Researching print based illustration

Jeffrey alan love

Jeffrey Alan Loves's work starts as a mono print, with stamped out block colours, adding additional layers afterwards, most works having the use of a sponge and white paint to create a misty atmosphere, or simply additional white lines or red dots. Alan Loves work is unique to me in that it can be classified as shape driven imagery, an area that i almost always have no interest in, but I love his work. I feel the dark forms really lends itself to the Dark medieval/ monster subjects he typically creates. The idea that a monster in a story should be saved till the end personified. In a story so the viewer/ readers imagination can jump to the creepiest conclusions , and by giving me enough of a shape, my imagination fills the gaps in his work.

Tim Doyle

Tim Doyle is an illustrator with quite a varied portfolio of work, mainly consisting of scenes from movies, but its two exceptions that caught my eye. The first image featured is a five coloured screen print celebrating the tenth anniversary of Daft Punks discovery (an album of theirs, they weren't found in a Siberian gulag or something) . The second print is part of a series called Vietnam on wheels, and is a three coloured screen print, hand made. What draws me to both these works is how they both showcase different ways of using the print medium. Even though the daft punk print uses five inks, the image essentially consists of two main colour tones (pink and blue) to create a rendered, but simple outcome. The three colour print on the other hand has a lot of detail, using line work to paint the scene and different colours to separate objects, not to mention the focal figures being left colourless so they pop and draw the eye. 

Gian Galang

Galang has a somewhat different process as what you would typically find for print artists, painting the imagery with acrylic first, using only black and white primarily, and then isolating the black digitally. I think it really pays off and gets some pretty interesting textures in to the mix, something I'll certainly need to keep noted and have a play around with.

Adams Carvalho

A bonus addition that isn't a print maker, but his work could easily be created that way. Carvalhos work primarily consists of two tones, and always concentrates on a scene with a person inhabiting it. I feel he is great at creating a narrative and atmosphere with his images, with very basic elements in use. I feel its good practice to keep an eye on this fella, see how he utilises the two tone style and how he simplifies scenes to still paint a scene.