From the three websites listed I found that I was most interested in and drawn towards 'It's Nice That'. I've visited the website a few times in the past but haven't really browsed it in the way I did for this task. Not only did I find the site really user friendly, but also the range and scope of illustration available to view on the website was extremely useful. Not only were the illustrations aesthetically pleasing, the articles were also interesting and relevant, I feel, towards today's world and how illustration fits into it as a format and art. I've found since looking at this website I visit it quite regularly, as it not only provides a source of illustrators and work to enjoy and analyse, but gives an almost 'newspaper like' up to date running of what's happening in contemporary illustration now.
Product, Publication, Place and Online
PRODUCT
Labels on bottled drinks
Backgrounds//characters ect for apps
Wrapping paper
Textiles (curtains, pillows, bedding ect)
Clothing (tshirts//shoes ect)
DVD covers
Album covers//artwork
Jigsaw puzzles
Posters
Packaging for toys
PUBLICATION
Childrens book
Newspaper
Scientific textbooks
Fashion Magazines
Zines
Comic books
Illustration magazines
Concept art books ('Art of' .... books)
Leaflets//fliers for clubs//bars
Instructions
PLACE
Illustration galleries//exhibitions
Hung up in peoples houses
Billboards
Posters in public
Illustration studios
Illustrators' personal studio
University end of year exhibitions//shows
Graffiti
Illustration agencies
Shop windows (drawn onto the window)
ONLINE
Illustrators personal blogs//websites
Illustration agency websites
Online games
Social media sites (tumblr//facebook//instagram)
Illustraion//art themed websites//blogs
Adverts on webpages
YouTube
Banners//icons//branding for websites
Search engines (Googling 'illustration' and clicking 'images' for example)
Film websites (advertising//concept art ect)
Examples of illustrations
PRODUCT
Wrapping paper - Wrap Ski; Charlotte Trounce
Clothing - White Bison Sand Man's T-shirt; Sandra Dieckmann
Textiles - Sleeping Fawn; Ben Sigas
Labels on bottled drinks - Merrydown Cider
Ablum cover - The Shins (Port of Morrow); Jacob Escobedo
PUBLICATION
Children's book - This Moose Belongs To Me; Oliver Jeffers
Zine - Comics Class; Matt Forsythe
Newspaper - The Republican Party Isn't Dead Illustration for The Boston Globe; Benjamin Mills
Comic Strip - Moomins; Trove Johnson
Illustration magazine - Double page spread from 3x3
PLACE
Illustration gallery/exhibit - House of Illustration
University end of year exhibitions - LCA End of year show
Illustrators' own studio - Eric Carle
Graffiti - Saint-Petersburg / 2014 (source)
Shop Windows - The Drift Record Shop (Devon); Lee O'Connor
ONLINE
Illustrators person blog//website
Illustration agency website
Social media sites
Banners//icons//branding for websties
Illustration//art themed website//blog
Personal Reflections
PRODUCT: I find illustrated album covers really draw me in. The idea of visually representing a sound, another artform entirely, on a set format is difficult however a lot of illustrators can pull it off. I think they summarise what illustration is about, they have narrative and tell a story, they sum up all the information you need to know so they also have a function and purpose. I think people are more drawn towards something visually exciting and well crafted which makes illustrated album covers stand out.
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Album covers illustrated by Keaton Henson for his own music
PUBLICATION: Zines are something fairly new to be. Prior to this course I hadn't even heard of them, and now I don't understand why! What I love about this form of illustration is it's potential for variation. Zines can be simple, complex, made quickly with a photocopier or laboured over and crafted by hand. They're also a fantastic way of getting your work out into the world in a fairly cost effective and cheap way!
We're Never Coming Home; Andy Wyeth
PLACE: Galleries have always been places that I've loved to visit. There is something very different in seeing an illustration online and seeing it 'in the flesh'. I love that most galleries have a scope of artwork within them, often art is not categorized as 'illustration' 'graphic design' 'fine art' ect, it just exists within the space and looks beautiful.
Ferens Art Gallery; Hull
ONLINE: Social media is something that I think works two ways when it comes to posting your work on them. Whilst they provide a means to show your work for free, get noticed, find other illustrators have other illustrators find you ect, they can also be places where sources are removed and reposted. On websites such as tumblr or even pinterest I've seen work uploaded without source or mention of the artist responsible, this happens a lot less I feel on sites such as instagram. However that's the danger of posting any of your work online, whether it's on social media or not.
My Instagram
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