Babette Cole

So I have just started a project in sequential narrative. This is my kind of thing, so hopefully it will be successful. When talking through my ideas with tutors, they mentioned Babette Cole as someone for me to look at for inspiration. I was pretty sure I didn't know of her work, until I looked her up, when I realised I had read many of her books as a child! I remember her books capturing my imagination and thoroughly enjoying them.

Sara Fanelli

I learnt of Sara Fanelli in a lecture today. Here are some images from her book 'Wolf', which I think has great charm and character. Her work immediately caught my attention, and I am going to definately buy this book and look at mroe of her work.

Line and Colour

So I have been asked to do some illustrations for a friends childrens book. I started doing some sketches in pen and added some colour with inks. It was looking ok, but not quite right. To help me along I researched some well known childrens illustrators, and came across a few new ones, all of whom use line and ink/ watercolour. With my images the line worked on its own, but if I took away the line, the colour would not make any form. After looking at these other artists I discovered that in the majority of their work, the line on its own does not make sense, but neither does the colour on its own. The artists have got the balance between them just right so that they work together to form the picture.

J R TOLKEIN'S CHRISTMAS LETTERS

EDWARD ARDIZZONE





BEATRIX POTTER

QUENTIN BLAKE

RAYMOND BRIGGS



CHARLOTTE VOAKE

CAROLYN GOWDY



Visual Metaphors within Editorial Illustration

At uni we have just started off a unit on editorial illustration. The whole point of editorial images is to convey whats written in the article in a unique and original way. If you just draw something really obvious it's a bit boring, so to help inspire me to make my work more interesting I looked at a couple of editorial illustrators who are known for using visual metaphors, irony and juxtaposition of opposing subjects within their work.

BRAD HOLLAND

RALPH STEADMAN

Arnulf Rainer

I came across Arnulf Rainer whilst researching artists that are associated with images of anger. I don't think that he particularly shows anger, but there is something about his work which reminds me of 'The Exorcism' or some horror film like that. Now this isn't the type of thing that I'm usually into, not like the charming and innocent work below. This is more sincere;shocking in an attention grabbing way. There's something about his work which I find incredibly intriguing and I love it! My dark side is starting to show itself ....

(Whilst doing this research I was listening to the end of a track called 'Devotion' by a band called 'Hurts' off of the album 'Happiness' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBfodxCO5t0 )

Roger Fereday

I came across this illustrator in 'The Oldie' magazine. I had to research him for a project, and found his work on his website much more interesting than the illustrations he did for the particular article. Anyway, I love his work, I need to find out if he has done any childrens books!

inspiration

SO! This is my first ever blog. Exciting stuff.  Right now I am sat in a lesson at uni kind of being put under pressure to write something interesting as my first ever post.

So I thought, why not choose to share an illustrators work who has been inspirational to me, which I enjoy, and which I am constantly around seeing as the artist is one of my tutors...

JONNY HANNAH

(He's an actual dude)

Renowned for his style using text, the screen printing technique, his love of jazz, his sensational dress sense and variety of bow ties; this mans work never fails to impress me. I feel very lucky to have him as a tutor. Any oppurtunity to take on his words of wisdom and I'm there.

(No word of a lie, this one is my desktop background on my laptop)