Part of the comic scene, a playful sense of adventure permeates Stephan’s work and he creates characters with contasts in his slick and colourful books for children.

Mareike creates works that play with space and texture, with almost complete disregard for the picture plane, and with wonderful grimy and gritty figures.

Dylan works in a space between design and illustration, creating grubbily textured images with a slick finish.

Cristóbal’s works are flat and abstract, often using a limited colour palette and geometric shapes, echoing early twentieth century collage.

Going by the moniker of Mischief Champion, Katrin’s work is executed in a hand-drawn style using clean lines, texture and witty bubbles of speech.

Bárbara Fonseca is a Portuguese illustrator and co-founder of Bootsbau, a vibrant gallery in Berlin Neukölln.