In this day and age of chain stores, multi-nationals and homogenized rubbish, Etsy is  there, providing an antithesis to all this bland conformity. Artists, designers and makers finally have a platform and a vehicle to sell their beautiful handmade wares to you and me.

I know that if you’re visiting this blog, chances are you’re a designer or artist, or else you have someone in your life who loves design and typography, well this list will help you out if you’re stuck for a gift or just feel like looking at pretty things.

I’ve been putting together an Illustrator tutorial for a short course I’m teaching and as I began researching, was blown away by the quality of vector illustration out there, so I decided to put a post together about some of my favourites.

Sit back and enjoy the ride and hopefully you’ll be inspired to do some Adobe Illustrator tutorials sometime soon.