of December, 2009

I’m happy to talk to Scottish designer and illustrator Johanna Basford for this feature who’s pattern work is outstanding. She has a host of awards and has had her black and white pattern designs used by clients like the BBC, the V&A, The Body Shop and Hendricks Gin. Her detailed and controlled work exhibits a [...]

I’ve liked Ukrainian Irena Zablotska’s illustrations with surreal creatures and strong shapes for a long time. I like how she manages to maintain clean clarity in her pictures, even though she uses a large compilation of different colours, shapes, patterns and textures. ⓒ Irena Zablotska, 2009

Niki Pilkington is an illustrator who spends her time between Wales and London, focusing on fashion work, having been a fashion illustration student at college. Her work featured here is a very wholesome combination of style in two senses. One is in the fashion-conscious people she chooses as the subjects for her work, and the [...]