This week’s Creative Crush comes all the way from Austria. We’ve been admiring Carina Lindmeier’s work for a while. Can you blame us? Her playful illustrations serve as the perfect infusion of tender thoughts and creative inspiration. Carina’s style [...]

Staying in one place for at least two months has meant different things to everyone. But despite the disruption to their lives and their static location, artists still got busy creating. Some are making works that respond directly to [...]

Can you really pursue a successful career doing something you love? Well, take a look at lettering artist Jackie Rivera. From her doodling days to her university years, Jackie’s kept working at her craft, eventually building up an impressive [...]

New Zealand artist, Andrew J Steel, has built a name for himself through an unconventional art form— street art. His work is far from vandalism though. Andrew’s work is intentional; it’s meant to add to public property instead of [...]

How often do you hear of an illustrator that takes inspiration from challenging herself to make the worst possible drawing? Erin Lancaster does, because she’s not just any illustrator. Erin’s portfolio includes work for Discovery Channel and Apple. Her [...]

Christopher Benson is one of those illustrators that somehow manages to bring an entire world of captivating stories and mystical creatures to life on a piece of paper or digital screen. Even if you’re not intimately familiar with the [...]

If Sex and the City was staged in 2019, Iman Hariri-Kia would be an unproblematic version of Carrie Bradshaw. The New York City-based writer and storyteller covers sex, love, and the range of emotions in between for some of [...]

This week’s Creative Crush has done what many of us wish we could do (read: just go for it!). She’s turned her pop culture obsession into a business. Margaret Kalejta is the CEO, designer, production manager, and assistant at [...]

Ally Gonzalos’ editorial work is like a breath of fresh air. He’s committed to portraying real diversity in his work. Recently, Ally’s project on what is unfortunately considered to be unconventional masculinity has been gaining a lot of attention, [...]

Ryan Snook is a Toronto-based illustrator with a childlike whimsy to his art. You might even say it has a touch of magic.   His bold use of bright colours hits you like a fresh cup of coffee, ramping [...]

The Exchange District BIZ is one of 16 business improvement zones in Winnipeg. It encompasses East and West of Main Street from Waterfront Drive to Adelaide Street and North and South from Galt Avenue to the iconic intersection of Portage and Main.  Its [...]

Armand Mehidri is anything but your average art school graduate. He combined his two passions, fashion and drawing, and for the past few years has been sketching celebrities and fashion models for his impressive Instagram audience of 74 thousand [...]

A few months ago, Lindsay Arakawa left her job as Senior Creative Social Strategist at Refinery29 to move to Japan. During her time at Refinery29, she helped the media company build a distinctive narrative on social by establishing a [...]

Caroline Pivovar is a graphic designer by day and a hand letter enthusiast by night. The one half of Oh So Graceful, the passion project turned viable business, loves colours. In fact, there’s no such thing as too many [...]

At first glance, Hiller Goodspeed’s drawings may look simple, easy to interpret and straightforward, which is part of where the beauty of his work lies. Through his palatable, intentional work, Hiller communicates important messages of self-appreciation and self-sufficiency. His [...]