Years later, Okawara lives in Tokyo where he paints and illustrates all day long. His style is refreshing and childlike in the best possible way and we fell in love with his art at first sight.

“Ever since I was young, I’ve always loved making things. I’ve always drawn exactly what I want to draw. But over time, bit by bit, I got distracted by more sensible ways of thinking,” the artist told WePresent. Adjusting to the ways things “should” be done made him feel suffocated, so he did his best to escape that feeling. The art he makes is a crucial part of that process.

Scroll down to see it.

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The 43-year-old artist has been drawing ever since he was a child, but he started turning his observations on global issues into illustrations in 2014.

“I think these are not only my observations. I’m able to notice them as illustrations—to show them in a universal language, in the picture language, which is understandable to the whole world,” Kuczynski said in an interview with Bored Panda. “I notice the people’s reactions to my drawings…Very often, they say that I illustrated their feelings.”

Pawel’s talent was recognized for the first time when a friend encouraged him to enter a cartoon competition. He’s received 140 prizes for his work ever since, and the approval of over half a million people on social media.

Check out Pawel Kuczynski’s artwork in the photos below.

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Monnet is an illustrator and textile designer from France with an indisputable talent for art. Her illustrations include creatures like mermaids, jesters, and masked people who interact with one another in mystical places that can’t really be defined. Seeing her art is similar to dreaming, and we’re really sorry when we have to wake up from such a magical dream.

Check out her art below and follow her on Instagram to see more in the future. Her Instagram is a great place to check out her process of creating art.

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But it’s her fashion illustrations that have really caught our attention. Bold and graphic, they have a certain sheen to them that makes them really pop. With her latest project, she attempted to describe what seems most influential and inspiring in contemporary fashion panorama, using illustrative commentary.

But in an interview with I Love Illustration, Murialdo admitted that it took her some time and effort to find her artistic voice. “With illustration, I have struggled a bit to maintain a definitive style and I know this is sometimes a flaw, especially for someone working as a professional,” she said. “Iʼve got a ‘transitional period’ every few years in which I get bored of what I do and search for new fresh inspirations.”

Having found her voice, she now teaches Graphic and Multimedia Design at Istituto Marangoni. “I am very fortunate because I work every day with groups of young creative students from all over the world,” she said. “I get to share ideas with them and artistically direct them through different projects.”

Take note.

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But her art isn’t necessarily restricted to canvas, utilizing print media, collage, and performance. Drawing from her personal background – which includes her origins on a cranberry farm in New England – as well as literature, mythology, dance, and costume, her subject matter derives from a large archive of images which she collects and also creates from her own performances.

“My work involves my identity directly, especially since I often use my own body as a model,” she shared with Girl Trip. “A lot of artists don’t call themselves feminists or don’t want to be classified as ‘women artists’ and I get that; we should be considered across the whole broad sphere of art discourse, not just as a representation of our gender. Men don’t face that same prescription. However, because we ARE less represented in the art world (in terms of who is being shown at galleries and museums, who is selling, etc), I think shouting out that identity, as a female artist, serves the call for more female representation in the art world.”

Rich with symbolism and meaning, Carter’s art is a far cry from minimalism. “Abstract and minimal work never seemed to be an option for me, I needed more to hold onto, I needed to feel engaged,” she says. “I think it’s necessary to investigate the stories we grew up with, and other stories that have been told throughout history, and how those have shaped us – not just how they morally shaped us, but how they conjure certain images in our brain.”

Follow her thought process as it solidifies, turning into art.

The post The Stained, Delibritally Unpolished, Art of Alexandra Carter appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Growing up, the Swiss-born creative used to hang out in his parents’ woodshop. “I spent time drawing with my brother and making things out of wood,” he recalled. It was there, in his parents’ shop that he formed the first connection with the world of art and illustration.

But as he grew up, so did his passion for all things creative. Having worked for the past 10 years with almost all the key players in New York’s brand underground, Meye draws on his classical training and outsider’s perspective to develop an iconic graphic language and style.

His art is an inspiring mixture that includes anything from digital illustrations and murals to sneaker design and sculpting. “I believe risk-taking is more about daring to try something new,” he says. “You don’t want to be pigeonholed as the person who’s only known for one thing.”

There’s no shortage of creativity on his Instagram page. Here’s a taste:

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Dufour is a French artist currently living in Angoulême. “I was already curious about artistic printing and printed objects but I really understood what this practice means to me while attending this school,” he told It’s Nice That.

When he’s not drawing, he runs animation workshops and teaches fine arts at a local art school. For him, illustration is something instinctual that helps him express what’s on his mind with limited resources. Many people from the artistic world inspire him, including Yuichi Yokoyama, Michael Deforge, Richard Short, and more. Scroll down to see his work.

The post Quentin Dufour’s Illustrations Feature Black Cats and Fire appeared first on MobiSpirit.

But when it comes to the images she produces – the end result is relatively simple. “I’ve always really liked simplified, naïve images,” she told Metal Magazine. “I don’t have a lot of time for realism. It just doesn’t do it for me. There’s an immediacy in a simple image, you can see the marks, the speed of the line, the urgency of getting an idea down. I love children’s drawings, outsider art, images made because the image needed to be made. So I guess things like that have influenced me a lot.”

Her naive style of illustrations has caught the attention of publications like The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Penguin Random House, with her Instagram page amassing more than 130k fans.

“I drew from the moment I could hold a pencil and made little clay sculptures and paper dollhouses and all sorts of things,” she recalled. “I think I was always quite serious about it. When I was a bit older, 5 or 6, I began making tiny illustrated books – most of them are on the topic of cats, girls, and death. So I guess my kind of illustration was always on the cards.”

Take a look at some of her charming creations:

The post Kaye Blegvad’s Creativity Knows No Bounds appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Heikala is an artist based in Finland. After graduating art school with a degree in graphic design, she went on to become a full-time illustrator. She’s illustrated for books and magazines, and her designs were even printed on apparel and accessories.

Heikala’s work is inspired by Japanese art, and specifically manga and anime. She describes her work as “cute”, but there’s so much more to it than that. Her style isn’t just inspired by Japanese drawing techniques, but also by Japanese themes, such as nature and magical creatures.

Whether it’s a mermaid sitting on a frog or a young person doing their laundry, all of Heikala’s illustrations have the same magical atmosphere. It’s as though she’s telling us that we don’t need to be a witch or wizard to enjoy the small moments of magic in our own lives. It’s not about escaping our world to another, more interesting one – it’s about rediscovering the magic that already surrounds us.  

The post These Illustrations Are Pure Magic appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Kim has a big following on Instagram that’s currently around the 123,000. His illustrations reflect the simple things in life and it’s their simplicity that draws people to follow his work.

Scroll down to see some of our favorite picks from his Instagram and follow him if you want to see more. We promise you’ll fall in love with his work at first sight!

The post Minimalistic Portraits by Otto Kim appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Years later, Okawara lives in Tokyo where he paints and illustrates all day long. His style is refreshing and childlike in the best possible way and we fell in love with his art at first sight.

“Ever since I was young, I’ve always loved making things. I’ve always drawn exactly what I want to draw. But over time, bit by bit, I got distracted by more sensible ways of thinking,” the artist told WePresent. Adjusting to the ways things “should” be done made him feel suffocated, so he did his best to escape that feeling. The art he makes is a crucial part of that process.

Scroll down to see it.

The post Playful, Childlike Art By Kentaro Okawara appeared first on MobiSpirit.

The 43-year-old artist has been drawing ever since he was a child, but he started turning his observations on global issues into illustrations in 2014.

“I think these are not only my observations. I’m able to notice them as illustrations—to show them in a universal language, in the picture language, which is understandable to the whole world,” Kuczynski said in an interview with Bored Panda. “I notice the people’s reactions to my drawings…Very often, they say that I illustrated their feelings.”

Pawel’s talent was recognized for the first time when a friend encouraged him to enter a cartoon competition. He’s received 140 prizes for his work ever since, and the approval of over half a million people on social media.

Check out Pawel Kuczynski’s artwork in the photos below.

The post Thought-Provoking Illustrations by Pawel Kuczynski appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Monnet is an illustrator and textile designer from France with an indisputable talent for art. Her illustrations include creatures like mermaids, jesters, and masked people who interact with one another in mystical places that can’t really be defined. Seeing her art is similar to dreaming, and we’re really sorry when we have to wake up from such a magical dream.

Check out her art below and follow her on Instagram to see more in the future. Her Instagram is a great place to check out her process of creating art.

The post Check Out Clemence Monnet’s Fairy Tale Illustrations appeared first on MobiSpirit.

But it’s her fashion illustrations that have really caught our attention. Bold and graphic, they have a certain sheen to them that makes them really pop. With her latest project, she attempted to describe what seems most influential and inspiring in contemporary fashion panorama, using illustrative commentary.

But in an interview with I Love Illustration, Murialdo admitted that it took her some time and effort to find her artistic voice. “With illustration, I have struggled a bit to maintain a definitive style and I know this is sometimes a flaw, especially for someone working as a professional,” she said. “Iʼve got a ‘transitional period’ every few years in which I get bored of what I do and search for new fresh inspirations.”

Having found her voice, she now teaches Graphic and Multimedia Design at Istituto Marangoni. “I am very fortunate because I work every day with groups of young creative students from all over the world,” she said. “I get to share ideas with them and artistically direct them through different projects.”

Take note.

The post Simona Murialdo’s Fashion Illustrations are the Meaning of Fresh appeared first on MobiSpirit.

But her art isn’t necessarily restricted to canvas, utilizing print media, collage, and performance. Drawing from her personal background – which includes her origins on a cranberry farm in New England – as well as literature, mythology, dance, and costume, her subject matter derives from a large archive of images which she collects and also creates from her own performances.

“My work involves my identity directly, especially since I often use my own body as a model,” she shared with Girl Trip. “A lot of artists don’t call themselves feminists or don’t want to be classified as ‘women artists’ and I get that; we should be considered across the whole broad sphere of art discourse, not just as a representation of our gender. Men don’t face that same prescription. However, because we ARE less represented in the art world (in terms of who is being shown at galleries and museums, who is selling, etc), I think shouting out that identity, as a female artist, serves the call for more female representation in the art world.”

Rich with symbolism and meaning, Carter’s art is a far cry from minimalism. “Abstract and minimal work never seemed to be an option for me, I needed more to hold onto, I needed to feel engaged,” she says. “I think it’s necessary to investigate the stories we grew up with, and other stories that have been told throughout history, and how those have shaped us – not just how they morally shaped us, but how they conjure certain images in our brain.”

Follow her thought process as it solidifies, turning into art.

The post The Stained, Delibritally Unpolished, Art of Alexandra Carter appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Growing up, the Swiss-born creative used to hang out in his parents’ woodshop. “I spent time drawing with my brother and making things out of wood,” he recalled. It was there, in his parents’ shop that he formed the first connection with the world of art and illustration.

But as he grew up, so did his passion for all things creative. Having worked for the past 10 years with almost all the key players in New York’s brand underground, Meye draws on his classical training and outsider’s perspective to develop an iconic graphic language and style.

His art is an inspiring mixture that includes anything from digital illustrations and murals to sneaker design and sculpting. “I believe risk-taking is more about daring to try something new,” he says. “You don’t want to be pigeonholed as the person who’s only known for one thing.”

There’s no shortage of creativity on his Instagram page. Here’s a taste:

The post Kimou Meye is an Artist with a Capital A appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Dufour is a French artist currently living in Angoulême. “I was already curious about artistic printing and printed objects but I really understood what this practice means to me while attending this school,” he told It’s Nice That.

When he’s not drawing, he runs animation workshops and teaches fine arts at a local art school. For him, illustration is something instinctual that helps him express what’s on his mind with limited resources. Many people from the artistic world inspire him, including Yuichi Yokoyama, Michael Deforge, Richard Short, and more. Scroll down to see his work.

The post Quentin Dufour’s Illustrations Feature Black Cats and Fire appeared first on MobiSpirit.

But when it comes to the images she produces – the end result is relatively simple. “I’ve always really liked simplified, naïve images,” she told Metal Magazine. “I don’t have a lot of time for realism. It just doesn’t do it for me. There’s an immediacy in a simple image, you can see the marks, the speed of the line, the urgency of getting an idea down. I love children’s drawings, outsider art, images made because the image needed to be made. So I guess things like that have influenced me a lot.”

Her naive style of illustrations has caught the attention of publications like The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Penguin Random House, with her Instagram page amassing more than 130k fans.

“I drew from the moment I could hold a pencil and made little clay sculptures and paper dollhouses and all sorts of things,” she recalled. “I think I was always quite serious about it. When I was a bit older, 5 or 6, I began making tiny illustrated books – most of them are on the topic of cats, girls, and death. So I guess my kind of illustration was always on the cards.”

Take a look at some of her charming creations:

The post Kaye Blegvad’s Creativity Knows No Bounds appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Heikala is an artist based in Finland. After graduating art school with a degree in graphic design, she went on to become a full-time illustrator. She’s illustrated for books and magazines, and her designs were even printed on apparel and accessories.

Heikala’s work is inspired by Japanese art, and specifically manga and anime. She describes her work as “cute”, but there’s so much more to it than that. Her style isn’t just inspired by Japanese drawing techniques, but also by Japanese themes, such as nature and magical creatures.

Whether it’s a mermaid sitting on a frog or a young person doing their laundry, all of Heikala’s illustrations have the same magical atmosphere. It’s as though she’s telling us that we don’t need to be a witch or wizard to enjoy the small moments of magic in our own lives. It’s not about escaping our world to another, more interesting one – it’s about rediscovering the magic that already surrounds us.  

The post These Illustrations Are Pure Magic appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Kim has a big following on Instagram that’s currently around the 123,000. His illustrations reflect the simple things in life and it’s their simplicity that draws people to follow his work.

Scroll down to see some of our favorite picks from his Instagram and follow him if you want to see more. We promise you’ll fall in love with his work at first sight!

The post Minimalistic Portraits by Otto Kim appeared first on MobiSpirit.