I first came across Dan Eldon as part of my OCA Book Design course, and was struck by the impact of his combination of photographs, collage and text. Although some of the videos and media coverage of his work since his death in Somalia is somewhat idealised – and he is still an outsider, I […]
Tag: collage
Nowhere in Particular google images Jonathan Miller writing about the book in the Independent the capacity to resolve fine detail is confined to a surprisingly small area of the retina, the fovea, around which visual acuity falls off so steeply that it’s impossible to take in the details of a whole scene at a single […]
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Source: website http://www.tomburns.co.uk (but this does not have the work I like). Between Clarke and Hilldale Tom Burns is a London based Illustrator. His work combines digital techniques with collage and the use of more traditional screen-printing processes. He has worked for a range of international clients in advertising, publishing, editorial and design. His clients include The Folio […]
Sources: Cut it Out Martin O’Neill is a British illustrator and collage artist. His enigmatic textured images combine collage, silkscreen, photography, paint, and digital techniques. He works from a vast archive of found and self generated material and also works with stock and supplied imagery. My favourite images – for their mysterious ambiguity:
I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares, as opposed to ugly things. That’s my intent. ‘’try to reach for a simple, visual phrase that tells you what the picture is all about and evokes the essence of the story” “making the ordinary extraordinary” “The nature of process, to one degree or another, involves […]
Sources: Website http://geoffgrandfield.co.uk . (see particularly Narrative) Caustic Cover Critic Interview Geoff Grandfield is a British illustrator now living in London. He has worked with major newspapers and publishers since 1987. Influenced by the cinematography of film noir and the reductivism of modernist graphic art, his work is characterised by carefully composed minimalist silhouettes and limited palette, exaggerated […]