Beautiful work from prominent Japanese contemporary pop artist Yoshitomo Nara. Unusual, twisted and oft weapon-toting characters, who at first glance can seem simple but shouldn’t be so easily dismissed.
Blum and Poe – www.blumandpoe.com/yoshitomonara/
Marianne Boesky Gallery – www.marianneboeskygallery.com/artists/yoshitomo-nara/
Intricate, surreal and slightly eerie pen-work from Brighton Illustration graduate Scott Nellis.
Website – www.scottnellis.co.uk
Taking place at the Rag Factory in London, Graphic Design and Illustration 2009 is an exhibition of graduates of Graphic Design and Illustration from the University of Brighton which will open to the public from the 3rd to the 6th of July. Just from taking a gander at the pieces showcased on the GDI ’09 website, I feel a bit despondent knowing I can’t get to the exhibition but I whole-heartedly encourage all those in or near London to take a look.
Website – www.gdi09.co.uk
Vimeo – www.vimeo.com/gdi09
Flickr – www.flickr.com/photos/gdi09/
Great illustration from New Yorker Mike Perry who has quite the behemoth portfolio containing write a few nice commissions and individual pieces such as the Holiday Zine 2008 (shown).
Website – www.mikeperrystudio.com
The profusion of illustration which fills Adrian Johnson’s website is some of the best and most “cheerful” illustration I have seen in a long time and is definitely worth a bookmark. While having a look around, have a peek at his selection of animations.
Website – www.adrianjohnson.org.uk
Vibrant, colourful illustration from Filipina Kristina Collantes.
Website – www.kristinacollantes.com
Another Brighton illustration graduate, Chris Pell has quite an unusual choice of subject for his illustrations helping to set his work apart as he often depicts some sort of ritual or bizarre person. Don’t let this put you off though as this doesn’t detract from his work but instead adds something to it, a sort of “oddity” character.
Website – www.chrispell.co.uk
Brighton graduate Stu Loxley has got a mountain of spectacular folksy work, showing off his incredible pencil skills.
Website – www.stuloxley.com
With a style akin to both illustration and graphic design, Brighton-graduate Verity Keniger’s work contains mounds of personality and lots of variation between pieces as well as vivacious colours.
Nice work worth keeping an eye on and look out for beautifully illustrated Oh Deer! and collage-like Comet (below).
Website – www.veritykeniger.co.uk
Adam Haynes has quite a perspective-centric style of illustration, which he puts to great use in his work for Nike 6.0 where you see the world from the eyes of many different sportsmen.
Website – www.stickfort.com