London based ‘typo-illustrator’ Sarah A. King has stayed busy and recently uploaded a series of fruits that she actually hand drew typography onto. It’s kind of a bizarre thing to do but the end result was really interesting and definitely not something you see everyday. Eat your words. Literally.
There are a few nice and new updates in the portfolio of Polish illustrator Grzegorz Domaradzki. It’s neen a while since I have posted a skull illustration but I really like this one.
Nuremberg-based Artist ‘Gerhard Mayer draws with ink on paper and on walls. His lines are controlled, precise, and technicaly exact.’ The precision required to execute his pen and ink works is impressive and his collage work requires an equal amount of attention. Impressive and beautiful imagery is the result of his labor.
I really liked this cynical little animated short film ‘about a (uni-browed) boy who wishes for better things‘ by More Frames animation studio.
Artist and illustrator Rachel Ann Lindsay has been busy lately and recently updated her website with some new work including her wonderful continuous line drawings. I used to do these in college. You basically take a pen/pencil, put it to the paper, begin drawing and do not lift the pen from the page until you are finished. The end result is a drawing comprised of a single line starting at one point and ending at another. They are very ‘stream of consciousness-like’ and mastering them isn’t an easy feat.
There isn’t much in the way of information about illustrator Mateusz Kolek at his website. What you will find however are some really nice illustrations that speak more about his abilities than words could manage.
Melbourne-based illustrator Sam Octigan has some eloquent drafting skills. He has recently relaunched his website with new work and a new blog to keep his followers better updated on his progress.
Pratt graduate Chelsea Greene Lewyta has some striking illustration work already in her young portfolio. She is currently based out of NYC and she is someone to keep an eye on for sure.
Illustrator Therese Larsson creates some beautiful illustrations using everything from pastels to Photoshop. The tactility of the imagery, regardless of the method of production is never lost and each piece manages to stand on it’s own.
Tim Gough is a illustrator/designer based in Philadelphia, PA. He publishes a limited edition zine called ‘Cut and Paste’. He just updated with a new website and new work.
Dutch artist Juul Kraijer has been exhibiting art since the mid nineties. Over the past 12 years she has devoted herself entirely to drawing having completed a total of 220 drawings.
Here is a quote from the in depth essay at her website:
“Unlike those artists who from time to time venture to take a new turning, I seem to be the type of artist who recognizes a small field as his or her domain, to be explored in depth and detail. In the drawings made during those twelve years, the main principles remain the same. Changes do not occur in the form of an abrupt break; instead, they appear as gradual shifts, leaving the core intact, like landscapes at the turn of the season.”
Her work is very simple yet hauntingly contemplative focusing primarily on the face and the human form interacting with nature. She has also taken up sculpture, photography and more recently experimental video but the contemplative tone remains throughout the new mediums.
It’s been a very long time since I last wrote about designer and illustrator Leslie David and with some recent additions to the David portfolio, it’s worth another browse.
Savannah College of Art and Design graduate Sam Wolfe Connelly is creating some very nice illustration work combining original charcoal drawings with a digital finish.
The legendary hand-cut and drawn typographical wizard Cody Hudson has finally updated his website after a very very long long time. Inspiration and genius simplicity abound.
I can’t say I am crazy about Sterling Hundley’s website but his imaginatively beautiful drawing and illustration work more than makes up for any technical shortcomings. Just try spending a little time staring at the image above.
Oslo-based, artist and illustrator Sverre Malling has the amazing ability to render some truly remarkable images with nothing other than charcoal. The resulting images are symbolic, compelling and beautifully rendered.
“Chris Silas Neal is an illustrator and designer, born in Texas and raised in Florida and Colorado. His work has been published by a variety of magazines and book publishers and, has been recognized by Communicatin Arts, American Illustration, AIGA, Society of Illustrators, Society of Publication Designers, Art Directors Club of Denver, Print Magazine and Society of News Designers. He exhibits drawings at various galleries across the country. He currently works and lives in Brooklyn and teaches Illustration at Pratt Institute.”
Artist David Foldvari has updated with some new and beautiful illustrative work since I last dropped in on his portfolio.
