Meet the Artists
Our awesome team of ‘Bearhuggers’
The Bearhugs for Australia collective brings together creatives from around the world, including artists, illustrators, typographers & graphic designers. Each has created designs representing our core values of solidarity, mateship, support and hope for those affected by the Australia’s bushfires.
Their artistic styles vary greatly, though they all have one thing in common… a HUGE heart and a desire to play an active part in the Australian Bushfire Relief. All designs have been generously donated.
On behalf of Australia, our heartfelt thanks and bearhugs go out to you!
Mulga
Sydney, Australia
Mulga is a freelance illustrator, muralist, published author and designer. His unique Australian creations and signature style grace walls across the world.
Chris Edser
Adelaide, Australia
Chris illustrates, animates, carves things out of wood and teaches, working for clients such as Nike, Paypal, The Chicago Bulls and The Australian String Quartet.
Dean Rankine
Melbourne, Australia
Dean’s comic art credits include The Simpsons, Futurama, Rick and Morty, Invader Zim, I Hate Fairyland, Underdog, Hellboy, and Oggy and the Cockroaches.
Lisa Vertudaches
Adelaide, Australia
Lisa is an illustrator & animator who specialises in short looping animations and has recently collaborated with Nickelodeon, Disney, GIPHY & Hallmark.
Luke Hawkins
Bondi Beach, Australia
Luke is Founder & Chief Doodler at EARLIES – purveyors of rad! His work is heavily influenced by skate & surf culture, tattoos, metal, Mad magazine & street art.
Clare Martin
Perth, Western Australia
Clare is a designer and illustrator who takes inspiration from the natural world to create playful surface designs full of colour, texture and movement.
ANGVS
Adelaide, South Australia
ANGVS is a pop culture artist specialising in cartoon and lowbrow artwork, internationally published and exhibited.
Miroslav Vujovic
Belgrade, Serbia
Miroslav is an architect and Wolda awarded designer, with many logos having been featured in leading international brand magazines.
Evy Benita
London, UK
Evy is raising awareness of Earth’s wonderful creatures through illustration. Independent pin maker, sticker designer & creator of other cool merchandise.
Lucinda Penn
Adelaide Hills, Australia
Lucinda is a mural artist, digital illustrator and graphic designer who works to spread perspective through her work.
Ammy
Sweden
Ammy is a hobbyist artist, cartoonist, character creator & book illustrator.
Kassy O’Shea
Country Australia
Kassy is an Australian graphic designer & photographer who creates digital art, makes websites and writes books.
AJ Cordero
Los Angeles, USA
AJ is a digital artist in LA. Creator of Simple Koala Studios, a small brand selling cute animal merch.
James Moir AKA Hero
South Australia
Hero is a freelance designer who’s behind Microhero Shop, a small Aussie brand of mixed media work, influenced by anime, gaming culture and his time in Japan.
Darius Dan
Romania
Designer of 30k+ icons. Self-starter.
Maria Keller
Mexico
Maria is a digital artist based in Mexico, creating visual effects, motion graphics, industrial design, character design, cartoons & graphic design.
Jess
Los Angeles, USA
Jess is an independent artist who created Ariean Dream, a Los Angeles based brand that features cute merchandise inspired by anime and food.
Jeremy DV Boyd
Adelaide Hills, Australia
Jeremy is a creative director/designer who’s work spans branding, packaging, websites, typography and print. He is also the founder of Bearhugs for Australia.
Hollie Mengert
Seattle, USA
Hollie is a kidlit illustrator, character designer and game industry animator who has worked with Harper Collins, Penguin Random House and Mattel.
COMING SOON
Watch This Space!
Worldwide
Our creative collective is growing!
Watch this space for upcoming new Bearhuggers and their awesome designs supporting bushfire relief.
Want to join our creative collective?
We’d love to hear from you!
Check out details on our FAQ page.