Illustrated Life

Once again I will mention this book, but purely to make people aware of it, as I feel it is a very beneficial book to all artists and looking at other peoples sketchbook works and ways they work is always a good way to adapt personal work.

Shepard Fairey

I discovered this street artists work when watching Exit Through The Gift Shop. It really struck me as it was very  similar to the propaganda posters and also inspired my current visual problem solving module. I like the use of a limited panel and stencil imaging.

Kurt Hollomon

I discovered his work in "illustrated life" and I liked how he uses his sketchbook. each page is just full of sketches after sketches as well as lots of notes and thoughts. I need to get into the habit of carrying a mini sketchbook and pencils with me at all times, as you never know when something will catch your eye.

Peter Callesen

This isn't a style of work I personally would do at the moment, however his technique definitely caught my eye and showed possibilities. I love how simplistic the materials are as in just paper, but the images are very eye catching. He achieves this by making a cut out silhouette of the subject and then building paper models to fall out, or hang from and be relief from the paper as if it is real and just falling out. This also links back similar to Sue Blackwell's work yet not with a book. It also opens my eyes to 3D elements being used within Illustration.

Nature - Animals

I used to hate drawing animals as they were so complex however I then received a book from my uncle teaching the basics to drawing any animal and were to start and with practice they have become one of my favourite subjects to draw with the complex and uniqueness to each one. I love the textures, colours, patterns and shapes created by each individual animal. Below are some previous drawings I have done in different techniques.

Illustration Play - The book

This isn't an artist as such although this book has definitely introduced me to a lot of new artists since reading it and also discovered different techniques of working even if slightly bizarre. It's inspired me to start using more unusual material and media within my work for future projects.

Penelope Dullagham

I found this artist within the book "Illustrated Life" which shows many sketchbooks and how artists have used these in different ways and made them personal. I like her work in the sketchbooks with it's naive feel however the thing that stood out to me most was the quote "make something of it". This quote is inspiring to me as often I will draw something and think oh no, it's gone wrong, get rid whereas this quote is making me think differently to just keep working until I get something I like or keep it just for reference and practice to look back upon.