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Illustration: We simply can't get enough of the work of Jan Buchczik

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Date
12 August 2013

Jan Buchczik has come kicking and screaming into our Monday morning like the strangely beautiful lovechild of Julian Opie and Tim Lahan. His squeaky clean lines and soothing pastel palette are made brilliant by his humour, which peeks out every few pictures like a little ray of sunshine. It’s so great to see someone utilising digital tools such as Photoshop in such an honest, naive way, which suggests how much room there is for this sort of thing on the illustration scene. For now, Jan is reaping the rewards of his hard work by getting commissions from fantastic publications such as Bloomberg View, Anorak Magazine and Nippon Connection among others.

An illustration of a person with brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a pinstriped grey suit and a purple patterned shirt. A smartphone is tucked into their breast pocket.
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A black and white illustration of a person with a large, solid black beard. They wear a dark shirt over a white collared shirt.
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An illustration of a person performing a headstand, balancing various objects on their body. A pelican stands on one leg, while a sailboat, a bowling pin, a balloon and a tennis ball are balanced across their arms and feet.
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An illustration of a person performing a handstand with their legs split wide. They balance a camel on a ball on one foot, while a pretzel and a hat rest on the other. A car and a vase of flowers hang from their ankles.
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An illustration of a person with a neutral expression and a green T-shirt. A hand reaches from the top of the frame to pull a single lock of brown hair upwards from their head.
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An illustration of a blue silhouette of a person against a lime green background. The figure stands with one hand on their head and a simple, smiling face.
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A black and white illustration of a stylised face. The figure has large, dark eyes with heavy shapes beneath them and a simple, angular nose.
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An illustration of a person bent backwards in a deep arch against a pale pink background. The figure is rendered in a darker pink outline with speckled patterns across their clothes.
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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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