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Johanna Basford Illustrator

Johanna Basford is an illustrator who designs amazing elaborate motifs and hand drawn patterns. View more samples of her work here.

Thomas Fuchs Illustrator

Illustrator: Travis Lampe

Travis Lampe is a Kansas born illustrator who is currently based in Chicago. He first received a degree in Graphic Design, which then lead him to working as an art director in advertising. While he was working in advertising, Travis was developing his illustration skills on the side. After keeping it under wraps for some time, Travis jumped into the illustrator scene quite successfully.

His style: Fun and dark with retro feel:

David Brownings - Paper Boxes

David Browning is an illustrator from Bristol. His works is worth checking out: he not only draws but uses paper creatively:

KLUKEART Digital Art

Klukleart is the works Midiam Moshinsky, a Russian born artist, who is currently based in Israel. Her digital art is pretty whimsical, playful and a bit dark:

Andrea Innocent Illustrator

Check out Andrea Innocent’s sketches that are posted on her website - they’re amazing.

Koren Shadmi - illustrator

I first stumbled upon Koren Shadmi’s comic book at a comic book store in Paris. Little did I know that his comic book was translated.. and that he was an amazing illustrator with strong concepts. Here’s a glimpse at his work.

 

 

P.S: If you’re into really strange.. twisted (with a hint of dark themes), then In The Flesh is something you should check out.

 

 A bit random, but the French version of In The Flesh is slightly different than the English one. My friend picked up a copy and there were the odd 1 or two comic that were different from each other

Christina Ung - Illustrator

Christina Ung was born in Thailand and grew up in Canada since the age of 3. Before the start of her career, she graduated at Sheridan College (in Toronto) in 2007 and has been pursuing successful illustrated for different editorials and clients around North America.

View more stuff on her site

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TCAF 2009!

For all comic fans out there, the TCAF is back!

This year’s event  will take place at the Toronto Reference Library on Saturday May 9 & Sunday May 10. Highlighted guest at this year’s event include Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics), Bryan Lee O’Malley (Scott Pilgrim),  Jillian and Mariko Tamaki (Skim) and Adrian Tomine (Optic Nerve, Shortcomings)

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) celebrates the best in independent comics and sequential art. TCAF showcases a diverse range of comic artists to cater to a large audience of readers and potential readers of different taste.

For more information, visit the site.

Yulia Brodskaya - Paper + Illustrations

Yulia Brodskaya is a Russian born illustrator/designer. She fuses illustration and her love of typography together with a mixture of experimentation to produce her work. Her paper illustrations are especially colorful and unique.