Thomas Danthony- Illustrator

I have always been a fan of Thomas' work, but until recently I haven't really sat down and thought about WHY I like his work. On face value his illustrations seem very simple and quite blocky, but I think with his work it's more about the subtlety within the shapes.

He uses a lot of really subtle gradients in the colours and shades, which definitely helps towards creating depth within the image and helps set the mood of the illustration. A lot of his work ends up being screen printed, which I think would be quite a complicated process considering the gradients in colour. I need to investigate this.





















He also uses really subtle textures, including what looks to be a custom brush for defining shape and texture, something similar to what I use in my own practice. I will look to incorporate these techniques into my practice in the future.