Thursday's Design Digest
- Chloe O'Laughlin
- Mar 27
- 2 min read
A Weekly Dose of Inspiration
Life is busy. Full of little annoyances and frustrations. As I age, I realize how much stress plays on my psyche. Struggling with anxiety doesn't help my case but while I try to maintain a sunny disposition, I find myself circling my hobbies and passions. I'm an artist and I love art.
Seeing what my friends create or filling my fyps with interesting artists are a few things that fill my life with joy. One of my best friends recently created a rebrand page for themselves. Not only a truly genius way to get people to respect your name and pronoun change but also a very cute idea to get folks comfortable who otherwise may not be. These little moments I cherish deeply. I love seeing what people can create.
To add whimsy and inspiration into my life, I try to find cool things around me, whether in person or online, the place doesn't matter much. Since leaving college, I realized overtime that I don't get to talk about design and art as much as I'd like to. Today, I focused on posters.
Above you'll see some neat pieces with different styles. One of those posters I own and love it very much. I'm a sucker for a stylized cat of any kind but especially tigers, which is why you see not one but two in the lineup. The first and second piece I couldn't nail down the original artists. I love the style of these two pieces. I think vector illustrations can have such a variety of vibes. From clean to grunge, anything is possible. I love how polished both of these posters are. Limited palettes also help to create a finished and clean look.
Tom Whalen is the artist of the third poster. Yellowstone is a wonderous place full of life, colors, and landscapes any plein air painter would kill for. Whalen's other works mimic this poster heavily. Exceptionally clean vector graphics with stylized shapes and compositions. His work spans other national parks to movies and anime. I think his use of isolation in this piece is very interesting. While separated or contained in specific circles, the composition remains balanced and engaging. The rich browns and blues complement each other very successfully. Along with minimal type, it really frames a beautiful illustration.
The fourth print is by Sophia DeFelice. I own a pink variation of this screen print and love it dearly. DeFelice is a screen printer and illustrator, their work mostly focuses on animals, all with this same whimsical and simplistic style. Their use of color is particularly interesting, I think being a screen printer gives them plenty of insight to creating invigorating color combinations. Their work ranges size but composition stays fairly consistent. From what I observe in their work, less is more. A minimal illustration results in striking prints with easily customizable color schemes. I'm a big fan of their work and highly recommend snagging yourself a print or two.
Thanks for being here, you can find some links to the artists' work below.
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