverpool, she now runs a successful Etsy store, where she sells her original merch which includes accessories, greeting cards, and homewares. But it’s her unique enamel pins that first caught our attention. “I’ve been working in the creative industries for many years, but my greeting cards and pin designs are a recent side hustle that gives me a chance to express myself freely without working to brief,” Harry relayed in an interview with the Printed blog.

“I’ve always loved the idea of owning a shop since I was young and surrounding myself with beautiful things!” she adds. “When I started creating my greeting cards I decided to setup an Etsy shop, which has been developing since. Pins and jewelry were a natural progression for me, I’ve always dabbled with jewelry making but never taken it any further until a friend introduced me to a company making enamel pins – The resurgence in enamel pin designs over the last five years hadn’t gone unnoticed by me and I decided to make one!”

Known for her bright and playful designs (that tend to stick to rainbow color palettes), her creations make for good, clean, fun. They also make for good gifts (hint, hint). Here are some of her more quirky enamel pins.

The post Yes Please! Liz Harry’s Quirky Enamel Pins Make For the Perfect Gifts appeared first on TettyBetty.

Working full time as a graphic artist and illustrator, her energetic work hasn’t gone unnoticed, attracting global brands and publications alike. “I’m constantly in a different headspace and love to think three steps ahead, and usually the next project is the most exciting one,” she told Adobe’s online magazine. “When working with clients, I really like a good brief, but I also love to come up with new stuff and usually do a bunch of explorations using the tools and colors that I feel work best or will help that specific brand communicate better.”

But though her work is bold, she describes her real-life personality as “very chill.” “It probably has to do with the fact that I get bored easily and love to experiment, and I find art to be the perfect way of expressing myself,” admits Robescu.

Indeed, growing up in a family of artists, art was always regarded by Robescu as a means of self-expression. By the age of 12, she had her first group exhibition, so it comes as no surprise that by the time she became a grown-up, she spoke fluently in both languages of art and graphic design.

The post Andreea Robescu’s Art Oozes With Cool appeared first on TettyBetty.

Inspired by surreal artists such as Ernst, Magritte, and Miro, Schnee says such artists have taught her the ways in which to incorporate irony and metaphors into her work. “Bauhaus, Memphis, Japanese Graphic Design and Surrealism were the most formative movements for my work,” she says. Perhaps so, but we also sense some heavy ’80s vibes poking through.

Since graduating with both a BA and an MA in Communication Design, Schnee has been hard at work, collaborating with brands like Adidas and Nike, as well as publications like The Washington Post. “With my art, I hope I can reach a lot of people and move something in them,” she says. “I want them to take a moment and think and maybe also rethink. And that I want to achieve in a playful and fun way that should not be dry and boring to experience.”

Her art in all its rich variety provides such playful experience. Take a look for yourself.

The post The Delightful, Abstract World of Ju Schnee appeared first on TettyBetty.

It all started when, while living in Portland, he drew a circular map of the city which helped him understand better his whereabouts. It was then that the Archie’s Press brand was born.

“I make letterpress ‘maps from the mind’ of cities, planets, organs, and many other subjects,” he told the Ohh Deer blog. “They’re all super-simple distillations of the complex ideas.” Now, he travels all over the world meeting people and exploring cities. Each map is assembled after asking residents a lot of questions and referencing current and past maps.

“When I started taking this design practice seriously, I went in a dozen different directions,” he recalled. “Most of it was type and image with quippy or impactful messages. I made things that were funny, clever, crude, and everything in-between, but the maps were by far the biggest hit and I really enjoyed making them. Then my brain became like this map-thinking machine and I stopped thinking about other things.”

Take a look at some of his maps:

The post Designer Uses Maps to Simplify Complex Ideas appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I’d describe my style as graphic, colorful, and bold,” she shared with Ape on the Moon. “I take a lot of inspiration from the composition and layout of art deco posters from the 1930s, which I studied in my first few years at Falmouth.”

Based in London, UK, the Award-winning illustrator has worked for giants such as VOGUE, Fujitsu, WIRED, and Tesco Magazine. “I start each project with research, then I draw out ideas before developing my final sketch,” she explained. “I then spend time working with this in Photoshop adding color, texture, and extra elements.”

“I love working digitally but also love the imperfect nature of hand-drawn work. I combine both of them by starting each illustration as a pencil drawing and, once created digitally, I overlay traditional textures I’ve made through mono printing.”

The only question left is: which of her prints would you hang on your wall?

The post Bright Up Your Day with Sophie Melissa’s Prints appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I think that the idea is the center of my work,” says Marra in an interview with Illustrators’ Lounge. “If the original idea is good, if it can transmit something, then you can work on it in many ways. Never be trivial, try to find your own way to communicate something.”

Based in the south of Italy, Marra recalls exploring his creative side from a very young age. “I’ve always enjoyed drawing,” he said. “When I was a kid I used to copy the illustrations of Popeye and Donald Duck that I had on the VHS. My parents stimulated my passion for drawings. I wanted to be an animator, I always wanted to tell a story.”

After studying at an art-oriented high-school he went on to enroll at the School of Design in Vietri sul Mare, specializing in graphic design and illustration. “After school, I met Ilaria Grimaldi, an illustrator (who became my friend) and taught me a lot of things of the illustration world and suggested I stick with it, even if my education was more focused on graphic design,” he recalled.

Take a look at some of his awe-inspiring work:

The post Stefano Marra’s Minimalist Art Speaks Volumes appeared first on TettyBetty.

Creating anything from illustrations, graphic art, and murals to animations and handwritten type, their studio’s Instagram page is one you’ll definitely want to follow.

While Cecile is Norwegian, Gilles is French. And with different backgrounds, the two designers seem to complement each other perfectly. “I attended a foundation in design in Oslo before moving to London,” said Cecile in an interview with Inky Goodness. “I learned a lot, met many like-minded people that I still know today and got introduced to CSM that I applied to. I also have a Masters in Business Management.”

Gilles, on the other hand, spent his youth in the outskirts of Paris. “I was doing skating and graffiti,” recalled the artist, “and was spending days in Paris at the Centre Pompidou, Louvre Museum, Musée D’orsay… I did the classic French art curriculum before Central Saint Martins. My background is a strange mix of DIY, suburb influence and classical art.”

Check out their colorful creations in the gallery below.

The post These Designers Add a Blast of Color to the World Around Them appeared first on TettyBetty.

With features in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Apartamento Magazine, and collaborations with giants like Fendi and the Guggenheim Museum – the sky is truly the limit for Zagnoli.

But talking about her artistic background, she’s relatively modest. “My path is probably very similar to that of many illustrators,” she told Freelance Wisdom.“You love to draw, you graduate from some sort of art school, you’re out and terrified, you’re desperate to find your own language, you sorta find it, you begin to work, your first works are terrible, you get better, you work more, one day you’re like ‘this is not too bad’ and you feel kind of happy for what you’ve done, then you’re lost again, two days later you’re happy again, you struggle to get paid, you finally get paid and you buy a nice pair of shoes.”

“One of the hardest parts was looking for a visual language,” she added. “I wasn’t looking for anything COOL back then but I was looking for something ‘me.’ A set of subjects, shapes, and colors that reflected who I was on the inside and made me feel comfortable. It wasn’t automatic but as soon as that started to take shape, more clients started to connect with my world and understand it.”

Follow her Instagram page for more pizzaz.

The post Add a Little Oomph to Your Life with Olimpia Zagnoli’s Graphic Art appeared first on TettyBetty.