



Cute prints and surface design patterns from final year student Lisa Martin. She designs mainly for children, and I love the bold elements that she so smartly offsets with finer textures. See more at her portfolio and here’s her blog.




Cute prints and surface design patterns from final year student Lisa Martin. She designs mainly for children, and I love the bold elements that she so smartly offsets with finer textures. See more at her portfolio and here’s her blog.
I’ve started a little Pinterest board to open up the call for friends and illustration-lovers to share some of the wonderful artists they’ve found online here and it’s been so fun to rifle through the many lovely pins by our contributors!
Here’s some recent favorites from the Picks for Pikaland board (there’s already more than 700+ pins in there!) so if you’d like to join the fun as a contributor on our Pinterest board, I’d love to hear from you!

Eduardo Sancinetti via Marina Molares

Naomi Wilkinson via Flora @ The Round Window

Emiliano Ponzi via Telma Baptista

Étienne Beck via Ana Pez

Petter Almgren via Estibaliz Hernandez

Bendik Kaltenborn via Vesle Serena

Sara Pulver via Marina Molares

Happy Labor Day!
Today marks another release in our wallpaper series, and this time we’re featuring the ever fabulous Mia Christopher (who’s busy wrapping up her last semester at school!)
She’s a multi-disciplinary artist based in San Francisco who’s doing lots of lovely experimental works with color being the main focus! You can see more of her work on her website, Etsy shop and over on Flickr!
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To see all the artists in our desktop wallpaper series, head here!
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