Beijing-based Benjamin Zhang Bin is a comic artist best known for his brightly coloured painted style. He gained popularity in the west due to his stunning cover work for Marvel Comic’s titles X-Men Origins: Emma Frost and New Mutants. He has also written and illustrated manhuas including Orange (2006) and Remember (2004). Not your typical black and white manhua style, it often takes Benjamin much longer to produce work, with Orange rumouring to have taken three years to produce. See more of his illustrations over on his blog.

Maxwell is a London based animation director, animator and illustrator. I like his experimental character designs; several different styles which show his versatility. If you visit his website, definitely check out his demo reel. It’s full of interesting animation, with excellent, punchy direction and some nice photomontage work. He has a great selection of work on his Vimeo page, too. We always like to hear from fellow Londoners, so thanks for getting in touch, Maxwell.

Past clients include Nike, Nickelodeon, Setanta, E4 and Orange.

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