Cliff Wright

This is the last one i swear!
I came across this after writing the Quentin Blake post, i remebered that the covers from the Harry Potter series to be very nice, i did some googling and pinned down one of the artists responsible. Cliff Wright.

http://cliffwright.co.uk/illustration





I completly love the above picture!




and the jacket that caught my eye from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

done with watercolour. seems like watercolour is the favored medium among book and children story illustration!

Quentin Blake

I thought since i mentioned in a previous post about quentin blake i should just jot something quick down about him!
famous british illustrator, probably most known for working on Roald  Dahls books.






uses ink and water colour and bamboo pens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Blake

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/video/2013/jan/16/quentin-blake-creating-story-video

faust shepard mash up

just practicing new watercolour techniques i decided to combine them both, all though i think my attempt at E.H Shepard looks more like Quentin Blake ...

Lauren Faust - Animator

ok so im not sure that Lauren Faust counts as an illustrator per say, but since animation is an illustration of something well alot of illustrations of something i figured it counted!

Lauren Faust is knowen for working on my little pony friendship is magic and powerpuff girls. i love the style and i love my little ponys from the 80s (sad but true!)
http://fyre-flye.deviantart.com/



I think its something about animation that manages to be so engaging the lines in the drawing above well there arnt many but it produces character and the image of movement.

Watercolour - A foray!

ah my new freshly purchased supplies, i have watercolour pencils but not the pan / tube type of medium, i am going to experiment with the medium, plus the compact set is cute and portable!

E H Shepard

I decided to do a little bit of investigation into some of the other illustrators mentioned on the assignment sheet.
I was delighted to find that it covered winnie the pooh, and who doesn't love that silly old bear!
most of the art seems to be done in ink and sometimes watercolour for a splash of colour.
the characters are lovely animated and put you in mind of days spent playing in innocence.

 of course i didn't play much with bears as a child i was a big fan of my little pony's.

A Word about Stuff!

Having released i dont really know much about illustrators, or sometimes even what encompasses illustration as a whole i decided to buy one of the course books. titled illustration by Andrew hall. as well as a sturdy sketch book. 

I also have a book i previously bough titled writing and illustrating children books it seems a decent book!  

i will update this when the book arrives