🎉 We’re thrilled to present this year’s list of top designers and illustrators, curated in partnership with @Canva, @Dribbble, @Monotype and @Skillshare. Check out this year's lineup of outstanding creatives helping shape the future of the industry:

🤔 What's the best piece of creative advice you've ever gotten?. Check out our roundup of the best advice we heard from 17 of today's top illustrators and designers. From navigating career to managing mental health, here are their top tips:

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💡 What's one piece of creative advice you wish you'd heard at the beginning of your career?. Get inspired by the words of wisdom from 17 of today's top designers and illustrators, from navigating career to looking after your mental health:

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Danyel Maxin Santos is a multimedia artist based in the Philippines who has worked on a variety of projects combining design, illustration, motion, and 3D. Nominated as a top designer by our friends @Canva, explore more of Dany’s work:

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Sam Perkins is a purpose-led designer who firmly believes that good creative can change the world for the better, and has spent the last decade at @niceandserious shining a light on issues ranging from education and equality to clean energy. Read more:

James Olstein is an illustrator and author from Philadelphia who creates digital art that retains an old-school look and feel, with grainy textures and vibrant colors. Nominated as a top designer by our friends @Dribbble, discover more of James’ work at

It's #BackToSchool time, and we spoke with ed-tech expert @jmattmiller about his top tips for using icons in education. Learn about how he uses icons to engage students, make abstract concepts more easily understood, and more:. #edtech #teachertwitter.

Megan Nixon is a freelance graphic designer based in sunny San Diego, California, who specializes in a beachy and relaxed, minimalist style. Nominated as a top designer by our friends @Dribbble, check out more of Megan’s work: .

MUTI (@studioMUTI) is a creative studio founded in 2011 in Cape Town by Brad Hodgkiss, Clinton Campbell, and Miné Day. Nominated by our friends @Dribbble, explore more of their incredible work spanning lettering and icons to digital painting and animation:

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Vintiha Mammen is an independent illustrator, lettering artist, and top teacher on @Skillshare, creating projects that stand out with playful lettering, stylized illustrations, and bold color palettes. Read Vinitha's top tips for budding designers:

Anna Krestovskaya is a self-taught illustrator and brand designer from Ukraine who has over a decade of experience working at the crossroads of design and illustration. Nominated as a top designer by our friends @Dribbble, check out more of Anna’s work:

💡 Have you heard of #Sketchnoting?. We caught up with #edtech expert @VirtualGiff about how this practice boosts memory, cognition, and deep learning so students can more easily retrieve key concepts later on. Learn more: . #BacktoSchool.

Zabi Jose is a Manila-based illustrator and designer who enjoys adding a colorful and childlike lens to everyday things. Nominated as a top designer by our friends @Canva, you can explore more of Zabi’s work in this year's list:

Mariell Guzman is a multidisciplinary artist based in Dallas, Texas, whose work spans mixed media painting, murals, and sculpture. Explore more of her vibrant work inspired by nature, her bicultural upbringing, and ancestral heritage:

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Tom Froese is an award-winning illustrator, speaker, podcast host, and Top Teacher on @Skillshare with over 120,000 students. Learn more about Tom's practice and his best bits of advice for budding illustrators in this year's list of top designers:

Ethan Fender is an experimental freelance graphic designer who imbues his pieces with a retro-futuristic approach influenced by nature, geometry, mid-century modern, sci-fi, and even dark medieval fantasy/heraldry. Learn about Ethan's work and career:

In honor of #InternationalCatDay, please enjoy a selection of some of our most culturally significant cat icons 🐈 . Show us your favorite: