Issue 32
Our last weekly round-up for 2025!
We somehow made it to the end of the year without doing any kind of illustration wrapped or trend report, you're welcome. We're just going to keep it simple with our favourite commissioned illustration from the last fortnight with our pick of the week going to Luis Mendo's fantastic work for Wako. This one just gives us the warm and fuzzies all over. Department store Christmas windows might just be the highest form of art right now as well, and the one thing that separates us from total chaos. Anyway! Luis is also an all around great person who has been a big supporter of PencilBooth and this blog for a long time, you should buy his new book too.
Anyway, thank you for reading this for the last year - we hope we've brought some joy to your inbox and perhaps opened you up to a new talent or two along the way. We're taking a two week break and will be back to our regularly scheduled posting in the new year. Thanks everyone! 💫
Luis Mendo for WAKO Ginza Tokyo
View on Instagram · View on Instagram
Tania Yakunova for Good Molecules
David Milan for Procreate
Represented by Closer & Closer
Haojing for Procreate
Micke Lindebergh for The Galeries
Represented by The Jacky Winter Group
Agency: Dot Dot Dash
View on Instagram · View on Instagram
Lam Ieong Kun for Coach
Margherita Caspani for Uniqlo Europe
Agency: Acapulco
Eva Cremers for YouTube
Animation: Sam Burton
Stephane Lopes for Apple
Elena Boils for Rosewood Hotels Hotels
Production: Studio Boum
Melissa Mathieson for Melbourne Central
Represented by Brilliant Artists
Agency: Dot Dot Dash
Bonus
Hattie Stewart for Pangaia
Animation: Hannah Lau Walker
yasuo-range for The North Face x Goldwin Japan
Isabela de Oliveira for Dengo Chocolates
Agency: FutureBrand São Paulo
