German street artist Flying Fortress began his street art journey in the early 90s as a classic graffiti artist, but soon changed his approach to something more iconic. He created the Teddy Solider, with the idea that, the more he put his solider around Munich, the larger his army will grow telling a much wider story. The more his troops took over, the more popular he became allowing him to move into different directions, not just constrained to a wall. Flying Fortress has since worked in toys, posters, skateboards, and clothing with his vinyl Teddy Troops toys proving extremely popular.

I am a long time admirer of Mr. Penfold. His style usually involves great line-work and bold colours, and the world is his canvas.

“Amid the bicycle ridden streets of Cambridge Mr Penfold lurks. Observing characters, then re-creating them on walls and canvas’. Using strong linear elements against organic outlines with an overly scientific approach to colour, Penfold works with record labels, promoters and clothing companies and has also appeared in a range of magazines such as Graphotism, K Mag and Don’t Panic!”

Ward Jenkins has a great blog over here. It’s a good mixture of his work and some of his interests, which were also interesting to me. Maybe they’ll be interesting for you, too.

See more of Ward’s work on his website here.

Monsieur Cabinet (a.k.a. Dave) is an illustrator / graphic designer based in Leeds. He currently teaches Graphic Design at Leeds College of Art alongside his illustration and design work. His simple and effective style has attracted several high profile clients including IKEA, DKNY, Royal Mail and Huffington Post.

Andre Saraiva is the French graffiti artist responsible for creating street art’s most lovable and recognisable character, Monsieur André. Working consistently since the mid 80s André has become something of a celebrity icon in Paris. I would definitely credit Andre Saraiva, along with Keith Haring, as a forefather of the street art we predominately see today. I cannot think of a street artist before him who so calculatedly used their graffiti to create a brand for themselves.

Each one of D*Face’s urban pieces are small window to his Disney-influenced world. As one of street art’s most prolific artist, he uses dysfunctional character as a satirical juxtapositions of the surroundings they sit in, encouraging people to really look. D*Face is also the mastermind behind Stolen Spaces, “Londons foremost contemporary urban art gallery”.

Berlin based duo Attila Szamosi and Lars Wunderlich make up design and illustration studio ‘Peach Beach’. Their website showcases a lot of interesting projects. Their style is very much urban graffiti inspired, but applied to various mediums such as flyer design, calendars and clothing.