Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Illustration

  • Naoto Hattori (update)

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    Naoto Hattori studied graphic design in his native Japan, and illustration here in the U.S. at the School of Visual Arts in NY. Hattori’s work carries some elements common to pop surrealism conventions, and some in common with visionary art, but I most enjoy those pieces in which he explore his own themes — in…

  • Inga Moore

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    British illustrator Inga Moore moved with her family to Australia when she was eight, but a fondness for the English countryside never left her, as she grew up reading books with British illustrators. When she returned to England as an adult, and after a time working in various positions in London, she moved out to…

  • Scott Pollack

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    Editorial illustrator Scott Pollack works in a rendered watercolor cartoon style, and is noted in particular for his covers for Barron’s magazine, for which he (somehow) keeps coming up with fresh takes on the iconic bull and bear symbols of Wall Street’s manic swings. [Via The iSpot]

  • Elzie Golden

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    Elzie Ray Golden studied at the School of Visual Art in NY and the University of Arizona. During his military service he was a soldier-artist, documenting his experiences and eventually training other soldier-artists and joint services multimedia illustrators. I can only find a few sources for his work, and no information about him post military…

  • Gemi

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    Gemi is the professional name used by a Japanese illustrator who works in watercolor (or its digital equivalent, I’m uncertain); and whose compositions often center on a lone young woman in contemplative situations. Though some of her work is of more commonplace subjects, in the stylistic vein of manga and anime, much of it is…

  • Laurent Gapaillard

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    Laurent Gapaillard is a French concept and visual development artist for the film and gaming industries. He is also noted for children’s book illustration, particularly The Yark, written by Bertrand Santini (images above, bottom four) Gapaillard has a blog, though it hasn’t been active for a couple of years, and doesn’t include much in the…