Illustration

Four disciplines in 2D design include Textiles, Graphic design, Illustration and Animation.
Here are some illustrators that I found particularly interesting.

I have researched illustrators and have found an artist called Helen Lang who I believe has interesting work that can relate to my interests of illustration and surface pattern design. I think her work is very interesting and unique. It reminds me more of nature and the natural elements of the world due to the flowers and plants that are included in her designs. Her work also consists of a lot of typography and wording making up an outline shape of another object, this I think looks good.

The image of the fox I think is interesting as it could be used on a range of textile products as well as a motif to represent a product. I like the way that a picture of something is also made up of different pictures within it. I also think that the colours of brown and black work well together and are quite neutral colours, which can be used on a variety of different coloured backgrounds.

 

Here are some of her products being used on different surfaces.

Noma Bar

Noma Bar's work includes the themes we have been shown in class, which is shape colour and composition. He creates a picture within a picture by only using different coloured shapes, here are some examples. The below picture is of a bird made out of a hand and then when you look closely its a tropical island with a palm tree on. I like this piece as there is a good relationship between the colours in the picture and the negative space in the picture is just as much a part of it as the actual focal point.

 

The below picture is an eye catching piece as when you first look at it just looks like a tail fin whereas when you look closer there is a fishes mouth. This gives the impression that there are fish following each other. I like this as there are simple colours used and it is also simple but effective.

Noma Bar also creates posters to advertise different things.

The below image symbolises freezing energy costs with a penguin. This is also made out of simple shapes and the attention is focussed on the middle picture of the penguin.

I like this work as it gets the message across and by using a blue background makes it feel icy and cold, which I believe was the intention.

 

I also like this advertisement as it shows that food is going straight from the farm to your plate with all its goodness still in it. This is symbolised well as it makes a face with the negative space around the plate. I find this to be interesting.

 Sara Fanelli

Unlike Noma Bar, Sara Fanelli creates pictures which I think are fairy tale like and could tell a story, it also can include detail as the others don't. There is a lot of text used in Fanellis work, as well as this there are less vibrant colours, unlike Bar's work that just includes block colours. This below image I like as it adds a bit of a vintage feel to it and symbolises British fish and chips I also like the contrast between the black and white and the other colours. I also like the way the negative space looks like old paper, this could be what they wrap the chips in.

 

I also like the below image of a character that is holding a tree with birds in. I like these illustrations as the colours go well together and I think they could suit a children's story.

 

Now that I am introduced to 2D design I am more aware of what it includes and how I can relate this to objects in everyday life. We have learnt in class about the importance of shape and colour in objects in their simplest form. Now I have the ability to see this in every object I come across, making it easier not only to draw the objects, but to construct collages of them. I have been inspired by the above artists and how they apply composition, shape and colour to their work. I have taken a liking to using shape when producing pieces and I think this technique will help me with taking the route of illustration.

Here are some examples of work I have done inspired by shape and colour.

 

 In this piece I was looking at a figure on a horse, this included focusing on the negative shapes and different materials to make up the whole picture.

This picture I put a yellow line to outline the picture of a bird this makes it seem more like an illustration and looking at the shapes.

Although simple this design looks at the background space around the objects and the colours and shapes of them, singling out a colour scheme of yellow mostly.