After moving homes, Yuming was working as a UI designer for a couple of years. Now he lives in Yantai, a coastal city of China.

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“It just feels easier to create work in digital,” he said in an interview for Ballpit and added that social media like Instagram, Behance, and Zcool, as well as colleague artists, illustrators, and designers, inspire him the most. “I love every simple thing. Especially graphic illustration. Simple grey color. I’m moving in that direction.”

Yuming can get inspired by anything. He only thinks about “some keywords and makes some sketches, then colors it”.

Although he has a small following, he really hopes people will love his art and inspire them to feel happy and relaxed when they encounter his work.

If you are interested to see his creations, check out the gallery below. Don’t forget to give him a “follow” to support him.

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Born in Japan and currently based in Melbourne, Australia, Imazu’s chosen mediums include printmaking, papercut, puppetry, and installation, as well as bookbinding and ceramics, with animal imagery a common thread throughout her work.

Both real and surreal, her illustrations include animals found in Japanese folklore, as well as realistic recreations of insects and rodents. “I like mixing real and mythical animals together because I love imagining what it was like to live in the world before all animals were named and categorized,” says Imazu. “There was a time when rhinos were as fantastical as unicorns.”

According to Imazu, her inspiration comes from stories, as well as memories and myth. “Similarly, I encourage viewers to bring their own memories and associations to my work,” she notes. “They can decide if it’s personal or political.”

The post Visit the Mythical Realm of Kyoko Imazu appeared first on TettyBetty.

“My process is constantly evolving, and I’m always trying to find ways to work more efficiently,” she stressed. Her willingness to keep an open mind also comes across her illustrations themselves. There’s an openness to her illustrated landscapes – a sense of excitement that simmers underneath the surface.

Thada’s work includes both commissions and personal projects, as well as a line of T-shirts and prints she sells on her website. “I love the variety,” she says. “I love the fact that every project is a different challenge. I love that I get to read brilliant articles and vivid stories, collaborate and connect with thoughtful and kind people, and learn new things all the time.”

“For editorial illustration, lately I’ve been doing a hybrid process of hand-created elements, plus digital layering with both Procreate and Photoshop,” she further relayed. Still, she adds, working with her hands and creating actual, physical art, will always be her first love. “I don’t want to stray too far from that,” she notes.

The post This Illustrator Explores Her Options appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I used to use a lot of ink and watercolor,” remarked Lock in an interview with Catapult, “then I felt like I’d reached a dead-end with how far I could take the media.” It was while studying at the Cambridge School of Art that she began experimenting with different media within different projects.

“When I was working on Angela Carter’s short story ‘The Erl King,’ I came across this way of working by accident,” she admits, “as I tried to get some of the feeling from the story into the mark-making with the colored pencils.” Her pencils of choice? Faber-Castell polychromos which she uses generously. “I think my style has developed since then, but I still try to carry that emotive mark-making with me on different projects,” says Lock.

Each piece begins with research and some sketches. Once the final sketch has been chosen (by either Lock or her commercial client), she moves onto the final piece. “Sometimes I start with a loose, faint sketch, and then go on to draw the final on top,” she notes. “Sometimes I just start with a blank piece of paper and work from there.” But whatever she does, she’s sure to add a punch of color.

Take a look for yourself:

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“I’m very self-critical and worry a lot so it’s quite bizarre in some ways that I left the security of a teaching career (in music) to carve out a new career in an area which is so precarious,” she remarked in an interview with Creative Boom. “However, I also think the uncertainty drives me on and makes me determined to make my life work out.”

Now with more than 40k fans on Instagram and endless praise, her leap of faith seems to have paid off. “It’s been quite an exciting adventure so far!” she writes on her website. It has also been much work, with her career spanning across different fields and mediums, including illustrating, writing, and textile designing.

According to Foster, she finds joy in bringing other people joy, by creating happy illustrations for children’s books, wall art, mugs, and other such products. “Don’t be afraid to fail,” she urges other aspiring creative, stressing that “successful people have failed lots. Talent is only a small part of becoming an illustrator, the rest is sheer dog-eared determination!”

Prepare to be inspired.

The post Jane Foster Will Inspire You to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone appeared first on TettyBetty.

“People sometimes ask me if my work is digitally made and what brushes do I use (meaning Photoshop brushes),” he wrote once in a post shared on Instagram. “I’m always tempted to reply: ‘flat and synthetic’, as I work solely by hand with acrylic on paper. Digital post-production, like color adjustments and clean–up, is also part of the process, but 90% of the outcome is done on the paper.”

According to Rurans, though there’s no doubt he would save time by working digitally, he finds that the sense of human touch, with all its imperfections, add to the artistic value of the finished product. It also, as it turns out, attracts more commercial clients. “Overall I really like the mix between the modern aesthetics of visual simplicity and traditional technique,” says Rurans, “it gets to be artsy and approachable yet does not lose the potential for commercial use.”

Based in Riga, Latvia, his work nods to early modernist painters. There’s also an added layer of humor. In short: his work is a joy to behold.

The post Roberts Rurans’ Acrylic Illustrations Are a Joy to Behold appeared first on TettyBetty.

More than the subjects themselves, it’s the overall ambiance that really makes Kovač’s work stand out. Colored in light pastel colors, and featuring flowers in full bloom, her illustrations provide the perfect backdrop for our imagined vacation.

“I believe that the ambiance in my work is much more important than the content,” Kovač shared with Viva’s. “I could even say that my choice of motives and color is made considering the ambiance I’m trying to achieve in my illustration,” she went on to explain.

As such, her work is very much the result of intuition, often evoking an emotional response from the viewer. “The projects I work on are varied and they all demand a different emotion,” says Kovač. “You could say that I tend to surround myself with sources of inspiration that awakens a necessary emotion in me, depending on the project I’m working on.”

Peek inside her illustrated worlds:

The post Take a Virtual Vacation Inside Mateja Kovač’s Illustrations appeared first on TettyBetty.

“My work is very detail-oriented,” reflected the South African illustrator in an interview with Ballpitmag, “and I’ve come to realize that I see small details in the real world. I see patterns on trees, faces on top of mountains, I notice the colors of a seagull’s feet. My work brain and life brain is someone forming one.”

Each piece begins with some light sketching. “Sketching out an idea first can be very helpful,” says Labuschagn, “as you aren’t trying to make it look good, but rather attempting to get the idea out your head.” Being the perfectionist that she is, Labuschagne prefers digital mediums to more traditional ones, with her favorite program being Adobe Illustrator. “Working with a medium that enables you to align points and object with one another is quite enjoyable for me,” she admits.

Once the sketch is approved by her clients, she dives into the final render on Illustrator. Her work – a mix of organic and rigid shapes – also packs a punch, when it comes to its color story. Sometimes, Labuschagn uses Photoshop for some texturing, but mostly she prefers subtle textures to jarring ones. Take a look at some of her pieces in the gallery below:

The post It’s All In the Details: Fran Labuschagne’s Illustrations Are Pure Delight appeared first on TettyBetty.

“Graphic design gave me the tools to make money and showed me a way to do certain things, but it wasn’t for me,” he remarked in an interview with Elephant. “My favorite vehicle of expression is painting—it’s the most satisfying process. I know a lot of artists who are very talented but they can’t let go on a piece; but for me, if it’s not working I just throw it away and start again.”

His work, easily recognizable for his choice of color and cartoonish style, tends to center around common themes that include women, clowns, and ghosts – themes that Pazzi treats as universal. “The things I paint are very universal,” he stresses, adding that we’ve all felt like a clown or a ghost at one time or another.

“In my recent work I’ve used them almost like self-portraits,” he adds, “but the image of a clown, or a ghost drinking on its own in a bar… these are universal feelings that strike you even if you don’t speak the same language or whether or not you’ve had the same experiences—everyone can relate to them in a way.”

Relatable or not, his artwork is worth your attention:

The post Alberto Pazzi Sees the World Through Rose-Tinted Glasses appeared first on TettyBetty.

“As long as my memory goes back, I was always sketching and drawing,” said Ziv in a candid interview with Sense of Creativity. “When I grew up I realized that if there was something that came to me as easily and naturally as painting, then maybe I should do something with it.”

That something turned out to be a successful career in illustration. After graduating from Shenkar College of Engineering, Art & Design with a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication Design, Ziv went on to collaborate with brands and publications as big as Tollman’s, The Washington Post, and Wix.

“Most of the time I work with commercial brands that are mainly related to design, fashion and lifestyle, that have ideas and projects that I connect and relate to,” she explained. “As a feminist woman and creator, when I can choose,” she notes, adding that she’d rather choose to represent women (and men) that don’t conform to society’s beauty standards.

Enjoy her rich variety of stylish characters, courtesy of Instagram:

The post Yali Ziv’s Characters Are En Vogue appeared first on TettyBetty.

After moving homes, Yuming was working as a UI designer for a couple of years. Now he lives in Yantai, a coastal city of China.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by han_yuming (@han_yuming)

“It just feels easier to create work in digital,” he said in an interview for Ballpit and added that social media like Instagram, Behance, and Zcool, as well as colleague artists, illustrators, and designers, inspire him the most. “I love every simple thing. Especially graphic illustration. Simple grey color. I’m moving in that direction.”

Yuming can get inspired by anything. He only thinks about “some keywords and makes some sketches, then colors it”.

Although he has a small following, he really hopes people will love his art and inspire them to feel happy and relaxed when they encounter his work.

If you are interested to see his creations, check out the gallery below. Don’t forget to give him a “follow” to support him.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by han_yuming (@han_yuming)

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by han_yuming (@han_yuming)

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by han_yuming (@han_yuming)

The post Han Yuming’s Illustrations Exhibits How Cool Digital Art Can Be appeared first on TettyBetty.

Born in Japan and currently based in Melbourne, Australia, Imazu’s chosen mediums include printmaking, papercut, puppetry, and installation, as well as bookbinding and ceramics, with animal imagery a common thread throughout her work.

Both real and surreal, her illustrations include animals found in Japanese folklore, as well as realistic recreations of insects and rodents. “I like mixing real and mythical animals together because I love imagining what it was like to live in the world before all animals were named and categorized,” says Imazu. “There was a time when rhinos were as fantastical as unicorns.”

According to Imazu, her inspiration comes from stories, as well as memories and myth. “Similarly, I encourage viewers to bring their own memories and associations to my work,” she notes. “They can decide if it’s personal or political.”

The post Visit the Mythical Realm of Kyoko Imazu appeared first on TettyBetty.

“My process is constantly evolving, and I’m always trying to find ways to work more efficiently,” she stressed. Her willingness to keep an open mind also comes across her illustrations themselves. There’s an openness to her illustrated landscapes – a sense of excitement that simmers underneath the surface.

Thada’s work includes both commissions and personal projects, as well as a line of T-shirts and prints she sells on her website. “I love the variety,” she says. “I love the fact that every project is a different challenge. I love that I get to read brilliant articles and vivid stories, collaborate and connect with thoughtful and kind people, and learn new things all the time.”

“For editorial illustration, lately I’ve been doing a hybrid process of hand-created elements, plus digital layering with both Procreate and Photoshop,” she further relayed. Still, she adds, working with her hands and creating actual, physical art, will always be her first love. “I don’t want to stray too far from that,” she notes.

The post This Illustrator Explores Her Options appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I used to use a lot of ink and watercolor,” remarked Lock in an interview with Catapult, “then I felt like I’d reached a dead-end with how far I could take the media.” It was while studying at the Cambridge School of Art that she began experimenting with different media within different projects.

“When I was working on Angela Carter’s short story ‘The Erl King,’ I came across this way of working by accident,” she admits, “as I tried to get some of the feeling from the story into the mark-making with the colored pencils.” Her pencils of choice? Faber-Castell polychromos which she uses generously. “I think my style has developed since then, but I still try to carry that emotive mark-making with me on different projects,” says Lock.

Each piece begins with research and some sketches. Once the final sketch has been chosen (by either Lock or her commercial client), she moves onto the final piece. “Sometimes I start with a loose, faint sketch, and then go on to draw the final on top,” she notes. “Sometimes I just start with a blank piece of paper and work from there.” But whatever she does, she’s sure to add a punch of color.

Take a look for yourself:

The post Hannah Lock Has a Passion for Color appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I’m very self-critical and worry a lot so it’s quite bizarre in some ways that I left the security of a teaching career (in music) to carve out a new career in an area which is so precarious,” she remarked in an interview with Creative Boom. “However, I also think the uncertainty drives me on and makes me determined to make my life work out.”

Now with more than 40k fans on Instagram and endless praise, her leap of faith seems to have paid off. “It’s been quite an exciting adventure so far!” she writes on her website. It has also been much work, with her career spanning across different fields and mediums, including illustrating, writing, and textile designing.

According to Foster, she finds joy in bringing other people joy, by creating happy illustrations for children’s books, wall art, mugs, and other such products. “Don’t be afraid to fail,” she urges other aspiring creative, stressing that “successful people have failed lots. Talent is only a small part of becoming an illustrator, the rest is sheer dog-eared determination!”

Prepare to be inspired.

The post Jane Foster Will Inspire You to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone appeared first on TettyBetty.

“People sometimes ask me if my work is digitally made and what brushes do I use (meaning Photoshop brushes),” he wrote once in a post shared on Instagram. “I’m always tempted to reply: ‘flat and synthetic’, as I work solely by hand with acrylic on paper. Digital post-production, like color adjustments and clean–up, is also part of the process, but 90% of the outcome is done on the paper.”

According to Rurans, though there’s no doubt he would save time by working digitally, he finds that the sense of human touch, with all its imperfections, add to the artistic value of the finished product. It also, as it turns out, attracts more commercial clients. “Overall I really like the mix between the modern aesthetics of visual simplicity and traditional technique,” says Rurans, “it gets to be artsy and approachable yet does not lose the potential for commercial use.”

Based in Riga, Latvia, his work nods to early modernist painters. There’s also an added layer of humor. In short: his work is a joy to behold.

The post Roberts Rurans’ Acrylic Illustrations Are a Joy to Behold appeared first on TettyBetty.

More than the subjects themselves, it’s the overall ambiance that really makes Kovač’s work stand out. Colored in light pastel colors, and featuring flowers in full bloom, her illustrations provide the perfect backdrop for our imagined vacation.

“I believe that the ambiance in my work is much more important than the content,” Kovač shared with Viva’s. “I could even say that my choice of motives and color is made considering the ambiance I’m trying to achieve in my illustration,” she went on to explain.

As such, her work is very much the result of intuition, often evoking an emotional response from the viewer. “The projects I work on are varied and they all demand a different emotion,” says Kovač. “You could say that I tend to surround myself with sources of inspiration that awakens a necessary emotion in me, depending on the project I’m working on.”

Peek inside her illustrated worlds:

The post Take a Virtual Vacation Inside Mateja Kovač’s Illustrations appeared first on TettyBetty.

“My work is very detail-oriented,” reflected the South African illustrator in an interview with Ballpitmag, “and I’ve come to realize that I see small details in the real world. I see patterns on trees, faces on top of mountains, I notice the colors of a seagull’s feet. My work brain and life brain is someone forming one.”

Each piece begins with some light sketching. “Sketching out an idea first can be very helpful,” says Labuschagn, “as you aren’t trying to make it look good, but rather attempting to get the idea out your head.” Being the perfectionist that she is, Labuschagne prefers digital mediums to more traditional ones, with her favorite program being Adobe Illustrator. “Working with a medium that enables you to align points and object with one another is quite enjoyable for me,” she admits.

Once the sketch is approved by her clients, she dives into the final render on Illustrator. Her work – a mix of organic and rigid shapes – also packs a punch, when it comes to its color story. Sometimes, Labuschagn uses Photoshop for some texturing, but mostly she prefers subtle textures to jarring ones. Take a look at some of her pieces in the gallery below:

The post It’s All In the Details: Fran Labuschagne’s Illustrations Are Pure Delight appeared first on TettyBetty.

“Graphic design gave me the tools to make money and showed me a way to do certain things, but it wasn’t for me,” he remarked in an interview with Elephant. “My favorite vehicle of expression is painting—it’s the most satisfying process. I know a lot of artists who are very talented but they can’t let go on a piece; but for me, if it’s not working I just throw it away and start again.”

His work, easily recognizable for his choice of color and cartoonish style, tends to center around common themes that include women, clowns, and ghosts – themes that Pazzi treats as universal. “The things I paint are very universal,” he stresses, adding that we’ve all felt like a clown or a ghost at one time or another.

“In my recent work I’ve used them almost like self-portraits,” he adds, “but the image of a clown, or a ghost drinking on its own in a bar… these are universal feelings that strike you even if you don’t speak the same language or whether or not you’ve had the same experiences—everyone can relate to them in a way.”

Relatable or not, his artwork is worth your attention:

The post Alberto Pazzi Sees the World Through Rose-Tinted Glasses appeared first on TettyBetty.

“As long as my memory goes back, I was always sketching and drawing,” said Ziv in a candid interview with Sense of Creativity. “When I grew up I realized that if there was something that came to me as easily and naturally as painting, then maybe I should do something with it.”

That something turned out to be a successful career in illustration. After graduating from Shenkar College of Engineering, Art & Design with a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication Design, Ziv went on to collaborate with brands and publications as big as Tollman’s, The Washington Post, and Wix.

“Most of the time I work with commercial brands that are mainly related to design, fashion and lifestyle, that have ideas and projects that I connect and relate to,” she explained. “As a feminist woman and creator, when I can choose,” she notes, adding that she’d rather choose to represent women (and men) that don’t conform to society’s beauty standards.

Enjoy her rich variety of stylish characters, courtesy of Instagram:

The post Yali Ziv’s Characters Are En Vogue appeared first on TettyBetty.