Dutch illustrator Martijn van Dam’s (a.k.a Supersilo) poster illustrations have been featured in magazines and on various blogs for a couple of years now and they truly are amazing. Check out this video on Vimeo where he shows how he created the Octupus illustration shown below. And as always, don’t forget to follow him on Twitter and check out his complete portfolio on Behance.
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In focus: Illustrator Sam Spratt
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Sam Spratt is the name of an amazing illustrator that I recently found on Tumblr. This 23 years old American illustrator has some really mad skills and has worked with some big names like msnbc, Gizmodo, EMI and warner music. On his webpage you’ll be able to find more great work by Sam, so be [...]
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In focus: Illustrator Mike Friedrich
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Mike Friedrich is a 33 years young illustrator & artist from Berlin, Germany. He made his first steps in the commercial world of art and design in the early 90’s by selling his dark fantasy illustrations to Berlin-based tattoo studios. Always interested in street art, he merged his fantasy roots with the elements of character [...]
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In focus: Artist Sas Christian
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These beautiful oil paintings of big eyed women are made by brittish artist Sas Christian. The quote below is taken from her website, where you find her complete bio and portfolio. And she’s also on both Twitter and Facebook, so check out those as well. “My original inspirations relied heavily on anime, Tamara De Lempicka [...]
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In focus: Illustrator Godmachine
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The last year I’ve noticed that the UK is the home of a lot of wicked illustrators. The latest one that I found has a quite morbid style and is called Godmachine. The following quote is taken from his webpage: ‘Godmachine Lives in South Wales, Uk with his wife, two cats and his beard. Inspired [...]
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In focus: Illustrator Steve Sampson
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I recently stumbled upon yet another awesome illustrator named Steve Sampson (aka “thedarkinker”). Couldn’t find much info about the guy but knows that he’s from the UK and lives in Brighton. After going though his portfolio it was a done deal, he has to get his own feature on From up North! And as always [...]
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In focus: Artist Tara McPherson
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“Tara McPherson is an artist based out of New York City. Creating art about people and their odd ways, her characters seem to exude an idealized innocence with a glimpse of hard earned wisdom in their eyes. Recalling many issues from childhood and good old life experience, she creates images that are thought provoking and [...]



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