Applied Illustration

This is Steve Harrington's work with Nike. This is his rework of the classic logo and i think it looks excellent.
it's been subtly applied but with lots of small details. Such as the applied pattern of little shapes  in the Nike text forming a
granulated colour. The crazy tree with the spaced out eyes is also a lovely addition the colours all work nicely and i would wear this over a plain nike logo tee shirt any day.

These are both Bendik Kaltenborns work. The top one is an album cover which I think looks great.
The colours are bold and vibrant and the lines, waves and shapes bring a playful aesthetic to it.
This cover matches the tone of the artists song perfectly in my opinion. Todd Terje uses a lot of
bright synths which reflect well on the cover.

This is an applied Illustration that i am very much interested.
In this application by Andy Rementer  he has turned one of his illustrations into a 3D wooden figure.
This serves less of a purpose then some of the others but i think it would be a great decoration.
It looks like it is well painted and the aspect of 3D really helps show off Andy's shapes which look
cool. The presentation box also looks great to i love the matched pattern on the box to the trousers very neat.

Mikkeller Ales and Beers always have fantastic illustrations by Bendik Kaltenborn on.
They are extremely striking and would most definitely get someones attention and this one is one of my personal favourites.
The 3 colours work very well and the can also has great form and arrangement of shapes. I'm not too sure what's going on in this illustration but it looks like the character is smoking the hops and barley and it's hit hard. Even if you don't fully know what's happening in the illustration though i still think it wouldn't make you uninterested in the product.  

This is a lovely pot by a ceramic artist Laura Bird. This is pot has great characterisation to it.
the paint on it makes it look homemade and and has great wavy lines on it giving it a nice pattern.
I think this pot is great as it holds a major purpose of keeping your small things together but also doubles up as a lovely illustrative decoration.

Thought Bubble

I recently went to Thought Bubble in Leeds mainly for a browse and a chat to a few of the fellow illustrators there to maybe gather some advice or see anything that inspires me. There where lot's of noticeably great things there. I talked to one illustrator who i remember seeing his comics when i went to Berlin once his name is Diego Cumplido.

The thing that attracted me most to his work was the humour that ran throughout each comic.

within his drawings Diego is good at illustrating emotions through the characters body language,

which works excellently in his black and white comics.

Another illustrator i met was Peony Gent http://www.peonygent.com/sketchbook/

there is a link to the his work sketch book work which is what i was interested in most as 

it is an excellent example of experimenting with some lines and textures effectively.

As an illustrator he seems very diverse to with experimentation with photography to pencil crayon.

I also had a chat to a few people on what stationary they used especially one guy who i really liked his line work and was interested in the pens he used for it. He then told me a 10 minute story on how he was on the hunt for the perfect fine liner. Supposedly according to him the best fine liners are Graphik pens. His line work was great though so i will take that advice on board and test them out.

I lost his business card though so unfortunately the advice is uncredited.

While i was there i made a few purchases but money is short so i only budgeted £25 but i got a fair few for my money. 

These include...

• Baltic Comics Magazine #21 ( great little collection of comics from very interesting illustrators)
• Six Tiny Bricks - Diego Cumplido
• The Fever Closing - Liam Cobb ( This is a comic printed by Breakdown Press which print a lot of beautifully illustrated comics)
• Libby's Dad - Eleanor Davis ( This is a lovely comic done beautifully in pencil crayon )

The Unmentionables - Jack Teagle ( i am a big fan of teagles work and haven't yet got this comic haven't yet read it but the illustrations look awesome).

Overall, great day and i enjoyed along with many dressed up Harley Quinns and Hellboys. 

Inspiration for illumination

I have added this poster to my blog as it came to be great inspiration for my illumination project
i watched this film ages ago and it followed a similar plot to what my article was about.
The poster in my opinion captures the idea of loneliness well  and defiantly influenced my designs. 

study task 2 - Jack Teagle

I first discovered Jacks work from an article ( I think it was a vice article although i can't 100% remember ) but i remember instantly when seeing the illustrations i had to research more about it. Since then i have followed him on instagram for a while now and  have been treated to many excellent illustrations since.
His bold colourful style is what caught my attention at first the majority of his illustrations are eye catching but he is also diverse in his illustrations with others being a lot more detailed then some.

Jacks illustrations are all very recognisable as his this could be down to certain elements such as similar colour palettes or the shapes he uses ( such as the shapes of the characters eyes ) or finally his use of line for detailing or pattern within the illustration, this can be seen on the floor or clouds of the picture above.
From researching Jacks illustrative process i found that he starts of all his ideas and drawings like most others in his sketch book.

 here are a comparison of jacks sketch book and the real thing. the sketch book holds very similar features as it's mainly a rough simple version of his completed product. In my opinion i am a bigger fan of the sketch book version i think in this drawings case the less detail the better for me as it shows the characteristics of the animals more and has a lot less distractions.

I read an interview to get a better idea of what might inspire him and his work process and i found a sweet quote by Jack....
"Look at work that came before you. Don’t focus on current trends. Be aware of what’s going on around you, but focus on developing your own voice and read up on work that interests you. People now have a tendency to live through the internet and it’s easy to get sucked into trends. These trend bubbles can suddenly burst. Focus on making work true to yourself. Work on your personal strengths and develop a visual language you’ve created yourself. Don’t borrow from other people. Try to solve visual problems in your own terms." This is good advice on telling you to stick to something that you do best and perfect it instead of developing your work for something that might be popular briefly within a trend. this is evidence in Jacks work as his work has remained consistent and strong for the couple of years i have followed his work.
An extra side note on Jack Teagle is that he has turned some of his characters into action figures. this is a great way of developing characters that he has designed and if i knew sooner the time i would of purchased one for sure. I think the element of making your illustrations into 3D creations is a cool move and in this case looks great as each one is painted and coloured exactly like the 2D illustrations.

Observational Drawing from memory

This is my first drawing from memory at this point i only remember specific features like her big wonky eyes and double chin. My memory isn't the best so i only worked off a few features but i think this allowed me to create a
drawing in a style that's different then if i was working from the image directly as i had to imagine and guess proportions.

I started to remember a lot more features by this point however i was still finding it difficult to put together her face the same
way that it is in the photograph.

This was my last one which i added some shading and tone to but after a few drawings
i still couldn't get her looking close to the photo. I think that was partly down to her being at an uncomfortable drawing angle but overall, i think this gave my ink drawings an interesting style that i could only of achieved through my bad memory. 

here is a drawing based of a photograph in front of me. I went straight in with ink to create this image
which is something i would definitely attempt again i think it gives the drawing a more loose look
and gives a more look of my representation of the photo instead of looking like i tried to duplicate it.

Study task 1 - image, idea, context

This is a page from Michael Deforge's 'Very Casual' book. throughout the book
there are many examples of interesting and original styles of illustrations.
This one in particular is one of my favourites. i think it's a successful illustration for many reasons,
such as the creative layout of this page. i like the use of the lines to direct your attention to the squares focusing on the
small details of the illustration and is a nice way to expand on elements of the drawing by enlarging them on the page.
To create this image Deforge used a Cintiq tablet, Micron and Staedtler pens. all the colours are filled in digitally which helps add vibrance to the image.