When Art Meets Poetry
Today is World Poetry Day, the annual celebration of all things prosaic and poetic. The perfect opportunity to share your favourite poem with the world, or perhaps even have a...
Posts Tagged: "illustration"
Just for Pun, Some Witty Drawings from Illustrator Nabhan Al Abdullatif
If you’ve been on Twitter today, it may have come to your attention that it is UK Pun Day. This is an excuse for all manner of groan inducing puns....
The Evolution of the Games Console
Like most men, my other half is an avid gamer. Our lounge is equipped with a TV almost as big as the wall it’s mounted on, and the very latest...
Newton Ingestore Might Well Realign Your Reality – A Rare Interview
Newton Ingestore seems to live in an alternate space/time continuum to the rest of us. His illustration is bold, dynamic and uncompromising with lines that are sometimes fluid and amorphously...
InkTober: Time to Brush Up on your Ink Drawing
If you’ve been on Instagram in the past week or so, you’ve most likely encountered the hashtag #inktober. But what is InkTober and where did it come from? For the...
Olympic Sport or Not?
With Rio 2016 well and truly underway, the Olympics has once again captured the imagination of the general public and pundits alike, as we watch elite athletes from all over...
Sara Landeta’s Beautiful Birds Evoke Feelings of Freedom in Captivity
The bird has long been a symbol of freedom. Its wings can raise it off the ground and into the sky, bridging the gap between Heaven and Earth. But it...
Festival Season is Nearly Here – Which Type of Festivalgoer Are You?
Music festivals come in a variety of categorisable types, and artist Joana Avillez has created a series of illustrations that playfully suggest that the festivalgoers do too. While I’m sure...
These Delightfully Simple Illustrations Are Not Just For Children
Anna Kövecses is a Hungarian-born graphic designer living in sunny Cyprus. She spends her days creating cheerful editorial illustrations using simplified collage techniques and a warm, friendly colour palette. With...
David Álvarez’ Illustrations are Strange and Wonderful
Mexican artist David Álvarez creates exquisite, otherworldly graphite illustrations. His beautifully drawn scenes feature anthropomorphised animals partaking in typically human activities such as reading a book and enjoying a flight...
These Humorous Drawings Illustrate the Pain of Anxiety
Anxiety is a particularly disabling condition, and can make everyday life a terrible struggle. Graphic designer Charlotte Gomez has created a series of humorous illustrations to shed some light on...
These Continuous Line Drawings of Animals Are an Exercise in Simplicity
Italian designer Andrea Minini is doing something different. He creates posters of animals using moiré patterns, a striking graphic technique derived from the world of mathematics. The animals are made...
Crowded Teeth’s Illustrations Are Vivid And Endearing
Michelle Romo has created a visual world that sparkles with life. It’s a grin-inducing kaleidoscope of bold colours and simplified shapes that through its childlike wonder can raise a smile...
Some of Matthias Brown’s GIFs Are Refreshingly Analogue Looking
If you’ve ever spent an idle moment scrolling through Tumblr, you’ll have seen a GIF. Jerky animated images, usually in eye-poppingly gaudy colours and in pixelvision. The GIFs Matthias Brown...
Beautiful and Original Silk Scarves Designed by Illustrator Florence Boyd
Since graduating from Camberwell College of Art in 2007, Florence Boyd has produced book covers for Penguin and Granta, as well as illustrations for children’s books and editorials. This is...
A Stitch in Time: Embroidery Embellished Illustration by Izziyana Suhaimi
Izziyana Suhaimi sees her work as a mapping of duration: “Embroidery for me is a quiet and still act, where each stitch represents a moment passed. The building of stitches...
How To Tell if Someone is Lying to You
Whether we like it or not, the truth is that we all get lied to – probably on a daily basis. But how hard is it to tell when someone...
Flat Design Illustrations of the World’s Most Famous Skyscrapers
Flat design has become a popular form of illustration over the last 12-18 months, being used in everything from corporate communications to entertaining infographics. The style relies on reducing images...
The Many Faces of Bill Murray
When it comes to beloved Hollywood actors, you would struggle to find anyone more admired and loved than the legend that is Bill Murray. From Ghosbusters to The Grand Budapest...
If 26 Famous Architects Designed An Alphabet
If you find it difficult to tell the difference between a building by Alvar Aalto and Zaha Hadid (and let’s face it famous architects isn’t the most common of specialist...