Latest Additions from Illustration Art Agent, Agency Rush

Nadia Taylor Taylor is a designer and printmaker based in London. Her colorful prints are filled with bold shapes and striking patterns. She loves screen-printing and the whole process informs her work – from the use of a limited color palette to the incorporation of textures and dark outlines. Her work projects range from large-scale hand-painted murals, book covers, greeting cards, gift wrap, menus, and farm signs, with a list of clients including Ikea, Zizzi Restaurants, and Points Publishing.  

Ben Boothman studied graphic arts & design at Leeds Beckett University, much of his work taking an illustrative approach. After graduating, Ben continued to live in Leeds, where he experimented with a variety of styles and mediums before finding a style and approach which really felt like his own. Much of Ben’s work is humorous in nature and aims to inject playfulness in to the everyday situations that happen to many of us.  

Sarah Arnett’s beautiful work is renowned for its colorful nature-inspired prints. Sarah’s love of gardening and botanical gardens is key to her work. Studying and interpreting flowers, foliage, land, and skyscapers are the starting point of any project. Throughout her work, you will find recurring tree motifs, delicate abstract patterns inspired by butterflies, and tropical plants, a real visual treat. Sarah’s illustrations develop from the hand drawn and are then digitally illustrated. Not only a fabulous illustrator and print designer, she also runs her own clothing label and makes beautiful dresses and printed textiles. What excites her the most, is color, “It’s my real passion.”  

Peter James Field has a degree in world art history and anthropology, specializing in Japanese culture, and taught for three years at state schools in the mountains of rural Japan. His intricate handmade work focuses on the human figure, particularly the face. His work is tender, playful, and at times surreal. A fascination with the interplay of figurative imagery and abstraction has excited a recent interest in combining stylized subject matter with surface pattern.  

Ben Javens grew up in a small town in Yorkshire and though he now resides in Birmingham, he still holds dear those formative years and his northern roots. His work will no doubt see the battle between happy and sad in the characters he draws and the situations they find themselves in. Ben's work is often very simple but always displays a strong emphasis on color and a carefully considered composition. He takes much of his inspiration from the books he collects about illustrators and designers from the mid 20th century and those of new artists’ that give a nod to past styles and trends. He also fills his working days with music so as to let it seep into his soul and be transformed into something that can be seen.    

Isobel Barber is a paper engineer and illustrator, living and working in the beautiful county of Dorset. Isobel graduated from the Arts University Bournemouth in 2012 with a degree in textile design, where she specialized in creating illustrative patterns and print designs using a cut-paper technique. Isobel continues to use this method to create detailed work and miniature sets, using layers of card and cut paper. Isobel has worked with a number of clients in fields such as advertising, editorial, branding, live illustration events, and most recently, film. Clients include The National Trust, Tesco, Lands' End, Harveys Furniture, Benson for Beds, and Wilderness Festival. When not wielding a pair of scissors or a scalpel, some of her other pastimes include baking, prying scraps of stray paper from the jaws of her miniature schnauzer Otto, running along the Dorset coast, flowers, and photographing colorful things.    

Crush is a truly integrated design agency providing creative solutions across all print, digital, and moving media. We believe in a collaborative creative process and intelligent idea generation. We’re passionate about our work and famed for producing standout creative for clients all over the world. We don’t just want to simply make stuff look good, we want to make smart ideas look great.  

Joe Snow, originally from the Lake District in England, holds a BA Honors degree in graphic design and illustration from Bath Spa University. He now works as a successful freelance illustrator and graphic designer based in West Yorkshire, UK. Early influences that continue to inspire Joe's work include pulp science fiction and vintage comics, the natural world, graphic design, music, movies, and animation.  

Chris Andrews is an illustrator and printmaker based in Bedfordshire, UK. His work combines striking compositions with strong use of color and texture, resulting in digital images that have a vintage, nostalgic appeal. Chris is also known for his vintage-inspired British bird and animal screen prints which recall the graphics and fonts found in 1940’s educational books. He has exhibited and sold prints both in the UK and internationally. Clients include Ted Baker, Farrow and Ball, and the British Library.