Contributor Profile July

This month on The Skinny, we're excited to feature an illustrator, Li Tzu Chien. He creates delightful vector backgrounds that feature a variety of colorful and whimsical characters.

Li Tzu Chien began creating his staple patterns and cartoon-style illustrations while making backgrounds and doing web design work as a student of design in Taiwan.

He's always enjoyed creating playful animal and human vectors, and hopes his work will save designers time. Li Tzu Chien's art definitely adds an endearing and creative element to any design project.

See more of Li Tzu Chien's work on Veer. 

Contributor Profile June 2012

Introducing Ryan Jorgensen (Jorgo), this month's featured contributor on The Skinny. Jorgensen recognized photography as his true calling in 2006 while working as a graphic designer for an advertising agency. He began to pursue photography full time when it become evident that his uncanny vision and powerful inspiration would pave the way to a promising career.

Jorgensen explores the macabre side of photography, revealing the mysteries that lie in the hidden corners of our minds. Inspired by historic events, vintage portraits, fantasy, and mysteries, his work is a unique juxtaposition of horror and beauty.

It's rare to find such stunning photography that stimulates the imagination and calls on conflicting emotions-love, anger, humor, curiosity, and despair. Within each of his images is a story-one we're excited to welcome to Veer.

Contributor Profile May 2012

Featured Contributor Johan Swanepoel

We're proud to announce that Johan Swanepoel is this month's Featured

Contributor. Hailing from South Africa with a background in engineering and

construction management, Swanepoel pursued his passion for photography as 

young man in the era of manual cameras and darkrooms.

We love his intimate wildlife photographs-powerful additions to the Veer library.

While he claims to value modern digital equipment and techniques, when asked if

he is a wildlife photography "purist" - Swanepoel says: 

"No, cropping, healing, cloning, composites, etc., are part of the tools in order to

create the image I have in mind. The final goal will mostly dictate the rules. When

looking casually at images, I rarely question the processes involved, but rather

appreciate the message or beauty of the subject."

Check out highlights from Johan's work here