Illustration Rally

9 Jun 2011

Pattern rally: Pet No.2

By Helena Maratheftis

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8 Jun 2011

Pattern rally: Pet No.1

By Jane Eccles

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6 Jun 2011

Fabulous artist now for your viewing pleasure. Sarah Dennis has a great and instantly eye-catching style. Her work is bold and has that lyrical quality, which brings the eye in and flows the gaze around the image revealing the complex layering in her work, her skilful choice of collage materials adds depth and her use of colour is interesting with a familiar palette that unites her work and gives her that instant branding that you need to stand out. Her work is both sweet and magical, blending fantasy and storytelling with both traditional and imagined images that give her work the look of a modern fairytale. Integrating both collage and cut out into a modern style, she is a master of composition allowing her to create efficiently without distracting from her subjects. A great artist, please read on for a little about her.

Who are you:
Sarah Dennis

What do you do:
Freelance Illustration

How did you start:
I did a degree at the University of The West of England since I completed my degree I have been working and exhibiting.

A Personal statement about you or your work:
Sarah Dennis is a freelance illustrator living in London. She completed a BA Hons in illustration in 2008 at the University of The West of England. Within her illustrations she uses traditional collage using papers such as cards, vintage floral papers, envelopes and graph papers she combines her collage work with contemporary techniques such as Photoshop to create a bold magical retro style.

Since working as a freelance illustrator over the past two years Sarah has grown and developed a familiar, unique style that has been used primarily within editorials. As a result, she has gained a strong reputation within her own field and has even been recognized by pan Macmillan, Ammo Magazine and Amelia's magazine as well as working with a broad range of clients.

Please have a look at her online portfolio www.sarah-dennis.co.uk.

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Pattern rally: Food No.8

'Yummy yummy food pattern mmm'

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5 Jun 2011

Pattern rally: Food No.7

By Alexandra Rolfe

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By Salli Sue Awindell

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Pattern rally: Food No.6

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By Deirdre Mccormick

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4 Jun 2011

Pattern rally: Food No. 5

By Nadia Alkhafaji

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Pattern rally: Food No.4

By Sean Wárs

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By Natalie Chen

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By Mima Moira

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3 Jun 2011

Pattern rally: Food No.3

By Gina Glynn

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2 Jun 2011

Pattern rally: Food No.2

By Georgia Coote

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By Elisandra

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Artist 91: Calla O’Malley

A brand new artist feature for you now with the wonderful Calla O'Malley. Calla has a balanced style with sharp characterful subjects juxtaposed with faded backdrops, She adopts a semi naive style where she focuses the emphasis on her character and the eyes, using clever highly detailed sultry eyes on light touch girlish figures, the result is at once transfixing and slightly unnerving, having the quality of dolls. Her work walks the fine line between gothic and vintage, and does well to take the best of both and condense it into a pared down style which oozes distinctiveness. In her fashion illustration she has a gestural approach with bold lines that really capture her subject with economy, the feel is there and the sense of movement is preserved. She has a great deal of strengths to draw on and I for one would love to see her bold gestural style mingle with her dramatic and considered scenes. She has a really strong approach to composition and her work has a real sense of quality. Wishing her all the best for a bright future, it's Calla O'Malley!

Who are you:
I’m Calla O’Malley, a 21 year old illustrator from Ontario, Canada.

What do you do:
I do a lot of freelance illustration for fashion, and narrative type projects. I create a lot of characters and like to convey a dreamy feeling. I usually use pen and ink in combination with light pastel paints and digital mediums. I like the contrast between dark lines and airy colors.

How do you start:
I’ve loved to draw and paint since I was quite young, starting off recreating artwork from vintage fairy tales along with Degas dancers. I really developed an affinity for black and white line work, light colors, and dance and fashion scenes from these things. I went on to study Art History, Visual and Digital Art, and Fashion Illustration. I eventually realized my style in putting my interests in drawing clothing, and illustrative scenes together. I’ve been lucky enough to work with a few fashion designers to create work representing their lines, along with a few independent publications and magazines. This has really helped to focus my work in the direction I want for it to go.

A personal statement about you or your work:
I’m inspired by a lot of things, including fashion, vintage fairy tales and story books, soft focused photographs and films, and the colors in impressionist paintings. Telling stories and creating characters are also very important to me. I love that illustration gives me the chance to combine these things, and to make the mixed up dream world in my head into a reality of sorts.

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