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Based in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, the team at 2xanadu describe themselves as “a young, full service creative agency who instigate…
Meet and connect with the journalists, designers, illustrators, artists and animators who have written and created the news, features, reviews and tutorials on the Digital Arts site.
Based in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, the team at 2xanadu describe themselves as “a young, full service creative agency who instigate…
Aaron Miller is a freelance illustrator based in Cheltenham, UK who lives with his girlfriend and two chinchillas. After nearly a year of…
Her work, created using both hand-drawn and digital techniques, is influenced by fashion, cinema, literature, landscapes and old maps. Abi…
Adi Gilbert is a Bristol-based illustrator and designer. He mostly produces work for the BMX and motorcycle scenes, but also has more…
Alessandro Lingua is a thinker with a BA in Design for Graphic Communication and a MA in Graphic Design. He’s currently working at…
Based in Miass, Russia, Alexandra Zutto is a 27-year-old freelance illustrator. Her subtle, vector-based style walks the line between…
Alex Mathers is a self-taught illustrator from London. He’s currently based in Tokyo, where he’s working with the Google design…
Anatoly Bazarov is 24 and works as a designer in Moscow – though his So Hexy project was created in Cinema 4D in his spare time, at…
Andreas A Tjeldflaat is a Norwegian architect and illustrator based in New York. Over the past five years, he has worked on design projects…
Working under the name Imakethings, Andrew Groves is a freelance illustrator. He says: “I have a particular interest in the natural…
Andrew is a freelance illustrator based in France. His clients have included GQ magazine, Google, Mercedes-Benz, Wired and the Financial…
Angie Taylor is an animator, illustrator and author with a twenty-year career producing animation, visual effects and motion graphics for…
Anna Richardson Taylor is a German-British design writer working for a range of international publications. A former features editor at…
Ari Liloan is a Filipino/Italian illustrator living in Berlin/Hamburg. Her style is a bastard of 1930s Golden Age surrealism…
Based in Portugal, Arisu Nomura is a photographer and digital artist who blends still photography with digital painting, occasionally using…
Based in Canada, Arturas Petkevicius is a freelance designer and illustrator. He’s currently studying Graphic Design at Ontario College…
Staff Writer at Digital Arts and Macworld. Ashleigh is also a book blogger, duck collector, Galaxy Defender and Potterhead (that’s a…
Ben is a freelance illustrator and designer working out of the beautiful city of Bristol. Ben’s work is a mix of different graphic…
Ben O’Brien (aka Ben the Illustrator) has recently been illustrating from the loft studio he shares with his product designer wife on…
Bobby Haiqalsyah is a Melbourne-based freelance graphic designer and illustrator. An accidental chef for many years, he hung up his knives…
Athletics enthusiast Bram Vanhaeren is a digital artist from Belgium. He’s een developing his graphic style since first experimenting…
Brandon Spahn is a student at Indiana University, where he’s studying Informatics, with a minor in Digital Art and Telecommunications.…
Breno Bitencourt is a Brazilian designer who lives in Bauru and works with client globally. He works primarily as a logo designer, but likes…
Self-taught motion graphics and 3D artist Buwaneka Saranga lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He uses the digital medium for most of his…
Colombian-born multidisciplinary designer Camilo Bejarano is based in the US, where he works under the name Ph7labs. His work has appeared in…
Charles Williams is an award-winning illustrator. He produces type and illustration for clients such as Volkswagen, the BBC, Nike and Adobe.…
For the past five years, Chris Hill-Scott has worked as a contributor for some of the UK’s most popular BMX magazines, shooting action,…
Describing himself as a “creative all-rounder”, Bristol-based Chris Malbon has produced work for a wide range of clients and…
Hailing from Tampa Bay, Florida, Pale Horse is the moniker and studio space of digital illustrator Chris Parks. Since opening the doors in…
Christopher Vinca is a freelance designer, typographer and photographer. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, he studied Graphic Design at…
Ciara is an illustrator working from Open in North London. Since graduating in 2008 from studying graphic design at Brighton she…
Clara is an aspiring journalist currently studying Digital Media at King's College London and interning at IDG UK. She enjoys writing about…
Craig Minchington – aka Adora – is a digital artist based in Bristol. He’s been making things light up and shine since…
Damien Vignaux, 28, is an art director based in Berlin. Most of his work involves print and motion design for clients such as EMI, MTV, Nike…
Dan Mumford is an illustrator and designer hailing from Central London, where he works in a shared studio in Dalston. Dan mainly works in the…
By day Dan Swinhoe is UK editor for CSO Online, covering enterprise cybersecurity. By night he writes about music, mostly of the heavy variety
David Mahoney is currently studying Product Design at the University of Edinburgh’s College of Art. He also freelances for publications…
David Popov is a London-based graphic designer, illustrator and pattern master. He’s currently the senior designer at graphic design…
Derek Lea is an award-winning digital illustrator and author, with clients that include high-profile North American advertising agencies and…
Dominique Byron is a recently graduated illustrator based in Manchester. She enjoys creating bold, geometric work and mixing together digital…
Doug Sirois was born and raised in Massachusetts. He has since illustrated and designed everything from children’s book covers and CD…
When Dwayne found out that he could make a living (kind of) drawing and creating images he was cock-a-hoop. And after discovering Photoshop…
Eelco van den Berg is an illustrator, painter and graffiti artist based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He can often be found freaking out in…
Malaysian-born Ee Venn Soh loves to see technology from a design and psychological perspective and vice versa. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the…
Italy-based Emanuele Colombo studied Audiovisual Communication Sciences at the University of Milan. Using his skills in video editing and…
Emilio is a young freelance graphic designer, who graduated in graphic design from the Academy of fine Arts in Naples. His specialisation is…
Emma Leonard is a Melbourne-based illustrator, who combines traditional media with digital techniques to create carefully considered…
Eric Kim began his career in comics with Oni Press. He’s also illustrated Degrassi: The Next Generation Vol. 3, created the comic strip…
Eric Van Den Boom is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer who works under the name BoomArtwork. Based in Utretcht in the Netherlands,…
Evert Martin is a Ghent-based graphic designer. Apart from the usual graphic work, he has spent time refining a technique that involves…
Fabio Benedetti is a creative Italian Designer and design enthusiast. He moved to the UK in 2007 after studying Languages and Humanities…
Freya Betts is a 23 year old London based illustrator. After leaving school at 18 she pursued her passion for film and landed a job in the…
Gareth Hughes is a Manchester-based designer, who has an interest in stories, music and writing. His spare time is spent on projects that…
Giacomo is Deputy Editor and Social Media Manager for Digital Arts, and has talked tech and art on the BBC, interviewed Takashi Murakami, and…
Illustrator and designer Gordon Reid – aka Middle Boop – has developed a solid reputation, with an international client list that…
Grace Rasmus is an editorial intern at Digital Arts, PC Advisor, Macworld UK and Tech Advisor. She studies journalism at Boston University…
In between spending time as his alter ego Tony Dones, Gyppsy is also ustwo’s chief pixel-perfectionist: nothing makes him happier than…
Harry stumbled into motion graphics as a starving musician. He lives in Detroit south of 8 Mile, earning a living as a designer, teacher, and…
Hazel Mead is a freelance illustrator, moving society forward with her feminist work which covers a range of topics including periods, female…
Henry is a staff writer for Digital Arts, Macworld and PC Advisor. With a few years under his belt honing his digital know-how via tech PR,…
Working under the moniker of Hydro74, Orlando-based designer Joshua Smith is as happy creating type treatments and illustrations for…
Igor Scekic is an illustrator, digital artist and graphic designer from Zagreb, Croatia. Currently studying Graphic Design at Zagreb…
After working as an art director on magazines, Davies is now a freelance graphic artist and designer. With a portfolio featuring work for…
After working as an art director on magazines, Davies is now a freelance graphic artist and designer. With a portfolio featuring work for…
I am a freelance motion graphics designer based between London and Tunisia who has worked on a number of music video projects for Nero and…
James White is a visual artist and designer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. With 11 years of experience, James has worked on an array…
Jean Pichot is a freelance visual artist currently living in Sweden. He has a wide range of experience as a creative/art director, designer…
Jean-Pierre Le Roux is a 29-year-old 3D designer/animator based in Cape Town, South Africa. He has many years experience in a multitude of…
Jeffrey Bowman is an illustrator based in the mountains of Norway. His work has a keen sense of exploration and his outdoor lifestyle…
Jennifer Cirpici lives in The Netherlands. Her work is characterised by bright colours and often involves photo manipulation combined with…
Jimmy Gleeson is a Melbourne-based freelance Art Director & Designer. His previous experience includes seven years in fashion and…
Originally from China, London-based creative designer and illustrator Jing makes her living by doing things she loves. She works for clients…
Johanna Basford is an illustrator and ink evangelist who prefers pens and pencils to pixels. She creates intricate, hand drawn illustrations…
Since graduating from the National Film and Television School, London-based Jonathan Topf has worked as a director and animator. He mainly…
Sheffield-based freelance illustrator Jonny Wan graduated from the Manchester School of Art in 2008 and has dedicated a lot of time to…
Karan Singh is an freelance illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia. He’s had over four years experience working in a studio and…
Kervin Brisseaux is an illustrator and designer living in New York. His portfolio boasts work for Nike, Aquafresh, and various designs for…
Dutch 23-year-old Kevin Roodhorst is studying graphic design in Amsterdam, with hopes of moving on to an advertising agency or into the world…
Kittozutto believe in the power of dreams. So it’s hardly surprising that this art and design boutique’s combination of fine…
Featured by the BBC and in The Independent, Lizzie Mary Cullen says her work can be likened to bad motorway food; “it’s all over…
Logan Brinkley is an illustrator and digital designer. He’s a partner at award-winning welsh digital design agency Carbon Studio, and…
Dutch illustration duo LouLou & Tummie are developing an ever-expanding empire of colourful graphics and characters. Led by their passion…
Luis Armesilla – aka Aesthetic Therapie – is a Spanish designer based in Madrid. After studying Fine Arts in Madrid and Lisbon,…
Graduated from Newcastle College with an HND in Advertising (Illustration). Moved to London where he worked at Saatchi & Saatchi's for…
Marguerite Sauvage is a self-taught illustrator based in Sydney, Australia. Her client have included Apple, Marshall Fields, Longchamp, Louis…
Markie Darkie, aka Ferdinand Mark Bsa, is based in Edmonton, Canada where he works as a full-time graphic designer. His clients include the…
Freelance illustrator and designer Mark Mayers is based in Cornwall. With over 18 years’ experience, he can recall life before Macs and…
Mart Biemans surely is no stranger to the dance music industry. Having worked with some of the biggest acts in dance music, major record…
Martijn Rijven is a graphic, typographic and illustrative designer, running a one-man show out of Amsterdam, the Netherlands called…
Matt Nelson is a motion designer and general internet dude. He runs an independent collective and creates content for brands,…
Mimi is a staff writer for Digital Arts, with a particular interest in illustration. She is also lovingly devoted to theatre, books and good…
Miriam Harris is a staff writer for Digital Arts. Miriam has a background in news journalism and has previously worked as a digital…
Illustrator Miss Swanne has produced work for TV and web advertising, publishing, along with the odd private commission or two. She…
Murilo Maciel is a 26-year-old illustrator from Brazil, and works as a freelance designer under the creative identity GrafikDust. His style…
Self-confessed ‘Mac monkey’ Neil Duerden lives near Manchester. He creates pieces that combine photography and complex vectors…
Digital painting “is my life, it helps me escape to another world,” says concept artist Neville D’souza, whose present…
Nicol Natale is an editorial intern at IDG UK. A former student-athlete, Nicol recently graduated from Fordham University, New York, with a…
Nik Ainley is a UK based designer who has a passion for producing personal art and illustrations. His work has featured in magazines, books,…
Ollie Munden, aka Megamunden, combines nature’s creatures, tattoo design, 1980s skate graphics and an essence of the Far East to create…
Boston-based Pariah Burke is a creative professional trainer, and a design, publishing and digital publishing workflow expert. He is the…
Paul Holland is an English graphic artist who relocated to Paris in December 2005. A graduate in illustration of Kingston University, Paul…
New Zealand-based artist and designer Paul Shih is originally from Taiwan. His work is about events and characters, and is inspired by his…
Artist Pete Fowler is best known for his artworks adorning the covers of most of the Super Furry Animals albums. Pete’s inspiration…
Born in Hong Kong, Peter Lin moved to London at 16, and graduated from University of Creative Arts. He now works as creative director of…
Born in Thailand, Pomme Chan moved to London in 2002 and has become a sought-after illustrator. Her distinctive felt-tip style…
Rachel Joy is a lettering artist based in London. She works on a range of projects from crafting lettering for brands - logos and…
In the past few years, Radim Malinic has established himself as a sought-after commercial illustrator. His recent projects have included…
Ratinan is a 24-year-old artist (who illustrates under the moniker of Ise) who was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand. She describes…
Designer and art director Ricardo Ajcivinac works at TBWA Guatemala. He combines Adobe Photoshop with traditional illustration and graffiti…
Rob Carney is an editor and writer with over 17 years' experience of working in the creative and tech industries. Previously editor of…
Roberta Alidori is a university student of Politics and Sociology and IDG UK Tech Media's newest intern. She loves writing, being up-to-date…
Lead creative Rob Millington, and 3D artist and innovation developer Stuart Dearnaley both work for The Neighbourhood. The creative studio…
Based in Philadelphia, self-taught digital artist Rob Shields explores a wide variety of commercial and self-initiated projects. To see…
Sam is a designer and illustrator based in the cold bit of Scotland. He works in print and web design as well as in motion graphics. He is a…
Bubblefriends, that is Sascha Preuß. He loves creating colourful vector illustrations. Bubblefriends have fun enriching the world with…
Under the pseudonym ‘There Is’, Sean Freeman is constantly seeking new and interesting ways of treating and creating images, as…
Simon C Page is a self-taught graphic designer from the UK. He loves many aspects of design but his main passions are typography art,…
Simon is the publisher of PC Advisor, and is also a contributing editor of Macworld – having edited Macworld for 10 years through…
Simon Wild is an illustrator with a passion for telling whimsical little stories. Using drawing, collage and digital ink, Simon is inspired…
Sonja Stangl is an illustrator based in Vienna – where she is happily working on Illustrations, Graphic Design, Character Design and…
Since leaving Liverpool John Moores University, Stephen Chan has carved out a successful career as a freelance illustrator, with clients…
Steve Caplin is a digital artist whose satirical photomontages appear in newspapers and magazines around the world. He lectures widely, both…
Scottish illustrator Steven Bonner creates art and type designs for clients, including the Scottish Government, Harper Collins, Cadbury, The…
US-based illustrator Tabor Robak’s work is heavily influenced by the hyperreality that he sees as his cultural heritage –…
Takumer Homma is a freelance concept artist and a digital illustrator for the entertainment industry who’s made a transition from…
Burden is a senior designer at design boutique I Love Dust. He also freelances under the name Therewillbeunicorns. He likes to produce work…
Tim Smith, a.k.a. My Poor Brain, is a London based graphic designer and illustrator. Tim is known for his multidiscipline approach, having…
Toby Leigh is a London-based illustrator with an eye for the peculiarities of modern life. His humorous and ironic style has seen him work…
Tom Kemp Starley is a freelance graphic and web designer based in Stratford. He says: “Art has always been my thing –…
"Art has always been my thing," says Tom Starley, from Stratford, Warwickshire. "I've always loved mixing creative thinking with modern…
For Maciej ‘Valp’ Hajnrich, art and design has always been something more than just a profession. Based in Katowice, Poland, the…
Vida Vega is a 2D animation director at Tandem Films. A graduate of the animation course at UCA Farnham, she’s also an accomplished…
Vince Fraser is a freelance digital illustrator and designer based in London, who has worked for clients including British Airways, PC World,…
Von Glitschka is principal of Glitschka Studios, and has worked in the industry for more than 23 years. He describes himself as an…
Freelance illustrator and graphic designer Wendy Ding is based in Toronto, Canada. She specializes in digital art and traditional…
Mercedes Crespo, better known as YemaYema, was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Now 27, she has been drawing since she was 15, though she…
Aice Ross is a writer and editor based in London. She does news, features, that kind of thing.
Craig is a writer and designer, who's been writing about design and technology since the late 1990s. He's a big fan of clarity, innovation…
Graphic and web designer Fabio Sasso is best known for his Photoshop artworks and tutorials. He is also co-founder of Zee, a web-design…
Johann describes himself as a design person who does things like graphic design, photography, video and rides small bikes. He has worked as…
Laura is a London-based freelance journalist specialising in design, arts and culture. Formerly the features editor at Grand Designs…
Lauren Dezenski is an editorial intern for PC Advisor, Macworld and Tech Advisor. She's currently a senior at BostonUniversity studying in…
Lisa is a published writer and arts journalist, focusing on creative business, graphic art and illustration and design education. She regular…
Michael Burns is a freelance writer with almost 20 years experience of covering the creative industries. As well as writing for Digital Arts…
Neil is editor of Digital Arts – overseeing the site’s stories, interviews, features and tutorials that…
Tigz Rice is a London based photographer specialising in fashion and boudoir with a vintage aesthetic. An Adobe Community Professional and…