Jelle Gijsberts is a illustrator, designer and animator born and raised in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. Since his graduation, he has been freelancing in the field of illustration and animation. He has illustrated a bunch of children’s books, worked with clients like Chupa Chups and Unicef.

He makes some really adorable artworks that take you through many adventures and captivating stories. His fun, bright and colorful illustrations can easily win the heart of children and grown-ups alike and will put a smile on your face! So lets have a digital chat with Jelle Gijsberts!

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Liz Lorini, aka Miss Kika, is a San Francisco based illustrator and graphic artist. She has been drawing fashion girls since she was a little, which she says was a major influence to kick start her career in art and graphic design. Bagged with her degree she started freelancing and in her spare time and also started doing a series of illustrations she titled “Miss Kika” after her deceased pet kitty. Her style is girly art, filled with color and glitter. “Drawing candy girls all day is a dream come true,” she says! So lets have a chat with this young talented artist.

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Vectortuts+ is pleased to bring you an interview with Kako from São Paulo, Brazil. This highly talented illustrator has an extensive portfolio ranging from editorials to advertisements to comics and others. His distinguishable style has brought him clients from all over the world which includes huge names like: Coca Cola, Discovery World, Saatchi and Saatchi, Nokia, Toshiba, MTV, and more.

Kako has won numerous awards, nominations and recognitions. Kako’s illustrations are not only alive with energy, intensity and details, but also have a subtle beauty and there own charm. Truly a class apart!

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Luke Feldman is an Australian artist working professionally as a multimedia designer. He has developed SKAFFS, a collection of vibrant and quirky ideas which can be best described as beautiful, elegant and colorful. His original and distinctive style of illustration makes his work easily recognizable and immediately succeeds in grabbing full attention of a viewer.

This freelance illustrator, animator and sound producer has worked for huge companies like Coca Cola, Apple, and Facebook among others. Being fun, colorful and attractive his work quite naturally translates into sculpture, animation, skate deck lines, vinyl adhesive lines, toys, and more. So lets have a digital chat with this multi-talented artist!

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"Veerle" does the name rings the bell? I am sure many of you will reply with affirmation! Yes, you are right, today we bring to you interview with incomparable Veerle Pieters, a web and print designer based in Belgium who runs her prolific studio, Duoh! along with Geert Leyseele. She is also the author of a popular design blog.

With a initial background in graphic design and print, before she got involved in web design, she has a well rounded education which has made her one of the most versatile designers in the industry. So lets have a chat with this talented designer whose dream is to make the interweb a better place.

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Charlene Chua (who is also known by her nick-name, Sygnin) is a Toronto based illustrator and a digital artist. She worked as a graphic designer, a web producer and an interactive project manager before taking the plunge into illustrations full-time. Charlene has a varied and effective commercial style of illustration.

She has accomplished projects for variety of media like: advertising, editorials, childrens’ books, and more. Her work has appeared in the “Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles’ Illustration West 43 and 45,” and “Ballistic Publishing’s Exotique 4,” as well as several other art books. We took the opportunity to talk with this talented artist about her work and her experiences as an illustrator.

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Cristiano Siqueira who is also popularly known as Crisvector is a a highly acclaimed Brazilian designer and illustrator. He specializes in digital and vector illustrations. After some years of working as a graphic designer and art director, in 2005, he started to work full time as freelancer, creating illustrations for advertising, publishing and print design. His illustrations are a style statement on there own and are a great source of inspiration.

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Ossi Pirkonen is an illustrator with a knack for quirky character design and using vibrant, warm colors. His vector-style illustration has appeared on everything from album covers to books to Ford car ads.

Like many of you, Ossi moonlights as a freelancer while working full-time. In this interview Ossi shares his tricks of the trade, words of inspiration and tells how a career in illustration is all his mom’s fault!

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Mary Winkler (or Acrylicana as she is know as), has a unique and fascinating style of vector illustrations. More prominent in her illustrations, you will find a strong presence and personification of sweet delicacies like ice cream and cup cakes which tempts the taste buds.

Her vibrant and bold color palette not only attracts your attention, but leaves you feeling happy and joyful! She also uses her illustrations for variety of print products, stationary, jewelry, toys, and more. So lets move on to this tasty and delicious interview with her.

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Masha Gubar (AKA Limkis) is a talented digital artist from Russia. Her painterly style of vector illustrations are like poetry in visual form. Her vivid artworks are the indicators of what immense possibilities vector illustrations and programs like Adobe Illustrator are capable of.

In this interview, she sits down with me (virtually), where she goes down memory lane and recounts when she started her journey in the creative field. She shares her very first vector works, her thoughts on arts, creativity, challenges, and her road ahead!

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