Award winning Irish illustrator Steve Simpson creates visuals that are so rich with type and colour it hurts.

“Steve takes an organic approach to his projects, blending the disciplines of design and illustration. He spends a great deal of time on construction, shape and problem solving at the pencil stage. Continuously re-drawing until a balance of aesthetics, key brief considerations and client satisfaction have been realized.”

Every piece of work in his portfolio leaves me stunned with amazement, so head on over to see more…

Dima Je is a designer/illustrator based in Moscow, Russia. His illustrations feature in much of his designs, including packaging, invitations, posters and more. He uses letterpress, vector art and I believe also screen printing. Everything on his Behance portfolio looks amazing, but you can also see plenty more on his Dribbble page.

Aussie Melanie is a whiz at children’s style illustration. She also creates hand-lettering, illustrated maps and comic strips. Whatever she turns her hand to, it’s done with care and attention to detail.

Her clients include Johnson & Johnson, Toys ‘R’ Us and Target.

For more fun visit Melanie’s website!

Karl is a Manhattan based illustrator, with an excellent skill for hand-lettering. He also creates some really nice book covers, picture book artwork and editorial illustrations. Karl’s work is always pleasant to look at; I like the beautiful colours and he has a nice handle on his ink strokes. But there are also some attention grabbing ideas in his work, such as an unravelling women’s head and a flying turtle. It’s a mixture of good ideas and the technical ability to pull them off which make Karl very admirable.

His clients include Coca-cola, Nike, Penguin, Virgin and Sony. See more on Karls’ website.

Jacqueline’s style uses nice variation of line thickness and areas of watercolour. She also uses Letrafilm collage in her work to great effect. Her women are beautiful, with interesting poses. But she can also draw stunning scenery and has great handwriting which comes into play for some of her illustrations.

Jacqueline’s clients include Givenchy, Rigby & Pellor, The Sunday Times and Harper Collins.

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.

Scottish illustrator Linzie Hunter has a large portfolio of beautiful hand lettering and illustrated maps on her website…go and take a look!