08012014

Waiting

Hopefully there'll be something new here once a week, this term feels less confusing (three days in) than the whole of the last year and a half. I also finally bought a new scanner so everything should be a lot easier now. 

Please ignore the horrible lack of header image, blogger won't let me upload anything without a horrible fuzzy background.

Nokia Image Makers

I recently found this film made by Nokia featuring two of my favourite newer illustrators- Nina Cosford and Hannah Rowlands. Both are graduates from Kingston. I love that they both have a more naive and playful style, Cosford's being perhaps more traditional where Rowland's feels more defiantly girly. It is this sort of illustrator that I would like to develop into, one who is self aware but isn't afraid to share ideas that might be deemed too feminine. Below are some examples of their work. I think I am going to do a more in-depth post about Nina Cosford because I'm really excited by her work at the moment whereas I've been following Hannah Rowlands for a longer period of time and feel like she's already cemented in my brain.


P.S. It's comforting to know that I have the girls-who-likes-drawing-club hairstyle of a bob with a fringe, maybe it's a coincidence but it makes me feel like I can grow into what I would like to become. That was a bit sick bucket worthy.

Hannah Rowlands, taken from 'Sketchbook' section of her website

Alex Katz

The Blue Umbrella by Alex Katz

This is a pretty rubbishy photobooth picture of my bad photocopy of Alex Katz's 'The Blue Umbrella', which is a painting that I like very much. Katz's painting, specifically his portraits, appeal to me because of the happy nature of his subjects. I also like that the images are not hyper realistic, they convey much more about the individuals' personalities than a piece of photographic quality.

I really wish I could go to St Ives for this. Unfortunately Nottingham is (exactly, I checked) 327 miles away from Tate St Ives, which might explain why me and my sister got so restless during the drives to and from cornish holidays. Maybe I will have to try to somehow get down there before it closes on 23rd September when it is not quite so far away. 

Below is a mini-doc made by Tate, showing Katz's studio. 

Rose Blake

Artists Only Risograph Print

Finally an Illustrator! Rose Blake is an obvious choice for me- Talking Heads (I'm wearing her t-shirt right now), block colours, Murakami based illustrations, a reason why I chose to apply to Kingston... Clean, bold and well edited imagery that is never boring. She currently runs the excellent Studio Music site which features playlists from all sorts of people, from Luke Best (another obvious favourite) to comedian (and artist) Harry Hill. I really respect the way that Blake works; including things that inspire her within her art as well as being successful on a more commercial level.

Piece featured on rejected works website, thanksbut.com

Gil Inoue

Gil Inoue: David Byrne via It's Nice That