If you are into the art toy & vinyl figures world, you will know who Kozik is. Maybe you’ve seen his Labbit illustration or is cigarette smoking a cigarette figure.

Frank Kozik, born in 1962 in Madrid Spain moved to the United States when he was a young boy. When starting off, he was known for his concert poster designs in the mid 80’s. Since he was reviving art in concert posters (which was lost for quite some time), he started forming a reputation as an artist. His reputation then grew bigger as he begun to work on posters for bands such as Nirvana and The Beastie Boys. This is just a gist from his high profile work which ranges from the Rolling Stone to Spin magazine.

I came across a booth at the Toronto Fan Expo 2008 at the Artist’s Alley. Picked up a postcard from a booth and decided to check out the website because Darryl’s colorful postcard caught my eye:

Darryl Graham’s Wolfman

He has also designed custom shoe

Check out his website/blog for more works & information about this Toronto illustrator.

I love checking out the sketchbook’s of artists because you get to see their ideas and creative processes before the final pieces (it’s sometimes more interesting then the final product itself). If you also like having a look at artist’s websites, have a look at Stella Im Hultberg’s site.

Here are a few excerpts from her sketchbook

Travis Millard is another illustrator that contributes to the clothing line: Blood is The New Black. Travis releases quite a few small zines under Fudge Factory Comics International.

Andrea Shear, a painted an artist who is currently based in Los Angeles, CA. She is also known for designing shirts for the clothing line Blood is the New Black

Jeremyville is an artist and designer who has produced quite a few vinyl figures. He has also been the first to publish a book on designer toys called Vinyls Will Kill. Have a look at his site if you want to shop at his online store or have a look at his other pieces.

Takashi Iwasaki, an illustrator who also uses embroidery as a media to convey concepts. All of Takashi’s work that were hand embroidered are quite abstract:

Puberty

View more Embroidery pieces here.

Yoshi Tajima is a Japanese illustrator and graphics designer. Yoshi’s main media includes gouache, watercolour, pencil ink and an Apple computer.

Daydream

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If you’re interested in checking out more works of this illustrator, visit R A D I O