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spotlight magazine Sep 2021 illustration & animation
London: Carla Lucena
Based in Spain, Carla Lucena is a graphic designer 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 Lurzers and working for clients such as British Airway, 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 2021 illustration & animation
London: Cathal Duane
Cathal 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, The 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 2021 illustration & animation
London: Cécile Gariépy
Cécile Gariépy is an illustrator based in Montreal. She creates images that tell stories. She illustrates for various mediums and clients, from editorial to food packaging and advertising campaigns, plus the annual birthday card for her mother.
Her work is playful with emphasis on colour, composition and character design. Apparently Cécile is afraid of finding a monster under her bed, but other than that, it’s all good.
Clients include: Apple, Blue Moon, Spotify, Aesop, Esquire, The New York Times and many more.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2021 illustration & animation
London: Claire Prouvost
Claire Prouvost is a French illustrator inspired by the cubist art movement. Her style is fresh, colourful and bold. She loves to diversify, equally comfortable creating a digital illustration as a large scale mural. She seeks the perfect dynamic composition by combining softer lines with angular shapes and flat colour layers.
Clients include Gucci, Brown Thomas, Lavazza, Guinness, La Redoute, LG, WordPress, Dublin Inquirer, Arte, Oh Comely and Paulette.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2021 illustration & animation
London: Ewelina Dymek
Ewelina is a self-taught 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 2021 illustration & animation
London: Goodog.tv
Jonas Nunes is a motion designer based in Barcelona also known for his creative moniker Goodog.tv. His focus is on 2D and 3D animation; he loves to combine different styles and give life and character to good-looking design. He works in partnership with illustrator Itsacat.
Jonas has an extensive background in audio-visual and multimedia, but it was his move towards motion design that changed everything. He worked in animation studios in Barcelona for many years before going freelance as Goodog.tv and has had the opportunity to work with top agencies and clients throughout his career, some of his clients include: SEAT, Primavera Festival, BMW, Zumosol, Sol, Torres Wine and FC Barcelona. Besides work, Jonas is a real people person who loves nature, music and travelling.
Jonas 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 2021 illustration & animation
London: Iain Macarthur
Iain Macarthur has a diverse portfolio, from beautiful and elaborate hand-drawn illustration created using a combination of pen and pencil, to the bold simplicity of his vector work.
Though diverse, his illustration is rooted in recurring themes such as surrealism, art nouveau and oriental culture, and centres around portraiture and nature, often depicted in a subtly surreal and unique way.
Iain’s work has the flourish of fine art but with a striking commercial appeal, winning him accolades with clients across advertising, branding and packaging design, such as Pepsi, Johnnie Walker, Kopparberg, Jet Coffee, 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 2021 illustration & animation
London: Itsacat Studio
Itsacat is the creative alter ego of Catarina Alves, a digital artist based in Barcelona. She finds inspiration in daily scenes, in which women and nature are almost always the protagonists. Passionate about experimenting with shape and colour, Cat loves to tell stories that are full of joy and bring them to life with animation.
Born in Portugal, she first studied graphic design but was always curious about the animation world leading her to a postgraduate degree in motion design. She then moved to Barcelona, where she worked for over five years at an animation studio, creating work for clients such as Amazon, Nike, Seat and Primavera Sound. Since starting her freelance career she has also worked with Mitsubishi, Adobe and Facebook.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2021 illustration & animation
London: Kezia Gabriella
Singapore-based Kezia is an art director and illustrator. She is known for her bold and vibrant practice that explores the theme of human connection through abstract shapes, powerful composition and quirky characters.
Ever since she left the advertising industry in 2019 to become a full-time illustrator, she has worked on a wide range of projects, such as editorial, visual identity, and music video, and has collaborated with multiple global brands including Apple, Nike, Rayban, Refinery29, Rimowa, Selfridges.
She is freelance full time as well as running ANTINORMAL, an independent illustration lab and creative shop.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2021 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.
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 travelling 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.