I've been following Rob’s blog www.bertslearningblog.blogspot.com
since it was OCA blog of the week and am really impressed by the quality of his
drawings and course work (great clean lines and professional looking finish). It’s
helped inspire me with my course work and Rob also posts some interesting and
useful links to other artists, such as
Christopher King
An English illustrator and graphic designer who,
alongside finished artwork, posts his working process really clearly, such as
the making of this Clint Eastwood portrait http://www.wingsart.net/home/2012/06/28/clint-eastwood-portrait/
which he used in a film poster for a Ritzy Cinema competition.
His blog also includes great book reviews and links to
other artists such as
Rich Reitveld
A Californian artist whose humorous and exquisitely
rendered surf graphics have won him great acclaim (and cash). I love the colour,
elegance and detail in these.
And
Dave Stevens
Who (as well as creating The Rocketeer) was a master
pin-up painter until his death in 2008. I particularly like the way he portrays
women as muscular, powerful physical presences, like this Betty Page portrait http://www.davestevens.com/html/sketch_012.html
Jillian Tamaki
I chose one of her illustrations for my ‘line visual’
exercise and investigating further found that she has a huge range of styles
from the graphic quality of this http://www.jilliantamaki.com/political-sex-scandals/,
which I love for its strength, clearness and humour, to the more ethereal http://www.jilliantamaki.com/croquet-ball/
(winner of the 2012 Society of Illustrators gold medal) which, although I like
the balance and clarity of the foliage, flowers and penguin, I think is spoilt
by the central figure which I find stiff,
inelegant and poorly coloured. I’d also question the composition which cuts off
the head of the monkey; these watercolours of babysitters http://www.jilliantamaki.com/babysitters/
are brilliant observed and executed and she has also worked with embroidery http://www.jilliantamaki.com/embroidery/penguin-thread,
of the three the award winning Black Beauty is my least favourite, again it
looks stiff to me, but for all my criticism I take my hat off to this talented,
successful, prolific illustrator who has some useful advice on putting a
portfolio together on her sketchblog http://blog.jilliantamaki.com/page/2/.
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