Archive for the ‘illustration’ Category

Aino-Maija Metsola

04.19.2011 · Posted in artist, illustration, illustrator

Thanks to Mallory’s blog, I came across the work of Aino-Maija Met­sola. The color! The shapes! I love it all! The cubist approach that Aino has taken to her work yields adorable and whim­si­cal char­ac­ters that daz­zle my eyes. I really like the for­mat of a lot of Aino’s work. It uses a lot of grids ...

Alan Brown

04.19.2011 · Posted in artist, illustration, illustrator

This morn­ing I am enjoy­ing the work of Alan Brown. His spe­cialty seems to be water-based media such a ink and water color paint. Using them, he cre­ates por­traits and small scenes of a weird world. The Inter­net loves cats, and of course my per­sonal favorites are his paint­ings of cats (pumas and other cat-like crea­tures ...

Nicholas Vokey

04.11.2011 · Posted in artist, illustration, illustrator

Nicholas Vokey’s draw­ings, while sim­ple in style, are very con­sid­ered and show that he is well-aware of the work in which we live. Nicholas sent me some of his draw­ings, and I asked him to shed a bit more life on his con­tent and style: “I find humour in per­sonal con­flict, awk­ward sit­u­a­tions, affec­ta­tions, power, arro­gance, ...

Lizz Hickey

04.06.2011 · Posted in illustration, illustrator

I wish I was funny enough to draw sequen­tial art that oth­ers found amus­ing. Since that is not my prowess, I will con­tinue to enjoy oth­ers’ work instead. Lizz Hickey, for instance! Lizz’s recent sequen­tial work tends to revolve around the char­ac­ter “Carol”, a man­i­fes­ta­tion of a self con­scious. Gen­er­ally dis­agree­able, there is a bit ...

Anna Higgie

04.05.2011 · Posted in artist, illustration, illustrator

Anna Hig­gie is another artist today whose work focuses on the por­trait. Stark con­trast, frac­tured space, and metic­u­lous mark-making are a few ele­ments present in her work. Anna has worked for a num­ber of dif­fer­ent clients, includ­ing Nordstrom’s, Bloom­ing­dales, and other fashion-based enter­prises. Her illus­tra­tions def­i­nitely illus­trate the essence of a lifestyle, with good look­ing peo­ple ...

Jay Cover

04.04.2011 · Posted in illustration, illustrator

I really love Jay Cover’s work. Bold, graphic, and shape dri­ven, his work tran­si­tions to dif­fer­ent media and dimen­sions flaw­lessly. His work is so flat and very styl­ized, and that is what I love most. Just look at his ani­mals– their snouts exist on an entirely dif­fer­ent plane than their eyes. Some­thing that could never ...

Stella Lee

03.31.2011 · Posted in drawing, illustration, illustrator

I used to have hair that was pretty long. You could do all the fun things with it, like braid it, putting a bun on the top of your head, brush it a sat­is­fy­ing 100 strokes…but then I decided to chop eight inches (maybe more!) off. While I don’t often regret my deci­sion, it’s look­ing ...

morgan blair

03.21.2011 · Posted in illustration, illustrator

The work of Brooklyn-based illus­tra­tor Mor­gan Blair is inspired by motion graph­ics on VHS tapes from the 80’s and 90’s (oddly spe­cific, but I know exactly what she speaks of), Lisa Frank, and Tetris. To fur­ther her work with nos­tal­gia (at least my nos­tal­gia), she also imple­ments holo­grams into her work. I feel like I’m ...