of February, 2010

I found Amsterdam-based illustrator and designer Laszlito Kovacs‘ work through Poolga, and really like his uniquely styled creations. He’s also a contributor and designer for excellent Spanish design site End Topic. His fun illustrations have also been used in various inspiring animations. I’ve asked him a few questions on his style and work process and [...]

Originally from Poland, UK-based illustrator Magda Antoniuk makes extremely well-crafted drawings, using a mixture of pencil and digital tools. Her ability to mold real depth into these drawings through close attention to shading, is very impressive.

© Magda Antoniuk, 2010
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John Lee is a freelance illustrator based in Memphis, Tennessee who caught my eye recently with his striking yet delicate artwork with really excellent choices in colour. He’s also a writer, so I look forward to a self-illustrated book of his!

© John Lee, 2010
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You might remember Oregon-based Peruvian designer and illustrator, Santiago Uceda’s poster art as featured in a previous Ape on the Moon post here. What he’s great at is the hand-drawn, rough style of his artwork.
Santiago is back to share his step by step work process behind one of his recent posters, featuring the Portland hipster [...]

I’m very intrigued by Californian artist Brooks Salzwedel’s unique style and approach to these delicate works, that combine nature and rigid human-made structures. It’s nice to see work that brings in different non-digital materials to what we’re used to.
Using a combination of Staedler Graphite pencils ranging from 6H to 9B, tape and ‘Awful toxic resin‘, [...]