Artist Prints 7th May 2018

My Art Collection 

Berlin 

I had bought this piece from The Dude store in Berlin. As I had mentioned in a previous post, when in this store, I had wanted to buy everything, but my budget would not allow me to do that, so I had just settled with a t-shirt and a print.
I chose this piece out of all the options available because I felt it was the best representation of Mcbess's style, which is most present in the eyes of his characters, as they are usually long ovals, which give a hollowed out impression. This effect makes his characters seem soleless and gives them more of a dead appearance, which I personally enjoy in his designs, as it is something otherworldly as intriguing.

Again, as I had mentioned in previous blog posts, I had loved this design when I had seen it in the exhibition, as it had reminded me of the character 'No-Face' from Spirited Away, as in this movie the character gains a slight form of a giant frog, and he wears a white mask, which contrasts with his black body, which I feel is very similar to the character in this print.
When I found this print in Babylon, although it was a smaller print than the one that had been on display in the exhibition, I had loved the quality of the print, it had such depth in the darkness and I loved the textures within the design, so I knew that I had needed to buy it.

Another thing that I had bought because of this exhibition, was the work of Moki. I had loved this zine because it was originally a full design of this character's environment, then the artist had sectioned off parts, turning them into pages of the zine. Another thing that had appealed to me with this exhibition/zine, was the colour scheme; the earthen/autumnal tones with the pop of green, make the character really standout, helping him be the main focal point of the story. I love the simplicity and multi-purpose use of this zine, how it can be both a comic and a big illustration, I would love to try creating my own version of this, using the same concept, in a future project, maybe even for the final show, as I do wish to experiment with environments.

This print was another purchase I had made at Babylon and is a riso print by Alice Monvaillier. It was initially the colours that had attracted me to this print, however, I loved the textures, gradients and patterns that the artist had created with this medium.
I would love to experiment with the riso printer more in the future, so this artist has given me more inspiration as of its potential, and the type of work that I could create with it myself.

In My Own Time 

This is my favourite artist, who I have been following for at least five years now. She is my biggest inspiration and someday I do aspire to be at her level, especially anatomy wise, and she is the person who has made me want to improve my skills in those areas. Because of her, I also want to experiment with more traditional mediums, such as gouache, watercolour, pen and pencil.
Before getting these prints and book, I had been wanting to buy her work for such a long time, but as she lives in Canada, the shipping was a bit pricey.
I had chosen these specific ones because I personally love female portraits, hence why I create them myself, but Audra makes such beautiful portraits, that have a colourful and whimsical twist to them, that I needed to own one or two. The third print, (top right) is 'No-Face' the character who I had mentioned before, so I had bought this design for the reference, but also because I believe it was one of the first pieces I had seen of Audra's.
After buying the prints, she had released a book of her work, named fragments. In this book, Audra has shown and produced a lot of sketches, experimentation's and finalised work, which in the start she admits is not her favourite, which I am mind blown with, because all of her work is so beautiful, including her basic sketches. But, it just goes to show that each artist has problems with their work, even if everyone else doesn't notice them. 

For Christmas, because of prices, I had asked my mother if she could get me the J.A.W Cooper book set of three, this included 'Familiars' 'Viscera' and 'Flora & Fauna'.
I love this artist's work for similar reasons as to Audra Auclair, I enjoy the anatomy of her figures as they are correct but slightly exaggerated, she also uses gouache very well in her designs, which again, makes me want to experiment with the medium.
I wanted this set of books so that I could use them as a reference when trying to improve my own anatomy skills in my work.
My room is currently going through some changes, so some of my possessions are inaccessible due to the overall mess, so I have not been able to take photos of these books, as of yet.

This was also a present that I had got given to me, of a large print and a limited edition mug by the artists Kozyndan. 
These were the artists who had given me inspiration for my 'American Gothic' recreation piece, as they had made a redesign of 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' by forming it out of bunnies, in the fashion that they have created this skull.
Kozyndan had a big influence on my style as I believe their cel-shaded approach, is what had started my own love for the style.

Ever since starting this course, I had seen a previous students work on the walls and then started following her on social media. It was here where I had seen her creating a zine entitled 'Scary Girls' in which she had drawn all of her favourite women from horror movies. This was a possible concept for one of my projects, so I had ordered this zine and one other named 'Sketchbook Zine' to use as a reference, as I had never created/owned a zine before.
Although my zine concept had taken another route, I still enjoyed learning from the ones I had received. I also loved the traditional work within and it makes me want to work more traditionally in the future, as I have been trying to do in the previous projects. 
Again, as some of my possessions are inaccessible at this moment in time, I was not able to take photos of these zines.

Sarah Andersen
Sarah is an illustrator who draws relatable mini-comics of her life and thoughts. I have been following her for a while on Instagram and I love her work because they are really fun.
Someday, I would like to try creating my own comics, however, I know it will be harder than it looks, because it is not my usual style, and it is hard to simplify your illustrations and keep them simple.
'Herding Cats' is her most recent book, but in the future, I do hope to have all four of her books.

I do hope to keep building my collection in the years to come, ordering even more prints, books and zines. The ones I have already help keep me inspired and they make me work more at my craft, building my skills and experimenting with new things, so maybe if I were to add more to my collection, I would be inspired to do even more with my work.


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