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.

Illustrator and designer Melvin Galapon was born in the South of England in 1981, yet hails from Burnley a small town in the Northwest of England. A graduate from Central St. Martin’s he has worked with the likes of Wallpaper*, The New York Times, Nike and Nokia to name but a few. He has been featured in various magazines worldwide and has exhibited in Tokyo, London and Singapore. Galapon is currently based in London where he works on a prolific mix of Illustrations, Installations and Design work.

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.

I am a clay illustrator. Like most of us, I started playing around with clay at a very young age. Unlike most of us, I continued my practice right through my childhood and into adulthood. Nowadays I view my lumps of clay with the same wide-eyed, open-ended imagination that I did as a child, but now I take it to a level of refinement and expression, achievable only through thousands of hours of practice and a true love for my art. And now I hardly ever eat the clay.

Claudia’s work is based on her personal experience as a heterosexual woman in modern world dating, and her view on female sexuality along with humour and sarcasm. Behind her colourful cartoon-based images, there is always a simple message or a lighthearted joke. The caption is a very important element to the imagery because she believes a piece of good work is not only visually interesting, but it also needs to serve a purpose.