Gorgeous illustrations by Brooklyn-based Lan Truong. See her website here and her blog here.
Happy Monday! Did you have a good weekend?
Images: Lan Truong
via Isa Belaniel / Paper Boots
Archive for illustration
Favorites: Art by Anek
I am really taken with these prints by Ana, a Croatian graphic designer and illustrator. Exquisitely simple and richly colorful. The two fruit prints, in particular, are my favorites.
Ana has many more designs in her shop (in other sizes, too), as well as a calendar. If you have a foodie on your holiday list, her art prints may be just the thing you’re looking for.
You can also find her on Tumblr, Twitter and Pinterest
Images: Ana/Anek
Illustrations to Love: Out of Paper
Found a link to these illustrations by Norwegian-based Out of Paper hiding out in my bookmarks. Wish I had a print of that first illustration, which reminds me a bit of Kris Atomic’s work.
See more illustrations on the Out of Paper website.
All images: Out of Paper
Great Find: The Ink Nest
I had a smack-my-forehead kind of moment yesterday when Denise Holmes (an illustrator whose work I love) posted a note on Facebook about how she’d contributed some of her illustrations to a clip art website called The Ink Nest. It had never occurred to me that there are beautiful, affordable clip art websites! (Or maybe this is the only one?!)
In the past, I’ve commissioned some small illustrations for projects here and there, but this idea of a clip art website, where I can buy lovely little inexpensive graphics and use them to my heart’s content, opens up a whole new world for me.
So don’t be surprised if you start seeing some of them in my blog posts!
The Ink Nest offers clip art and Photoshop brushes, as well as vector files and extended licenses. See the full details on their website, including the terms & conditions.
Don’t miss the blog either.
I’m excited for the creative possibilities – how about you?
Images: The Ink Nest
Olympic Gold
I was all set to show you some wonderful floral patterns by Toronto-based designer Elizabeth Olwen when I saw these equally wonderful Olympic inspired patterns of synchronized swimmers on her blog. I think the smile on my face when I saw them was almost as big as the smile on theirs!
See Elizabeth’s portfolio here. If you are a fan of Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co., I think you will like Elizabeth’s work too. And if you are a fan of surface pattern design (which I am), Elizabeth has a really nice blog here.
All images: Elizabeth Olwen
Illustrators to Love: Nadia Taylor
A selection of my favorite designs by London-based freelance illustrator and printmaker Nadia Taylor. She has many more designs to see on her website and blog, and she has a few limited edition prints and cards in her shop too. So pretty, don’t you agree?
All images: Nadia Taylor
via Print & Pattern
Illustrators to Love: Lotta Nieminen
Illustrations for Hermès window display for 7 stores in the U.S.
Illustration for Suez Environment’s annual report (a French utility company)
Brand identity for Menigo, a Swedish wholesale food supplier
Editorial illustration for Olivia magazine
“Archipelago” – Finland themed poster illustration for Pekka of Finland – Contemporary Illustration from the Land of Booze and Blondes exhibition
Lotta Nieminen is an illustrator, graphic designer and art director from Helsinki, Finland. You can see more of her work on her newly-designed website (hint: it’s gorgeous), including this beautiful brand identity work for Brooklyn- based online vintage clothing store Maeven and much more.
A good way to start the week, don’t you think?
All images: Lotta Nieminen
Favorites: New Prints by Sanna Annukka
Lapinlintu
Karelianlintu
Saimaanlintu
Finnish designer Sanna Annukka has some beautiful new prints available in her shop. All three are gorgeous, but my heart is still set on owning this (limited edition!) print:
Spirits of the North
To learn more about Sanna and her influences, see her bio here.
From the archives: I’ve written about Sanna’s work before here and here
Images: Sanna Annukka
Spring Designs By Polkka Jam
I like the new “Paula” and “Potted Garden” designs by Finnish design duo Kristiina and Sami of Polkka Jam. The themes of their illustrations are often about the simple pleasures of life.
For much more, see their website and blog. You can also see the two times I’ve featured them before – here and here.
Images: Polkka Jam
Illustrations by Parko Polo
Twitter suggested to me that I follow Parko Polo (a.k.a. Edinburgh-based artist Edward McGowan). So I clicked on his profile, which took me to his website, and was delighted to discover all of his charming, colorful illustrations. Like these four for the National Library of Scotland:
This witty illustration (“A seemingly empty room of ninjas”), which he created for the Collective Nouns Project, would sell well as a print:
And this “Age of Adventure” illustration reminds me of The Twenty-One Balloons – one of my favorite childhood books.
If I had been caught up on my blog reading, I would have seen that he was just featured on Grain Edit.
If you like what you see, go to the Parko Polo website as well as his blog, and you can also see his portfolio here.
Have a happy weekend!
All images: Edward McGowan
