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Puzzling Together the Bizarre and Wonderful with Pierre-Paul Pariseau

November 23, 2016 | 1 Comment

Puzzling Together the Bizarre and Wonderful with Pierre-Paul Pariseau

Pierre-Paul Pariseau’s work will often happily take a step into the bizarre and fanciful. Using puzzled together images from his what must be a mountainous collection of clippings, Pierre-Paul creates acidically vivid illustrations that are more often that not playfully left of centre. Below, Pierre-Paul takes us on an in-depth tour through his process of […]

Filed Under: Mixed Media, Photoshop Tagged With: bold, collage, colour, photomontage, Pierre-Paul Pariseau, psychedelic, vivid

Ana Jaks’ Generous Pattern Combos and Graphic Forms

November 17, 2016 | Leave a Comment

Ana Jaks’ Generous Pattern Combos and Graphic Forms

Lines, zigzags, and polkadots crash against each other in the graphically high-volume illustrations from Falmouth, UK-based illustrator, Ana Jaks. We enjoy her generous use of pattern and mixture of harsh edges and more loosely cut shapes.   © Ana Jaks, 2016

Filed Under: Digital Illustration, Vector Illustration Tagged With: Ana Jaks, digital, graphic, Pattern, vector

Nicole Xu Talks about Bringing Watercolour Techniques into Her Rich Illustrations

November 16, 2016 | 1 Comment

Nicole Xu Talks about Bringing Watercolour Techniques into Her Rich Illustrations

With lush swathes of rich, exuberant colour, Nicole Xu’s illustrations convey emotion through their expressive marks as much as through her dynamic compositions and figurative style. She talks to us about how getting hands-on with her materials is an important part of creating this visual language. Nicole’s pairing of jewel tones against subtler creams and pastel […]

Filed Under: Digital Illustration, Painting, Uncategorized Tagged With: Digital painting, Figurative, Painting, Printmaking, watercolor

Jay Keeree’s Animated Experiments with Form, Texture, and Pattern

November 15, 2016 | 2 Comments

Jay Keeree’s Animated Experiments with Form, Texture, and Pattern

As an exercise in productivity, experimentation, and practising of his skills, Jay Keeree creates textured, monochromatic GIFs in his ongoing project. As explorations into form and pattern as much as they are into movement, his short, little animations are equally dynamic and beautiful. Originally from Bangkok, Thailand, Jay is currently based in Philadelphia, where he works […]

Filed Under: Animation, Digital Illustration, Linear Illustration Tagged With: Animation, exercise, Experiment, film, gif, Jay Keeree, monochrome, movement, texture

Maximum Pattern in Inspired Collages by Nick Liefhebber

November 10, 2016 | Leave a Comment

Maximum Pattern in Inspired Collages by Nick Liefhebber

Nick Liefhebber’s designs consistently provide a substantial dose of pattern and colour served in intense arrangements of otherworldly forms and dense growths of imagined structures. Nick’s combination of experienced printmaking techniques, filled edge-to-edge compositions and penchant for maximalism makes for intriguing and original but also wholly joyous images. He talks us through the techniques and materials […]

Filed Under: Hand Craft, Mixed Media, Paper Illustration, Screen Printing Tagged With: colour, design, lithography, Nick Liefhebber, Pattern, print, silkscreen

Anna Berger Capturing Intimate Moments in Dominant Lines

November 7, 2016 | Leave a Comment

Anna Berger Capturing Intimate Moments in Dominant Lines

Anna Berger’s work is about capturing moments of intimacy in simple, concentrated snapshots by using thick, dominant lines and carefully omitting considered areas of detail. How and why she makes her work is important to Anna. She talks to us about what captures her imagination and inspires the illustrations and paintings she makes as well […]

Filed Under: Linear Illustration, Painting Tagged With: acrylic, Anna Berger, design, Figurative, line, minimal, Painting

Fun Animations in Stripped Down Palettes by Amélie Tourangeau

November 5, 2016 | Leave a Comment

Fun Animations in Stripped Down Palettes by Amélie Tourangeau

Montréal, search Canada-based Amélie Tourangeau keeps it simple with just a couple of select bright colours, medicine but likes to play with texture and composition in her humorous illustrations and animations. © Amélie Tourangeau, 2016  

Filed Under: Animation, Character Illustration Tagged With: Amélie Tourangeau, Animation, gif, humour, texture

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