Todor Karastoyanov has deep connections to the stage but he does not like the spotlight. He is part of at least one project you may have heard live whose members prefer to remain anonymous. He plays for (or has co-founded) the bands 3TELETA, Lacrima Christi, Animatsionerite, Nasekomix

He describes his style as simple and colorful, and his characters as helpful but still missing something important. This is how the Irish illustrator, book author and social entrepreneur Chris Haughton sees himself.

Blood is thicker than water. Not if you ask the art collective Blood Becomes Water, which has been releasing limited edition publications about contemporary art since 2010 and also works in the field of illustration and graphic design

Sabina Radeva is a graphic designer and illustrator, and – more recently – an author. Her love of art and science led to her literary debut Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species which has now also been published in Bulgarian by Ciela.

For years, we have admired her work in graphic design and illustration, things she describes as "the most fun kind of game." We can also add her successful work in animation – especially Father, but also Traveling Country (both from Compote Collective).

Thus, gradually and quite naturally, Iva became a master of the fine arts, also working as a sculptor, author and illustrator of several books, including Six Stories,The Badger and the Lonely Oak and Unloved Toys, all part of the catalog of Begemot publishing house, which she runs with her husband Nikolai Grozni

Joe Caslin is a teacher responsible for some of the most provoking pieces of street art anyone has ever seen on the streets of Ireland

Her latest work In Sofia is a 116-page graphic story with only three sentences. She has devoted six years (minus two months) to this exciting story about Sofia as seen through the eyes of a foreigner.