Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Illustration

  • Frédéric Pillot

    —

    by

    cparker
    in , ,

    Though not well known here in the U.S. (and undeservedly so), Frédéric Pillot is well known in France as a creator of comics, illustrations and beloved children’s books. Pillot pushes the stylized exaggeration of his characters and environments out to the limits, and then wraps his scenes in lovingly rendered detail, atmosphere and lighting effects.…

  • Jourdan Truffan

    —

    by

    cparker
    in , ,

    Jourdan Truffan is a concept artist snd illustrator based in Sydney, Australia who works digially in Photoshop and Blender. His fresh, nicely styleized designs for both characters and environments have an appealing clarity and precision. He applies to that solid foundation a playful sense of light and shadow, giving his scenes a sense of atmosphere.…

  • Wenjun Lin

    —

    by

    cparker
    in , , ,

    Wenjun Lin is a game development artist, illustrator and comics artist based in Shanghai. There is a portfolio on Character Design Reference, and another on Art Station I don’t know specifically which projects the images are from, but most have a delightful, innocent childrens book illustration vibe and a playful anime spirit. They’re lush with…

  • Carlo Stanga

    —

    by

    cparker
    in ,

    Carlo Stanga is an Italian born illustrator currently living and working in Berlin. He works primarily in a loose but often precise and detailed style of line and color, using a variety of media. He plays with the conventions of line and color, sometimes using color for the lines themselves, sometimes losing the line altogether,…

  • Eye Candy for Today: H.J. Ford dragon illustration

    —

    by

    cparker
    in ,

    The Dragon flies off with the Empress, illustration from The violet fairy book (1906) by Henry Justice Ford. Henry Justice Ford was a British illustrator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who was noted in particular for his pen and ink illustrations of fairy stories. The link is to a page on…

  • Alex Alice

    —

    by

    cparker
    in , ,

    Alex Alice is a French bande dessinée (comics) author and artist whose latest work is Castle in the Stars (Amazon affiliate link), a space exploration adventure in the milieu of Victorian times, a la Jules Verne. He has also created a series of illustrations and posters of characters, spaceships, airships and scenes from his stories,…