As one of the most respected and varied illustrators in the game today, Dan Evans’ guides us through his journey into football art
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Working with major clubs and mwedia outlets, Dave Flanagan has forged a reputation as one of football’s most versatile and talented artists
While many football-loving artists are preoccupied with showing only the glitz and the glamour of life on and off the pitch, capturing a player’s good side and playing up to their polished…
There exists a very simple equation that goes a little something like: Football + Cartoons = David Squires. Or perhaps it’s David Squires + Football = Cartoons. Or … Squires x Cartoon?…
Football: although we might not see it as something that we take from, it gives us so much. It’s a spectrum of involvement. Footballers earn their keep from the game, while for…
British illustrator and graphic designer Mark Johnson certainly knows a thing or two about harnessing the nostalgia of vintage kits and iconic players from classic eras of football, all in the name…
Today, Omar Momani is arguably the most renowned football cartoonist on the planet. As the artist in residence at Goal, the world’s largest online football publication, his work is routinely seen by…
Having won BT Sport’s prestigious Champions Draw competition in all three of its years in existence thus far, it wouldn’t be undeserved to refer to Sligo-based football illustrator Dan Leydon as the…
“A cannonball launched, it’s barely in sight. Tiptoe the line between shadow and light. Some magical control brings the ball under your spell. A sneaky second touch beats the defender as well. Out…
From his home in the south west of the UK, graphic designer and illustrator Scott McRoy has in recent years transformed his habits from making art of footballers as a fan to…
In the minds of many, contemporary football kits just aren’t what they used to be. Often baggy, homely, experimental, and cherished as a result, they just don’t make them like they used…
Matheus Toscano, a Brazilian art enthusiast and self-taught football artist, is the man responsible for the wildly popular minimalist art project 8bit Football. What began as a self-confessed amateur hobby has, over…
Since 2013, Zürich-based fine artist David Diehl has been steadily contributing to a passion project of his named Icons, a painted series featuring large and illustrious portraits of many of the beautiful…
With an astoundingly vast and vibrant portfolio that strides confidently through the various worlds of football — domestic, international and street — and with a clients list that features Nike, Esquire, Mr…
Given the unrivalled scale of its all encapsulating allure, it comes as little surprise to see that the World Cup has inspired a vast array of creatives to abandon their daily duties…
Commissioned by Josimar Magazine to illustrate the cover for their 200-page World Cup issue, New York City-based designer, illustrator and art director Daniel Nyari willingly assumed the mantle with both hands and…
In fusing together his enviable expertise in photorealistic portraiture, a lifelong penchant for cartography and an innate love of football that, like most fans, experiences a palpable surge every four years, award-winning…
Illustrator Matthieu Teyssandier is on a mission to create something new in the world of football illustration. The Frenchman has created an excellent series of the most iconic football kits in the…