Ruiz’s muses are strong, chic, acrobatic women. Some stick to pencils and paint, but others employ Photoshop brushes, the new and improved iPad Pro, and animation software.īelow, we highlight 15 young illustrators pushing the medium forward, whether through obsessive drawings of cats, anime-inspired gifs, or satirical portraits of Donald Trump. And no longer confined to paper sketchpads and print publications alone, contemporary illustrators are indeed expanding their toolkit, techniques, and the range of projects they’re pursuing. While illustration has traditionally referred to drawing commissioned for media and advertising, times are clearly changing. I’m interested in doing good work and cultivating my curiosity for things.” Milan-based Olimpia Zagnoli agrees: “I’m not really interested in dividing my work into separate boxes. “I’m not really sure there is a major distinction-boundaries between artistic practices are increasingly and refreshingly blurry,” says Brooklyn-based illustrator and painter Sam Kalda. What separates illustration from art? For most emerging illustrators, the answer is complicated.
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