Some funny Illustrations by Jaco Haasbroek to make us laugh at the weekend!
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We really like Lisa Congdon’s illustration work, and judging by her client list we’re not alone. It’s bright, simple and manages to combine an element of David McKee retro whilst feeling very fresh. Lovely stuff. See more of her work on her portfolio site here.
We like illustrator Sarah Stovalosky.
After having graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in Illustration, she has kept herself busy by drawing birds, knitting, traveling, and petting the occasional cat.
Pyhai
We love these enchanting illustrations by dutch illustrator Pyhai.
This talented artist has illustrated several dutch Children’s Books, all with her trademark otherworldy, slightly surreal style to them. When she’s not illustrating she works as a teacher in her home town of Amsterdam.
Check out her website to view more of her work, along with some lovely drawings, photography and sketches.
Ben O’Brien aka ‘Ben the Illustrator’ is a talented chap. Not only does he create lovely illustrations for top advertising clients, he has also collaborated with his real-life and business partner Fiona O’Brien to create a bright range of fabric patterns and products for the home.
Based on the premise that ‘good places make people feel good’, his designs definitely exude the feel-good factor. The bright designs are available as a range of fabrics, cushions and lampshades, alongside a natty range of Christmas cards, a calendar and animal postcards of Ben’s ‘fluid animals’ series.
Anyone interested in the life of freelance illustration should also take the time to read his excellent and candid Blog post ‘I don’t recommend becoming a freelance illustrator’.
Respect is due.
We love these evocative Tattoo style prints by Vietnamese artist Quyen Dinh.
The designs are available to buy as prints but many are actually genuine tattoo designs, she also does commissions.
Link to her blog
Can’t think of a better way to get into the weekend spirit than pore over some Paul Rand Illustrations.
Happy Weekend one and all!
We love the style of legendary children’s book illustrator Leonard Weisgard.
Leonard Joseph Weisgard (December 13, 1916-January 14, 2000) was an award-winning American author and illustrator of more than 200 children’s books, most famous for his collaborations with Margaret Wise Brown. He was born in Conneticut [but] spent most of his childhood in England.
His first book, Suki the Siamese Pussy, was published in 1937 and his first collaboration with Brown was two years later with The Noisy Books. The Little Island, written by Brown and illustrated by Weisgard, won the Caldecott Medal in 1948. They collaborated again on The Important Book, published by Harper & Brothers in 1949. In 1956 ‘The Secret River’, which Weisgard illustrated for Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, won the Newbery Honor award.
See more of his excellent artwork on the site dedicated to his life, work and gallery.
Biog Source: Wikipedia
From our friends at Creative Review: (Click for the URL)
Illustrator Marion Deuchars is following up her highly successful Let’s Make Some Great Art book with a new publication aimed at encouraging young artists to get messy. And it has a charming film to promote it
Let’s Make Some Great Fingerprint Art will be published by Laurence King in October.
“It’s for a slightly younger audience, but I wanted to show what was possible with one of the most basic forms of printing… your thumb! ” Deuchars says. “Although fingerprinting is normally cartoony, I wanted to try and push this medium to show that it could be more sophisticated but at the same time very accessible.”
“It’s a very playful book,” Deuchars says. “I wanted to show how to create interesting characters but also learn some other art techniques alongside fingerprinting.”
As with Let’s Make Some Great Art, Deuchars has worked with Animade to create a film to promote the book.
Let’s Make Some Great Fingerprint Art is priced £9.95
We really like these fresh and fun designs by Angle/French duo Famille Summerbelle from their latest homeware collection ‘The Performers’. Julia Marabelle and Simon Summerscales bring their experience in fine art, theatre set design and advertising respectively to create prints, decorations and other delightful homewares, all of which you can see here.
