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I've moved to Pinterest

25/5/2015

Having been a bit short on time lately due to changes in my job, I’ve been finding it hard to get the time to update my MozBlog and I started to use Pinterest on my phone to document images that I found interesting. It’s been a really useful tool for my professional work and for tracking things of interest to me so I’ve decided its time to make a link here so you can have a look.

If your interested in the portraits I have been looking at on my blog over the last few years then there is plenty to see on my Pinterest page plus it is now joined by images for typography, branding, Mondo posters and much much more!

You can scroll up or down in the image field below or click on a picture to view my most current selections...Enjoy.

Charles Young - Paperholm

7/12/2014

After completing a Masters degree at Edinburgh College of Art Charles decided to build a miniature paper city.
The models are amazing in scale and detail and if you go to his website he has even animated some of them to great effect.

To see more of Charles paper city please visit:
http://www.paperholm.com/

Samantha Mash - Selfish

24/11/2014

Samantha is based in Portland, Oregon working as a freelance illustrator and designer. Her work looks at a range of themes such as death, seclusion and nature.

For me Samantha’s work also suggest themes which are often covered in Greek tragedy’s were stories are often based around myths handed down through generations

If you would like to see more of Samantha’s work please visit:
http://www.samanthamash.com/

XI - Charlie Bowater

7/11/2014

Charlie works as a Senior Concept Artist for a company in the north of England. In her spare time she is an illustrator and doodler by her own description.

Her illustrations are rich in colour and detail but I've chosen one of her scketchs as I just love the expresion on the girls face and the simplicity of the image.

To see more of Charlies work please visit:
http://www.charliebowater.co.uk/
http://charliebowater.tumblr.com/

Portrait Scketch of a Young Girl - Laura Knight

6/11/2014

Dame Laura Knight 1877-1970 was one of the leading British painters of the twentieth century. However, her rejection of Modernism and her association with the mainstream led to a decline in her reputation. This has changed over the last few years with the National Portrait Gallery taking an exhibition of her work on tour around the UK.

Although she is more well known for her paintings I really like this sketch as it captures the girl perfectly and makes me think I need to try and draw my own children more if I could get them to stand still longer than a minute.

To see more of Laura Knights work please visit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/laura-knight

Erin - Jonanthon Yeo

6/11/2014

Jonathon Yeo is one of the UK's leading portrait artists being known for his portraits of iconic figures. In 2014 The Lowry staged a retrospective of the artist's work. He developed Hodgkins Lymphoma, which ended his formal studie in film but during his recovery gave him the time to learn how to paint.

Although Erin is not typical of his work I think the negative space created by not painting in cloth creates a really strong image while the proportion of the painting allows the artisti to control how your eye travels down the image.

To see more of his work please visit: http://jonathanyeo.com

Diego Fernandez - Untitled

17/6/2014

Diego works as a freelance illustrator in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

His work reminds me of paintings such as 'Apollo and Daphne' by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) who was part of the Italian Rococo movement.

Diego's interpretations of the female form are contemporary yet hark back to a much more romantic period in art which I think works really well.

To see more of Diego's work please visit:
http://diegofernandez.daportfolio.com/

Holly Golightly - Phil Noto

11/5/2014

Phil started out working at Disney moving onto DC Comics were he has working on Batgirl, Superman, Danger Girl to name just a few.

He is probably better known for his 60's inspired painting which I really love but this illustration of Audrey Hepburn caught my attention as it is so elegantly illustrated which suits the character so well.

If you would like to see more of Phil Noto's work please visit
http://philnoto.tumblr.com/

moleskine sketch pt.iii - Elfan

8/5/2014

The very talented artist Elfan is a fulltime illustrator living in Bandung, Indonesia.

I really like the loose line work of this illustration and the minimul use of colour to really lift the image off the page.

To see more of Elfans work please visit:
http://elfandiary.tumblr.com/
and
https://www.behance.net/gallery/16667919/moleskine-ptiii

Quack - Jade Law

7/5/2014

Jade is a professional concept artist and illustrator based in Edinburgh. She has produced some amazing work for video games and graphic design. This illustration caught my eye really for the use of patterns within the realistic image. It’s really unusual while the type adds the comedy.

To see more of her work please visit:
http://www.omochablog.blogspot.co.uk/