The Handsome Frank Illustration Podcast
Episodes
Advertising
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered how the advertising world actually works? On our latest podcast, we sit down with senior agency producer Phoebe Hazzan and top art dire...
Yo Hosoyamada
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lovely conversation with one of our newer signings, Yo Hosoyamada. We discuss her background in architecture, working with Transport for London and ...
Molly McCammon
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we catch up with one of our 2024 Handsome Future winners, Molly McCammon. We talk about what she's learned over the past year, how she's tw...
Tim McDonagh
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Tim talks us through his 15 years in illustration. From an initial love of collage, before pivoting to pen and ink and disagreeing wit...
24 - Charlie Davis
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you've travelled on the London Underground recently, you'll have seen the work of Charlie Davis. A Handsome Frank superstar since 2019, Charlie'...
23 - Marylou Faure
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Parisian-born Londoner Marylou Faure joined us at HFHQ to talk about the personal and professional journey, which has shaped her bold, bouncy, art...
22 - Paul Blow
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On a brisk November day, we travelled by train to Dorset and sat down to talk with award winning illustrator Paul Blow. In a conversation that spans...
21 - Luis Mendo
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a Paris hotel room, beneath the Eiffel Tower, we finally tracked down the wonderful Luis Mendo. Join us for a ranging conversation, taking i...
20 - Helen Musselwhite
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part illustrator, part model maker, part engineer and full time Handsome Frank royalty, paper artist Helen Musselwhite visited our studio for our 20th...
19 - Matt Murphy
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Murphy brought his customary warmth and good conversation as he called in to see us and record podcast EP19. We discussed colour theory, great mu...
18 - Niege Borges
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Brooklyn's finest, Niege Borges, flew over to London to fill our studio with colour and recount stories of her art journey, her cat Shakira, a...
17 - Dakarai Akil
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From driving taxis, sleeping in a gallery, to working in a homeless centre on Skid Row, Dakarai's journey to becoming a freelance artist is one of the...
14 - Leonie Bos
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For latest episode we jumped on the Eurostar and headed to Amsterdam to meet with artist and illustrator Leonie Bos. From her studio, tucked away on t...
16 - Luke McConkey
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest podcast we embark on a magical mystery tour into the world of Liverpool based artist Luke McConkey. Luke spills the beans on how he fir...
15 - Joël Penkman
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Once again we took the Handsome Frank podcast on the road, this time to a snow covered Liverpool to meet up with the wonderful Joël Penkman. Based...
13 - Andrew Joyce
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Illustrator Andrew Joyce is perhaps best known for his maps and building illustrations. As such, we thought it would be fun to take the Handsome Fra...
12 - Zoë Barker
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you love beautifully rendered buildings and hate the price of train tickets, this is the episode for you! This week we're off to Norwich to chat to...
11 - Agathe Singer
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We took a trip to Paris to meet with the wonderful Agathe Singer and discuss all things gouache, juggling childcare and tiny lifts.
10 - David Sparshott
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We headed to rural Norfolk to speak to David Sparshott, an illustrator who creates all of his work using pencils. David lives off-grid and we were cha...
09 - Michelle Thompson
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We headed to the Essex countryside to meet up with collage expert Michelle Thompson to find out about what she'd been working on and why she chose ill...
08 - Tobias Hall
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We had a lovely chat with typographer and illustrator Tobias Hall. He treated us to pizza and we got to stroke his giant cat.
07 - Paul Thurlby
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We headed to glorious Brighton to chat to the lovely Paul Thurlby.
06 - Emily Robertson
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With the sun shining we met up with Emily Robertson for a good chat, a giggle and some custard tarts.
05 - Sebastian Curi
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's lockdown right now so we jumped on a Zoom call with LA based illustrator Sebastian Curi to talk about how he made it into the industry and how he...
04 - Tom Haugomat & Bruno Mangyoku
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down and chatted to illustrators Tom Haugomat and Bruno Mangyoku who share a top-floor studio in Paris, accessible only by the worlds smallest ...
03 - Sarah Maycock
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Maycock took the train up from Hastings to come have a chat with us about her career to date as an illustrator and painter.
02 - Matt Saunders
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we speak to Matt Saunders, illustration supremo and all round nice guy.
01 - Jean Jullien
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We travelled to Paris and caught up with renowned illustrator and artist Jean Jullien who we've had the pleasure of working with for over eight years....