January 2021:

Atiya Jones

Atiya Jones is an autodidact creator of abstract organic accumulations. A multi-disciplinary artist & creative director at Twelve\Twenty Studio. Her work is about human connection and serves as a visual depiction of healing, finding one’s tribe and building a life as a unit, the magic permeating beneath the surface of Self, and the search to find it.

It is soft, tense, mobile and still.

The Flatbush (Brooklyn), NY native is currently navigating life in Pittsburgh, PA.

website: www.atiyajones.com
instagram: @_twelvetwenty

February 2021:

WiseTwo

Bhupi Jethwa who is widely recognised as WiseTwo, is a Kenyan Multi-Disciplinary Artist.

His artwork takes a critical view of social and cultural issues. Often referencing ancient civilisations and the invisible connection between people and cultures, through intricate colour palettes and symmetrical shapes and forms that create a universe of masks. Having engaged subjects as diverse as ancient languages, scripts, shamanic mask rituals and dying tribes, his work reproduces familiar visual and aural signs, arranging them into new conceptually layered murals and paintings.

website: www.wisetwo.org
instagram: @wisetwo

March 2021:

Melissa Koby

Melissa Koby is a Jamaican born, Tampa based illustrator. The artists current work is inspired by a need to process our climate. There are themes addressing social justice, but the underlying themes are always a celebration of people of color and the peace and tranquility that comes from beautiful landscapes. The artist’s hope is that everyone can see themself in each piece; to normalize looking past the color of the skin of the people. She wants each viewer to focus on how the art itself makes them feel.

All of her work is created using a combination of watercolor painting and digital illustration.

website: www.kolormekoby.com
instagram: @mkoby_

January 2020:

Stephanie O’Byrne

Stephanie O’Byrne is an illustrator & graphic designer with a BFA in Communications Design from Pratt Institute and living in Nashville, TN. Her work is inspired by her love for (live!) music, the 2000s, the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine film, and vintage signs. She is also the host of Lost in Stereo, a radio show broadcast live on WPIR.

website: www.stephanieobyrne.com
instagram: @st3phascope

February 2020:

Deerjerk

Deerjerk is the pseudonym for woodcut artist Bryn Perrott. Perrott creates striking, immensely detailed high-contrast images that require a second look. Often modeled on tattoo flash and sometimes inspired by Mexican folk art, her carvings feature themes like death, religion, and animals. Though woodcuts are her predominant medium of choice, she also paints and draws extensively, showcasing her work in many private collections, national and international. She lives and works in Morgantown, West Virginia.

website: www.deerjerk.com
instagram: @deerjerk

March 2020:

Maggie Stephenson

Born in Poland, raised in Germany, Maggie is a self-taught artist and illustrator currently residing in Florida, USA.

Maggie’s art is heavily influenced by her European upbringing and travels, combining rich textures and vivid colors.  

website: www.maggiestephenson.com
instagram: @_maggiestephenson_

April 2020:

Ariel Sun

Ariel is a designer and artist based in Brooklyn, NY with a passion for combining form and function in every aspect of her life. She creates strategic art and digital experiences for clients to help them tell compelling stories and communicate sophisticated ideas. 

website: www.arielsun.com
instagram: @its_ariels

May 2020:

Madelyn Witruk

OhOk is the studio of Madelyn Witruk, an illustrator, designer and mural artist from Urbana, Illinois. She values bringing functional and permanent art into the world and is currently working on creating an overarching theme for her artwork, which is inspired by traditional tattoo styles, as well as Art Nouveau.

website: www.etsy.com/shop/MadWitCo
instagram: @ohok.studio

June 2020:

Niniwanted

Jenny Lelong, also known as Niniwanted, is a graphic designer + illustrator, mainly focused on colorful branding and illustration. Although her professional works consist of a variety of colourful illustrations with a naive pop touch, her personal work is mostly inspired by a love of Japan! She is currently based in Lyon, France and works as a digital designer at Ocebo and as a freelance illustrator.

website: www.jenny-lelong.com
instagram: @niniwanted

July 2020:

Flattering Design

Flattering Design is the creative space of Flávia Mayer, a latin illustrator and designer living in Bristol, UK. During the day, she works as Head of Design for Wholesome Culture, where she’s responsible for product creation and branding. Flattering is the monicker for her side-projects, where she is known for delicate illustrations and positive letterings.

website: www.flaviamayer.com
instagram: @flatteringdesign

August 2020:

Manon Louart

Manon Louart is a french motion designer and illustrator based in Bordeaux. Her personal work centers around meditative and relaxing animated illustrations, often featuring in one way or another some plant from her collection. It is a creative process that provides a sometimes much needed break from the fast paced freelancing world of motion design.

instagram: @manonlouart

September 2020:

Abigail E. Penner

Abi is an illustrator based out of Lincoln, NE who makes drawings about my feelings and how she processes those feelings. And then how we, the club of people who have a lot of feelings, process everyone else’s feelings together. In her own words; “I basically word vomit in the form of illustrations. Empaths, amiright?”

website: www.abigailervin.com
instagram: @abigailervin

October 2020:

Emily Elizabeth Miller

Emily Miller, a child of the farmland of Illinois and graduate of Memphis College of Art, now an illustrator in Nashville, TN. Currently focused on revitalizing walls and beautifying old buildings, you can find her artwork in hidden and surprising places throughout the town. Her work depicting flora and fauna are placed on buildings that have been condemned, forgotten, and abandoned to giving them new life.

website: www.emilyelizabethmiller.com
instagram: @emilysadventures

November 2020:

Lioninthetrees

Shirley Jackson is a Black and Korean artist residing in Central California who holds a BFA in Visual Communications from Weber State University. Her body of work heavily features animals and the natural world infused with magic and folklore. She works in both traditional and digital mediums; and has danced her way into product design.

Shirley's mantra when it comes to creating is: Own, love, and believe in what you create.

website: www.lioninthetrees.com
instagram: @lioninthetrees

December 2020:

Brooke Barker

Brooke Barker is an American writer and illustrator. She has been obsessed with animals ever since she learned she wasn't one. Her first book, Sad Animal Facts, is a New York Times and Los Angeles Times best-seller, and has been published in countless languages if you can't count higher than five.

Her work has been published in the Guardian, the Observer, and Lenny Letter, and she has illustrated for Coca-Cola and Nike. She currently lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband Boaz and their dog Kip. Her favourite animal is the Malayan tapir.

website: www.sadanimalfacts.com
instagram: @sadanimalfacts

January 2019:

Gareth Lucas

Gareth Lucas is an award winning Illustrator living in Essex, with a BA in Illustration from Brighton University and an MA in Communication Design from Central Saint Martins. When he’s not illustrating, he spends time with his wife and five kids. And if there is any time left, he likes to pick a banjo, strum a guitar or play a mandolin! Gareth primarily works digitally, and particularly enjoys decorative work and children's book illustration. You can also find his illustrations painted on china.

instagram: @garethlucasart

February 2019:

Ann Escamilla

Ann Escamilla is a triplet who recently relocated to Chicago after earning a BFA from Western Michigan University. As a designer who frequently works within the music industry, she’s exceedingly excited by the ability to visually depict lyrics and emotion from her favorite songs.

website: www.annescamilla.com
instagram: @annafooda

March 2019:

Logan Schmitt

Logan Schmitt is an illustrator who grew up in the woods in Wheeling, West Virginia. His fascination with nature and the small places of the forest are ever-present in his work and are a continual source of inspiration. Stylistically, he uses lots of lines and flat colors to present animals and other natural elements in an otherworldly light. When he isn’t illustrating posters for bands or designing t-shirts, you can find him somewhere in the woods or down by the creek. He currently lives in Wheeling with his wife and owl figurines.

website: www.loganschmitt.com
instagram: @loganschmittillustration

April 2019:

Alexis Politz

Alexis Politz is a queer illustrator and designer from Minneapolis who specializes in working with bands, organizations, and small businesses. They work diligently every day to visually represent other individuals and creatives alike through digital and traditional media.

As someone who got their career started in DIY environments, carrying a background in various forms of printmaking, screen printing, book arts, and product design their goal is to continue to be an accessible resource for those beginning their passions as well as a professional asset for established companies.

website: www.alexispolitz.com
instagram: @alexispolitz

June 2019:

Twin Home

Twin Home is the creative alias of Max Mahn; a printmaker and illustrator working between Montana and Wyoming. While Max’s client roster ranges from pizzerias to film festivals, newspapers and entertainment companies, his true passion will always be working with bands that he idolized as a kid, who know allow him to put his creations into their hands.

website: www.twinhomeprints.com
instagram: @twinhomeprints

September 2019:

Marika Paz

Marika Paz is a self taught artist and illustrator whose work explores the relationships of animals, humans, and nature. Influenced by folk stories and mysticism, her work is dreamy and imaginative creating a world of magic, wonder, and possibilities. Marika creates intricate drawings of flora and fauna using watercolor, gouache, pencil, and ink. After wandering from California, North Carolina, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Scotland, she has now docked in Portland, Oregon.

website: www.marikapaz.com
instagram: @marikapaz

0ctober 2019:

Faunwood

Miranda Zimmerman uses inspiration from nature and her background in science to create intricate and dreamlike creatures.  Her work invites the viewer to explore a world where the lines between science and fiction are blurred. 

Miranda graduated from California State University–Monterey Bay with a bachelor's degree in Evolutionary Biology.  She then went on to acquire her graduate certificate in Science Illustration, and spent three months working on paleontological reconstruction at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.  She now resides in the Pacific Northwest.

website: www.faunwood.com
instagram: @faunwood

December 2019:

CATSNEEZE

Jack Boulton aka CATSNEEZE, originally hails from the North West of England and is currently based in Central Portugal. As an art school drop out he has largely been self taught and brings a passion for the darker side of life with a sprinkle of humor into his work. He specialises in graphic design and illustration, primarily for the merchandise and apparel industries.

website: www.catsneeze.co.uk
instagram: @catsneeze

January 2018:

Mila-made

From her studio in Leeuwarden Netherlands, Jamilla Beukema works as an illustrator under the name 'Mila-made'. Avoiding digital techniques, her favorite tools are colored pencil, gouache, stamps and stencil printing. Her sweet and colorful illustration style is clearly perfect for children, and she also teaches visual arts & design part time at a secondary school. Fun fact: her studio is located in an old, renovated prison cell block.

website:  www.mila-made.nl
instagram: @jamillabeukema

March 2018:

Nick Matej

In case you're wondering, his last name is pronounced "May-tee", like how a pirate would refer to his buddy. A graphic designer based in Lakewood, Ohio, Nick navigates through modern trends while also looking to the past to develop his own voice within his work.

website: ahoymatej.com
instagram: @nmatej

April 2018:

Tusk + Twine

Tusk + Twine was created as an outlet for Kate Beardmore's passion for textiles and design. A self-taught embroidery artist, Kate uses her background in graphic design to help create one of a kind embroideries and embroidery patterns. Focusing on the simplicity and rawness of using her hands to create; she uses stitching to calm her mind. Kate currently lives in the UK Midlands with her husband and fur baby named Yui.

website:  www.etsy.com/shop/tuskandtwine
instagram: @tuskandtwine

May 2018:

Maxwell McMaster

Maxwell McMaster's dreamy, ethereal art in inspired by his home in Los Angeles, California. Maxwell uses abstract geometry and vivid gradients to invite the viewer to reflect on life, and its mysteries while reminding us of the beauty in it.

website: maxwellmcmaster.com
instagram: @maxwellmcmaster

June 2018:

Camille Chew

Camille Chew is an illustrator whose  witchcrafty style, magical patterns and elaborate mask designs, have a unique and beautiful look that is unmistakably hers. Her work explores themes of mythology, fantasy, and the occult. She's a graduate of Alfred University, and currently based in Ithaca, NY.

website: camillechew.com
instagram: @camillechew

July 2018:

DOOOM

DOOOM is a freelance illustrator based in the United Kingdom.

website: iamdooom.com
instagram: @iamdooom

August 2018:

Becca Jane

Becca Jane Koehler is a ceramic artist and illustrator in Nashville, TN. Becca earned her BFA in Furniture Design in 2005 from Savannah College of Art and Design. After 10 years of designing and illustrating for major dinnerware retailers worldwide, Becca is now a maker of hand painted ceramics.

website: beccajane.com
instagram: @beccajanestudio

September 2018:

Daphna Sebbane

We couldn't help but fall in love with the beautiful dusty pastel color palettes and mystical monoline vector explorations of Austin, TX's Daphna Sebbane. Daphna dabbles in at all - branding, packaging, typography, industrial design. Her recent experimentations southwestern occultism is beautiful and mysterious and prime for pinning.

website: daphnasebbane.com
instagram: @daphnasebbane

October 2018:

Anette Sommerseth

Being born in Norway, being surround by beautiful nature is clearly a big inspiration for Anette Smoerseth. She creates minimal black & white ink illustrations, most commonly combining geometric elements with beautifully drawn landscapes.

print shop: sommersethart.bigcartel.com
instagram: @ankatsom

December 2018:

Jared Tuttle

Minneapolis' Jared Tuttle caught our eyes on Instagram with his gorgeous monoline and monochromatic traditional tattoo inspired designs.

website: jared-tuttle.com
instagram: @jaredgraytuttle

January 2017:

Hania Bigo

Raised in Detroit and currently based in Chicago, Hania Bigo is an illustrator, designer and self-proclaimed and meme-lord. Her contrast'y, anime-inspired work is equally macabre as it is witty.

website:  www.haniabigo.com
instagram: @hania_bigo

February 2017:

Holy Buddy

Joel "Holy Buddy" Kirschenbaum is an art school drop-out and self-described 'Laptop Picasso' from Nevada. As a member of the band Alaska, he's cut his teeth illustrating whimsical tour merch for numerous bands in the DIY emo and punk scenes.

website:  www.yourholybuddy.tumblr.com
instagram: @yourholybuddy

March 2017:

tinycup needleworks

Britt "Hutch" Hutchinson, an American midwesterner, uses thread as paint or analog pixel to create what she describes as hand embroidery for the high lonesome. Her pin is a direct interpretation of an original hand-embroidered design, digitized and applied to the enamel pin medium.

website:  www.tinycupneedleworks.com
instagram: @tinycup_

April 2017:

Jess Polanshek

Jess Polanshek is an illustrator from Jericho, VT whose work often incorporates surreal or fantastical imagery. Her art revolves around elements of northern forests and the creatures that inhabit them. Focusing on high detail and loose realism, her art has evolved into an illustrative and whimsical style with a strong focus on the beauty and intricacies of the natural world.

website:  www.ofthehills.com
instagram: @polanshek

May 2017:

Mochichito

Mochichito is the moniker for a project created by designer Steph Fung. Currently on the self-initiated task of drawing a "tiny terrarium" every day for 100 days; a celebration of process that encourages everyone to participate in 100 days of making. Steph describes the project as cute, kawaii, & kickass, and we're thrilled to bring one of her terrariums to the physical form.

website:  www.mochichito.com
instagram: @mochichito

June 2017:

Matthew Fleming

Matthew Jay Fleming's hand-drawn, highly colorful penmanship is instantly recognizable within his illustration & design work. Humbly boasting an impressive portfolio, there's a good chance he's designed merch for more than one of your favorite bands; Dave Matthew Band, Explosions in the Sky, Brandi Carlile, and Ray LaMontagne--just to name a few. When he's not working there's a good chance he's riding a bicycle somewhere in the Pacific Northwest.

website:  www.matthewjayfleming.com
instagram: @matthewjay

July 2017:

Joshua Minnich

Hilariously enough, Charlie first met Joshua Minnich in 2008, when they would team up to design layouts for bands on the long defunct website Myspace.com. Since that time, Josh has honed his craft into a vintage-inspired style that could be described as both traditional and classic. His love for nature is very distinct within his work; specializing in lettering and logos with eye-catching details.

website:  www.joshuaminnichdesign.com
instagram: @joshuaminnich

August 2017:

M.I.D. Goods

M.I.D. Goods was created in Nashville, TN by husband & wife, Drew & Alicia Binkley; makers of intentional goods & celebrators of stories. They strive to create silkscreened prints & goods that tell a story, a purpose, a strong connection between the people who create them and the people who bring life to them. Cherishing items passed down in their families, from a straw garden hat to heirloom family quilts, they're working hard to create goods that deserve the respect of those who came before us, but fit into the lives we’re living today.

website:  www.midgoods.com
instagram: @midgoods

September 2017:

Lorena G

Lorena G is a Barcelona-based graphic designer and illustrator specializing in attention to detail. She boasts a love for geometrical shapes, and her work displays a clear knack for clean vectors executed in highly-saturated, beautiful color schemes. She's also known to be a expert connoisseur of tuna makis.

website:  www.lorena-g.com
instagram: @_lorena_g_

October 2017:

Bad Ponies

Bad Ponies is the artist moniker for Chicago-based illustrator Sarah Bogosh. Her repetitive drawings deal with the burden and beauty of carrying pain, through mostly animal motifs.

instagram: @badponies.illustration

November 2017:

Grey Days

Luka, aka Grey Days, is a designer & illustrator located in Brno, Czech Republic. We first found Luka's work on Instagram, and immediately reached out to him to do a pin for us. When he's not designing for your favorite punk or emojified bands, he's likely riding his motorcycle.

instagram: @greyxdays

December 2017:

The Bungaloo

John Vogl is an illustrator-designer-artist of sorts working in Denver, CO. The Bungaloo is a nonsense studio name he works under, because he thought his real name was boring, but The Bungaloo is just a one man operation. He draws most of his work by hand, in pen and ink, and it seems to feature an overabundance of birds, leaves, and trees. His dog, Loki, is not a very useful studio assistant, but still very sweet and cute.

website:  www.thebungaloo.com
instagram: @the_bungaloo

June 2016:

Nicholas Moegly

Nicholas Moegly is a designer, illustrator, and hand-letterer from Cincinnati, OH. Specializing in creating handcrafted designs, everything starts with pencil and paper. He's garnered experience working with people and companies from all over the world – from single-person startups to Fortune 50 companies. In his free-time, you can find him screen-printing goods for his online store, or playing his 1992 Hook pinball machine.

website:  www.nicholasmoegly.com
instagram: @nicholasmoegly

July 2016:

Erica Williams

Erica Williams is an illustrator who is known for intricate and detailed illustrations of flora and fauna, as well as custom typography and screen printed posters. In addition to loving nature and animals, her work is also heavily influenced by history, fiber arts, tattoo culture, folklore, fables, and mythology. When she's not drawing, she's probably drinking tea and hanging out with her "Kitterns" in Minneapolis.

website:  www.ericawilliamsillustration.com
instagram: @hookieduke

August 2016:

April Black

April is a designer and illustrator with a love for nature, riding bikes, dogs, music, pop culture and yoga. She believes in a simple approach, with a strong emphasis on illustrated elements. She currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon with 2 dogs, 1 cat and a loving husband. 

website:  www.aprilblack.com
instagram: @aprilblackdesign

September 2016:

Frolik Studio

By day, Tessa Kleingeld works as a senior freelance packaging designer in the striking city of Cape Town in South Africa. By night, she works on new ideas for pins, prints and stationery in her cosy home studio. Frolik Studio was born from a passion for beautiful design and a love of putting beautiful things out in the world and having people love them in return. 

website:  www.frolik.co.za
instagram: @frolik_studio

October 2016:

Kyler Martz

Kyler Martz is an illustrator and tattoo artist living and working in Seattle, WA. His work is notoriously nautically themed, and heavily inspired by vintage tattoo flash. When he's not tattooing, he dabbles in commercial illustration and has painted murals all across the United States.

website:  www.kylermartz.com
instagram: @kylermartz

December 2016:

Harold Apples

Harold Apples is the artist pseudonym for Nashville-based Adam Moore. He considers himself a nighttime illustrator for projects of all sorts, and spends his days as an Art Director for Lonely Planet.

instagram: @haroldapples