Artist Profile: Ria Dastidar
Pin It Ria Dastidar – aka Uberpup makes playful, surreal colorful illustrations often featuring her own character creations. The illustrations produced are chaotic in style and unrestrained. Influences include, satirical comedy, Indian textiles, and day-glo cartoon shows. Ria lives and works in London, producing illustrations for animation, textiles, print and licensing. Recent clients include British Airways, Aerial 7, Wikia, and The NHS. ... Read More
Artist Profile: Andrea Willis
Pin It Born in Yorkshire; and running her own store in Scarborough. Although Andrea’s work lends itself to a broad style of product in the home wares industry, she specialised in Handmade cards. Andrea made the leap into being published when Creatives Inc. walked into her shop and said ‘we want all of these’. A recent interview for progressive Greetings magazine she voices her inspiration; “I decided to create a very British look... Read More
Artist profile: Craig Kendall
Pin It Based in Manchester, England since graduating from The University of Central Lancashire. I live with my partner of eleven years and our mischievous Italian Greyhound puppy just outside of the City Centre. My passion (and the reason for my continued sanity) is the creation of surface pattern and decorative imagery for interiors, greetings, gift-wrap, textiles etc. Art, history and culture fascinate me and I’ve been lucky enough to experience... Read More
Artist Profile: Michelle Romo
Pin It Born and raised in Southern California. Michelle is a self-taught illustrator and designer who is fueled by cookies and naps. She got her first computer when she was 16 and she hasn’t stopped working since. Her influences include Mid-Century, Japanese, and Scandinavian design and pretty much anything cute. Michelle created her line, Crowded Teeth, in 2004 and continues to create characters and products under that name, designing her... Read More
Artist profile: Tanya St Leger
Pin It I produce mixed-media work, which consists of free machine-stitched drawings on discarded rubbish which is cut through to expose a photo beneath. My work is strongly based on the idea that we are so conditioned to seeing rubbish on streets and in our cities that we don’t even notice it anymore. I see myself continuing to work with this theme and creating more pieces for exhibitons. Although my work has a strong message, it has the potential... Read More
Artist Profile: Dee Raynor
Pin It Hi Im Dee! I’m a designer and illustrator based in Nottingham. I enjoy working with traditional media, drawing and tinkering with Photoshop and Illustrator. Inspiration and interests vary from doodles, anything handmade or vintage, handwriting, photography, films, a variation of music, random conversation, Alison Carmichael, Orla Kiely, and people in general to coffee, and wandering. I’m now finishing the second year of my... Read More
Artist Profile: Caroline Doyle
Pin It Carolines work swings between loss & love, graphics & oil paintings. She has been a past student of St Martins & the Royal College, and now a regular of the Cadogan Gallery in London. Caroline has worked on a Love Collection for Creatives in the past, and her work has been stocked by leading retailers. Her portfolio is extensive and reaches into the heart strings of even the hardest of clients. Her Valentine collection was... Read More
