I’ve featured a lot of brightly-colored artwork this week (did you see the paper cacti?), so let’s continue the trend! Illustrator Lucie Brunellière produced this series of playful images for The Very Jungly Jungle Book. In it, she uses beautiful jewel tones to create a world…
One of my favorite things about Instagram is when illustrators share their work in progress. I love seeing the process! Amber Davenport, a self-proclaimed “pattern lover,” shares her paintings in the midst of being created—including the her current palette. The…
Gaia Store, based in Germany, recently collaborated with Bodil Jane on a line of beeswax towels.
The illustrations of Sofia Moore are no stranger to Brown Paper Bag. Calling herself an “illustrator of imaginary things,” Sofia paints ghost-like creatures who occupy luscious landscapes of color and drybrush texture.
In her imagined jungles, illustrator Orane Sigal creates colorful scenes of flora and fauna. The bold, stylized plants and animals feature a vibrant color palette that cloaks everything in electric hues. The visual flatness, coupled with her color choices, make it…
Last year, I discovered the work of Lucie Brunellière and her illustrated publication, The Very Jungly Jungle Book. The colorful pages are, in fact, very jungly—there are more than 50+ animals hidden within! Now, she’s released a similarly busy book called The…
Citing “worn out brushes” as one of her favorite tools, Sofia Moore paints scenes that fuse abstracted landscapes with elegant figures and animals. The imaginary places burst with color, texture, and gorgeous shape design that builds rich, dense illustrations.
For the past few weeks, Vikki Chu has posted a series of delightful illustrations detailing a young boy’s adventures in the jungle. The intricate compositions feature a myriad of beautiful plant life, but more importantly, they tell colorful stories. Clad…
A couple of weeks ago, I introduced a series called 1 Theme, 5 Ways. The premise was (and is) simple—to show how one idea interpreted can look very different. It all depends on the illustrator. My first installment focused on fashionable…
Teresa Bellon is a Spanish illustrator who caught my eye with the young Frida Khalo piece that’s above. I love the color, simplicity, and shape design, in addition to the distressed printmaking texture that gives her works a hand-crafted touch. Teresa’s illustrations often…