inspiration

cherri wood 

After deciding on an art style i started to look into artist that also use this same style. i came across cherri wood who i found in one of my illustrations books that i own. The people she illustrates in her work are more detailed than what i want to do but the ink splats and the colours are something i am looking at for inspiration. i like the way her drawings drip and run back into the page so nothing feels structured its loose and free hand making it more interesting. recently more work like this has become more "fashionable" especially in the fashion industry. chanel used an art style like this from one of their adverts recently. I'm going to use a white background on my work so the images are clear and they stand out better. 

David Downtown

I then went on to look at david downtown's works which has a really free hand feel to his work but all of the faces of the people are really detailed, their clothes and hair are loose drawings but they bring it all together. My favourite image is the second one with blonde hair as you can see he has worked hard to created a detailed face including bright blue eyes that you are drawn too straight away. When he is drawing with the ink it is loose and laps back over on itself and creates a textured look to his pieces. i love the way he uses swishes and flicks with his brush with the ink and the paint is watered down colours and he has just painted a block of colour and worked around it instead of filling the colour in. i think this is a really interesting way of working as he is almost working backwards on his work. This is the sort of work that i enjoy creating the most and having the freeness of the work and however you have used ink or watercolours it works really well. 

orla keily

once i had looked through the clothes on the oasis website and had picked our different patterns on the clothes i thought they reminded me of Orla Keily's work especially with the structured shapes and lines. although some of the clothing has a losses pattern i felt this worked for what i wanted to create within my work. the top image shown below has brighter colours than the other one and i want to use brighter girly colours in my work. I'm looking at the patterns and how i could incorporate them into my work. i love the way she has used structure to create neat and pretty patterns and these are also girly just like the oasis brand. in the top picture the petals are different colours and no 2 are the same next to each other i think this keep you looking at the pattern and makes it more detailed and exciting.  i want to create images that corporate digital aswell as hand drawn. 

David Despau

David Despau was the first artist i looked into the find inspiration as he has used the same materials that i want to use. he has mixed digital elements with hand drawn elements. one half of his drawing has the digital look with the bubble wings made in black and made to look 3d and the other half where her hair is flicking the colours are fading so he has used water colours and also some black ink to show her hair is fading at the ends. her body and her face has been drawn in ink and also it looks like some black watercolours with maybe some water put on the ink to make it run slightly on her top. his work has been the biggest inspiration and i have looked at his work further to see how he successfully blends these 2 styles together.