Mel Kadel uses the technique called “drawing with an eyelash” on her floral, dropped and striped patterns and the peculiar characters of her images. She works using ancient papers, tiny pens, cotton swabs and glue. Grew up in Pennsylvania suburbs and graduated from Moore College of Art & Design in 1997, moved to(...) Read More about Mel Kadel’s Drawings (46 words)

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From a distance, Sagaki Keita‘s work simply look like recreations of the usual, old classics. But as you step closer, you’ll see that each one is actually composed of compressed, manically-drawn doodles and iconic commercial characters. This unexpected tongue-in-cheek hybrid is the brainchild of the artist’s childhood love of comics and graffiti, and is drawn directly onto paper—without a single draft being done—with just a 0.38 mm pen.(...) Read More about Sagaki Keita’s Pen Drawings (47 words)

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It’s always nice to see some hand-drawn illustrations these days, and in a picture book, no less! Avant-garde publishing house Gestalten has just released Illustrators Unlimited, a 288-page hardcover that presents “cutting-edge illustration talents scouted from around the world”.

From established names to fresh up-and-comers, the book reveals an(...) Read More about Gestalten’s ‘Illustrators Unlimited’ Book (40 words)

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French illustrator Antoine Caecke released this lovely little book entitled ‘Jacquards’ . Jacquard is the French name of these complex knits that this hairy dude is wearing below. I really like his pencil illustrations, see more below.

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The work of French illustrator, Jules Julien, is questions the reality of the world which surrounds us.  He puts in scene a world where the symbol blends with the anecdote and where the strange is concealed behind the images in his meticulously drawings.

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“Clare Stephenson’s sculpture and drawings sit comfortably between craft, Pop, DIY and a taste for the nasty side of French culture. She makes art the way cranks build models, with scrupulous attention to detail and a respect for(...) Read More about Clare Stephenson sculptures & drawings (57 words)

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2 years ago, we introduced you the wonderful work of fashion illustrator Cecilia Carlstedt -  Since then, she has created a lot more goodness ! Here is a little update of her elaborate and oh so fashionable portfolio…(...) Read More about Cecilia Carlstedt Updated Portfolio (13 words)

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I randomly came across Anna Higgie’s illustrations looking at an older issue of Dazed and I really liked her detailed drawings. Without any help of computers, its nice to see that there is still some talented handy illustrators.

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Samantha Zaza is a self confessed “compulsive sketcher, tea drinker, nomad”. She is also a fantastic graphic artist as her amusing Coup series demonstrates. The series is a selection of colour pencil drawings of pigeons “with Napoleonic complexes”.  Zaza moves around between Istanbul and San Fransisco, she blogs and she exhibits her drawings at Studio Gallery on Polk Street in San Fransisco.(...) Read More about Pigeons in Uniform (0 words)

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