I first met Gant Pow­ell in col­lege. I loved his style back then, and I’m really happy to see him con­tin­u­ing to hone in and develop his craft. He’s cur­rently a grad stu­dent at SVA, pur­su­ing his degree in Illustration.

Gant makes really beau­ti­ful marks. His lines have a spon­tane­ity and look effort­less. It’s ges­tural with­out going over the top, which I think is helped by his tighter use of color and pat­tern­ing. The exag­ger­ated draw­ing style allows him a cou­ple of direc­tions– his work has a bit of an edge to it yet at the same time doesn’t take itself too seriously.

All images via his web­site. Gant’s sense of humor comes through as well; he has appro­pri­ately divided his work into the “city­boy” and “coun­try­boy”.