During the crit Jamie suggested I look at the illustrations of Chris Madden, this really helped and inspired me to add textures to my work. The textures add a feel of crafting to the work and help to give objects and characters individual aesthetics. Solid shapes created digitally can feel very flat but textures create depth and give the appearance of solid 'real' shapes. I want to continue to experiment with different textures and methodologies combining traditional and digital techniques. In this case the textures helped me to create artwork that matches the narrative by softening certain elements on the page, this also helps to highlight key elements making them bolder when layered on top of these 'softer' textures.
Chris Madden's work makes use of negative in the form of solid colour backgrounds that are complimented by textured colours. I like the way he uses texture applied to solid block shapes. The texture can be applied in a way that creates rough edges in certain areas, this contrast with crisp edges adds a very interesting aesthetic. I like they way that he builds his illustrations from some very simple shapes, overlaying varying textures and colours. His work plays with the idea of what makes up a form, his characters are made up of separate shapes that quite often aren't connected but still clearly and creatively communicate the character or form.
The way he leaves certain parts of his character completely separate from each other such as the tale of the dog or the arms in the top picture emphasises and helps communicate form. Something as simple as one of the thumbs in the top illustration being in negative to the rest creates a point of interest that keeps drawing my eye to it as does the none symmetrical form of the dogs bowl. The attention to detail and ability to keep interesting small details in an illustration without making the page appear cluttered is something I want to work on.
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