Lo-fi collages from London illustrator Jean-Philippe Calver

It’s good to start the year with some fresh, simply lovely illustration from a young artist, and these curious collage works are the brain-droppings of London-based Jean-Philippe Calver. I’d pretty much always stand by the idea that scrappy lo-fi collage is superior to the neat, exquisitely cut-out variety. Jean-Philippe’s work slots into the former category perfectly: his collage work is so lo-fi that it looks as if he’s been storing it on the floor of a studio that he shares with a chimneysweep. But there you go, that’s the charm with Jean, his website’s a bit shit and his work is thrown together from scraps – but somehow that’s what makes him truly brilliant. Don’t go changing, Jean-Philippe!