Super methodical abstractions and expressions in the brilliantly vivid portraits by Luke Rudolph

Photography: Bypass the rational with Maciek Jasik's colourful, smoke-filled portraits

Swedish illustrator Martin Nicolausson’s delightfully ambiguous portraits

Jules Julien creates dramatic painterly portraits from code

Brilliant, vibrant paintings of models in adverts by American artist James Rieck

Danny Romeril’s “spontaneous” paintings treat the world as a series of shapes and colours

Brilliant process imagery from illustrator Jon Jones

Introducing...Painterly illustration and slick design from Braulio Amado

The Post-painterly Abstraction of Frank Stella

Bright, bizarre and brilliant illustrations from John Chae

Jean-Philippe Bretin’s abstractly illustrated, cleanly composed designs

Otherworldly landscapes and ethereal portraiture from the hugely talented Benjamin Schmuck

More marvellous monochrome from Kasper Florio