It’s been a while since I put up a sketchbook sneak feature, but I’m happy to put recent illustration graduate Jordan Kay in the spotlight. She’s one of few illustrators I’ve seen to put such time and dedication to a series of great sketchbooks. Packed full of photos, various day to day observations and drawings, [...]
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of July, 2009
Sketchbook Sneak: Jordan Kay
Posted at 11am on 07/28/09
Posted in Ink Illustration, Pencil Illustration, Sketchbooks
Beauty, Energy and Chaos of Micah Lidberg
Posted at 2pm on 07/24/09
Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Micah Lidberg has interests that span America, friends, natural things and pondering. His work demonstrates a use of these things, but more so a real passion and careful craftsmanship in creating work that has energy and natural, organic beauty. ‘Tom Garrett was my first illustration professor. I hold him largely [...]
Read MoreStory Telling Illustrations of Lizzy Stewart
Posted at 1pm on 07/21/09
Lizzy Stewart, who lives and works in Edinburgh, and also recently went to art school there, has some great pencil and painting work. They are packed full of intriguing characters and scenes that conceal various stories.
I asked her a few questions on how she got into illustration, what and who inspires her, her tools and work process and what work is taking up her time at the moment.
What made you decide to get into illustration?
‘I started out studying fine art but switched to illustration at the end
of my first year after realising that …
Character Illustrations of Alberto Cerriteño
Posted at 11am on 07/16/09
I decided to interview Mexican illustrator Alberto Cerriteño to find out more about his quirky, playful and texture-rich style that feature all kinds of intriguing surreal scenes and characters. Alberto holds a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, yet is self taught in illustration. ‘I define my illustration style as a form of graphic design. The [...]
Read MoreSaturated and Candy-Colours of Veronica Hebard
Posted at 5pm on 07/12/09
Veronica Hebard is an illustrator and comic book artist based in Boston, Massachusetts. Her illustrations exert a really engaging effervescent quality that demonstrate the benefit of using colours that go a step further. Veronica studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. She started [...]
Read MoreIllustrated Song Lyrics of James Clapham
Posted at 10am on 07/06/09
James Clapham, who is shortly to complete an illustration degree at the Cambridge School of Arts, has a nice collection of illustrated song lyrics. I was interested in these because of the visual satisfaction that arises through integrating text and visual images and often surreal content that can emerge from song lyrics. I asked James [...]
Read MoreToy Designs of Gumliens
Posted at 1pm on 07/01/09
I spoke to ‘Gumtaro’ of toy design group Gumliens from Tokyo, Japan, who have an intriguing collection of hand-made toys, that I thought I would share, owing to the huge popularity and influence of collectible toys in Japan. 3D toy designs at Gumliens sprung out of various ideas and paintings made a few years ago [...]
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