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]]>Based in Melbourne, Australia, McKellar found a way to combine her passions through her work as a graphic designer and illustrator. A lot of her projects feature naturalistic elements: elements like floral patterns and cartoon-like animals.
“I grew up watching Disney and more recently Studio Ghibli and reading picture books like Beatrix Potter stories,” shared McKellar in an interview with Pikaland
She then explained that these cultural references influence her chosen subjects and themes. These themes include “anthropomorphism (animals adopting human characteristics), humans with animal features and human interacting with animals.”
“I am very interested in the relationship and I very strongly believe animals should be given a voice,” she adds. “This is the reason I express these concepts in my work. It does make me smile looking at an illustration of a hare wearing a cable knit jumper or a gorgeous girl with a birds nest for hair!”
While most of her work requires a more functional approach (projects that include art direction, print, packaging, branding, and lettering), McKellar allows herself some room for experimentation with her personal projects. These projects might incorporate other mediums like embroidery, watercolors, and collage work.
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inspired by @andreirobuBold colors and abstract shapes play a big part of Robescu’s work, with her powerful imagery constructed by using anything from markers to acrylics, pencils and ink, and sometimes even her bare hands (making the whole process a very personal one).
According to Robescu, her creativity is rooted in her upbringing. Based in Barcelona, she grew up in a family of artists and took part in her first group exhibition at only 12 years old. “I started as a kid with drawing and painting, and even tried piano for a while,” she recalled in an interview with Adobe’s online magazine. “Then I went to university to study interior architecture, and with a lot of support and guidance from my partner, Andrei Robu, I ended up doing what I do today.”
According to Robescu her mixed media practice was shaped after coming to terms with the fact that architecture was not her vocation, and returning to her more artistic roots.
These days, Robescu’s energetic illustrations attract various global brands and publications, including Sephora and a commission from the Major League Baseball Assembly.
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]]>According to Kohler Byers, he was first drawn to the art of typography when he was just a child. Growing up in a small New York town, he remembers being intrigued by the fading letters of hand-painted signs during visits to a nearby industrial city.
“These fragmented messages activated my imagination to speculate about the day they were freshly painted, who painted them, and the different events that led to their decay,” he reflected in an interview with Art of Choice. “These century-old letters formed a dynamic contrast with more contemporary letters being painted around the city by its younger occupants.”
A self-taught artist through and through, Kohler Byers’ style was inspired by modern artists such as Picasso. “I don’t have the benefit of a formal artistic training, everything I learned was by reading, learning lessons, and picking up wisdom from others,” he notes.
The result, though chaotic, is well worth taking note of:
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