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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Carla Lucena
Based in Spain, Carla Lucena is a graphic design and illustrator who uses dreamy soft textures and pastel colours to build her vintage aesthetic. With a focus on architecture, people and nature, and taking inspiration from mid-century design, Carla’s vector illustrations are clean and stylish.
Her career began as an art director in the advertising world for agencies such as Ogilvy and McCann, though she quickly realised her preferred creative language was in fact illustration. Carla has been illustrating ever since, winning accolades from Lürzer's and working for clients such as British Airways, Royal Ascot, Mandarin Oriental Hotels, The Sunday Times, Gore-Tex and Shop Magazine.
Carla Lucena is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Cathal Duane
Cathal Duane is an Irish illustrator, who is now based in France. Cathal’s work is bold, modern, and consisting of highly figurative and expressive forms, smart compositions and joyful colour schemes.
Cathal has worked on commercial and editorial projects with clients like WIRED, Time Out, The Atlantic, BBC, Empire Magazine, Bandai Spirits, The Association of Illustrators and the Belfast City Council.
Cathal is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Ewelina Dymek
Ewelina Dymek is an illustrator based in Poznań, Poland. Her technique combines hyper-realistic pencil drawing, collage and digital painting. Ewelina’s intricately detailed fashion-led illustrations bring a luxurious edge to any campaign.
An extremely versatile illustrator working across advertising, editorial and branding, Ewelina has been commissioned by: Bank of America, Kiehl’s, Neutrogena, Condé Nast, The Washington Post, Pentagram, Neutrogena, Playboy, Mandarin Oriental, and Samsung.
Besides her love of cats, Ewelina is a huge fan of design, fashion, non-fiction literature, gardening, yoga and Wes Anderson’s vibes.
Ewelina is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Federico Piccirillo
Designer and Animator Federico Piccirillo navigates everything that stands between design and animation, with a style characterised by a realistic look and playful colours.
Turin-based, Federico has been collaborating with the most prestigious agencies and clients worldwide, such as Google, Nike, Apple, Facebook, Lego, Nissan, and more.
Federico is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Harrison Edwards
Illustrator and designer Harrison Edwards fuses his love for retro style and digital artwork with his cheeky humour and personality, playing with bold colours and punchy textures.
Comfortable across all forms of illustration, from portraiture work and pattern making to animation, Harrison welcomes all new challenges.
Manchester-based, Harrison is widely known for his work with local businesses and community projects as well as working on international campaigns for clients including Blue Moon, Canon, Adobe, Eurostar, Balmain and Time Out, Junkyard Golf, Tchibo Coffee and Tabasco.
Harrison Edwards is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Iain Macarthur
Iain Macarthur is an illustrator based in South London known for his mixture of intricate patterns and wildlife elements.
Using a combination of pen and pencil, Iain Macarthur creates beautiful and elaborate hand-drawn works centred around portraiture, nature and wildlife, all depicted in a subtly surreal and unique way. His work has the flourish of fine art with a striking commercial appeal.
Clients include Pepsi, Johnnie Walker, Kopparberg, Duvel, Bafta and Nike.
Iain is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Kim Sielbeck
Kim is an illustrator, painter, and surface designer. Her colourful, bright illustrations can be found on packaging, clothing, in magazines, and on murals throughout the world, most recently the Ace Hotel Palm Springs.
Kim was greatly influenced by her fun years living in Hawaii as a child and recently moved there to illustrate full-time after eleven years in New York City.
When not creating colourful, bold art, Kim is traveling to new places far and wide, playing the guitar in her band Puppies, reading, hiking all the trails in Hawaii, or trying to figure out how to get on a sailboat.
She really misses the pizza of New York City, but can’t really complain because… Hawaii.
Her clients include Pepsi, Danone, Vans, Lush, Target, Lidl, Propercorn, The Washington Post and Time Magazine.
Kim is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Muokkaa
Muokkaa’s creative goal is to make graphic images where bold colours, light and shadows have the main prominence and focusing on geometrical shapes and isometric perspectives, Muokkaa cut his teeth collaborating on projects for Nike, Audi, Mercedes, Red Bull, Starbucks, Google and Samsung.
With previous experience at the renowned studios ILOVEDUST and Brand New School, since he started working independently Muokka has worked for clients including Adobe, Apple, Facebook, WIRED, Billboard, The Oprah Magazine, Fortune, Women’s Health, Goop, Yorokobu, AIGA and Heineken.
Muokkaa is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Raid71
Raid71 is the alter ego of illustrator and art director Chris Thornley. He creates dynamic art with a retro illustration style, classic take and detailed line work, and his expert understanding of graphic design and wealth of career experience means he can turn his hand to a range of briefs.
He always wanted to draw comics and spent six years studying art and design, inspired by Alan Moore and Grant Morrison, before realising his dream career as a full-time graphic designer and illustrator.
He has created licensed posters for Star Wars, The Jungle Book, Blade Runner and Trainspotting, works regularly for Marvel and DC Comics, and has an impressive client list including Nikon, British Transport Police, HSBC, Xbox, Microsoft, Lego, Mercedes-Benz and BBC.
Raid71 is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Sugar Blood
Pedro Allevato, aka Sugar Blood, is an award-winning director and motion artist based in London. He has a wealth of experience working with 2D and flat 3D animation, graphic design, visual storytelling with studios across Rio de Janeiro, New York, Vancouver and London.
Sugar Blood brings together extensive experience with elegant design and obsession with beautiful movement driven by good storytelling. His unique style is defined by a seamless flirt between 2D, flat 3D animation and graphic design.
He has worked with a wide range of companies and projects, from advertisement, the music industry, films, fashion, and sports. For the past 10 years, he has developed his skills further on, becoming a specialist in design direction, character animation and CGI film production.
Sugar Blood portfolio has led him to be commissioned by clients such as Adidas, Gorillaz, Google, Apple, Peugeot, Ford, Rolls Royce, BBC, GSK, Kappa, Visa, Warner Music, Shell, UPS, History Channel and agencies, to name a few: Buck, Mediacom, Possible, Beyond, Mightfine, BBC, Contra Agency, MPC, ITV, Ground Control.
Sugar Blood is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.