Henna Tattoo

Henna Tattoo inspires me with the patterns that are created to decorate the hands. Floral patterns often appeal to me however the more orient ones which are more decorative have slightly more appeal as there is so much shape and geometry within them. 

Pyrography - Cenevieve Dionne

I was not aware of the method of Pyrography before I discovered this artist. The technique consists of burning images into wood with hot tools such as soldering irons. Usually the image is drawn first so that there are guides to follow. Cenevieve Dionne's work made this technique appealing to me as it delicate drawings and colour is added with watercolour paints or gauche.

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.