Artist research: Giovana Medeiros

I was searching tumblr to see if i could find any illustrators that inspired me. I came across Giovana Medeiros. The thing that i like about her drawings is the cute fun style that they have. I like all of the different textures that they have, i also love the colour palettes that the illustrator uses. 

Artist research: Jon Klassen

I was searching for illustrators work that i liked when i came across a book cover for 'The dark' (by Lemony Snicket.) It was illustrated by Jon Klassen and i loved the look of it so i looked at more of his work. I found his blog with lots of his illustrations on. I quickly found that he uses a limited colour palette usually focusing on more dark colours such as browns, blacks and grays. Although the colours are dark and mundane the things he draws still have a cute friendly look to them. Below is a few of my favorite images.

 

Artist research: Lizzie Mackay

As i like the simplistic look of most children's book illustrators i decided to look at a few different people. I came across Lizzie Mackay and the bright fun look of her work really stood out to me. She usually draws in pen and ink and then adds colour using illustrator. i love how well all of the colous in her pieces work together, they give the images a warm happy look to them. Below are some of my favorites.

Artist research: Jehan Choo

I found this artist through a digital artist magazine. Choo creates traditional pencil sketches as well as digital art. Her digital art is always a lot more detailed and coloured compared to her sketches.   

i love how whimsical and pretty the image above is. The background reminds me of scenery that you might find in a traditional oil painting. Is so different to draw a dragon being nice and gentle but it works so well in this image. 

The reason that i like the image above is because of the unique lighting that has been used it gives the image a really pretty, interesting look. i also love the look of the child in the image, although i cant tell if she is shy or sad she still has a cute look to her. 

Artist research: Zutto

Zutto Is a Russian based illustrator that creates her work digitally. Her work really caught my eye as it is so bright and colourful. A lot of her drawings look like jelly, she has a very unique style indeed. below are some of her illustrations that i like the most.

I think my favourite thing about the above image is the composition the image works really well within the shape of a circle. I also love the colours and unique smooth shapes that have been used to create the image. It is so cute and fun.

The image above looks a lot more sophisticated than the first image that i chose because the drawing and shapes used are more realistic. The colours that are used are more subtle and mature. I think the thing that i like most about it is the colours as they work so well together. I also really like the composition used as it brings the whole image together really nicley.  

Reportage artist research: Dominick Santise

As I continued with my research I found an artist named Dominick Santise. I likedhis drawings because they arent perfect but they still tell a story and set the mood of what is happening in the image. I really liked his drawing of the white house the bold black lines and the leafless trees give it a bit of an eery feel buti like that about it. One of his other images caught my eye and the reason I like this image is because you can really feel the motion in the image with the way he has smudged the lines to make the flags look likey they are being shuck by the people.

Repotage artist research: Eddie Peña.

Whilst searching for reportage artists that inspire me I came across Eddie Peña. I really like how he ads splashes of vibrant colour over his black line drawings.
I also like how his drawings look when he uses no colour at all because they still do what they are supposed to and show what is happening. One of his drawings stood out in particular to me and that is the line drawing of a barn with a big splash of red colour. I love it because the red just draws your eye in and makes the image so much more exciting. One of his other images that i really liked was an image of a man sitting on a park bench. The reason that I like this image is becuse you can see what the image is even though its slightly abstract I think the use of colour is really nice.