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E.H Shepard

I was brought up on the work of E.H Shepard and the original 'Winnie-the-Pooh' stories and so the artwork resonates with me. If you have read the article from Computer Arts that I posted a link to on myt previous post, you will understand what I mean when I say that a picture is what makes a children's book. I love the simplicity of these sketches, but how easily you can grasp emotion and meaning. For example, Piglet is obviously worried and confused. We can tell this simply because he has lifted a hand to his mouth and there is a simple, slanted line above his eye which suggests his eyebrows are furrowed in worry.

Barbara Firth

I was brought up with these books too. I remember them and my mum recently found the book at a charity shop and it brought back so many memories just from the illustrations. I think images that remind you of a time in you life as well as the story they were telling is fantastic and these will always be special to me.

Stina Wirsen

I found this artist while looking through a friend's blog and just had to see some more of her work as the image that my friend had chosen to illustrate her style was so interesting. I love her sparse use of colour to hint and highlight shapes. It has a very doodled look to it and I think that's what I like most about it, I like that there is no floor that they all stand upon, but a mish-mash of images thrown in together.

Steph Baxter

 

 I love how cartoony and light hearted these Illustrations are. They are very cute and that's so in at the moment. The typography is fabulous and well and all the little doodles surrounding it. The second image is so simple and I can see it being a card design, which proves how diverse being an illustrator can be. I didn't think about card designs.

Luke Pearson

 

 Another cute one. I found this artist while looking through the back issues for NoBrow magazine. I have looked through some of the pages of this comic online and the illustrations are so good. These are the kind of things that I want to progress onto and it was this illustrator and this comic that has inspired me to try and create my own.

John Tenniel

 I love the illustrations for the original sketches of 'Alice in Wonderland' 1865. All of the images were wood engravings rather than drawings. There were a total of 42 images in the book done in this technique. I love the amount of detail in the and how they have been shaded using very neat cross-hatching. To know that these images were carved out of wood, inked up and then pressed against the page is just fascinating.