Illustrator Research
For my final module I had to look at Illustrators that fit in with the brief.
Paul Hess
Paul Hess was born in Sydney, Australia as a graphic designer
then moved on to Illustration full-time in 1991 and now lives in England. He
mainly likes to draw children picture books as well as bool covers, cards, and
posters. He works in pencils, watercolours and digital art. His website address
is http://www.alisoneldred.com/artistPaulHess.html.
The reason why Hess is in my research is because it has the
right atmosphere I want in my own piece for this module. The style is simple
with photograph background and flat colour on top is the composition. The
technique I think is hand draw then put on to a computer and put all together.
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Zanna Allen
Allen is a freelance Illustrator her passions are book
Illustration and cover design. Her website is www.zannaallenillustration.co.uk.
The concept of putting Zanna Allen sketches in my research is
the landscape and shadow and her artwork feels like it telling a story. The
technique she uses is pencil on paper and this demonstrates sense of space in
her work. The style is simple and sketchy that catches the eye of the viewer. Her
sketches have influenced me too keep my landscape uncomplicated, not too much
details and simple shading. The
composition is mix of organic and geometric shapes that adds structure and
strength to her artwork.
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Cosimo Miorelli
Is based in Berlin and he is a visual artist, Illustrator and
live performer. Miorelli likes to work in video productions and focuses on live
multimedia storytelling. As well as painting live and producing exhibits in
festivals, projects and venues around the world. The website I found my
information on was www.cosimomiorelli.com.
I admire Cosimo Miorelli animation work and how creates
drawing and changes them in developing the story. I put him in my research for
my project because I love how Miorelli constructs his pieces, the roughness and
it really open to your own interpretation. I like to reflect his work within my
own by taking some of his ideas and adapting it to my own. The technique he
uses is digital work, with computer software like Photoshop. The style is
organic and love how the soft light is in his pieces and use of silhouette giving
an eerier feel.
Federico Infante
Born in 1982 in Santiago, Chile and is living in New York. His
work inspired by the Chilean landscape and style is hazy with soft colour that
gives his work a dreamy feel. Federico Infante’s website is www.federicoinfante.com.
I put his artwork into my research because I wanted a
contrast of ideas in project, all the Illustrators so far have been quite dark
and lack colour in their work apart from ‘Xenz’. Infante piece light and yet
give that feeling of space and aloneness.
The style is very soft, natural. How this will influence my ideas in
constructing my pieces is that it’s roughness in it making and that he makes
his artwork look really old which I like. I want my Illustrations to fit in
with the time period and to have aged according.
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HelloVon
HelloVon is an art studio based in London by the artist Von
in 2006. He used both traditional and digital to create his pieces, works
mainly in portraits, his free flowing, dynamic art. His website is www.hellovon.com.
The concept of why I put HelloVon artwork in my research
because I like how Von distorts his portraits to give mixes of realism and
fantasy. He will influence the way in which I generate the character and try
the smoky distortion that I think would give a mysterious feeling to my
artwork. I like to use his techniques to create the threatening feeling that
happens in the book when the two characters get attacked by this ghostly apparition.
The purpose of putting Von artwork in my research is that I’m fond of how he
adds atmosphere to his drawing. The style he uses is organic with soft lines
and shadows. The technique he uses is 90% traditional art, painting and then
finishes off that last 10% in digital producing sullen, shadowy creations. Von’s
prints influence me to ponder on the expressions of my characters and I’m going
to carry these emotions across to my audience.
Rob Smyth
Based in the UK as freelance Illustrator and concept artist,
he specialises in digital environment art and sequential illustration. His
website is www.robsmythart.com.
The concept of putting Rob Smyth into my research for
creating backgrounds and composition of the landscapes because this is what
Smyth specialises himself in. I like how his work looks like photographs. His
style is organic, soft, realistic and above all simple. The technique that
Smyth uses is I believe is using digital, using software like Photoshop.
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Contemporary Illustration Gallery
Xenz
Xenz’s started off being a graffiti artist in his home town
of Hull in 1987. Over the years that became his foundation for his painting and
draughtsmanship skills. Now based in London he creates studio-based art and
murals. He’s influenced partly Asian art with it impressionistic brush stokes
used within Chinese painting. I like how he creates depth and space in his
artwork. His website is www.xenz.org.
Xenz quote ‘I love to create infinite depth, to divide a
surface with a few lines, stand back and keep dividing it up until I can walk
into it.’
The concept of why I put Xenz into my project is for his
depth and how his art feel like you walk into it. I love the brush strokes he
uses and how he uses light in his artwork to construct realistic looking work
with no much detail. He influenced me in
by creating depth within my Illustration and use of lighting I like to give a
dark, gloomily atmosphere in my artwork. The style of his work is organic with
fluid brush strokes. The composition is that he composes like 3D artwork,
distance, a deepness that draws you in and yet it retains a simple-ness in his
artwork. I like to drag a bit that into my style of drawing and love my
audience to look at my work and fell they could walk into it. The technique he
uses is paints and pencils. I ardour how Xenz layers up the paint in his
artwork and even though I don’t want to do my Illustration by paint, I like to
construct the layer the same way in Photoshop.
Targets for this week, to be completed for next Monday :-
- To Photo Bash the 3 Illustrations
- Sort out and update blog
- Write up progress
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