Posted at 2 pm on April 22, 2013 by Philip Dennis
Posted in: Mixed Media, Photoshop
Madrid-based graphic designer and illustrator working under the moniker, Velckro creates images with a pleasing amount of colour and pattern. Subtle additions of texture reminiscent of paper found in old books gives it that little something extra.
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Posted at 12 pm on April 18, 2013 by Philip Dennis
Posted in: Digital Illustration, Mixed Media, Photographic Illustration
Glitchy digital interference creates these wonderfully eerie textures in work by Emir Šehanović, aka Esh. Various filters and distortions rework hand-mand and digital collages with an element of unease.
We think the combination of ultra-modern imagery with a flavour of the occult makes for an original and interesting atmosphere.
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Posted at 12 pm on April 14, 2013 by Philip Dennis
Posted in: Mixed Media, Screen Printing
The printmaking studio, Heretic mix collage and illustration in their designs, creating surreal imagery in trippy colours. They work from their London-based studio where they run a print service as well as working on their own commissions. They’ve made a huge range of prints and posters as well as exhibiting and even putting together installations (see pyramid below).
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Posted at 11 am on March 12, 2013 by Philip Dennis
Posted in: Mixed Media, Pencil Illustration
The sharp edges and pointed angles in Viacheslav Vystupov’s homed sense of design really caught our eye. Obviously at ease with a ruler, the images created are dominated by hard forms in his people and settings, giving them a really nice punch. Viacheslav incorporates balance, however; much looser lines and scratchy marks break up the formality in illustrations full of atmosphere and characters in thought.
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Posted at 2 pm on March 7, 2013 by Philip Dennis
Posted in: Character Illustration, Mixed Media, Pencil Illustration
Eleanor Taylor joins her oil-based pencil and graphite drawings with collage to create beautifully multi-layered illustrations. Simply cutting out pieces of her own work and adding them by hand gives the images an extra sense of depth that you wouldn’t achieve by pasting them digitally.
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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.
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