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“Aitor Throup was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1980. He has also lived in Spain and moved to Burnley in England in 1992. It was in Burnley that Throup developed a passion for labels such as Stone Island and C.P. Company. It was a mixture of Aitor’s interest in these products and his own passion for drawing that led him to begin a BA in Fashion Design at Manchester Metropolitan University, from where he graduated with first class honours in 2004. In 2006, he completed an MA Postgraduate Degree in Fashion Menswear at the Royal College of Art in London.

Aitor is fascinated with anatomy and his main interest is drawing. His hand drawn characters become the primary tool in the exploration of his ‘justified design philosophy’, which highlights the necessity of a reason or function behind all design features. Aitor’s design process is centered around innovative methods of design and construction, in particular a construction process which utilises his own sculptures of the human body as a system for blocking garments.”

Aitor has an amazing body of work and his process of moving from abstract sketch to reality makes him all the more intriguing.

written by Christopher | tags: Aitor Throup, Argentina, Beunos Aires, Fashion, Illustration

Wesley Allsbrook’s illustrations spin and swirl with evocative emotion all while utilizing a deliberate color palette. Upon graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design, she has been working as a freelance illustrator. She originally hails from the verdant piedmont region of North Carolina. Gorgeous work.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Wesley Allsbrook

I stumbled across the Flickrfolio of designer, illustrator and motionographer Gabriel Pulecio this morning and felt as though there was a better array of work there than what I had previously seen at his website. He is not afraid of bright color and likes to experiment and there are some great moments happening in his body of experimental work at his Flickrstream.

written by Christopher | tags: Brooklyn, Digital, Gabriel Pulecio, Illustration, Photoshop

Zachary Zezima is from Long Island but has lived in New York, Italy and Japan (how nice). He attended Parsons School of Design where he earned a BFA in Illustration. He has some excellent pen and ink work in his portfolio that is highly emotional and occasionally a touch psychedelic.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Illustration, Parsons, Pen and Ink, Zachary Zezima

Artist and illustrator Tom French was born in 1982, and raised in the North East of England. He attended the Newcastle school of Art & Design and went on to receive First Class Honors in Graphic Design from the Sheffield Institute of Art and Design. Since then he has continued his discipline by painting and experimenting with spray paint, stencil and collage work.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Illustration, Spraypaint, Tom French, U.K., Urban

Tyson McAdoo attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Arts and graduated in 1999. He then went on to work for Marvel, DC, Wildstorm and Dark Horse comics but has since become more a freelance illustrator. His subject matter is women and furniture, two things I would have to admit to having an appreciation for.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Joe Kubert, Pinups, Scotland, Tyson McAdoo

Pete McDonald has been toiling away for some time at Buck, a studio that I have always respected especially considering some of the fantastic work they produced for us while I was at Cactus for the Own Your C campaign. The talent at Buck runs from floor to ceiling and even seeps all the way into the walls. Apparently Pete has recently decided to have a go at a freelance designer, illustrator and motionographer and as would be expected with someone who has worked for Buck, he has some nice work in his portfolio. Be sure to click through some of great drawings in McDonald’s sketchbook as well.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Illustration, Los Angeles, Motion Graphics, Pete McDonald

Russian illustrator Yana Moskaluk doesn’t really have much of anything to say about herself so she lets her work do the talking for her. She has a style that settles somewhere between art nouveau and manga and I would hazard a guess that if she sold a print or two, they would look very nice hung on a wall.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Josaphine Yun, Jrock Ink, Russia, Yana Moskaluk

The remarkable talent that is James Jean has updated with a new website and filled his online store with some beautiful works of art. I am impressed by how much he has gone straight towards being a fine artist and deviated from just being an illustrator. Prepare to be inspired after sifting through his work. He is one of the best. This one is being filed under ‘art’.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Illustration, James Jean, Painting, Process Recess

Grant Coghill is originally from the cold northern Scottish town of Tongue. He now lives in nice, toasty and warm Innsbruck, Austria (sarcasm, although I hear it’s very nice in Austria). There is something very retro about his illustration work but the bold swaths of vivid color are very digital now. While browsing be sure to check out some of his absolutely stellar apparel designs for Creme. Good stuff.

written by Christopher | tags: Austria, Grant Coghill, Illustration, Retro, Scotland

Italian illustrator Alberto Seveso is always up to something new and perpetually experimenting with his style. Lately he has updated with a few new bits and bobs of work that continue to further his exploration into digital illustration.

written by Christopher | tags: Alberto Seveso, Illustration, Italy, Milan

The work of 25-year-old German illustrator Valentin Fischer will no doubt remind you of the work of James Jean and Sam Weber but that doesn’t take away from the fact that it is still very well executed. Regardless of the influence, I am still a big fan of this style and with the amount of talent required to achieve it Fischer definitely has some potential to make some beautiful work.

written by Christopher | tags: Digital, Germany, Illustration, Painting, Valentin Fischer

LA-based designer, illustrator and artist Demetrius May has some sincerely radical work in one of the more wild portfolios I have seen in some time. There are some very strange things going on in his work but it is all art and I love that. He graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, Illustration from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Since then, he has been making, like I said, some seriously radical work. It will be interesting to see what he does in the future.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Demetrius May, Graphic Design, Illustration, Los Angeles

Alberto “Sting” Russo is a creative director and illustrator based in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is also the founder of the Swiss design studio Areadesign. Sting One is his online portfolio of illustration and typographical works created for both personal projects and clients. There is some great work in his book.

written by Christopher | tags: Alberto Russo, Areadesign, Graphic Design, Illustration, Switzerland

French Art Director, illustrator and designer Emeric Trahand, also known as Takeshi has updated his portfolio once again with some very rousing work. He is really starting to push his subject matter and there are some very interesting new examples of his style in this recent update. He is currently based in NYC.

written by Christopher | tags: Emeric Trahand, Graphic Design, Illustration, New York, Takeshi

Other Scenes is the work of psychedelic illustrator and designer Michael Willis. He is also one half of Panther Club, a newly formed multi-disciplinary studio founded in 2009 with artist and illustrator Lindsey Gooden.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, London, Michael Willis, Other Scenes, Panther Club

Breed London is representing some extremely talented individuals from the design and illustration industry. The roster includes people like Si Scott, Steve Wilson, James Joyce and MASA to name a few.

written by Christopher | tags: Art, Breed London, Graphic Design, Illustration, Rep

I stumbled across the unusual and highly individualized stylistic fashion illustrations of Laura Laine this morning. She definitely has a point of view and each of her illustrations serves as an individual piece of art.

written by Christopher | tags: Drawing, Fashion, Illustration, Laura Laine