Nowadays, it can be hard to discover new top illustrators on social media because it’s such an incredible amount of them. It’s absolutely a good thing for the creative industry now it’s much easier to connect but it can be quite overwhelming at least to find a new illustrator you love.

Did you peep the list of top illustrators to follow in 2022? Well, we’re back with a whole new cohort for 2023! With 4 different designers, we have created this list of 23 of our favorite illustrators at the moment, ranging from all kinds of styles.

Illustration and art are without a doubt one of the most subjective topics in terms of taste so to avoid a one-person perspective, we each picked our own favorites and started the conversation with each other from there.

This resulted in a beautiful list of 23 different top illustrators that are either already veterans in the field or upcoming talents that are at the start of their creative careers.

1. Simon Bailly

Simon Bailly is a French illustrator that mainly works on editorial projects for several newspapers. Being a commercial illustrator for a specific type of client makes it possible for Simon to really lean into his own unique style of illustration and storytelling.

Next to newspapers, Simon also works for several events, some children’s books, and even has time to do some exhibitions in different galleries in between. The New Yorker, Hermès, and the Los Angeles Times are some of his recent collaborations.

2. Leonie Bos

Simon Bailly is a French illustrator that mainly works on editorial projects for several newspapers. Being a commercial illustrator for a specific type of client makes it possible for Simon to really lean into his own unique style of illustration and storytelling.

Next to newspapers, Simon also works for several events, some children’s books, and even has time to do some exhibitions in different galleries in between. The New Yorker, Hermès, and the Los Angeles Times are some of his recent collaborations.

3. Martin Kazanietz

Simon Bailly is a French illustrator that mainly works on editorial projects for several newspapers. Being a commercial illustrator for a specific type of client makes it possible for Simon to really lean into his own unique style of illustration and storytelling.

Next to newspapers, Simon also works for several events, some children’s books, and even has time to do some exhibitions in different galleries in between. The New Yorker, Hermès, and the Los Angeles Times are some of his recent collaborations.

3. Martin Kazanietz

Simon Bailly is a French illustrator that mainly works on editorial projects for several newspapers. Being a commercial illustrator for a specific type of client makes it possible for Simon to really lean into his own unique style of illustration and storytelling.

Next to newspapers, Simon also works for several events, some children’s books, and even has time to do some exhibitions in different galleries in between. The New Yorker, Hermès, and the Los Angeles Times are some of his recent collaborations.

Simon Bailly is a French illustrator that mainly works on editorial projects for several newspapers. Being a commercial illustrator for a specific type of client makes it possible for Simon to really lean into his own unique style of illustration and storytelling.

Next to newspapers, Simon also works for several events, some children’s books, and even has time to do some exhibitions in different galleries in between. The New Yorker, Hermès, and the Los Angeles Times are some of his recent collaborations.

Simon Bailly is a French illustrator that mainly works on editorial projects for several newspapers. Being a commercial illustrator for a specific type of client makes it possible for Simon to really lean into his own unique style of illustration and storytelling.

Next to newspapers, Simon also works for several events, some children’s books, and even has time to do some exhibitions in different galleries in between. The New Yorker, Hermès, and the Los Angeles Times are some of his recent collaborations.