Category: Illustrators
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Helpful links
I promised myself that I would get back to proper blogging after I’ve recovered from some big life changes. Turns out blogging can be a lot harder if you feel like you’ve got nothing to say. While I’m trying to find my voice here are a few useful links – 5 Fears that Keep Artists…
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Inspiration Friday 1: Edmund Dulac
Lately I’ve taken an interest in 1900 European style book illustration. My interest in comic illustration has peaked once again (it comes and goes depending on the decaded) and found a lot of comic artist are inspired by the past. I’ve come across a lot of great children book illustrators and thought it would be…
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Inspiration Friday – Doyald Young
Decided who you are, decided what you want to do, and then do it because it is surely possible – Doyald Young Lovely documentry about Doyald Young from Lynda.com. ….letters we look at today are the same letters we looked at 500 years ago. I recently came across Doyald Young a little while ago. I…
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Cup
I decided to keep in touch with my illustrator side and drew a cup. I actually followed a tutorial. It’s amazing how much you can forget within a small time frame. The tutorial taught me quite a bit about gradients and the path finder tool. Also how to use expand with objects.
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Illustrator
The other day I decided to give myself a little bit of practice in Illustrator. Each print took about 1 – 2 hours. The point of the exercise was to teach myself fundamentals of Illustrator again. Here are the results: I actually quite enjoyed working with Illustrator again. At my job I don’t really get…
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Ghost Patrol
I don’t get to go out to exhibitions as much these days, so I thought I would post one that I had been to. Ghost Patrol is an artist based in Melbourne. He tells stories through his artwork through different mediums. It was an interesting exhibition and I suggest anyone in Adelaide have a look.…
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Little Golden Books
Although I keep an analogue journal for the things that inspire me I thought I would share some of the items I have been collecting lately. I’ve been collecting little golden books you can find at the supermarket for a couple of dollars. Obvisously I’m not the target market for little golden books by look…
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James Jean
One of my favourite comics of all time is Fables. I don’t only love it for the storyline but also for the fantastic art. So it’s a shame to see the cover artist james jean leaving the project. After issue 81 there will be no more James Jean lovely art works. However that doesn’t…