In Phil’s ‘Printed Portfolio’, you’ll find what is probably his signature style. It’s ‘Where’s Wally?’ but with a clear message. There are loads of things going on and some of it is even quite abstract in order to send the message home. It is colourful work, off-the-wall and loads of fun.

On his website, Phil also has a ‘Collage Portfolio’ section, which is completely strange and brilliant. Perspective is played with, things that don’t go with other things are stuck together in interesting ways, 2D and 3D world come together and in general it breaks all the rules in the best way possible. It breaks the rules with purpose, or with intelligence.

Phil also has an excellent hand-written type section on his website as well as some black and white work. All in all it is well worth clicking here for a visit. Very inspiring!

Joel and Ashley, otherwise known as ‘This Paper Ship’ are an illustration studio who specialise in hand lettering and branding. They have a studio in the woods (sounds fun) near Hillsborough, North Carolina. Their clients include American Greetings, DIY Bride and Cincinnati Magazine. They have a great little Etsy shop here, for those who like prints, greeting cards and the like.

Belgian illustrator Mister Melvin creates wonderful illustrations with a unique style. He knows how to create illustrations which make you chuckle, that’s for sure. Comprising of mainly editorial and children’s’ book work, he also has some graffiti and other bits and pieces on his website. Mister Melvin contributed to our book ‘100% Recycled Paper’ (soon to be published). When I first saw his comic strip for the book, it made me laugh out loud to the point of crying! Such is his excellent sense of humour. Additionally, he has an intelligent way of getting his ideas across in his work with wit and charm.

On a personal note, I found Mister Melvin to be a true pro and he doesn’t do anything half-heartedly. Visit his fantastic portfolio here.

Ben Steers is based in Bristol, south-west England. In his portfolio, you’ll find an impressive array of works including character design, t-shirts, Mac skins, jigsaw puzzles, editorial illustration and much more. Ben seems to have a great sense of design which comes through in a lot of his work. The various 2D and 3D canvasses he applied his illustrations to are a testament to the adaptability and versatility of both him and his illustration style.

His clients include Channel 4, The Sunday Times, The Carbon Trust, NHS AND Spunky clothing label.

Masha is based in London, where she creates wild and intricate illustrations for various clients such as Vodafone, Mercedes and All Saints. Her images start off as handmade, and are then manipulated digitally to enhance the colours and textures. Some of her work uses brilliantly vivid colours, but even her black and white work packs a real punch. Visit her Behance page here.

Lorenzo is an Italian illustrator currently living and working in The Netherlands. Although he has a broad range of styles (as many creative people working in animation do), his passion seems to be 1950s style animated characters. In the 50s, the animation industry threw out the rule book and creative employees were king over their employers. This creative freedom lead to several great shows such as ‘Gerald McBoingBoing’, ‘Mister Magoo’ and ‘What’s Opera, Doc?’ It’s always great to see illustrators today keeping this style alive and giving it their own personal touch. Lorenzo also works in 3D and graphic design. You can find this and more on his website.

Roy Margaliot is a freelance illustrator currently living and working in Jerusalem, Israel. He grew up in a Jewish-orthodox household and earned a degree from the Bezalel Academy for Art and Design. For inspiration and a boost of creativity, Margaliot likes to read Jewish folk stories and watch old kung fu flicks and violent Asian movies. (from juxtapoz).

Roy also has a Society6 Shop here. Thanks to David for the suggestion and write-up.