Monthly Archives: November 2010

Dan Matutina, Lunarize, Free Gallery Spaces and Free Prints

Posted at 9 pm on November 30, 2010 by Alex Mathers

Posted in: Digital Illustration, Galleries and Exhibitions, Photoshop

** WINNERS ANNOUNCED!**

Having seen plenty of you guys twitting and chirruping about the newly launched Lunarize service, which sees the work of visual artists promoted heavily and effectively over four months,

The Riotous Imagination of Yoko Furusho

Posted at 11 am on November 30, 2010 by Katherine Holt

Posted in: Ink Illustration, Painting

Yoko Furusho’s Tokyo heritage shines through in her eclectic illustrations. From trees with stockinged-leg branches and hair-based gingerbread houses, each image is a riot of imagination, complemented with perfectly balanced composition.

Yoko creates her highly detailed images with ink and acrylic, and is inspired by fashion and texture. This inspiration is clear in the wealth of patterns and motifs throughout her work.

Raquel Aparicio's Delicate Drawings

Posted at 10 pm on November 29, 2010 by Katherine Holt

Posted in: Ink Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting, Watercolour Illustration

Raquel Aparicio works with a variety of media, including inks, watercolours and collage. Her thoughtful, inventive ideas are matched with beautiful rendering and delicate colours.

I love how fluid and adaptive Raquel’s style is, and the quirky little details she slips into her pieces. From Edgar Allen Poe’s sad eyes to the melancholy demeanor of the skeleton, each image is lovingly drawn and filled with emotion.

Jillian Tamaki Shifting the Mood

Posted at 10 am on November 29, 2010 by Katherine Holt

Posted in: Ink Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting, Pens and Markers

Working as a teacher, cartoonist and illustrator, Jillian Tamaki is an expert in expressing mood in her work. Her style, while consistently recognisable throughout, is elastic in how it can portray the feeling of a scene.

Penelope Dullaghan's Yogic Acrylics

Posted at 1 pm on November 28, 2010 by Katherine Holt

Posted in: Painting, Photoshop

Penelope Dullaghan takes some of the tranquility borne of her other life as a yoga teacher and uses it in her illustration work. The result is a collection of calm, reflective and balanced images which start life as acrylics before being finished on Photoshop.

All I Want for Christmas Cards Collection 2

Posted at 2 pm on November 27, 2010 by Alex Mathers

Posted in: Character Illustration, Digital Illustration, Events, Hand Craft, Ink Illustration, Painting, Photoshop, Vector Illustration

I was honoured to be a part of the second collection of the All I Want for Christmas cards project, set up by illustrator Ben Steers in aid of Bristol charity ‘Young Bristol’.

Brian Despain's Charming Oil Robots

Posted at 1 pm on November 27, 2010 by Katherine Holt

Posted in: Character Illustration, Painting

Brian Despain has channeled his childhood years spent daydreaming into oil-paint visions of a not too dystopian world populated by charming robots. His use of oils and his quasi-realistic style make Brian’s paintings seem like both glimpses into a mechanised future or an alternative Victorian past.