Stylistic Research

Going for a more illustrated approach to suit the style of the New Scientist magazine. I also like the look of the simple and clean cut images when produced on illustrator. Researched alternatives that I could incorporate with my current style.

Surrealist illustration may be quite interesting to tell a story.

Perspective was also a nice touch to the image as it creates a visual flow.

I like the use of water colour and ink/ink pen. 

It adds nice detail to the overall image and it is also a nice way to 

create and show texture like the wood.

I like the simple illustration - clean cut and simple images - 

what I am currently going for. The foreground can be the most 

detailed to emphasise their importance. I also like how 

the background is quite washed out with the same sepia colour 

but the important subject is a vibrant red so it pops out of the image.

I quite like the Disney illustration style. The shading in particular 

really stands out in this image. It will be helpful when it comes to 

shading my own work.  

I like how they use pen to do the details and outline 

and then wash out paint to fill in the colours. 

The paint bleeding out of the outline also eliminates 

the roughness of the outline.

The use of mix media. Clipping in photographs to create 

patterns / fill in the image like the girl's blouse. The use of 

pen, illustrator and photography works well together in this image

as the colours are similar shades and tones of each other. 

I find Disney illustrations to be quite interesting as they 

are not over the top detailed but just the simple use of colours 

and shading can change the expression and atmosphere of the 

image. 

All images are from pinterest.