Lim Heng Swee
Who says art always has to be serious? I was perusing Illustration Age and encountered the so-sweet-it-makes-my-teeth-hurt work of the Malysian illustrator Lim Heng Swee, aka ilovedoodle. You like cute? Yeah, here’s cute in spades. I would describe my work…
Miroco Machiko
I found a pretty nifty art blog, today, Eye-Likey. It is a visually rich, easy-to-find-your-way-around-in kind of website that showcases a pile of really great artists. One artist I hadn’t heard of before (among several) is the incredibly awesome illustrator/ artist…
Michael Cho – Back Alleys & Urban Landscapes
Michael Cho is a Canadian illustrator based in Toronto. He has been at it for a long time, winning awards with his impressively wide range of work for a substantial roster of clients. Perusing one of my favourite art blogs,…
The Visual Metaphors of Sébastien Thibault
One of the things I like about many illustrators is the wit in their visual metaphors. Sébastien Thibault is an illustrator based in Matane, Quebec who has this in spades. He’s won a bunch of impressive awards and has a…
Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel was a Prussian polymath (scientist, artist, physician, etc.) best known as a champion of evolutionary theory. He was a bit of a character (to put it lightly) and while many of his theories have been discredited such as “ontogeny…