UK based designer & illustrator Tom Hovey infuses his work with a lively quality and a sense of humor. Tom works freelance and his artwork has been featured in a variety of magazines and exhibitions – to name just a few of his drawing outlets. Tom keeps his work fresh through his daily sketchbook blog, which I highly recommend checking out – it may just put a smile on your face, like it did on mine!
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Chris Nixon
I’ve been in need of some inspiration and this morning it came by way of designer Chris Nixon, who, although still only a student at John Moores University in Liverpool, develops his pieces through in-depth conceptual processes; analyzing the content thoroughly and developing forms that create strong and lasting impressions. Although he is certainly adept at taking on just about any objective, its Chris’s work with type – in particular, creating experimental type-forms – that truly captured my attention… and delivered that much needed inspiration!
Bijan Berahimi
Bijan Berahimi is a Los Angeles local designer, illustrator, publisher, and more. He has recently updated his website with fresh works from posters, to postcards; web sites to exhibits. His work is light-hearted and welcoming, full of color and suprises. Bijan also publishes an e-zine titled FISK – a growing resource for designers – a platform for discussion & participation.
Wilford Barrington
Canadian artist Wilford Barrington creates portraits – portraits that will have you appear cracked and fractured & probably far more interesting that what any mirror has to offer. His portraits bring to mind Oliver Sacks’ book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat & Other Clinical Tales – neurological case studies documenting the power of the mixed-up mind and its ability to easily play tricks on our perceptions.
Nunub: Hulk Hands Theory
Josh Evans
Josh Evans, Lotus Face
Josh Evans is a Los Angeles based illustrator who works his pieces from varied sources of inspiration; a music icon, the meaning behind a word, an historical yet obscure event. I admire Josh’s illustrative methods which change from one work to another… he seems to choose a medium best fit for the story of his subject. Don’t miss Josh’s recently published zine titled Rankle Jones, and the curious history of how this publication came to pass.
Maurizio Bongiovanni
Maurizio Bongiovanni’s paintings look like the effects of the past, or perhaps the future making its stamp on the present. But what makes Maurizio’s imagery even more effective is his choice of mundane subjects. Birds – sweet, chirpy, perched – suffering the effects of having fallen through refractive cracks… or their existence stretched as they fall toward some unforseen black hole?
Nikki Toole
Scotland born photographer Nikki Toole is traveling around the world until 2012, gathering imagery for a book project documenting global skater cultures. Besides the fact that Nikki knows how to handle a camera and take a stunning image (in my opinion, anyway), there’s a bareness in this series of photographs which makes me feel as though these people are staring directly at me, and me alone. Now based in Melbourne, Australia, Nikki is open to hearing from potential subjects who wish to volunteer themselves for the project. Nikki also has many previous collections well worth checking out.
