Satoshi Kambayashi for PLC Magazine

Phosphor's Satoshi Kambayashi is back in his regular slot, illustrating for PLC Magazine. This time the brief was to create something colourful for a piece about the impact of challenging market conditions on mergers and acquisitions activity.

Satoshi brought his unique line and watercolour style to the UK many years ago, and since then he has developed a digital style with a similar effect, plus a more graphic flat colour version, seen in play here. The underlying theme is always Satoshi's great ability to solve a creative problem by providing brilliant quirky solutions with a sense of humour, which is why so many magazines rely on him to interpret and conceptualise their ideas.

Find more of Satoshi's work in his portfolio, or contact Trina at Phosphor to commission Satoshi to bring some humour to your next project.

Iris de Luz for MIZZOU Magazine

Phosphor's Iris de Luz was approached by MIZZOU Magazine, the alumni magazine of the University of Missouri, to illustrate their Spring 2024 cover.

The brief was right up Iris' street: a 'playful and surreal park fantasy world' featuring bright colours, flowers, rolling hills, trees, lots of pattern and the famous St. Louis arch.

Iris' illustration will entice MIZZOU subscribers to read the cover story which features a group of four University of Missouri alumni who are leaders of various parks and greenspace organisations in the city of St. Louis.

Many different photographic elements and some 3D vector shapes make up each piece of Iris' dazzling artwork, including this cover. She spends hours looking at photographs to find the right textures for the job at hand, and says, "I think of them as if they were part of a digital ecosystem where each element, when joined with others, builds a new character".

Take a peek at Iris' portfolio to find more of her digital collages and contact Trina at Phosphor to commission Iris for your next project.

2024 Ibiza Season designed by Lumps

Phosphor's Lumps (aka Sam Drew) is excited to be collaborating with Elrow on their 2024 summer season at Amnesia in Ibiza. Sam - a big music lover - described the commission as a "dream project" and it's true, he is the perfect man for the job...

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Moustronaut by Mandy Millie Flockton

Phosphor's Mandy Millie Flockton has been illustrating a very ambitious mouse for her children's picture book, Moustronaut. Here's a sneak peek at some of the pages...

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Lumps Animates Video For Canada’s National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

Phosphor's Lumps (aka Sam Drew) has been working on animations for a very important campaign for the past two years. Sex trafficking is one of Canada’s most lucrative and misunderstood crimes. Let’s Talk About Sex Trafficking is a campaign from Covenant House Toronto aimed at empowering and equipping parents and teens with the tools they need to help prevent sex trafficking in Canada. The images you see here are stills from the videos, which will launch on Canada’s National Human Trafficking Awareness day, February 22, 2024.

At the heart of the campaign are the two videos, illustrated and animated by Lumps, which are based on real stories of sex trafficking survivors. The campaign encourages parents to watch these videos with their teens to help understand the red flags in the luring process and how sex trafficking happens. There is also a microsite for teens featuring animation from the videos that includes information about healthy relationships, safety tips and where to get help.

Animation is a unique way to tell survivor stories. The goal was to tell these stories in a medium that teens would pay attention to, which is why Lumps was picked - Sam's signature style is bright, engaging and accessible. Animation also allows use of symbolism to tell parts of the story and cover a heavy and complex topic in a more approachable way for this audience.

Development of the campaign concept was informed by research conducted with survivors, teens, parents and educators. The campaign is supported by social media advertising, PR and parent and teen influencers.

To find more of Lumps' work check out his portfolio or animation page and get in touch with Trina at Phosphor to commission him for your next project.

Florencia Rigiroli for Animal Kind

Phosphor's Florencia Rigiroli recently completed a job for Animal Kind, who make vegan snacks. Florencia created a series of illustrations to decorate the company's Christmas boxes, which contained all kinds of sweet vegan products.

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Lee Ford for HarperCollins

Lee Ford lent his talents to the cover of The Shetland Way: Community and Climate Crisis on my Father's Islands, a memoir and investigation exploring loss, community and the climate crisis in the Shetland Islands by environmental journalist Marianne Brown.

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Seasons Greetings from Phosphor!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all at Phosphor!

We’ve been creating stunning imagery for advertising, publishing and the media since 1979. How’s that for sustainability? Of course we’re proud of our past glories, like illustrating truly legendary ad campaigns and magazines that changed design. But we’re way more interested in presenting the work our artists are making at the moment. And finding them more challenges from people who appreciate the best.

If you are one of the people who set our artists a challenge this year, thank you.

If you're yet to work with one of Phosphor's talented illustrators and animators, get in touch in 2024, or browse portfolios at phosphorart.com.

Christmas GIF by illustrator and animator Léon Moh-Cah

Let Florencia Rigiroli bring some pattern to your products

Phosphor's Florencia Rigiroli (also known as Un floripondio) is an Argentinian illustrator and art director, who likes to create colourful illustrations focused on nature, botanicals and the female figure.

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New work by Lumps

Lumps, aka Sam Drew, is a Cardiff born artist, interested in painting, illustration and screenprint. Sam's Phosphor portfolio has had a recent refresh, with new illustrations and animations joining the weird and wonderful world of Lumps.

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