Posted at 9 pm on November 30, 2009 by Alex Mathers
Posted in: Ink Illustration, Linear Illustration, Pencil Illustration, Sketchbooks
Look no further than the sketchbooks of Matt Mims if you are looking for edgy drawings created through a mixture of strong and softer lines. Matt’s work demonstrates an accomplished, jarring style resulting from what is clearly a lot of practice.
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Posted at 6 pm on November 26, 2009 by Alex Mathers
Posted in: Digital Illustration, Fabric Design, Screen Printing, Spray Paint, Street Art
I’m really liking the spray painted effects, interesting line work and strong colours used in the illustrations of Scottish illustrator and designer Grant Coghill.
He gets it just right when it comes to minimal colour choice and the gradients created through texture.
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Posted at 9 pm on November 24, 2009 by Alex Mathers
Posted in: Mixed Media, Painting, Watercolour Illustration
LA-based art student Eric Davison isn’t even out of Art school, yet he’s gathered quite a special collection of painted illustrations. The accuracy of the work, as well as the loyal attention to light and shadow to create depth make for some very accomplished paintings.
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Posted at 11 pm on November 21, 2009 by Alex Mathers
Posted in: Digital Illustration, Pens and Markers, Photoshop, Typography
Madrid-based Sergio Jiménez works with hand drawn and digital typography to produce engaging illustrations that have appeared in publications that include Bello Magazine, Uno Skateboard and Snowplanet Magazine.
Using typography in illustration is not only aesthetically very effective, but it has a clever way of drawing in the eye.
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Posted at 4 pm on November 19, 2009 by Alex Mathers
Posted in: Ink Illustration, Linear Illustration, Pens and Markers, Photoshop
Born in Calcutta, and now living in London, Royal College of Art graduate Nina Chakrabarti’s expressive work has inspired me recently.
Her recent series of maps is the focus of this interview. What’s cool about these pieces is the loose, bright and fun style used in creating illustrations that normally rely on precision, uniformity and accuracy. This is also pretty excellent for me as a previous geographer familiar with the streets of London.
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Posted at 4 pm on November 16, 2009 by Alex Mathers
Posted in: Digital Illustration, Ink Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting, Photoshop
Originally Peruvian, but based in Oregon, illustrator and designer Santiago Uceda has been producing a lot of posters with a great, hand drawn and painted style. This compliments his clever use of hand cut objects pasted into the work, with some nice textures thrown in to liven up the posters some more.
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Posted at 11 pm on November 13, 2009 by Alex Mathers
Posted in: Comic Art, Ink Illustration, Mixed Media, Pencil Illustration, Photoshop
Brooklyn-based game artist Kim Herbst has some very attractive drawing work in her portfolio with plenty of Asian influences seeping in there. Have a peek:
ⓒ Kim Herbst, 2009