Daniel Krall

April 20, 2013, 11:00 am

I am absolutely loving the style of illustrator Daniel Krall. Punchy colours, loose line work and packed with textures. I further became besotted when I found out much of the work is done traditionally, it is a mix watercolour, gouache, acrylic and pixels. For a little more background for Krall, Here is a nice quote from his website:

Daniel Krall emerged from a small farm in Fontana, Pennsylvania, where his artistic roots were watered by comic books, animation, and big-sky colorways. After learning every line of country life, he moved to the city and earned a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, where he now teaches illustration.

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Timothy Weaver

May 9, 2013, 2:00 am

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Illustrator and comic creator Timothy Weaver hails from North Carolina. A graduate from East Carolina University, he is one of the many amazing collaborators of Josh Tierney’s comic Spera. Mr. Weaver has great brush work that reminds me very much of Paul Pope’s style (never a bad thing, in my opinion). You can find more of his work on his website.

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Jake Wyatt

May 25, 2013, 11:50 am

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Brace yourself, you may step into the same trap that a lot of people do, and fall in love with Jake Wyatt’s work. Contributor to The Anthology Project, Mr. Wyatt’s style is deceptively simple. His typical process is darkening his pencils in Photoshop, applying flat colours, and a couple textures on top. I think a strength of his work, beside fooling us into thinking it’s so easy, is that his characters are so believable. If you, like I suspected, have fallen in love with Mr. Wyatt you can hang out with him just as long as you stick to these simple rules. Alternatively you can follow Mr. Wyatt’s work on his tumblr and deviantArt page.

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J. Scott Campbell

May 26, 2013, 2:35 pm

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Jeffrey Scott Campbell is a comic book artist and one third of Cliffhanger founders. He got his first big break at Image Comics, working under the WildStorm imprint with creators Jim Lee and Brandon Choi on Gen¹³. Mr. Campbell remained at WildStorm developing series such as Dv8 and much later a Thundercats mini series, as well as the short-lived series, Wildsiderz.

Above all of these great titles, I think Mr. Campbell really sealed his place in the comic industry history books when he released the Cliffhanger series, Danger Girl. It was an indulgent spy thriller packed with action, humour, sexy women and Sean-Connery-type men. Basically the series played to all his strength’s and it was a huge hit.

More recently, Mr. Campbell seems to focus on cover artwork, including a popular run on The Amazing Spider-Man, and pin-ups. A Spider-Man series with writer Jeph Loeb was on the cards, but as yet nothing has surfaced. It definitely would be nice to see him working on a series again. Check out more of his recent work on his deviantArt page.

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Manga Mondays ~ Jen Zee

May 27, 2013, 7:00 am

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Jen Zee is an American illustrator and art director for Supergiant Games. She worked on Supergiant’s first release, Bastion—a role-playing game set in colourful fantasy world. Zee’s stylisation does vary but for the most part strong manga influences are very clear. Her lush painting style and dramatic lighting give her work an arresting cinematic feel. Be sure to check out more of Zee’s work on her deviantArt page.

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Fashion Fridays ~ Steven Stipelman

June 14, 2013, 2:00 am

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New Yorker Steven Stipelman has been working as a fashion illustrator for some 40+ years. He got his feet wet creating newspaper adverts and catalogues illustration for the store, Henri Bendel. He moved steadily on to working Women’s Wear Daily, and has continued working with them.

Mr. Stipelman has steadied his freelance journey having worked with top fashion designers such as Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, Bill Blass, and Oscar de la Renta. For over 30 years, alongside his successful freelance career, Mr. Stipelman shares his skills teaching at various collages and institutes. He is currently Associate Professor of Fashion Design-Art at the place where he once studied, the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Not short of achievement in 1996, Mr. Stipelman also published the book “Illustrating Fashion: from Concept to Creation“. A book which is close to a staple for all fashion illustration students.

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Olivia Wise

June 15, 2013, 4:00 am

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California College of the Arts alumni, Olivia Wise, is a freelance illustrator based in San Francisco. Her acrylic and gouache paintings are often of an ordinary scene, but with a slight absurd twist. Her bold block colours and her slightly warped shapes add to the abstract nature of her pieces.

Olivia Wise paints illustrative images as visual poetry. Recently selected by American Illustration 32, the dual exposition of her craft is both publication and gallery.

You can find more of Wise’s work on her website.

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Patrick Leger

June 27, 2013, 3:40 pm

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I stumbled on Patrick Leger’s work a short while ago through the excellent promotion illustrations he created for Adult Swim’s Venture Bros.. As well as Turner Broadcasting, some of his other client’s include The New York Times, Esquire, Harper Collins, GQ and Google, but a that’s not even half of the big names he has worked with. With a portfolio full thoughtful, well composed and attention-grabbing pieces, I am not one bit surprised he is in such great demand. I do love his muted palette, and I am a patsy for his retro halftones effect. You can find more of Patrick Leger’s work on his website.

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Fashion Fridays ~ Autumn Whitehurst

June 28, 2013, 2:00 pm

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New York based fashion illustrator Autumn Whitehurst has produced work across a range of media including advertising, editorial work, and CD covers. Her long client list consists of names such as Elle, Nylon Magazine, Victoria’s Secret, Vogue, American Eagle Outfitters and Marie Claire. An array of her beautiful vector illustration can be seen on the Illustration Division website.

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Andy Helms

July 2, 2013, 3:00 pm

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There is a multitude of merry work by Texas based, Andy Helms. His blog, oktotally has a plethora of pop-culture piece. Some of which have been thoughtfully animated for Mr. Helms amusement and ours. I am especially appreciating his He-man and X-men interpretations.

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Hannah Christenson

July 10, 2013, 3:00 pm

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Fantastic colour work from Texas born, Hannah Christenson. She seems to have a knack for combining every colour in the spectrum effortlessly. Currently living in China, Hannah studied Illustration at Brigham Young University-Idaho, and now works as a freelance illustrator. Some previous clients include Tor.com and Galileo Games. You can see more of her rather stern-faced characters on her website, and blog.

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Chris Samnee

July 21, 2013, 12:20 pm

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Chris Samnee is one of my favourite comic artist working right now. His work has graced the pages of great titles including Rocketeer, Captain America & Bucky, Thor: The Mighty Avenger, and Serenity. He is currently drawing the Marvel on-going title, Daredevil, written by Mark … Read on

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Toerning

November 13, 2013, 11:20 am

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I recently stumbled on the wonderful work of Toerning through one of her few, but very useful, tutorials. Her tutorials are filled with tips about lighting, perspective, composition and colour, and well worth a gander. Often working with traditional mediums such as ink, acrylics or … Read on

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G. Grossman

January 2, 2014, 2:07 pm

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Firstly, we would like to wish all our fellow Loungers a Happy New Year and hope you had a cheerful festive break. We would also like to take this opportunity to remind you that we are looking for Guest Authors. If you are a knowledgeable illustration-enthusiast, write well, and want to share your passion on the Lounge for all to read, please contact us. We would love to get back to posting daily by expanding the Illustrator’s Lounge team and can not do it without your help.

Now, with the formalities out of the way, let me introduce you to today’s feature, G. Grossman. If you are anything like me and wondering what the “G” stands for, I used all the Google-Fu I know but still could not find out for you, so sadly that will have to remain a mystery. However, though the forename is unsaid, G. Grossman has been rather vocal about their process answering a cross-section of questions. I positively appreciate the variety of time-honoured mediums Grossman uses, particular the watercolour/colour pencil combination. It is also nice to know Grossman’s skill as a traditional illustrator does not deter from taking pieces to the computer to add that little bit extra. To see more of G. Grossman’s work please check out the GG Makes Art website, and tumblr.

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John Stanley (1914 – 1993)

February 4, 2014, 6:20 am

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Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame Inductee, John Stanley, is best known for rendition of comic Little Lulu.

Beginning his artistic journey In the 1930s, illustrating for the Fleischer animation studios, Mr. Stanley went on to freelance for the Western Printing Company. During this period he created stories for many much-loved characters including Bugs Bunny, Andy Panda, and Woody Woodpecker.

One day, mid 1940s, Oscar Lebeck approached John Stanley to produce a bi-monthly series of Marjorie Henderson Buell‘s Lulu Moppett character. Mr. Stanley stuck to scripting duties for the most part, but did draw many of the early issues, and would produce a storyboard sketch for artist’s Irving Tripp and Charles Hedinger to work from.

Modestly shrugging off being selected for the Little Lulu comic as chance, other illustrators are not so coy about singing his prises.

Fred Hembeck hailed John Stanley as,

“The most consistently funny cartoonist to work in the comic book medium”.

and C.C. Beck said,

“The only comic books I ever read and enjoyed were Little Lulu and Donald Duck.”

A great place to find out more about John Stanley and his contribution to the comic industry is the blog, Stanley Stories.

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James Courtney

January 13, 2014, 4:25 am

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Born in San Francisco, James Courtney founder of Naked Comix earned an BFA degree in Illustration at the Academy of Art College. As an Adobe Certified Expert in Adobe Illustrator 10 he uses a combination of photography and the Adobe Illustrator software to produce dazzling … Read on

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Eleanor Davis

March 7, 2014, 8:04 am

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Eleanor Davis is an award-winning illustrator and a talented storyteller. She has two graphic novels under her belt, The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook, Stinky, with a third, titled How to Be Happy, set for release this year. Consistently producing both clients and … Read on

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Adrian Tomine

March 10, 2014, 5:00 am

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Presenting the very distinctive work of Adrian Tomine. Born in 1974, California, Mr. Tomine started creating and publishing comics whilst he was still in his teens. He distributed his self-published mini-comic, Optic Nerve, to the local comics shops. Nowadays Drawn and Quarterly have taken over … Read on

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Scott R. Kurtz

March 31, 2014, 9:09 am

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Eisner award-winning Scott R. Kurtz is best known for the exceptional webcomic, Player vs Player (PvP). It currently has a readership of 150,000, and spawned a 12-part animated series, as well as publication deal with Image comics. Since 2013, Mr. Kurtz started a spin-off series … Read on

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Johnny Craig (1926 – 2001)

May 27, 2014, 5:00 am

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John Thomas Alexis Craig (also known pseudonymously as Jay Taycee and F. C. Aljohn) was an American comic book artist. Talented as both an illustrator and a writer he was posthumously inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2005.

Johnny Craig was a very active part of many EC Comics’ best-selling horror titles including, Tales from the Crypt and The Haunt of Fear. Impeccably pencilled and inked, his clear and uncluttered style gave his stories the type of suspense found in a Hitchcock film.

For those of you acquainted with comic book history, you may already recognise his work. During the whole Seduction of the Innocent debacle. At the Senate hearings on juvenile delinquency Mr. Craig’s Crime SuspenStories #22 cover was exhibited by the prosecution. The cover, which depicts an ax-wielding man holding a woman’s severed head, was presented and question whether it was “in good taste”. Which EC publisher Bill Gaines obtusely responded, “Yes, sir, I do, for the cover of a horror comic”.

The uproar surrounding Seduction of the Innocent and outcome of hearing led to the creation of the Comic Code Authority, which subsequently resulted in EC’s horror titles folding. Bitter irony but not all bad, Mr. Craig continued to work briefly in horror comics and later went on to do several jobs for Marvel and DC.

A good place to see more of Johnny Craig work is in the EC Archives, specifically Vault Of Horror and Tales From The Crypt.

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