OUIL402- PPP- Marie-Laure Cruschi

I think I may have found my new favourite illustrator. Marie-Laure Cruschi uses a lot of shape and is incredible at what she does. After coming across the book 'cabins' I looked more into her work and other things she has done.

Her work is hugely shape driven, with a really vibrant palette throughout most of her works and she has a huge portfolio, how have I not knowingly come across her before?!




She is incredibly versatile, producing sophisticated works for musicians and magazines, then going on to create really fun childrens books. I will definitely be following her stuff from now on.

OUIL402- PPP- Cabins

I stumbled across this book online and started flicking through the illustrations and I really love them, so I've decided to order the book.

Again, I really love the use of shape in the illustrations. The shapes are mostly flat planes, but the combination of others around them gives off some really nice lighting effects, I definitely want to try and recreate this technique in my fiture practice.

Below are some of my favourite illustrations and photographs from the book.

I love the composition in this image, the cabin is obviously the focal point and the amount of space around it with the trees and bushes draws the eye to it even more. Especially with the drastic contrast in light.

OUIL402- PPP- Where Am I Now?

OUIL402- PPP- Working With Shape

In this weeks Visual Language session we were talking about shape. My practice has always involved a lot of line work and really very little shape at all, but I'm really enjoying using shape as a drawing tool.

Even just roughing in my sketchbook ,messing around with different ways to use shape has really opened my eyes to a new way of image  making. I think the next brief I'll definitely try using shape and see how it goes.