OUIL402- PPP- Eleni Kalorkoti

I have become more and more intrigued with using shape in my practice. I think a lot of it is to do with the aesthetic and maybe something to do with wanting to get away from line. Eleni is an illustrator who's work I have always loved but have recently found a new admiration for the way she uses shape. Here are a few examples of my favourite works of hers.

OUIL402- PPP- Jose Mendez

I recently cam across Jose Mendez whilst researching online. I love Jose's use of shape and I really like his simple use of composition. A lot of his illustrations have a really central composition almost as if the images are vignettes in the middle of the page ehich I would like to experiment with in my own practice.

OUIL402- PPP- Context

Jean Jullien's take on beach holidays was really amusing. And probably contextually appropriate for a lot of people who have experienced what he illustrates.

OUIL402- PPP- Purpose

This image by Margoz sends an incredibly powerful and immediate message. His simple use of shape and composition makes it extremely apparent what the image is about. 

OUIL402- PPP_ Aesthetic

Miguel Angel Valdivia produces work primarily in monochrome. Which for me, being colourblind cretes a really easygoing but harsh aesthetic to the images. With a clear message and process.

OUIL402- PPP- Content

One of my favourite illustrators is David Doran. I love his use of shape and texture, but for my one of my favourite things about David's work is the content and ideas behind the images he produces. His images look relatively simple, but the ideas behind them are extremely interesting.

OUIL402- PPP- Process

Eleni Kalorkoti's image making process is quite unusual and interesting. Although her work is created primarily using shape, she starts her illustrations by creating line drawings, filling them in digitally with tone, then filling each individual line with the same tone, then adding texture on top. This seems a really weird way of making the kind of images she does. 

OUIL402- PPP- Product

I love these illustrations by Marie-Laure Cruschi. They were made for a childrens picture book focussed on animals. I love the way the images were made specififcally for the product, with every image being a double page spread.