ARTIST RESEARCH - ANTONIO LOPEZ

Antonio Lopez

Antonio Lopez, an American illustrator was often featured in Vogue magazine and was considered to be a major influence on fashion illustration as a whole.

He  liked to use bright, attention grabbing colours such as blue and orange in his work and the vibrant use of colours and free form lines that he included in his artwork is often considered as the staple artistic 'look' of the seventies.

ARTIST RESEARCH - ERIC POWELL

 

Eric Powell

Eric Powell is an American comic book writer/artist,best known as the creator of 'The Goon'.

He has written plot lines and illustrated for major comic book companies such as Marvel, DC Comics and Dark Horse.

His original series, 'The Goon', debuted from the small comic book publisher, 'Avatar Press'.

His artwork is entirely traditional, only using digital manipulation to clean up comic panels. He mostly uses lead pencils and oil or acrylic paints in his work.

ARTIST RESEARCH - CHRIS RIDDELL

                 

Chris Riddell

Chris Riddell is an English illustrator and political cartoonist who has collaborated many times with authors such as Neil Gaiman, Paul Stewart and Phillip Ridley.

                     

He usually works with pencils and ink to create his illustrations.

He also rarely uses colour in his work.

His artistic career began in 1984 when he illustrated for the book 'The mystery of silver mountain'. He also writes and illustrates his own books, which are usually aimed at children.

DR JEYKLL JACKET CONCEPTS

ZINE SELF PORTRAIT

Our class was set a task to draw a self portrait in whatever way we want to with whatever media we wish to use for a zine. No colours were aloud, it was only supposed to be drawn in black and white.

I've drawn mine completely digitally!

J AND U ILLUSTRATION

In the book, the story is told from the character Utterson's point of view. They're Dr Jeykll's best friend and close work colleague and also the first to realize Mr Hyde's true identity.

I wanted to create an illustration to represent Jeykll and Utterson's relationship, that they're still close friends but Utterson is very suspicious of Henry Jeykll.

Also, unlike Edward Hyde who I drew traditionally, Jeykll and Utterson both are drawn digitally.

J AND H BOOK COVER

I decided to keep the design for my book cover simple with white stylized text and borders and a plain, dark background to go with the books Victorian Gothic theme.

The book is very well-known so I thought that just the title on the front cover could be eye-catching enough.

I also put a small drawing of Dr Jeykll's potion bottle on the back. This could grab the attention of someone who isn't aware of the book's plot.