SPRING 2026

How real creatives Make their mark

In this Spring 2026 issue, we set out to understand how real creatives actually make their mark, not just the finished work, but the path behind it. Across illustrators, 3D animators, graphic designers, sculptors, and photographers, this issue focuses on the real stories, decisions, struggles, and obsessions that shaped their creative voice. Some built careers, while others built practices outside of their day jobs, but all of them found a way to leave a mark that is entirely their own. This issue is about the process of becoming, not just the work, but the person behind it.

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David doesn’t need to experiment

Design
Branding
Digital
Motion Design

David Momodu is a brand identity designer and poster artist based in Lagos. His work arrives fully formed before he opens the software.

Sketchbooks Built Ryan Pallett's Career

Illustration
Drawing
Sketch Book

His sketchbook is what led him to work as a concept artist for clients like Riot, DreamWorks, and others over the past six years.

DSGN VERSE creates despite the feed

Design
Branding
Digital

DSGN VERSE’s failed pieces stay on his feed. He keeps them there as punishment for having forced a design when nothing had clicked.

Stephen Works Against the Camera

Photography

Stephen Lladones shoots against the camera, using shutter drag to pull motion back into a medium engineered to remove it, turning the streets of Macau into streaks of neon and held light while keeping something still at the center.

David doesn’t need to experiment

Design
Branding
Digital
Motion Design

David Momodu is a brand identity designer and poster artist based in Lagos. His work arrives fully formed before he opens the software.

Sketchbooks Built Ryan Pallett's Career

Illustration
Drawing
Sketch Book

His sketchbook is what led him to work as a concept artist for clients like Riot, DreamWorks, and others over the past six years.

DSGN VERSE creates despite the feed

Design
Branding
Digital

DSGN VERSE’s failed pieces stay on his feed. He keeps them there as punishment for having forced a design when nothing had clicked.

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Galina Paints What She Never Got to Feel

Painting

Genesis Bullets is Graphic Design

Digital
Design

Anse Makes the Screen Feel Ephemeral

Digital
Design

Why Nathan Treats Art Like Blue-Collar Work

Digital Painting
Drawing
Portraits

Galina Paints What She Never Got to Feel

Painting

Galina, a 24-year-old painter based in Saint Petersburg, draws from her difficult childhood and paints emotions she never got to have.

Genesis Bullets is Graphic Design

Digital
Design

In a generation that has decided not caring is the cool position, Genesis Bullets is making loud, grain-heavy work that says otherwise.

Anse Makes the Screen Feel Ephemeral

Digital
Design

At seventeen, Anse is building a design practice out of grain, memory, and everything she photographs on the way to somewhere else.

Why Nathan Treats Art Like Blue-Collar Work

Digital Painting
Drawing
Portraits

Nathan approaches art with a blue-collar mindset, focused on doing the work well. His illustrations come from real places and careful decisions, not forced meaning.

Galina Paints What She Never Got to Feel

Painting

Galina, a 24-year-old painter based in Saint Petersburg, draws from her difficult childhood and paints emotions she never got to have.

Genesis Bullets is Graphic Design

Digital
Design

In a generation that has decided not caring is the cool position, Genesis Bullets is making loud, grain-heavy work that says otherwise.

Anse Makes the Screen Feel Ephemeral

Digital
Design

At seventeen, Anse is building a design practice out of grain, memory, and everything she photographs on the way to somewhere else.

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How real creatives Make their mark

In this Spring 2026 issue, we set out to understand how real creatives actually make their mark, not just the finished work, but the path behind it. Across illustrators, 3D animators, graphic designers, sculptors, and photographers, this issue focuses on the real stories, decisions, struggles, and obsessions that shaped their creative voice. Some built careers, while others built practices outside of their day jobs, but all of them found a way to leave a mark that is entirely their own. This issue is about the process of becoming, not just the work, but the person behind it.

In this Spring 2026 issue, we set out to understand how real creatives actually make their mark, not just the finished work, but the path behind it. Across illustrators, 3D animators, graphic designers, sculptors, and photographers, this issue focuses on the real stories, decisions, struggles, and obsessions that shaped their creative voice. Some built careers, while others built practices outside of their day jobs, but all of them found a way to leave a mark that is entirely their own. This issue is about the process of becoming, not just the work, but the person behind it.

How real creatives make their mark

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