Publishing

“Receiving feedback is important and it helps your work to get refined” – book illustration by Tanaya Vyas

Tanaya Vyas is a visual designer and illustrator. She graduated (2013) from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India. She … Read more

“If you’re passionate about the topic, it will make for stronger work” – illustrator Aura Lewis

Aura Lewis is an author-illustrator based in New York City. She has an MFA in illustration from the School of … Read more

“The most important part of the process is the concept” – editorial illustrator Florencia Gutman

Florencia Gutman is an illustrator based in Buenos Aires who works from a studio in an industrial cardboard factory. I … Read more

“I do not like to give advice. And if I do, please do not listen” – Artist and TED-X speaker Laurie Rosenwald

Laurie Rosenwald is an American author, artist, and designer. A New York City native, she graduated from Rhode Island School of … Read more

“There is no template to be successful” – 2014 D&AD New Blood award winner Ezra Ng

Ezra Ng was D&AD New Blood exhibition Best in Show winner 2014. So far in my career, I’ve been pretty … Read more

“Keep a list of the things that make you glad to be alive” – Charming animal illustrations by Sue Clancy

Sue Clancy is a fine artist, illustrator, pattern designer, and author. As an author/illustrator I freelance for magazines and book … Read more

Manchester Moleskine project is “a way of collating creative diversity, boundless and open to all”

Manchester Moleskine (@MCR_Molskine) was launched 18 months ago by designers and friends Jon Massey and Adam Stanway, and will come to a close at the Design Manchester festival at Old Granada Studios on 20th October. Jon shares the story of the project.

Catherine LaPointe is a New York-based freelance illustrator and designer, specialising in book cover design. She prefers working on books for “young humans” because that is the age when she felt books made the most difference in her life, shaped her thoughts, and opened up whole new worlds.

Over the past eight years, illustrator Cami has worked on projects for clients such as Dorling Kindersley, Computer Arts Projects, Sims … Read more

French graphic designer Mickael Brana on starting out as a freelancer

Mickael Brana is a freelance illustrator and artist born in 1990 in Bayonne, France. I am just starting out as … Read more