William Gold­smith is an illus­tra­tor work­ing in Scot­land. He is cur­rently work­ing on a graphic novel Vignettes of Ystov, which is a col­lec­tion of short sto­ries all set in the fic­tional city of Ystov. In addi­tion to this ven­ture, William also works on a num­ber of other free­lance ventures. I love William’s style as it ...

Thanks to Mallory’s blog, I came across the work of Aino-Maija Met­sola. The color! The shapes! I love it all! The cubist approach that Aino has taken to her work yields adorable and whim­si­cal char­ac­ters that daz­zle my eyes. I really like the for­mat of a lot of Aino’s work. It uses a lot of grids ...

This morn­ing I am enjoy­ing the work of Alan Brown. His spe­cialty seems to be water-based media such a ink and water color paint. Using them, he cre­ates por­traits and small scenes of a weird world. The Inter­net loves cats, and of course my per­sonal favorites are his paint­ings of cats (pumas and other cat-like crea­tures ...

Nicholas Vokey’s draw­ings, while sim­ple in style, are very con­sid­ered and show that he is well-aware of the work in which we live. Nicholas sent me some of his draw­ings, and I asked him to shed a bit more life on his con­tent and style: “I find humour in per­sonal con­flict, awk­ward sit­u­a­tions, affec­ta­tions, power, arro­gance, ...

I wish I was funny enough to draw sequen­tial art that oth­ers found amus­ing. Since that is not my prowess, I will con­tinue to enjoy oth­ers’ work instead. Lizz Hickey, for instance! Lizz’s recent sequen­tial work tends to revolve around the char­ac­ter “Carol”, a man­i­fes­ta­tion of a self con­scious. Gen­er­ally dis­agree­able, there is a bit ...

Anna Hig­gie is another artist today whose work focuses on the por­trait. Stark con­trast, frac­tured space, and metic­u­lous mark-making are a few ele­ments present in her work. Anna has worked for a num­ber of dif­fer­ent clients, includ­ing Nordstrom’s, Bloom­ing­dales, and other fashion-based enter­prises. Her illus­tra­tions def­i­nitely illus­trate the essence of a lifestyle, with good look­ing peo­ple ...

I really love Jay Cover’s work. Bold, graphic, and shape dri­ven, his work tran­si­tions to dif­fer­ent media and dimen­sions flaw­lessly. His work is so flat and very styl­ized, and that is what I love most. Just look at his ani­mals– their snouts exist on an entirely dif­fer­ent plane than their eyes. Some­thing that could never ...

I used to have hair that was pretty long. You could do all the fun things with it, like braid it, putting a bun on the top of your head, brush it a sat­is­fy­ing 100 strokes…but then I decided to chop eight inches (maybe more!) off. While I don’t often regret my deci­sion, it’s look­ing ...

I am really enjoy­ing the style of LLCoolJo today. His style, a bit of alter­na­tive comic look to it, works really well with por­traits. I love how dark they are, which makes me sort of uneasy. Ever since watch­ing Ren and Stimpy as a child, I’ve had an aver­sion to bugs, worms, and things of ...

The work of Brooklyn-based illus­tra­tor Mor­gan Blair is inspired by motion graph­ics on VHS tapes from the 80’s and 90’s (oddly spe­cific, but I know exactly what she speaks of), Lisa Frank, and Tetris. To fur­ther her work with nos­tal­gia (at least my nos­tal­gia), she also imple­ments holo­grams into her work. I feel like I’m ...