Pastiche for The Critic Magazine

The cover of this month's issue of The Critic was illustrated by Phosphor's Mandy Millie Flockton, under the Pastiche moniker.

The editor was looking for an illustration of Donald Trump in a Gulliver's Travels inspired scene. Trump was to be wearing attire more suited to a stereotypical US student campus occupying protestor. We think Mandy nailed the brief!

Even with multiple personalities, Phosphor's Pastiche artist was finding it hard to keep up with demand, so they now have a whole team of talented Pastiche illustrators taking commissions for your every need. Each is a specialist in their own field but they also work well as a team on joint projects.

So, you want Rembrandt’s ‘Christ on the Sea of Galilee’… By Thursday… Instead of Christ you want Meerkats… Mmm… Tricky one… What time on Thursday? Simples!

“I want a giant panda, called Vinnie… He’s riding a thoroughbred horse… In the style of George Stubbs… With background… Is Monday okay?” Sure!

“Any chance of a Leonardo by Tuesday?” – Just get in touch!

Hanbang EP Artwork by Léon Moh-Cah

Phosphor's latest signing, Léon Moh-Cah, has created the artwork for Hanbang's new EP. The artwork depicts a mountain scene created from collaged layers of fabric painted with watercolours.

Hanbang, real name Lee Jihoon, is a keyboardist-composer and member of the band Yangbans. This solo project is a meditation album featuring music he composed himself using recordings he made in nature. Three more albums are expected to follow, which will form a 24-song composition representing the 24 seasons of the Chinese calendar. Léon will be illustrating the three other albums too, in this same style, exploring the different colours and landscapes of the seasons.

New Picture Books from Christopher Nielsen

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Alexander Jackson’s Sister Boniface Mysteries Clapperboard

Phosphor's Alexander Jackson is known for his pop-culture portraits.

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New Cartoons by Bob Wilson

Phosphor has just updated Bob Wilson's portfolio with some recent editorial commissions.

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How Léon Moh-Cah Found Connection Through Her Sketchbook

Phosphor's Léon Moh-Cah and her project The Roving Sketchbook, which saw her travel and draw around the world, was recently featured on Creative Boom.

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Lumps Goes to Ibiza with elrow

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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See Lynn Hatzius’ work at Wild Anatomies

Phosphor's Lynn Hatzius is taking part in an exhibition this June in London. Wild Anatomies will explore connections between the human body and the world of plants through seven artists working across the disciplines of painting, drawing, ceramics, textiles, print and collage.

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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.