The Handsome Frank Illustration Podcast

Mar 18 2025 25 ep. 53 mins 24

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Join us as we catch up with the illustrators we work with on a daily basis.

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Tim McDonagh

Mar 18 2025 60 mins

In this episode Tim talks us through his 15 years in illustration. From an initial love of collage, before pivoting to pen and ink and disagreeing with his tutors on the way to winning a D&AD New Blood Award. Today he is established as one of the most sought after in the business and has become a go to artist, for The New York Times and Star Wars. Join us as we hear how growing up

24 - Charlie Davis

Feb 11 2025 51 mins

If you've travelled on the London Underground recently, you'll have seen the work of Charlie Davis. A Handsome Frank superstar since 2019, Charlie's profile has grown to new heights in the past few years and is now on show all over London. He joins us to share his journey—from starting out as a junior designer to making the leap into full-time illustration. Offering a fascinatin

23 - Marylou Faure

Dec 17 2024 52 mins

Parisian-born Londoner Marylou Faure joined us at HFHQ to talk about the personal and professional journey, which has shaped her bold, bouncy, art style. In our final podcast of the year, Marylou discusses female empowerment, which is a central theme in her work and how she learned to love colour. We also cover how her 3D 'babes' come to life, her dream projects and whether Di

22 - Paul Blow

Nov 22 2024 53 mins

On a brisk November day, we travelled by train to Dorset and sat down to talk with award winning illustrator Paul Blow. In a conversation that spans the full length of his career, we discuss the highs and lows of being an illustrator for over three decades. Paul talks to us about everything from awards, to losing his life's work, to why he avoided drawing smiley faces for so long

21 - Luis Mendo

Mar 15 2024 56 mins

In a Paris hotel room, beneath the Eiffel Tower, we finally tracked down the wonderful Luis Mendo. Join us for a ranging conversation, taking in a career designing magazines in 90's Amsterdam, a life changing decision to relocate to Tokyo and how his work as an illustrator was born from a language barrier. Trigger warning, contains mentions of AI that artists may find refres

20 - Helen Musselwhite

Feb 09 2024 53 mins

Part illustrator, part model maker, part engineer and full time Handsome Frank royalty, paper artist Helen Musselwhite visited our studio for our 20th episode.   We catch up with perhaps our most analogue artist to discuss her childhood fascination with model villages, thinking in 3D, and how she uses her photography skills to bring her paper worlds to life. If you haven't seen i

19 - Matt Murphy

Nov 28 2023 54 mins

Matt Murphy brought his customary warmth and good conversation as he called in to see us and record podcast EP19. We discussed colour theory, great music and dream commissions past and (hopefully) future.

18 - Niege Borges

Oct 20 2023 45 mins

Brooklyn's finest, Niege Borges, flew over to London to fill our studio with colour and recount stories of her art journey, her cat Shakira, and her inflatable sidekick Elizabeth.

17 - Dakarai Akil

Sep 20 2023 49 mins

From driving taxis, sleeping in a gallery, to working in a homeless centre on Skid Row, Dakarai’s journey to becoming a freelance artist is one of the most fascinating and eventful we’ve ever heard. Warning this podcast contains rattle snake references.

14 - Leonie Bos

Sep 20 2023 43 mins

For latest episode we jumped on the Eurostar and headed to Amsterdam to meet with artist and illustrator Leonie Bos. From her studio, tucked away on the ground floor of an old Victorian school, we talk about everything from squatting in abandoned buildings to punch needle and the difficulties of growing vegetables.