Which artists do you draw inspiration from?

[BWoodford]

I love Instagram because it has such a great variety of artists and that's primarily where I get my inspiration! A few off the top of my head are @Wolfskulljack_art, @jawcooper, @caitlin_hackett, and @spmlaw

[shinjifujioka]

@BWoodford I was familiar with jawcooper, but not the others. Just checked them out. Those artists have very detailed driven work!

[Charlie Eve Ryan]

I really love Valeria Docampo, Patrice Barton, Roger Duvoisin, and Vanessa Newton. Pascal Champion is awesome. I love Oliver Jeffers and Jon Klassen too. And of course our ridiculously hardworking and talented teachers, I could go on and on. I went into swoon mode when I realized the Lee White was joining SVS. LOL

[Charlie Eve Ryan]

Here is a link to Patrice Barton's work. http://patricebarton.com/ The way she captures human emotions through gesture and expression is really amazing. She makes it look effortless, I find it so charming.

And here is Valeria Docampo http://valeriadocampo.com/infantil3.html Stunning!!

[shinjifujioka]

@Charlie-Eve-Ryan Oh yeah, I forgot about Oliver Jeffers' stuff. Such a creative mind. I had to look up all the other artists. Really digging Jon Klassen's aesthetic. It's so interesting how the things that resonate with us have a tendency to creep into our own work. If someone had mentioned your name alongside those other artists you just mentioned, I wouldn't have thought it was out of place!

[Charlie Eve Ryan]

@shinjifujioka Thanks, they really do seep in a bit at a time! What is that saying, "Consume good art to make good art." Many times I fall flat but it does help to study people you admire. @Lee-White just introduced me to one of his faves, Tadahiro Uesugi, his work is really outrageously gorgeous. He said it would help me with my environment work since I have a tendency to shy away from anything too elaborate. Another one Lee suggested was Ezra Jack Keats, his use of basic shape and interesting patterns to build environments is wonderful.
http://www.gallerynucleus.com/artist/tadahiro
http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/section/books-characters/

PS I am really digging your Helmet and Hound pieces!!

[shinjifujioka]

@Charlie-Eve-Ryan Both artists are phenomenal! But Uesugi's work really resonated with me. Holy crap his stuff is beautiful. Like HOLY CRAP. I'll for sure be referencing and studying his stuff! Thanks for letting me know about him!

And I'm glad you like Helmet & Hound

[shinjifujioka]

@Charlie-Eve-Ryan I'm posting again just to show how excited I am to have been introduced to his work. HOLY CRAP.

[shinjifujioka]

This piece in particular:

http://www.gallerynucleus.com/detail/3148/

I want a print of that.

[Charlie Eve Ryan]

@shinjifujioka Hahaha nice!! Thank Lee, I felt the same way when he showed me him!! Being introduced to amazing artists to study makes me giddy!!

[Charlie Eve Ryan]

@shinjifujioka Yes that one is gorgeous!

His sense of space and use of white vs deep darks is amazing. He really goes for it contrast wise!!
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/105693922482735558/

[shinjifujioka]

@Charlie-Eve-Ryan Do you know of a larger size of that image? I want to see more of the details.

[Charlie Eve Ryan]

@shinjifujioka I have no clue on that, but here is the site where the pin originated from. She has a bunch of his work there.

http://www.tiphaine-illustration.com/fr/artistes/tadahiro-uesugi

[shinjifujioka]

@Charlie-Eve-Ryan Oh, I meant the one with the trees and the leaves. But thanks for that link! Lots of reference material to ogle over now

[Charlie Eve Ryan]

@shinjifujioka Found it http://www10.big.or.jp/~tuesugi/illustration/p4a10/c2.jpg

[shinjifujioka]

@Charlie-Eve-Ryan Thanks!

[Charlie Eve Ryan]

Skottie Young's ink work from Fortunately, the milk....

Incredible! Awesome!!

The book is really funny too.

[Camila Picheco]

I love Behance and Pintrest because it's very organized to store pictures and easy to search for good refs...

I have my collections here:
https://www.pinterest.com/picheco/book-illustration/
https://www.behance.net/collection/45981383/Book-Illustration

[Charlie Eve Ryan]

@Camila-Picheco nice! I love Pinterest for that reason, too.

https://www.pinterest.com/charlieeveryan/i-heart-illustration/

I have one on art tutorials that I like to add to here

https://www.pinterest.com/charlieeveryan/i-heart-art-tutorials/

[Leontine]

I really like all the suggestions of great artists. I want to add some great Dutch artists :
Loish:

Fiep Westendorp:

Wouter Tulp:

Marius van Dokkum

@ShinjiFujioka
Love your critique piece, surely gonna try the shade trick!