After careful consideration, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards, supported by Format. Thank you to every single illustrator who took the time to submit work! It is certainly challenging to make selections from thousands of images but the experience is also tremendously rewarding. We now have literally hundreds of new illustrators on our radar and we love that.
These five winners represent five different categories: “Personal”, “Editorial”, “Advertising & Promotional”, “Product & Packaging”, “Student”. Each is awarded a $500 USD cash prize, editorial and social coverage, and will be featured in our special print publication. Each winner also receives a Wacom Intuos S Tablet and a True Grit Texture Supply Everything Bundle. Thank you to Wacom and True Grit Texture Supply for these terrific prizes.
Be sure to have a look through all the winning images! Over the coming weeks, we’ll be interviewing each winner about their winning image. If you haven’t already, subscribe to our Secret Email Club to stay updated—you won’t want to miss a thing! Also included below are some exceptional images from 20 shortlisted illustrators (whose work will be showcased in the print publication) as well as the names of an additional 200 longlisted illustrators.
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Without further ado, we present to you the distinguished winners and talented runners-up of the 2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards.
2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards
“Personal”
WINNER: Ugnė Becker
Ugnė Becker is a Lithuanian born artist and illustrator, currently residing in Dresden, Germany. This personal work is titled, “Promethea”.
2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards
“Editorial”
WINNER: Hoi Chan
Hoi Chan is an illustrator from Hong Kong, currently based in New Orleans. This is an editorial illustration for an article in The New York Times, “The Beauty of a Silent Walk”.
2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards
“Advertising & Promotional”
WINNER: Chris Koehler
Chris Koehler is an Chinese/Salvadorean/German illustrator from San Francisco. This illustration is an officially licensed poster for the 45th anniversary of Halloween, for Hero Complex Gallery and Compass International Pictures.
2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards
“Product & Packaging”
WINNER: Jun Cen
Jun Cen is a New York-based illustrator originally from Guangzhou China. This illustration is the cover art for the Chinese edition of Keigo Higashino’s novel, The Letters.
2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards
“Student”
WINNER: Jess Martinez
Jess Martinez is a Mexican-American illustrator and designer, born and raised Los Angeles, creating work under the pseudonym Scion Illustration. “Scion, meaning a young shoot or twig used in grafting, mirrors my creative process where I meticulously bring together several design inspirations.”
2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards
Shortlist
(20 Illustrators)
2024 Booooooom Illustration Awards
Longlist
(200 Illustrators)
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