At its best, illustration encourages the viewer to think, to draw more from the text than first meets the eye and to comprehend a greater and more in-depth understanding of the subject. The concept may appear hidden at first, but communicates successfully when the viewer disseminates the image.
- Sarah Jennings sketchbook spreads. In the artists sketchbook the communication is more personal, the only audience is the artist themselves, and pure experimentation with concepts and ideas can begin.
- Margaret Huber sketchbook spreads. She uses her sketchbook as a place to initiate the basic ideas of communication without constraint.
- Horoscope sketches and illustrations by Louise Fenton communicate a lot more than just an image of a crab to the audience.
- Damian Gascoigne was asked to complete 60 illustrations over a 3 week period to create images for WWP Marketing's website to communicate human resources and training for work related situations. He painted in ink and then scanned it into the computer to colour and compose the final artwork. With just simple lines he manages to communicate the whole concept.
- 'My East End' Jason Ford - the text, scene, colours and character work well to communicate the East End (the way Jason Ford sees it) to the audience. It engages the viewer but still reflects the research and investigation he conducted earlier on in his project.
- 'Crocodile ' self-promotional piece by Damian Gascoigne
- 'Mermaid' self-promotional postcard by Jack Taylor
- 'Sunflower' 2009; watercolour by Bella Foster (LA, USA)
- 'Patch Dreams' 2010, personal work; collage by Takahiro Kimura (Tokyo, Japan)
- 'The Virgin Suicides, 2010, personal work; hand drawing and digital colour by Anna Higgie
Commissioned Work
- Tim Vyner - sports business partners funded Tim to travel to China to record and document the atmosphere and experience of the Beijing Olympics. He used a sketch book to record figures, events and specific moments but used a camera to record architectural details which he could then later work into his watercolour pieces. His final artwork was a series of reportage drawings and large scale watercolour paintings were produced for exhibition and publication. More than 80 of his images were exhibited at the Bankside Gallery in London, UK, which was attended by many Olympic athletes organizers and representatives.
- 'Think About It' by Kia Motors. Press, web and TV advertising. Pete Fowler for Mustoes Design Agency.
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- Mark Ryden- the deluxe album cover for Tyler the Creator's album Wolf.
- Miles Donovan - 'Deconstructing Kylie', for Kylie La La La. Hand-rendered drawing and stencil with digital redrawing and stencil with digital redrawing and retouching. The appointment of an illustrator as art director as art director at The Face magazine in the UK marked an important shift for illustrators all over the world.
- Anna Higgie - Jamie Lidell, 2010 for Bonafide Magazine; hand drawing and digital.
- Anna Higgie (Australia/Spain) - Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne) 2008, Plan B magazine; hand drawing
Process
- 'Tolstoi' 2010, Clarin magazine. Augusto Costanzo uses Adobe Illustrator to exaggerate the power of the piece; using this media and process enables him to use the brightest colours and clear lines. He creates a marriage between a good synthesis of the character and its image and a solid idea in this piece; this all comes together to work due to the process of using Adobe Illustrator.
- 'Samuel Beckett' -Will Tomlinson drilled holes in MDF board. Creating an image using light and shade by drilling holes of differing depths gives a new vision to the photographic portrait of Samuel Beckett. A photo of Beckett was digitally scanned at the beginning and reduced to just a few monochrome tones in Photoshop to create the reference pattern.
- 'The Broken Column' pencil drawing made for the magazine Fashion Tale by Annelie Carlstrom. Photoshop may have been used to clean and tiday up the image but strong drawing techniques are the essence of the image:
- 'Patch Dreams' 2010, personal work; collage by Takahiro Kimura (Tokyo, Japan). The process of collage enforces the meaning behind the work - 'Patch Dreams' by reminding the viewer of patchwork- pieces stuck together. This adds to the tone of the piece as it looks menacing and disturbing; the two characters seem stuck together too; they merge together even though they are separate parts:
- 'Shine like a Star' by Pinky uses the process of hand cutting paper. Building layers of colour utilising a similar method to the way in which a screen print is created, but using hand-cut coloured papers allows detail to slow through in a unique and varied way:
Collaboration
- Vonhideki is the collaboration of illustrator Von and product designer Hideki. Launched in 2005, the team has had multiple exhibitions throughout London.
- Craig & Karl - they live in different parts of the world but collaborate daily to create bold work that is filled with simple messages executed in a thoughtful and often humorous way. They've exhibited across the world, most notably at the Musee de la Publicite, Louvre, and they have worked on projects for clients like LVMH, Google, Nike, Apple, Vogue and The New York Times.
- Angela Hendricks collaborated with her four year old daughter to create work:
- Asos limited edition clothing paired up with illustrators, explained on Itsnicethat.com : 'On several occasions in 2011 we were delighted to work with clothing company ASOS who asked us to call on some of our favourite creatives to produce bespoke, limited edition collections.The first of these was Limited Editions which saw us commission ten up-and-coming designers and illustrators to create ten designs for bespoke T-Shirts, and buyers also got the original work as an accompanying print. Creatives taking part included Greg Eason, Owen Gatley, Rob Matthews, Rose Blake and Sophie Kern.'
- Illustrated People collaborating with London Youth 'Illustrated People for London is an ongoing initiative from IP to promote a selection of the most exciting and emerging artists in London. It’s about representing the next generation of music, culture, fashion and art as they journey into the spotlight of popular culture.We aim to capture this unique time and highlight the ever-growing creative undercurrent in London as it is today.'
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