Paul Farrell is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator based in Newport, Wales, not far from his hometown Bristol. He has 30 years experience as a designer in London and now self employed, he divides his time between brand design (https://www.studiojoy.co.uk) and illustration - creating graphic art for screen printing, product design and commissions. As a sole trader Paul's artwork and product sells at major retailers, galleries and organisations around the UK and Europe. His most recent project is soon to be published work for Pavilion Books following the release of his first book as author and illustrator for Great Britain in Colour published by PanMacmillan.

Takahiro Kimura is a Japanese animator, illustrator and character designer based in Tokyo. Takahiro studied technology of painting and graphic design at Salesian Polytechnic, as well as drawing, landscape painting and fashion drawing at Setsu Mode Seminar. In 2003 Takahiro created a group of web and television collage animation characters collectively called Kimsnake.

Furze Chan is an Illustrator and graphic designer, who lives and works in Hong Kong. Furze is a regular contributor to Obscura Magazine. She is also one of the founders of 1984 Publishing. Her previous clients includes JR Central Japan Railways, M le magazine du Monde, Vice Media, and J.Crew.

illustrator, cartoonist and author from Italy

Khyati Trehan is an independent graphic designer and 3D visual artist from New Delhi, India. Her work is textural, playful, emotive and driven by an ache to make the intangible tangible. Khyati’s career has seen her work across disciplines, drawing inspiration from the context of the work and often exploring the edges of all things visual for the likes of the Oscars, New York Times, New Yorker Magazine, Apple, Adobe, Absolut, Instagram and Snapchat. Khyati was one of Print Magazine's 15 New Visual Artists under 30 in 2017, was chosen as the Artistry Creator of the Year at Adweek’s Creator Visionary Awards, won the ADC Young Guns 19 and most recently, made it to the Forbes 30under30 India List.