Illustration: We check back in with the superb Paul X Johnson

Date
27 January 2014

It was way back in 2012 that we featured Paul X Johnson on the site when he bowled us over with his stylised visual sensibilities. Fast forward 18 months and it’s good to see the London-based illustrator has lost none of the panache that so excited us first time round. What seems significant is the amount of repeat clients who come back to Paul again and again for his image-making; the likes of Little White Lies, SHOP magazine, and The Courtneeners among others. While his portraits of the likes of Ryan Gosling and Kristen Stewart are tight enough, it’s his imagined scenes that really slay me; a strange and unsettling world where things may not be what they seem.

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Paul X Johnson: Among Brothers

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Paul X Johnson: Time to Meet the Devil

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Paul X Johnson: Courteeners

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Paul X Johnson: Courteeners

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Paul X Johnson: Little White Lies

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Paul X Johnson: SHOP

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Paul X Johnson: Courteeners

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Rob Alderson

Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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