When I said I wanna blog about her, she thought I’ve muddled her with someone else. No dear, that’s you. Abi Daker has working as a professional artist since graduating from the University of Reading in 2003. Abi provides illustrations & artwork for children’s books, print and web publications, adverts, posters and private commissions. Her work is always drawn freehand, whether it is coloured digitally or with dry or wet media.

Jen Collins is an illustrator living in Scotland. By day she works at an arts centre, and on evenings and weekends she can be found drawing at her desk, as well as spending time with friends and eating yummy food with her boyfriend. Such a interesting person.

After Thereza’s tweet about a special project I was very curious and sure it’s connected with art – art project. About 4 hours later a Happy Journey was launched. It’s the product of the imaginative heads of illustrators Thereza Rowe, Lesley Barnes and Abi Daker.

It was born out of a Twitter interaction over a link Thereza posted featuring eco friendly customized coffins which used mostly stock images and very little imagination.

You’ve noticed something new here? O’yes it’s a header illustration made by my dear friend Djurdjica Selec also know as Djuro. She’s amazing and really nice person, I usually call her a ninja because she kicks ass in drawing stuff. As freelance web designer and illustrator she works with the clients around the world. Djurdjica recently moved to the coast and still can’t believe it.

To realize what she meant with the illustration I asked her a few questions…

It seems Michael Jackson left the trending topics on Twitter and the other media is forgetting him too. Am I wrong? This illustrations by an norwegian illustrator and designer Rashid Akrim, are here to remind you about the *Billie Jean* legend. Urban use of bright colors perfectly cheer up the dark side of the tragic (true) story.

And we have some illustrations here before the Valentine’s day and at the beginning of the Winter Olympic Games.

Mario Sughi is an Italian illustrator, cartoonist and historian, living and working in Dublin. At the end of the 70s he worked in Rome as humorist in Italian satirical magazines Il Male and Zut. Mario has moved to Dublin in the late eighties where he studied Medieval History. In 1995 he was awarded a PhD by Trinity College Dublin.

I believe that the work of an illustrator betrays his desire to make use of imagination to recreate the world in which we all live.

I chose a few of his illustrations. My favorites:

His unique and unusual style has changed my view of the illustrations. Really!

What kind of art is this? Simply, my interpretation is “the fate of smokers”. Now you see how smoking can be art. Whatever, I’m sure mixed stuff below inspires you to think twice, next time.

Sky Nash is an artist from Birmingham currently based in London, studying a BA (Hons) Book arts and design. She started the degree in September and she’s constantly learning new things.

I choose it so that I could carry on being an illustrator and learn something practical at the same time.

Enjoy the rest of this article and see what 20 years old female artist can do.