The Handsome Frank Illustration Podcast

Hattie Clark

Join us for a conversation with Leeds based illustrator Hattie Clark. In a lovely, meandering, chat we discuss how fashion street style inspires her, what it's like to se

Guillaume Kurkdjian

The latest episode of the Handsome Frank podcast took us to a kitchen table in the 20th arr. of Paris. With the sun streaming in, and surrounded by freshly baked pastry a

Advertising

Ever wondered how the advertising world actually works? On our latest podcast, we sit down with senior agency producer Phoebe Hazzan and top art director Ali Augur to dig

Yo Hosoyamada

A lovely conversation with one of our newer signings, Yo Hosoyamada. We discuss her background in architecture, working with Transport for London and why she wanted to ma

Molly McCammon

Join us as we catch up with one of our 2024 Handsome Future winners, Molly McCammon. We talk about what she's learned over the past year, how she's tweaked her work to ga

Tim McDonagh

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

24 - Charlie Davis

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

23 - Marylou Faure

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

22 - Paul Blow

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 h

21 - Luis Mendo

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 magazi

20 - Helen Musselwhite

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 cat

19 - Matt Murphy

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 commis

18 - Niege Borges

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 E

17 - Dakarai Akil

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 an

14 - Leonie Bos

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 a

16 - Luke McConkey

In our latest podcast we embark on a magical mystery tour into the world of Liverpool based artist Luke McConkey. Luke spills the beans on how he first grabbed our attent

15 - Joël Penkman

Once again we took the Handsome Frank podcast on the road, this time to a snow covered Liverpool to meet up with the wonderful Joël Penkman. Based in Maghull, on the nort

13 - Andrew Joyce

Illustrator Andrew Joyce is perhaps best known for his maps and building illustrations. As such, we thought it would be fun to take the Handsome Frank podcast to the stre

12 - Zoë Barker

If you love beautifully rendered buildings and hate the price of train tickets, this is the episode for you! This week we're off to Norwich to chat to the equal parts tal

11 - Agathe Singer

We took a trip to Paris to meet with the wonderful Agathe Singer and discuss all things gouache, juggling childcare and tiny lifts.