The illustrative paintings of Katy Horan are moody. Painted on dark backgrounds, the artist illuminates her subjects with subdued greens, reds, and blues. Their narratives examine the role of women throughout history and mythology; They depict death, loss, fear, and…
Colorful and hyperbolic are two words I’d used to describe the illustration of Mari Kanstad Johnsen. Her exaggerated figures grace children’s books, editorial illustration, as well as comics and animation. I really enjoy when she combines the hand painted (like…
No Friday round up today, folks. Between vacation and deinstalling In the Palm of Your Hand, I haven’t had time to peruse the interwebs as much as I’d like. Next week! I promise! For now, let’s take a look at the…
I’m back from a much needed vacation and will be here in full force tomorrow. For now, let’s admire the illustrations of Teagan White, shall we? If you shop at Anthropologie or have been to a bookstore, you might have…
Ulla Saar’s graphite works use a lot of expressive shading and convey the feeling of a sketch. Their combination of lack of background with written words make these drawings seem very personal, and that’s partially why I like them so much. …
Shimrit Elkanati is an Israeli illustrator whose sweet images are a tinged with a bit of cheekiness. The subdued color palette depicts stories for children and celebrates imagination. We see penguins waving at planes and giant friendly rabbits hopping from…
What if Darth Vader played with a ball of string? Would he be as menacing? Probably not. And, as we see in Chinese illustrator A Ke’s work, he is most definitely not. Ke’s series re-imagines cats in popular culture. We see…
Pieter Van Eenoge’s illustration’s don’t hold a lot back. Color, composition, general weirdness… these seem to have it all. I like strange, and enjoy seeing a bear wearing boxing gloves and eating a chocolate bar, a house full of fish,…
Maybe you’ve noticed or maybe you haven’t, but for the past couple of weeks, I’ve been sharing the work of a different illustrator each afternoon (EST!). So today, let’s look at the work of Gizem Vural. She reached out to…
Drawing and coloring was one of my first hobbies. As a kid, I would camp out on my couch and draw what was sitting on the coffee table. Even though I don’t do it as much any more, I still…