When it comes to her creations, color is key. “I actually regularly pin or photograph things just for the color combination,” she admitted in an interview with Yes I’m a Designer. “Sometimes I want to work with a color combination so bad I will design a screen print specifically for it so that I can play with it. My go-to is shades of green with shades of pink, so many possibilities!”

Her creative process relies on both traditional and digital tools. “I work by hand a lot with felt tip pens but everything ends up in photoshop which I love as you can do so much in that one application,” she explained. “I make my patterns in there, change colors, re-draw things touch up photos for my online shop and just recently I’m learning to make GIFs which is an exciting new thing to learn!”

According to Colley’s website, her favorite themes to tackle are exploration, collections, and play. “My role models are people like Lisa Congdon and Jane Foster whose creative careers happened and blossomed later on in life, that is so inspirational to me,” she added in the interview.

With more than 25k fans on Instagram and selected clients that include Twitter UK, Kate Spade, and FLOW magazine, you’d want to take note:

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His style — bold, graphic, and naive – incorporates geometric shapes and distinct color palettes. “I was always attracted to the geometric interpretation of things,” he relayed in an interview with Sense of Creativity. “I even remember as a child that I liked Mondrian a lot, for example as an artist, I was struck by the synthesis and how the proper use of colors can generate new universes, even if the elements are minimal.”

“When it comes to graphically represent certain situations, objects or ideas, I try to think about the composition and in a ‘geometric’ way, seeing if I can find a new way of showing it,” he went on to explain. “I think it is more a style of thinking than of working since I do not always adopt the same techniques and sometimes I am changing.”

When it comes to design inspiration, Azambuja says he’s a fan of Swiss design, consisting of few elements that are well aligned. He also takes note of the work of other graphic designers who used illustration as a tool, amongst them, he mentions Alexander Girard. “I also like designers who combined their more ‘formal and corporate’ work with more playful and artistic explorations such as Ivan Chermayeff for example,” he adds, saying that “his collage work was fantastic.”

“I do not feel I have a style as marked as other illustrators, in fact probably because I feel more graphic designer than illustrator,” admits Azambuja. You can follow his work through Instagram.

The post Martín Azambuja’s Illustrations Are Geometric In Nature appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Now a graphic designer, lettering artist, and typographer, Black is known for his bespoke and innovative typographic illustrations, visual identities, packaging, murals, installations, and everything in between. According to Black, his strengths lie in his ability to cross disciplines without the restriction of a fixed personal style. This versatility has offered him the opportunity to work on a varied mix of collaborations with local and international clients of all business backgrounds.

“My process for lettering begins with writing the ideas down and creating some rough thumbnail sketches,” he explains the creative process that goes on behind the scenes. “Once I find the best direction, I begin the lettering stage by drawing each letterform. This is an iterative process that includes several stages of refinement by illustrating, erasing, tracing, rinse and repeat. Once I’ve taken the concept as far as I can by hand, I scan the image and begin the digitization process.”

The result is work that is both engaging and precise. As such his work has been celebrated and published internationally, in addition to regular features by online media. His work has also been exhibited across the globe from London and Barcelona to Australia and Dubai. But you can also follow his creative endeavors online, via Instagram.

The post Craig Black’s Typography Art Is Innovative and Engaging appeared first on PlayJunkie.

And just like her messy images, so is Isaac’s creative process disorderly. “I don’t feel like I really have a consistent process, everything I work on is so different,” she told Inky Goodness. “The only thing that I really try to do for every job is research and mood boarding – although this is entirely dependant on how much time I have,  the depth of that research can be a very quick hour to a week’s worth of prep.”

Each job demands a different stylistic approach. Sometimes her work includes hand-making collages, cutting stuff out, and sticking it down physically; other times its all completely digital but more often than not its a mash-up of the two approaches.

This colorful mash-up caught the attention of clients like Reebok, Nike, Prada, and Adidas, amongst others. “I always say my style was kind of born out of necessity,” says Isaac. “When I first took the leap away from production I had minimal skills, I was ok at Photoshop, I could open After Effects. But technically I was a total beginner. My style is pretty low fi because my skills were pretty low fi, collage is also a great medium to work with if you can’t draw that well!”

Take a look at some of her work in the gallery below:

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Born in the USSR to a family of artists and designers, she grew up in Minsk, Belarus, and has started art school at age seven. But though Griesinger had a strong grounding in classical academic drawing and painting, she didn’t want to become a fine artist. Influenced by the boldness and richness of Polish mid-century posters, she dreamed of joining the world of graphic design.

“Both of my parents studied interior design, my mom worked in architecture and then became an art teacher, my father is a graphic designer and photographer,” she recalled in an interview with The Design Kids. “Drawing, painting, any kind of creativity were always encouraged in me since young age. Through my childhood, I distinctly remember drawing two kind of things – funny animals and characters (before I started to read) and words and letters (after learning how to read). I think it is only natural that after years of practicing both I became a greeting card graphic designer and illustrator.”

Her work is varied and very much relies on her artistic background. In addition to having layout, typography, and photography skills, she is also able to create strong illustrations in almost any style or technique. “I get to have fun coming up with concepts (illustrations as well as words) for greeting cards of all sorts of occasions, which are printed in a beautiful old (and complicated to learn) technique of letterpress,” she says. “I also get to design stationery collections and products, gift-wrap and gift bags, which are later sold in stores like Papyrus, Homegoods, Marshalls, TJ-Max, and Clintons. So when you are out there buying a paper bag for your gift, you may be grabbing one of my creations.”

Take a look at some of her more adorable designs.

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“The best way to get un-lost is draw a map,” he writes on his website, explaining that while living in Portland (and mostly getting lost) he drew a circular map of the city which helped him understand better his whereabouts. It was then that the brand Archie’s Press was born.

Having studied Art and Philosophy at Colorado College, Urban Design at Harvard, and Advertising at Wieden+Kennedy, Archambault travels all over the world meeting people and exploring cities. After asking residents a lot of questions and thinking really really hard, he assembles to map, referencing current and past maps.

His original idea has since unfolded into many other maps of different subjects, showing their structures in simple and intuitive ways. “I make letterpress ‘maps from the mind’ of cities, planets, organs, and many other subjects,” he explained in an interview with the Ohh Deer blog. “They’re all super-simple distillations of the complex ideas.”

“When I started taking this design practice seriously, I went in a dozen different directions,” he recalled. “Most of it was type and image with quippy or impactful messages. I made things that were funny, clever, crude, and everything in-between, but the maps were by far the biggest hit and I really enjoyed making them. Then my brain became like this map-thinking machine and I stopped thinking about other things.”

Get un-lost in his maps:

The post These Maps and Diagrams Will Help You Get Un-Lost appeared first on PlayJunkie.

When it comes to her creations, color is key. “I actually regularly pin or photograph things just for the color combination,” she admitted in an interview with Yes I’m a Designer. “Sometimes I want to work with a color combination so bad I will design a screen print specifically for it so that I can play with it. My go-to is shades of green with shades of pink, so many possibilities!”

Her creative process relies on both traditional and digital tools. “I work by hand a lot with felt tip pens but everything ends up in photoshop which I love as you can do so much in that one application,” she explained. “I make my patterns in there, change colors, re-draw things touch up photos for my online shop and just recently I’m learning to make GIFs which is an exciting new thing to learn!”

According to Colley’s website, her favorite themes to tackle are exploration, collections, and play. “My role models are people like Lisa Congdon and Jane Foster whose creative careers happened and blossomed later on in life, that is so inspirational to me,” she added in the interview.

With more than 25k fans on Instagram and selected clients that include Twitter UK, Kate Spade, and FLOW magazine, you’d want to take note:

The post Jacqueline Colley’s Illustrations Are Overflowing with Details appeared first on PlayJunkie.

His style — bold, graphic, and naive – incorporates geometric shapes and distinct color palettes. “I was always attracted to the geometric interpretation of things,” he relayed in an interview with Sense of Creativity. “I even remember as a child that I liked Mondrian a lot, for example as an artist, I was struck by the synthesis and how the proper use of colors can generate new universes, even if the elements are minimal.”

“When it comes to graphically represent certain situations, objects or ideas, I try to think about the composition and in a ‘geometric’ way, seeing if I can find a new way of showing it,” he went on to explain. “I think it is more a style of thinking than of working since I do not always adopt the same techniques and sometimes I am changing.”

When it comes to design inspiration, Azambuja says he’s a fan of Swiss design, consisting of few elements that are well aligned. He also takes note of the work of other graphic designers who used illustration as a tool, amongst them, he mentions Alexander Girard. “I also like designers who combined their more ‘formal and corporate’ work with more playful and artistic explorations such as Ivan Chermayeff for example,” he adds, saying that “his collage work was fantastic.”

“I do not feel I have a style as marked as other illustrators, in fact probably because I feel more graphic designer than illustrator,” admits Azambuja. You can follow his work through Instagram.

The post Martín Azambuja’s Illustrations Are Geometric In Nature appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Now a graphic designer, lettering artist, and typographer, Black is known for his bespoke and innovative typographic illustrations, visual identities, packaging, murals, installations, and everything in between. According to Black, his strengths lie in his ability to cross disciplines without the restriction of a fixed personal style. This versatility has offered him the opportunity to work on a varied mix of collaborations with local and international clients of all business backgrounds.

“My process for lettering begins with writing the ideas down and creating some rough thumbnail sketches,” he explains the creative process that goes on behind the scenes. “Once I find the best direction, I begin the lettering stage by drawing each letterform. This is an iterative process that includes several stages of refinement by illustrating, erasing, tracing, rinse and repeat. Once I’ve taken the concept as far as I can by hand, I scan the image and begin the digitization process.”

The result is work that is both engaging and precise. As such his work has been celebrated and published internationally, in addition to regular features by online media. His work has also been exhibited across the globe from London and Barcelona to Australia and Dubai. But you can also follow his creative endeavors online, via Instagram.

The post Craig Black’s Typography Art Is Innovative and Engaging appeared first on PlayJunkie.

And just like her messy images, so is Isaac’s creative process disorderly. “I don’t feel like I really have a consistent process, everything I work on is so different,” she told Inky Goodness. “The only thing that I really try to do for every job is research and mood boarding – although this is entirely dependant on how much time I have,  the depth of that research can be a very quick hour to a week’s worth of prep.”

Each job demands a different stylistic approach. Sometimes her work includes hand-making collages, cutting stuff out, and sticking it down physically; other times its all completely digital but more often than not its a mash-up of the two approaches.

This colorful mash-up caught the attention of clients like Reebok, Nike, Prada, and Adidas, amongst others. “I always say my style was kind of born out of necessity,” says Isaac. “When I first took the leap away from production I had minimal skills, I was ok at Photoshop, I could open After Effects. But technically I was a total beginner. My style is pretty low fi because my skills were pretty low fi, collage is also a great medium to work with if you can’t draw that well!”

Take a look at some of her work in the gallery below:

The post Alice Isaac’s Art Is a Wonderful Mash-Up of Sorts appeared first on PlayJunkie.

Born in the USSR to a family of artists and designers, she grew up in Minsk, Belarus, and has started art school at age seven. But though Griesinger had a strong grounding in classical academic drawing and painting, she didn’t want to become a fine artist. Influenced by the boldness and richness of Polish mid-century posters, she dreamed of joining the world of graphic design.

“Both of my parents studied interior design, my mom worked in architecture and then became an art teacher, my father is a graphic designer and photographer,” she recalled in an interview with The Design Kids. “Drawing, painting, any kind of creativity were always encouraged in me since young age. Through my childhood, I distinctly remember drawing two kind of things – funny animals and characters (before I started to read) and words and letters (after learning how to read). I think it is only natural that after years of practicing both I became a greeting card graphic designer and illustrator.”

Her work is varied and very much relies on her artistic background. In addition to having layout, typography, and photography skills, she is also able to create strong illustrations in almost any style or technique. “I get to have fun coming up with concepts (illustrations as well as words) for greeting cards of all sorts of occasions, which are printed in a beautiful old (and complicated to learn) technique of letterpress,” she says. “I also get to design stationery collections and products, gift-wrap and gift bags, which are later sold in stores like Papyrus, Homegoods, Marshalls, TJ-Max, and Clintons. So when you are out there buying a paper bag for your gift, you may be grabbing one of my creations.”

Take a look at some of her more adorable designs.

The post Olga Griesinger is the Master of Greeting Cards appeared first on PlayJunkie.

“The best way to get un-lost is draw a map,” he writes on his website, explaining that while living in Portland (and mostly getting lost) he drew a circular map of the city which helped him understand better his whereabouts. It was then that the brand Archie’s Press was born.

Having studied Art and Philosophy at Colorado College, Urban Design at Harvard, and Advertising at Wieden+Kennedy, Archambault travels all over the world meeting people and exploring cities. After asking residents a lot of questions and thinking really really hard, he assembles to map, referencing current and past maps.

His original idea has since unfolded into many other maps of different subjects, showing their structures in simple and intuitive ways. “I make letterpress ‘maps from the mind’ of cities, planets, organs, and many other subjects,” he explained in an interview with the Ohh Deer blog. “They’re all super-simple distillations of the complex ideas.”

“When I started taking this design practice seriously, I went in a dozen different directions,” he recalled. “Most of it was type and image with quippy or impactful messages. I made things that were funny, clever, crude, and everything in-between, but the maps were by far the biggest hit and I really enjoyed making them. Then my brain became like this map-thinking machine and I stopped thinking about other things.”

Get un-lost in his maps:

The post These Maps and Diagrams Will Help You Get Un-Lost appeared first on PlayJunkie.