With these soft colors and gorgeous, subtle details, it’s hard to believe that Wenjia Tang is just a sophomore in college. She already has a beautiful style that lends itself well to story-telling and design. A lot of Wenjia’s work…
With these soft colors and gorgeous, subtle details, it’s hard to believe that Wenjia Tang is just a sophomore in college. She already has a beautiful style that lends itself well to story-telling and design. A lot of Wenjia’s work…
Happy Friday! Today, my illustrative round up is of places that I can best describe as “I want to go there.” (Thanks to Lisa for that phrase.) They’re fantastical, dreamy, relaxing, and best of all? No snow or frigid temperatures!
Julie Van Wezemael is an illustrator based in Ghent, Belgium, and she combines painting and embroidery in her exquisite works. The use of thread is often subtle; here, you can see that it takes the place of lines that would normally be…
So, it’s been a while, but I have for you another installment of Illustrators with Ink! Queens, New York-based illustrator Daniel Fishel was gracious enough to share his tattoos with me. Daniel grew up near Harrisburg, PA but moved to New York and…
Matches, fire, smoke… that’s the idea behind today’s Friday roundup. There are a lot of neat matchbook designs out there, and it was my initial inspiration for this post. But, I wanted wanted to go beyond that and explore a…
Last week, I shared paper-crafted illustrations by Estudio Guardabosques and this week it’s the handiwork of Maëlle Doliveux. The New York-based creative sculpts paper into editorial illustrations for clients like Newsweek and the Boston Globe. But really, our enjoyment doesn’t hinge on the fact that…
Using a combination of painting and collage, illustrator Chris Hagen creates vibrant works that highlight the natural beauty of this world. Animals, landscape scenes, and even some fantastical things happen in his textured scenes. I’m a huge fan of collage…
I went to grad school with the (now) New York-based illustrator Dingding Hu, and it’s been a pleasure seeing her work develop since we’ve graduated. I love these colorful, bizarre, and energetic illustrations that she’s made. They’re busy scenes with a…
So, earlier this week I shared some illustrative scarves by Nathalie Lété, and now it’s these silk beauties by artist and designer Karen Mabon. They’re whimsical as well as narrative and character driven – terms you normally wouldn’t use to describe scarves.…
Estudio Guardabosques is the collaborative efforts of creatives Juan and Carolina from Buenos Aires, Argentina. They craft scenes entirely out of paper by using complex sculpting to fold and build forms. Often, that involves perforating edges and cutting just so – enough…