Favorite Illustrator
It was hard for me to narrow this down. I mean really, really hard. I have a lot of favorites.
So here are a few (only a few) with my current top illustrator at the bottom. Jarrett Kroscheska is a huge hit with the Pud. (she reads Monkey Boy to me at night) He has great ideas and a laid-back cool and fun style (plus he is super nice in person and left a comment on my myspace page, wheeeeee). Kelly Denato has such color, personality and composition to her pieces that I want to eat them. I fell in love with Polly Dunbar when we checked out "Down the back of the Chair" from the library. David Catrow is always super-duper fabulousness. I have been a fan of Dan Santat since I found his blog and his art in "The Guild of Genesis" did not disappoint. I discovered Diane Goode when we checked out "Alligator Boy" recently. (great book). Marla Frazee shines in Mrs Biddlebox. (Why are the re-doing the cover?It was so perfect)
My current fave,who never disappoints in line quality, watercolor washes and draws the things I want to draw one day. (mythological creatures and whatnot) is Gris Grimely. He is usually on the dark side but his illustrations are always incredible, detailed and I can spend hours pouring through them.
I probably remember someone else in a few minutes but I'll leave it for now.
So here are a few (only a few) with my current top illustrator at the bottom. Jarrett Kroscheska is a huge hit with the Pud. (she reads Monkey Boy to me at night) He has great ideas and a laid-back cool and fun style (plus he is super nice in person and left a comment on my myspace page, wheeeeee). Kelly Denato has such color, personality and composition to her pieces that I want to eat them. I fell in love with Polly Dunbar when we checked out "Down the back of the Chair" from the library. David Catrow is always super-duper fabulousness. I have been a fan of Dan Santat since I found his blog and his art in "The Guild of Genesis" did not disappoint. I discovered Diane Goode when we checked out "Alligator Boy" recently. (great book). Marla Frazee shines in Mrs Biddlebox. (Why are the re-doing the cover?It was so perfect)
My current fave,who never disappoints in line quality, watercolor washes and draws the things I want to draw one day. (mythological creatures and whatnot) is Gris Grimely. He is usually on the dark side but his illustrations are always incredible, detailed and I can spend hours pouring through them.
I probably remember someone else in a few minutes but I'll leave it for now.
4 Comments:
Wow, wow, wow thank for the inspiration!!! I've never heard of most of these folks and they were all so inspiring to me! I especially love Polly Dunbar. Awesome!
Great links!!
Yeah! Gris' work is awesome, but I find I get really impatient when I'm at his Website. I've got a decent connection, but his stuff just seems to take so long to download, I can't bear the pain of excitement as I anxiously await each piece to load. Kelly Denato's work is brilliant, too and so 'out there'. I just wish I could go straight to her portfolio/index page than sit through the fiddly home page. (I have a problem with patience ... ) Anyway, the work really is striking. use of color and texture, again big crowd pleasers for me, always draws me in (pardon the pun hahahaha) And thank you for pointing out Polly Dunbar's work. I find puppetry fascinating. I really love illustrators who use 3-d in their illustrations such as Red Nose Studio (www.rednosestudio.com) and Kristen Branch (www.kristenbranch.com).
I find it hilarious that neither of us could resist linking a handful of artists before naming one in particular. I agreed with you big time, this was a REALLY hard entry to write! Thanks for the new links. I had discovered Jarret, Marla and Polly awhile ago, but thanks for the reminder. They are all fantastic. I agree Kelly's work has delicious texture and line. I never tire at looking at Grimley's work. It's fascinating. Good post Courtney!
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