Freelance illustrator, Lucy Eldridge loves to get stuck into any illustrated designs, especially when watercolours are introduced, as todays post shows! Currently living in Brighton, Lucy enjoys making narrative based images, not to mention creating various mini-books based on anything that inspires her. On the subject of inspiration, Lucy tends to find hers from, taking photographs, clouds, shadows, the moon and biscuits – Love this! Its Certainly boils down to a mixture of anything and everything that fuels... Read More

Different, yet enticing! These were simply two words that certainly went through my mind, when I discovered the works of Anthony Zinonos. Exploring the idea behind simple shapes, colours and imagery is what Anthony does best. He has a visual eloquence and amazing understanding of materials, which allows him to produce some of the most innovative collage-based images around. Anthony is currently living and working in Norwich, UK, with his fiancé and their two pugs. He is also member of the WAFA collective and represented... Read More

C86 showcases the work of Matt Lyon, a UK-based artist and illustrator. After studying at The Slade School of Fine Art at UCL, he spent time teaching photography and graphic design whilst honing his skills and creative interests. Turning professional in 2008, Matt’s designs have been widely published in books and magazines, and selected works have been exhibited in his hometown of London, as well as USA, Europe and the Far East. Represented by Jelly London, he’s worked for the likes of Microsoft, Nike, AOL, AT&T... Read More

Currently studying Illustration at the University of Westminster, Michael Lester has a particular interest in using narrative to communicate ideas. He works with hand drawn elements that are refined and reworked digitally and then combined with his love of writing to produce outcomes which show some form of start, finish and sense of place. Inspiration for Michael comes almost always from observations, which eventually becomes a written idea that forms the basis for any project and often find their way into the final... Read More

Joe Wilson is a UK Illustrator, who’s work consists of detailed, hand-drawn illustrations created in pen and ink. Focusing on intense details and strong drawing, he creates unique and contemporary illustrations with a nod to the past. Joe is keen on screen printing and poster creation, and tries to feed this into his personal work as much as possible. A few of the things that Joe finds inspiration in include: vintage posters, ancient etchings, the natural world, comics, sci-fi books, films, birds, ornamental art,... Read More

Kellie Black is a freelance Illustrator and Designer from the south coast of England. She specialises in portraiture and humorous imagery, but also works in 3-D when required. This means that she has a very varied portfolio of work, ranging from images for Making Magazine and Gnaeus Julius Comics to an Alien parody video! Her work has been published in Images 34 (The Association of Illustrators’ Annual) and Amelia’s Compendium of Fashion Illustration. She finds the inspiration for her imagery in her day... Read More

Failure, rubbish, useless – three words that you hope never to hear when pitching for a job, but it can often be the case for designers and illustrators alike. But what happens to the rejected and unwanted work that had been painstakingly produced to suit a clients needs? Kingston University students Alex Brown and Ben West have collected various donated works by well-known (and some not so well) designers and illustrators that didn’t quite make the cut. The entire collection was then exhibited under the... Read More

Today’s post features British art director / graphic designer, Ekaterina Garipova. She is a graduate from our very own Winchester School of Art- swooping up a First Class Honours in BA Graphic Arts. Ekaterina is currently based in Toronto, Canada where there she is embracing life as a designers across the pond. What I love about Ekaterina’s work is the consistency of high standards produced within every project. Just take a browse at her site, and you will see what I mean. Below are images taken from... Read More