Illustration – Automattic Design

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Community Illustration Interviews

Drawing the holiday spirit — Interviewing Cinta Arribas

Based in a small city in Northern Spain, Cinta Arribas is an illustrator and visual artist with over ten years of professional experience. She studied Fine Arts in Salamanca and Kassel (Germany), and recently completed an artist residency in Washington, DC, through a program of the Spanish Embassy.
Toto Castiglione, leilabyron

Best in WordPress Illustration Inspiration WordPress

Best in WordPress Design: General Condition

General Condition’s new website is a study in atmosphere: slow, intentional, emotionally charged design brought to life with WordPress. In this edition of Best in WordPress Design, its founder, Jovan Lakić, shares the inspirations, challenges, and tools behind their narrative-driven digital world.
Fernando Pérez, Marta Przeciszewska

Branding Craft Illustration

Illustrations that scale: building a cohesive style for Woo

At Woo, we’ve been rethinking how illustrations can support both our product and our brand. The result is a new system designed to feel cohesive, flexible, and fast to work with. We’ve built a framework that balances functional clarity with expressive storytelling, giving us a style that adapts seamlessly across contexts.
Diana Costa

Best in WordPress Craft Illustration

Craft meets community: designing for the Bedfordshire Bird Club

The most rewarding design projects emerge when passionate communities with a clear vision partner with technical experts to achieve something neither could accomplish alone. The Bedfordshire Bird Club embodied this perfect collaboration.
Marina Verdu

Art Craft Illustration

Illustrating in Figma: tips and tricks

Marina Verdu explains how Figma empowers illustration workflows at WordPress VIP, highlighting collaborative features, essential plugins like ‘Blending Me’ and ‘Noise & Texture,’ and practical tips for creating consistent, high-quality visuals across digital platforms.
Fernando Pérez

Craft Illustration

Unwrapping Day One’s new ribbon illustrations

Day One has expanded its brand into physical journals, using a versatile visual language of 3D ribbon illustrations. Read on to learn how the design team developed the brand.