I am a fan of Ger­ard Armen­gol and his draw­ings, that are strong enough to stand alone but also com­pli­ment the design it often accompanies.

The draw­ings pro­duced by the Spanish-based illus­tra­tor are bor­der­ing on the naive style of draw­ing, but I don’t think that is giv­ing them as much credit as they deserve. His works pro­duced for poster design are eye-catching and a bit odd, caus­ing the viewer to not only read the text of the poster, but to stop and take in Gerard’s work as well. Other pieces in his port­fo­lio tend to be fairly diverse. He employs pho­tog­ra­phy in his col­lages, as well as some sculp­tures that have been used in illus­tra­tion. I pre­fer his draw­ings to all of this, as Gerard’s hand with his unique style of shad­ing is some­thing I don’t often see.

All images via his web­site.