Did you ever play with paper dolls when you were younger? I did, which is one reason I love Yelena Bryksenkova’s collaboration with FLOW Magazine. The third installment of their Book for Paper Lovers is now for sale, and it includes this pullout…
London-based illustrator Eleonora Kolycheva is inspired by vintage botanical illustrations, posters, and early Renaissance paintings. The beautiful artworks showcase florals as they burst from figures and ceramic pots. Using bold pigments, the images feel solid and almost sculptural, as the colors are…
If you’re a long time reader of this blog, you’ll probably know what attracts me to Esthera Preda’s watercolor illustrations. They’re bright, surreal, and include beautiful blooms! Featuring portraiture, landscapes, and cats (my favorite!), the minimalist paintings offer a curious interpretation…
Illustrator Melissa McFeeters participated in The Great Discontent’s 100 Day Project with her own, called #100daysofpapercutz. The Instagram-based series features a myriad of subject matters, including plants, animals, landscapes, and of course, pizza. Her cut outs, with their subtle texture and three-dimensionality,…
If the eyes are the window to the soul, the characters by Zsalto contain multitudes. Their large pupils are arresting, drawing you into their folk-inspired worlds. In them, florals have a mind of their own and animals act as guides…
I find it so charming when adults reinterpret children’s artwork. It showcases how crazy and imaginative kids are, and with an adult’s touch, it adds a level of sophistication that brings out the best of both worlds. The Monster Project has a simple…
Canadian illustrator Linda Yan fuses strokes of color into vibrant compositions. She mixes and matches abstracted red, blues, greens, and yellows shapes, creating a collision of textures that are offset by areas of solid color. This produces a visual “push and pull”…
Discarded books have found a new life with the work of Isobelle Ouzman. Her intricate, sculptural illustration carve into the publications’ pages, creating mystical landscapes that tell a whole new story—separate from the book’s original tale. Many of her compositions…
I know it’s not exactly winter, but doesn’t this illustration by Natsu Wakabayashi put you in the mood? Snow, skiing, hot chocolate…doesn’t sound so bad! This was the first image I saw by the Japanese illustrator, but it’s not the…
Marc Martin is a Melbourne-based illustrator whose beautiful landscape images are rich with texture. Most of these works are part of various books he’s created, and they’re my favorite kinds of publications—ones with intricate details, allowing the reader to really spend…