Category Archives: Hand Craft

Jack Hudson's Characters in Illustrated Scenes and a Vacation into the Real World

Posted at 11 am on May 9, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: 3D Illustration, Character Illustration, Hand Craft

In a recent collaboration, Jack Hudson allowed his colourful characters a little excursion into the real world. The project, which was produced together with 3D design duo, Lord Whitney, featured his typically bright illustrations applied to props and costumes to create stylised, staged photographs. It’s a fun idea that literally brings an extra element of life to his work.

Using Stop Motion Animation to Leap off the Page and Back Again with Jose Miguel Mendez

Posted at 9 am on April 30, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: 3D Illustration, Animation, Character Illustration, Hand Craft

Here are two animations from London-based Spanish illustrator, Jose Miguel Mendez. They make creative use of the stop motion process by using it to animate a mixture of drawings, 3D models, paper cut-outs and real hands.

Layering Fun Felt Images with Jacopo Rosati

Posted at 6 pm on April 3, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Character Illustration, Comic Art, Hand Craft

Making use of the bright colours available, Jacopo Rosati makes these fun felt illustrations. Individual pieces are cut out and layered on top of each other to create bright, humorous images. The process of layering adds a nice sense of depth to them, too.

Angela Harding's Bold Prints Inspired by the English Countryside

Posted at 10 pm on March 4, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Hand Craft, Mixed Media, Screen Printing

A passion for wildlife and the outdoors is immediately apparent in Angela Harding’s striking prints. She draws inspiration from the surrounding English countryside, which she can look out upon from her studio. Her designs are full of bold plants and animals with a focus on the birds that frequent the typical English garden.

Hannah Waldron's Landscape-inspired Designs in Textiles and Prints

Posted at 10 pm on February 8, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Fabric Design, Hand Craft, Screen Printing

Patterns inspired by structures in her surroundings feature in Hannah Waldron’s eclectic mix of work. Her designs are a detailed patchwork of decoration, masses of bold primary colours and sets of fine, parallel lines. While she applies the same draughtsman-like style to her drawings and screen prints, she also works in textiles.

Pleating, Overlaying and Interlocking in Sigrid Spier's Paper Sculptures

Posted at 3 am on January 23, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: 3D Illustration, Hand Craft, Sculpture

From inspiration she finds in natural forms, Sigrid Spier builds beautiful, geometric paper constructs. Her designs are clean and precise but by clever manipulation of the materials, she is able to add movement. Her technique, which draws from elements of pop-up books and paper cut, also investigates depth and perspective, adding more layers to her already rich work.

Ben Jones Combining Printmaking and Collage for Surreal Imagery

Posted at 9 pm on January 17, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Hand Craft, Mixed Media, Screen Printing

Mysterious eyes peer out from the illustrations created by Ben Jones. The characters are as much an amalgamation of man and various beasts as the pieces themselves are of mixed found and made imagery. Both teeth and antennae can be seen, among other parts cleverly placed and tucked away. Each one is a combination of surreal elements that become bold, graphic statements when put together.