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Excellent characterisation and a wry sense of humour populate the work of illustrator Andrea Chronopoulos

Andrea Chronopoulos is a Greek/Italian illustrator based in Rome and founding member of the rather excellent Studio Pilar.

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Having graduated in illustration and 2D animation at the European Institute of Design of Rome in 2011, he's racked up an impressive client list including Fred Perry, The New York Times, Lucky Peach, London's Natural History Museum and Anorak Magazine, Hello Hull, Esquire (Italy), Dog Magazine, Donna Moderna, SIAE VivaVerdi magazine, L'Ultimo.

It's not hard to see why his work is so eminently commissionable, especially for editorial work: the characters that populate his images are simply drawn but superbly expressive. He manages to weave bright, bold colours into banal situations and imbues almost everything he does with a wry sense of humour.

Chronopoulos was recently selected for the Illustrators 60 editorial category by New York's Society of Illustrators, and we're expecting to see a lot more of this rad work in 2018.

Woman with orange wavy hair in a black top and blue skirt juggling household items in a kitchen setting
Person in green shirt holding a branded t-shirt in an interior space, with another figure pulling luggage outdoors in a sunny location
Woman with dark hair and sunglasses reviewing job postings at a desk surrounded by papers and office supplies
Woman carrying shopping bags and plants on a city street past a dog, bicycle and shopfront with a 50% sale sign
Woman in blue trousers and white shirt viewed from behind, standing beside abstract geometric art featuring black, coral, beige and grey shapes
Woman with dark hair sitting in a car at night, gripping the steering wheel with a worried expression, Christmas tree hanging from rear-view mirror
Illustration of a modern classroom or learning space with multiple computer stations, a woman with orange hair standing by a desk, wall art, and a hanging green pendant light
A man in a red shirt holds a blonde-haired child while a woman reads on a sofa, in a colourful domestic interior with framed artwork on the walls
Woman sitting on floor holding vintage camera, with window view of cloud and control tower on turquoise wall behind her, small decorative objects and yellow wall section visible
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