Monthly Archives: May 2012

Isabel Arenas' Digitally Painted Illustration Playing with Pattern

Posted at 12 pm on May 31, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Digital Illustration, Painting

We like the way Isabel Arenas puts together her digital fashion illustrations. Working on her graphics tablet, she draws directly onto the computer and is able to achieve a nice painterly look. Along with the realism in her drawings, she blends in patterns and plays with beautiful colour palettes.

Digital Illustration with a Cut Out Feel from Russian Visual Artist, Evgenia Barinova

Posted at 3 pm on May 30, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Character Illustration, Digital Illustration, Mixed Media

Evgenia Barinova is a visual artist originally from Moscow but now based in London. Although she does a fair amount of her illustration work digitally, we like the cut-up, sliced feel to the objects and figures in her work.

Retro Cool Vector Illustrations with a Twist from Ben Mounsey

Posted at 12 am on May 30, 2012 by Alex Mathers

Posted in: Character Illustration, Comic Art, Digital Illustration, Vector Illustration

Ben Mounsey, a freelance illustrator from London, now based in Sydney, Australia, is someone we’ve watched really grow as an illustrator. It’s a pleasure to watch his output develop through clearly determined focus over the years into a sharp, recognisable and original style.

Eirian Chapman's Online Project of Ornamental Hair Pieces

Posted at 12 pm on May 28, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Character Illustration, Vector Illustration

Artists’ ongoing side projects are always very interesting. They’re a place you can really see them playing around, investigating themes and focusing on something they love, away from commissions. Eirian Chapman’s blog, ‘Teeth and Hair‘ is all of the above. It’s also extremely original, in style, imagery, and theme. The theme is ‘combs’.

A Fluid Hand-drawn Brush and Ink Style from Andrew Thompson, AKA Sector 4

Posted at 1 pm on May 26, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Ink Illustration, Linear Illustration, Pencil Illustration, Uncategorized

Andrew Thompson’s love for working in his sketchbook with his trusted pens and pencils translates into an easy, fluid style, based in good drawing. Andrew, who works under the moniker of Sector 4, takes his drawings from the page and works colour into them digitally. But, the work on the computer doesn’t erase the pen-to-paper feel that we like. He tells us more about how he does it.

Ed J. Brown Talks About Moving from Screen Printing to Illustrating Digitally

Posted at 2 pm on May 25, 2012 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Ink Illustration, Screen Printing

Ed J. Brown is an illustrator based in the Midlands, UK. His way of working has developed out of a love of screen printing and the process used. We like the layered technique he uses in his work, which goes especially well with the dry ink brush strokes he uses.

Fine Hand Lettering Skills of Britt Wilson

Posted at 4 pm on May 24, 2012 by Alex Mathers

Posted in: Comic Art, Digital Illustration, Ink Illustration, Tutorials, Typography

We’re big fans of Canadian Britt Wilson’s whimsical, funny and accomplished illustration style. She primarily works on comics and cartoons with her unique expressive touch. Every piece we’ve seen of hers demonstrates a lot of hard work and attention to detail, which we like at Ape on the Moon.