of March, 2009

The super fine, and almost photographic quality of Martin Taylor’s birds took me by surprise the other day. I see contemporary illustration techniques referring back more and more to traditional methods, including watercolour and pencil drawings. As such, I felt this set of images were a perfect addition to this blog in their demonstration of [...]

Check out the ultra modern 3D illustration work of ‘Mushroom Robot’ from Argentina, which I stumbled upon on Flickr. The three dimensional characters and scenes really jump from the page/screen, almost making them tangible enough to touch. Perhaps we will see lots more of this computer-modelled illustration in future. I hope Mushroom Robot will continue [...]

I’m really liking the striking and beautifully designed imagery of Mar Hernández. The Spanish illustrator, known as ‘Malota’, has recently created a set of screen prints, which clearly suit her clean, geometric style. Having a degree in Fine Arts, Mar did not have the chance to get into screen printing whilst at university. However, since [...]

A cool illustrator I had the pleasure of stumbling upon is one Nick Sirotich, from Sarasota in Florida. The colours and fluidity in his work are particularly striking, with an almost sherberty sweetness that oozes from them. Nick has always had a passion for art and drawing, and was heavily influenced by the urban, hip [...]

The german pixel art illustration trio known as eBoy founded in 1997 are still going strong. I wanted to include a quick post on some of their recent pixel stuff because it’s just too cool to ignore. Some of their work will be recognisable from advertisements such as work done for Coca Cola in Dublin [...]

I’ve just finished a portrait of two of my snow monkey friends in the Japanese outdoors. This is a vector illustration. I’m making more of an effort now to add detail to my work. I hope this will be the first of new series of animal portraits and scenes in natural surroundings. Feedback is welcome! [...]

It’s worth keeping an eye on illustrator Jack Teagle. Describing his style as ‘obsessive, yet simplistic with a characteristic nervousness in the line’, Jack’s work is appealing for it’s dark humour and refreshing quality. Jack tries to limit his colour palette when painting and often ages his pictures for effect. “My work references a lot [...]