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We discover the secret recipe behind the illustrator’s unique style and how she uses her sketchbook as a medium to test out new tools

I’VE BEEN DEVELOPING A PORTRAIT STYLE of painting that combines realistic female characters in surrealistic backdrops. The women are usually built through a collage-style process; borrowing eyes, nose

RUNNER-UP

I STUDIED AT GOLDSMITHS AND THEN CENTRAL SAINT MARTINs in London, where I was tasked with capturing the energy of the city. These elements of vitality and motion have remained an integral part of my w

BEFORE SARAH JANE BROWN BECAME A PAINTER, she learned to read the sea. Not in the romanticised, windswept sense; but practically, viscerally, day after day. With over two decades working on the water

Journey into the character designer’s fantasy world to greet the animal adventurers and mythical creatures that live within