Illustrators

Other illustrators I found

Lizzie Finn

I like her work as its heavily influenced by textiles, she uses free machining to create the images. The simple lines are contrasted with the colours of the material and the cream background.

 

Lisa Solomon

I really love how she uses a colour chart to sew images over the top. It brings out the natural colour of the image she uses e.g. she uses the yellow colour chart as the middle of the daisies are yellow. 

 

Petea Callesen

This piece is really effective as there is two different techniques being used. the simpleness of the white paper on the green background shows off the cut out of the man. I like how each character looks like their holding onto each other because it looks like its telling a story. The drawing of the man in the middle breaks up the white paper and adds a personal touch to the work. I like how the piece is finished off in a frame as it makes it look like a better composition.

 

Eleanor Bowley

Bowley also creates textiles illustration, again using free machining to create the image. The boldness of the red material on the cream enables the image to show up by using free machining. 

 

Nina Chakrabarti

The use of different coloured lines looks good with the writing. I like how the words match the drawings as its really pretty and beautiful.I like how it looks like a large doodle and then finished off with the bold red shape near the top.

 

Michelle Thompson

 

Thompsons work is very bright and has a strong sense of collage. I like the mix of cut outs with her drawing and bold colours with scribbles of paint and crayon. Its really random and fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life drawing

Creating tones with colours

Using pastels to create different tones and shading where the light reflects of the body. The lighter colours-yellow show the lighter parts of the body, the reds and darker colours show where the shading is and the natural colours on the body. I found this quite hard as a kept getting carried away and just drawing with one colour then remembering I needed to show light and dark so went over with the darker colours.

I found drawing the smaller drawings in my sketchbook was easier than the bigger ones because I felt that I could get the lighter tones better and the shape easier.

 

 

Illustrators

Sara Faneli

I like this work as its like a collage, the different textures and writing makes the sentence more interesting. 

 

The use of bright colours goes well with the neutral colours and gives off a youthfulness about her work, it also seems very playful.

 

David Hughes

 

His work is fun and shows he has a good sense of humor. I like how he uses messy lines to create the images with a painted under coat to add colour.

 

Ezra Jack Keats

Keats creates covers for childrens books, they are very bold with bright colours, he creates these by using watercolours.

 

Ronald Searle

 

Searle paints a lot of cats which are very comical and have human like characteristics. I like how he uses black pen over the watercolours, this creates a detailed and delicate drawing.

 

Matthew Richardson

 I like how he uses random images in his work, they look like cut-outs from different bits of paper-magazines etc. The mixed media makes the pieces stand out more and its not just drawing.

 

Laura Carlin

Carlin creates images for books. She made the image above by cutting out the shapes and standing them up so it creates a shadow behind each shape. I like how she does this as she doesn't just draw something as she is bringing different elements into her work.

Some of her other work on the other hand is very illustrative. This image is created using paints and pencil crayons, its very different to the image above as its more detailed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illustration-3D birds and drawing

 

We were told a word at a time- 'like 'under' 'through' 'over' and had to go around the room finding something which showed the word and drew from it.

I made a paper pheasant by ripping two of the drawings up from the day before, I tried to get the feel of the bird, this was quite hard as the paper wasn't very easy to work with as it was tricky to get the same shape as the bird. I then hung it up and made a collage from it using some of my drawings...

Using the ripped up drawings show that I was making the collage from looking at the 3D bird and shows that its made of paper.

Drawing the bird with sticks and ink without looking at the paper.I then sprayed this with water so it dripped and took some of the lines that I didn't want there away.

Looking at the bird hanging,then drawing from it.

 

 I added emulsion to the drawing on some parts to cover it up where it went a bit wrong.I kept spraying this with water so it ran.By adding different colours in place it shows that the drawing is drawn from the paper bird and not the real one. I like how all the ink runs into each other.

 

Illustration-observational drawings and experimenting

Observational drawings from a pheasant

I started off by creating a simple ground using gum tape, this adds a bit of texture and neutral colour. I then used a stick and ink to draw the pheasant.

 

I decided to add more to the first stick and ink drawing, I added more texture to the feathers and darker tones, also tried to get the shape of the bird better. I like the contrast of the black ink on the white paper and the brown paper adds texture.

 

I used an ink wash to create negative space beneath the bird. I used black ink and a stick to draw the bird then used brushes and blue ink to add texture and tones.

 

I Attached a felt tip pen to the end of a stick and drew with this. It was quite hard to get the shape and feel of the bird as I didn't have full control over the pen due to being attached to a long stick.

 

I worked over the green pen with pastels and ink, again attached to a stick. I think this drawing looks cartoon like as it doesn't look very realistic, i think this is because of the bold black lines.

 

I used felt tip pens attached to a stick to draw this, it doesn't really have the feeling of the pheasant and think it looks a bit like a seagull instead, I wanted to get rid of a few lines so sprayed it with water and bleach. The lines disappeared a bit too much but i like the effect it make with the broken up lines where the bleach was sprayed.

 

I changed the shape slightly by going over this with brown in using a stick. I like this as you can still see the original drawing where I sprayed it with bleach, but then the brown ink shows a more definite line.

 

Drawing from the birds using the opposite hand I write with (owl), not looking at the paper and just the bird (green pen). The blue and grey drawings were done really quick. I like drawing using different techniques e.g. using the opposite hand you write with as its different to just drawing it normal. I also liked overlapping the drawings as its not easy at first to see what the drawings are of.

 

Using my opposite hand to what i write with and experimenting with sticks and ink.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Philippe Malouin

Philippe Malouin

I came across an article in a design magazine about Malouin. His work reminded me of some of the metal I was using to decorate in the metal workshop.

This article shows him working on a research project for a chair. The process involves hammering industrial-grade aluminium foil into a mould. I like how the foil looks once its been squashed into the mould as it looks very textured and shows the foil can be used for anything which is innovative.

 

Metal work-Ndidi Ekubia

Ndidi Ekubia

 

Ndidi Ekubia is a Silversmith who creates contemporary pieces of silver bringing both practicality and design together. I like her work as she uses silver to make everyday objects including toast racks and fruit bowls and makes them into modern pieces of art. I like how she uses a piece of silver and makes texture in it, this adds a nice finishing touch to the work and creates different shades to the silver.

I like how she doesn't use any other colours in her work and that she only uses texture and pattern to decorate the silver.