The Latest Illustrators and Animators to Join Workbook
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Mengxin Li is a New York-based illustrator and motion graphic designer, who originally comes from Guangzhou, China. She received her MFA degree in illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2017. Mengxin enjoys creating illustration with a quirky style that is influenced by underground comix. She incorporates geometric graphics, vibrant colors, and parallel perspective to create her signature style. She always loves to solve a visual problem with a clever idea and a hint of humor. Beside that, she also has a passion for animation; she uses motion graphic techniques to bring life and energy to her characters and illustrations. Her biggest project to date is Electric Zoo, which is also part of her thesis visual component. This project aims to create a one-and-a-half minute long promotional animation for Electric Zoo Music Festival. Her work has been recognized by The Association of Illustrators, American Illustration, 3×3 Illustration Competition, Creative Quarterly, and Apply Art.dc
Lizzie Mary Cullen is a multi award-winning illustrator, speaker, and artist based in London. Lizzie's clients include MTV, Lewis Hamilton, Oxfam, HTC, Harvey Nichols, DAKS, Zizzi, Universal, British Gas, Unilever, Ogilvey, The Guardian, Somerset House, Graham and Brown and The London Transport Museum. In 2015 Lizzie created the international best-selling Magical colouring book trilogy with Penguin. The books are available in over 14 languages and are sold all over the world.
Petra Stefankova studied graphic design and film and TV graphics in Bratislava and Prague; additionally she took a short course at Central Saint Martin's (UAL) in London. She has worked on advertising, editorial, animation, and publishing projects for the University of Udine in Italy, Lynda.com, Microsoft Games Studios, Orange, The Guardian, the Economist, Popular Mechanics, Dialogue Review, and Future Music. She collaborated with VooDooDog Animation in London on animated title sequence for Hollywood film Nanny McPhee 2. Her work has been exhibited in the USA (solo show in Washington D.C.), the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Poland, Germany (solo show in Berlin), China, Czech Republic (solo show in Prague) and Slovakia (solo shows in Bratislava and Nitra). In August 2007, she won Channel 4's 4Talent award, and in April 2008 she was invited to join the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts in London. She presented her work during the Roadshow at the ICON Illustration conference in New York, Pasadena, California, and Providence, Rhode Island, as well as SIGGRAPH GRAPHITE conference in Western Australia. Her work has been published in Luerzer's Archive 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide 07/08 (2008, Austria); Visual Artist at Work by Michael Fleishman, Cengage (2009, USA); Vector Graphics and Illustration, a master class in digital image-making by Steven Withrow and Jack Harris, Rotovision (2008, UK); ILLO 2017, 3x3 Directory (2017, USA); ILLO 2018, 3x3 Directory (2018, USA) and many other books.
Feifei Ruan is a New York-based illustrator and graphic novelist. She grew up in Shenzhen, China and studied graphic design at Guangzhou University. In 2013, she came to the United States to study visual storytelling and received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts. Feifei’s work can be seen on book covers, magazines, websites, apps, merchandise, and murals. Her style ranges from eastern classic to science fiction and fantasy. Her work has been recognized by Society of Illustrators, Spectrum, 3×3, The Library of Congress, and more. She was the Grand Prix winner of the Hiii Illustration International Competition 2015, the jury of iJungle Awards 2017, and she is also a member of the Society of Illustrators and Art Directors Club.
La Scarlatte (Pauline Teunissen) is a freelance illustrator, living in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her very delicate pencil and ink drawings are almost always covered with flora and fauna. By blending textures and organic shapes she creates a beautiful combination that moves rhythmically and sometimes repeats as a pattern. Her work embraces every organism and object, it offers a place for people to wander carefree spaces (where even death is beautiful), and tales of forgotten worlds can be discovered.
Her work ranges from advertising, editorial and publishing to patterns, product, and scientific illustrations. Inspired by human behavior and natural science, she is often found in the city, its zoo, and its botanical gardens, as she draws an ever growing collection of people, animals, and plants.
Jianrong Lin is a New York-based freelance illustrator. He was born and raised in China. Jianrong received degrees in fashion illustration and general illustration from Fashion Institute of Technology. He also has a thriving side business doing large-scale works and paints murals for local restaurants. Jianrong starts his freelance illustration journey with Merck Pharmaceutical, illustrated a series of medical illustrations for the company. He then kick-started his illustration career with collaborating a storyboard campaign with AT&T’s TV commercial and Grey Advertising. Jianrong had works accepted into Society of Illustrators’ Exhibition, and the 3×3 magazine’s annual.
Bomboland is a collaborative effort between paper sculptors, Maurizio Santucci and Elisa Cerri. Based out of Lucca, Italy, the studio works on both publishing and advertising projects and has illustrated magazines, newspapers, children’s books, and collaborated with several agencies to create advertising campaigns. Within a few years from its emergence in 2007, Bomboland has been able to create its own unique space in the world of international illustration with a well-defined and recognizable style. Using techniques that include paper sculpting, vector rendering, and drawing, in conjunction with strong concepts and techniques, the world of Bomboland is populated by fun, animated objects that inhabit a space suspended in time. In addition to commissioned work, the studio dedicates time to creating exhibitions of personal works in galleries and exhibition spaces.
