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Garrick Webster

@garrickwebster.bsky.social
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
My colleague @tomisawriter.bsky.social has written this absolutely gorgeous book on #design Worth every penny! www.creativeboom.com/resources/de...
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Designers needed a book about their history that didn't exist… so I wrote it myself
50 Greatest Designers gets under the skin of the pioneers who shaped our world today. The saying goes: to know where you're going, you need to know where you're coming from. So if you work in des...
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
It's Friday!
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I'm back over @creativeboom.com talking to the mural artist Oskar With a K: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... #manchester #graffiti #urbanart #Stockport
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
A new piece on @creativeboom.com - a little look at the ins and outs of private commissions for illustrators and designers: www.creativeboom.com/insight/priv... with @sretanbor.bsky.social @davidcousens.bsky.social Molly McCammon, Robin Raaphorst and Rose O'Mahony
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I've just discovered the wildly expressive artwork of Zosia Bońkowska writing for my favourite creative site, @creativeboom.com Check this out: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... #illustration
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Creative Boom @creativeboom.com · 25/03/2025
Creative Boom IRL: New events just launched. Coming to a town or city near you soon. Next up? Sheffield. RSVP by joining The Studio, our private community 👀 community.creativeboom.com
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
A little piece but one that excited me. I talked to Andy Vella, the designer who works with The Cure, about his work on Songs of a Lost World. 🖤 Over on @creativeboom.com www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Over on @creativeboom.com - a report I wrote about what's trending in #illustration at the moment based on data and insights from the agency IllustrationX. www.creativeboom.com/insight/illu...
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Illustration Trends: What creative directors are commissioning in 2025
Using company data and insight from its agenting team, IllustrationX has written an evidence-based look at what's trending in illustration as 2025 gets underway. We've teamed up with them to bring...
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Crime Fiction Lover @crimefictionlover.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🇨🇦 Good day, eh. In fact a very good day to let you know that there's a rich seam of Canadian crime fiction on our site - books, TV shows, great authors to discover: crimefictionlover.com/tag/canadian...
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Canadian crime fiction | Crime Fiction Lover
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I haven't written about #editorial #design in a long time but this #magazine designed by Lind Haugaard is a feast for the eyes... www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... check it out on on @creativeboom.com
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Famous For My Dinner Parties: a food mag to savour
Like vinyl album covers, perhaps magazine design is making a comeback via eye-catching publications like Famous For My Dinner Parties. We talked to its designer, the Danish-Icelandic creative Lind...
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
What a buzz talking to these wonderfully creative live event illustrators... www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... for @creativeboom.bsky.social Real life art can never be replaced by AI, nor can real life artists!
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How live event illustration brings big opportunities for artists
For many artists, there's nothing better than drawing and painting in real life. And, if you're good at it, there are clients out there who will pay handsomely for your live illustration talents....
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Creative Boom @creativeboom.com · 30/01/2025
It's so wholesome to see more brands and creatives joining BlueSky. New followers for us include @pentagramdesign.bsky.social and @brilliantartists.bsky.social... And so many more! Hello world!
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Happy Lunar New Year! 🎇 It was fantastic talking to @jasonlyon.bsky.social yesterday about his illustrations for the packaging of the special Lunar New Year edition of Royal Salute scotch. Here's what he said, via @creativeboom.bsky.social : www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... #illustration #china
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
These look phenomenal
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
It was great talking to the illustrator Emmy Lupin for @creativeboom.bsky.social last week. Such honesty and positivity in her approach... www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... #illustration #designermaker #Nottingham
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'I'm a maximalist, so it's all colour and pattern,' says Emmy Lupin
Over the last five years, this Nottingham-based artist has unleashed a flurry of ever-changing, brutally honest, but beautifully crafted imagery, creating for big brands but staying true to her own...
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Crime Fiction Lover @crimefictionlover.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
A rural setting. An old gold mine. A beautiful river in New South Wales. It's the perfect setting for murder in Chris Hammer's latest! 🇦🇺 crimefictionlover.com/2025/01/the-... Read our review by @sandramangan.bsky.social
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Creative Boom @creativeboom.com · 16/01/2025
Not to burden your Thursday morning, but this is essential reading: Big worries for creatives in the UK government's AI plan 👀 buff.ly/4fZav0n
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Creative Boom @creativeboom.com · 20/01/2025
One helluva groovy spot by Kitchen 👀 buff.ly/40rBOw7
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Ah check it out. @samgilbey.bsky.social is one of the best. His work is going from strength to strength! #illustration
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Creative Boom @creativeboom.com · 15/01/2025
Design That Feels: merging sustainability with sensory experiences in packaging
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Usually I love the pieces I work on for @creativeboom.bsky.social - I really enjoy talking to artists about what they do. However, this news piece was written with great concern - particularly for independent creatives in all fields.
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Crime Fiction Lover @crimefictionlover.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Friday is here - Let's check out some new crime novel releases!✨📚🔎 crimefictionlover.com/2025/01/on-t... Authors include Fruttero & Lucentini 🇮🇹 Dandy Smith 🇬🇧 @alexhaybooks.bsky.social 🇬🇧 @jamesyorkston.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and CarterWilson 🇺🇸 #crimefiction #mystery #thrillerbooks
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Over on the wonderful site @creativeboom.bsky.social I did a little piece about Kitchen, a directorial duo at Jelly, and their new animation for The Great Frog... www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
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One helluva groovy spot by Kitchen
The London motion directors Kitchen have unveiled a gorgeously dazzling and psychedelic animation for The Great Frog Vintage Market. Your eyeballs are in for a wild ride if you happen to land on a...
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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🚨UK People🚨 1/7 Your government is proposing a HUGE change to copyright law, where they give away YOUR works to Tech companies to profit from for FREE! A disgusting overreach that will cause irreparable harm to ALL creatives and beyond .You have one chance to stop it, read how below👇
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Amazing #illustration and #typography from this Danish artist, now based in Vancover, Canada. 🇩🇰 x 🇨🇦 via @creativeboom.bsky.social
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This week I caught up with Andy Council to find out about the HUGE new dinosaur artwork he painted for Cabot Circus in #Bristol. Story on @creativeboom.bsky.social www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I've been writing about some beautiful #art and commercial #illustration by Robin Raaphorst AKA Raven Milo. She's most comfortable in style that draws on her Dutch and Korean heritage. www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... Over on @creativeboom.bsky.social 💥
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Raven Milo: The reinvented Rotterdam artist takes flight
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Fascinated by this Jaguar launch in Miami. Most of the talk will be about the car and the word mark, but the colour way interests me most. www.creativeboom.com/news/jaguar-... via @creativeboom.bsky.social @katylcowan.bsky.social
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Jaguar reveals Type 00 at Miami Art Week, bringing its new brand to life
What does Jaguar's future look like? Bold, dramatic, and utterly unexpected if today's big reveal is anything to go by. Type 00 is a fearless vision of modern luxury, featuring cutting-edge innovat...
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I've been talking to illustration agencies over the last two weeks to find out what they'll be looking for in artists in the coming year, for @creativeboom.bsky.social. If you're an illustrator or work with illustrators, I hope you find it an interesting read. www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
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The eight things illustration agencies are looking for in 2025
We picked the brains of experienced illustration agents at Pocko, IllustrationX, Illozoo, Brilliant Artists, Handsome Frank and Norte for their take on the coming year. While 2024 has been pretty...
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Kinda excited that I finally got to interview Jamie Hewlett. I think someone else always got the gig, when the opportunities came up. It was just an emailer, but still... www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... via @creativeboom.bsky.social #tankgirl #jamiehewlett #art #illustration #comics
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Today a look at the new showreel by #illustrator, #animator and old friend from the days when #vectorgraphics exploded @mutanthands.bsky.social www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
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New look and new showreel for Mutant Hands
James Wignall has curated a new reel to encapsulate his recent animation work and created a fresh visual identity to boot. Mutant Hands – AKA animator and art director James Wignall – burst onto t...
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Enjoyed talking to the creatives at Passion Pictures last week about combining traditional stop motion set building with CG animated characters in this spot for Movistar in Spain. 🐭 🇪🇸
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Some up-and-coming children's illustrators to check out today on @creativeboom.bsky.social www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... #illustration #ghosts #spooky #art
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Spooky and kooky: Five children's illustrators who are a touch mysterious
Katty Maurey, Daphne Schenderling, Abi Bi, Becky Colvin and Helen Brady are rising stars in children's illustration – but cute, happy and fluffy isn't always on the agenda. As much as their parent...
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Some more inspiring #illustration, this time from Monsie, over on @creativeboom.bsky.social www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... #inspiration #empowerment #vector #creativity
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The powerful and empowering illustrations of Monsie
By her own confession, Monika Jurczyk – AKA Monsie – has bounced between places and jobs like a pinball, but freelance illustration has given her creative soul its voice.
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Crime Fiction Lover @crimefictionlover.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
🎁 Let's have a giveaway for all our new friends here on Bluesky! 🎈 What we've got is a deluxe illustrated copy of No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Just follow us, like the post 👍🏼 and share it and we'll make the draw just after noon GMT on Friday 22 Nov. More below👇
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Sustainable fabric vs fast fashion. Nice piece here: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... By Abbey Bamford on @creativeboom.bsky.social I think I might be 'slo-fashion' or maybe even 'no fashion'.
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Woolmark campaign unearths horrors of fast fashion
We've all been haunted by some of our past outfit choices, but Woolmark's latest campaign by 20(SOMETHING), Park Village, and Studio Birthplace exposes the scary reality of fast fashion. For the...
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Joanna Blémont - another emerging illustrator featured @creativeboom.bsky.social www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... #illustration
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Turning down the volume and dialling up the creativity with Joanna Blémont
Making time and space to consider things is a theme in her illustrations and is integral to Joanna Blémont's creative process. The world seems noisy and troubling at the moment, which is why it ne...
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Crime Fiction Lover @crimefictionlover.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
🏆 Time to take a closer look at the shortlist for our Best Debut Crime Novel Award for 2024, and congratulate the new authors who have been nominated by our readers! 👏 crimefictionlover.com/2024/11/best... Then... please vote on your top pick!
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
New #illustration talent highlighted on @creativeboom.bsky.social www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... Strasbourg artist Agathe Meunier #risograph #riso #France #landscape #art
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Fresh impressions of the French landscape with Agathe Meunier
The Strasbourg-based artist uses marker pens, risograph printing and her unique eye for colour to document the great outdoors in locations across France. Vast outdoor settings, bold forms, and une...
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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With 15 Million Subscribers, Is Bluesky On Track To Takeover X?
Bluesky could have a serious advantage as The Guardian, Don Lemon and Jamie Lee Curtis leave Twitter (X). Since the election, it quickly gained 1.25 million new users.
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Garrick Webster @garrickwebster.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Interesting discussion about the intersection between AI and #illustration on @creativeboom.bsky.social www.creativeboom.com/features/wil...
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Is AI really coming for your illustration career? An industry expert weighs in
As an illustration agent at Folio Art, James Hughes offers insights into the future of illustration amidst the rise of AI. With many artists concerned about AI taking over creative jobs, he explain...
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