30 top graphic designers to follow on Behance

21. Jared Nickerson

Jthree Concepts is a Seattle-based design studio owned and operated by Jared K Nickerson. The studio's main focuses are graphic design, character, logo, videogame, editorial, and textile design. They have also worked on a sticker pack that is available through the app store for iMessage. We love Nickerson's quirky approach to illustration; this Makes Lab design above is for an experimental workshop space at the Brooks Running HQ in Seattle, WA.

22. Glenn Jones

Hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, Glenn Jones has been working as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator for over 20 years. His focus lies with corporate identity, packing and illustration. And he certainly knows a thing or two – after a succession of hit designs for T-shirt company Threadless, Jones went on to create his very own range of T-shirt designs: Glennz Tees. 

23. Nicki Van Roon

Co-founder and designer at Roon & Rahn, Nicki Van Roon is a graphic designer specialising in branding, packaging and typography. As if that's not enough, Rahn partners with René Hansen to design and create thoughtful, aesthetic furniture under the name Roon & Rahn. 

24. Kronk

Kronk is a graphic designer who also specialises in toy design. Hailing from Johannesberg, South Africa, his designs are full of life and colour. He's proved popular among the Behance creatives with his comic-like style and illustrated printed posters.

25. Tom Haynes

Tom Haynes is a graphic designer working in New York. He was part of the process designing Avund Goods – a minimal leather goods company combining the accuracy of modern technology with the feel of traditional crafts. More recently he has ventured into industrial design. Take a look at his profile to see more pictures of the stunning graphic design approach.

26. Federico Landini

Frederico Landini is a freelance brand, type and graphic designer. Based in Florence, Italy, Frederico has some impressive projects under his belt. One of which is a stunning cover for Vita Magazine, and most recently this stunning font.

27. Montserrat Llaurado

With over 14 years experience in the international graphic design industry Montserrat Llaurado certainly knows her stuff. Beginning her career in the advertising field, she teamed up with commercial director Pep Bosch, with whom she developed her eye for immaculate art direction, photography and film editing.

After working as the creative director and international head of design at the Lomographic Society in Vienna, Austria, Llaurado is now back in the US as creative director at LUX Creative Studio, CA.

28. Jack Crossing

Jack Crossing graduated from Bath Spa University with a degree in Graphic Communication in 2008. He is now working as a graphic designer in London. His innovative approach to graphic design has gained him plenty of appreciations among the Behance community, and his client list includes WIRED, Warner Music Group, and the V&A. 

29.  Lena Vargas Afanasieva 

Lena Vargas Afanasieva is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer working in the Dominican Republic. She created the above image as part of her fantasy series Escaping Reality Vol VIXX. It is her most recent work.

30. Luisa Rivera 

Luisa Rivera is an artist and illustrator based in London, England. Her most recent project was the cover design and illustration for this republication of  Gabriel García Márquez's book, El Amor en los Tiempos del Colera (Love in the Time of Cholera).

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