Maxwell Holyoke-Hirsch

Very nice illustrative visual style from Maxwell Holyoke-Hirsch. Currently living and working in San Francisco, he has a "strong love for creating thought-provoking images", with some very impressive client work on his website including Virgin Records, The New York Times and GQ.

Heart On Stage

"Heart On Stage" is a developing art project collaboration between Leena Yliportimo and Luiz Risi, combining illustration with poetry that will eventually end up in the form of a book.

"We got the idea for it from having over 400 poems and the will to do something entertaining with them."

Amy Ruppel

Some very impressive artwork by Amy Ruppel, the above images are from her 'State Animals Series' where she has created an individual design for each American state. She has used wax, paper and oils on wood for these pieces giving them a fine handmade quality, some of which are still available to purchase from her website.

Pascal Blanchet

Despite being a young designer this guy has got a great retro style to his work that I'm really envious of, reminds me of vintage french poster art. Have a look at his website here, full of illustrations, posters, packaging and book designs.

Learn Something New Everyday!

Just found this website titled 'Learn Something New Everyday', a daily project by UK design company 'Young'. They post an illustrated fact everyday, above is today's fact from April 30th.

Camilla d'Errico

I'm loving the work of Camilla d'Errico who appears to have quite a strong anime style to her work, and seems to be doing very well in the comic book world as a result. Her pieces have also been creatively developed into plush toys and even clothing. This is what her website bio had to say:

"Camilla d'Errico is a product of her split heritage, Italian and Canadian rolled into one: Italian fiestiness, Canadian politeness, and an early addiction to Saturday morning cartoons and comics. Her first love was and still is comics. Growing up she was more often doodling sexy damsels and dragons on her textbooks than reading them. In 1998, Camilla first attended her first San Diego Comic Con where upon the moment she walked through the doors she realised that a 9–5 day job would kill her and this was what she wanted to do. After a few years in the comic industry Camilla expanded her style into a variety of other ventures: snowboard decals, magazine covers, toys, clothes and the pop art gallery scene. Thanks to her relentless energy, dedication, and sleep deprivation, she has followed her dream of working creatively for a living. She is part of what may be the first art movement in Western History where women are not second-class citizens, but have an edge in the mind of the public, especially when it comes to capturing the essence of the modern woman."

"Its about expressing what they feel and feeling what they express"

Roman da Costa

Looking at some research for YCN's 'Monster Munch' brief, I came across the work of Roman da Costa. Amongst an impressive portfolio he's got a really nice signature illustration style, quite cartoony and cutsey. Check out his stuff here.

Ian Stevenson

While doing some research for one of the "D&AD 2010 Student Awards" briefs, I found this animation illustrated by Ian Stevenson that was used by E4 to help showcase new music. I find it fits well with E4's image of being fun, quirky, youthful and creative. Definitely worth looking at Ian Stevenson's website here for more of his artwork. Really inspires me to sort out my animation skills!

Jasper Wong

Here's some work by illustrator Jasper Wong I discovered from the Design Milk blog. He's got a really strong pop-art style which I love and has even had his work displayed in shows all across the world.
"A unique clash of Asian-influenced pop culture on paper"
Check out his website here.

Fwis Design - Readymech

After being briefed for our new 'Creative Meaning' project i stumbled on these nifty little toys designed by Fwis, a design firm based in Brooklyn. I was looking for ways to market an object in an engaging way and found these free flat-pack toys that you can print out and assemble yourself.
Check them out at their Readymech website here.
Take a look at more of their work at Fwis Design. They've got some really creative and playful stuff going on. I'm especially loving their quirky illustrations! Seems to be their signature thing.