I find the work of Shaun Tan incredibly inspirational, as I feel his unique middle ground between hyper-realism and crazy imagined scenes leads to a wonderfully beautiful drawing style which captures the real essence of the story, whilst still having the right amount of type in order for the audience to use their imagination to see how the plot unfolds.
Olivier Kugler:
The most inspirational illustrator to me is Olivier Kugler, as I find his working style to be incredibly unique, as his approach to reporting news integrates visual image seamlessly with type in order to create beautiful pieces which really show both the information and the feelings of the person who it concerns. I also love how he creates these pieces, as he hand draws them on A2 paper before scanning in his drawings and digitally altering them, which I feel is an interesting technique to apply to create a juxtaposition between digital and hand rendered image.
Lucinda Rogers:
I also really love the work of Rogers, as I feel her simple illustrations have a very loose yet 'real' feel to them, as the subtle restatement of line and slight addition of structured colour in the form of type help to give an almost unfinished look to her work, whilst still containing enough information to convey the message. Furthermore, the way she often chooses to work on coloured stock adds another component to her work, as I feel it really lifts the drawing off the page in order to emphasise the striking compositions.
Nicola Slater:
I really love Slater's work as I always find a strong, bold colour choice makes for interesting and engaging pieces. I love how here she has contrasted the mustard yellow with the bright orange, as well as bringing in a sharp white and black, as well as a slightly toned down cream, as I feel this is incredibly simple yet incredibly effective, as with the hand rendered line it works to create a very strong and attention holding image. I would love to work with more colour adding techniques, such as print in order to make bold colour choices which overlap and demand attention.
Julia Pott:
Potts in an illustrator that I really admire, as I find her unusual twist on fairly realistic drawings to be such a source of inspiration. I love her regard for colour and tone, as well as her careful consideration for composition in all of her work. In addition, I really like the amount of expression she fits into her work, as there is a definite personality and life within her pieces, through the placement of line on the face, and the shape and tone of the eyes.
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