Which artists do you draw inspiration from?

[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!

[bharris]

I'm really inspired by Lorena Alvarez, Joey Chou, and Britney Lee! Their styles are so colorful, and imaginative. They are so well trained that the liberties they take capture my attention and inspire me to be less rigid.

[shinjifujioka]

@Leontine Big fan of Loish! And who is this Wouter Tulp guy?? That image you posted of his really stood out to me. Gonna have to start referencing his stuff now.

@bharris Thanks for letting me know about these artists! Pretty much blown away by all their stuff.

[Leontine]

I forgot a view very important ones, it's actually one of my old ants. Rie Kramer , she died 1977
and is famous for her classical graphic illustrations.
hans de beer
harmen van straten

[audrey dowling]

I love some that you have said: Pascal Campion, Loish, Wouter Tulp
Also I love browsing theses artists' work (all very different styles!): Carter Goodrich is just brilliant, Carine Hinder, Eve Ventrue, Sam Toft. In a very different style, I love Birgitta Sif's style, it's so sweet. and the one who lead me to SVS, Will Terry is a big inspiration as I feel close to his style in the way I draw and paint

[audrey dowling]

oh yeah, another one, even though to fully appreciate it, you need to speak French (she's hilarious)! but some of her illustrations speak for themselves and her art itself is very well mastered: Nathalie Jomard
she can be cartoony or very poetic. I mean, how cute is that? https://www.facebook.com/103641416345805/photos/a.104015079641772.2656.103641416345805/985846264791978/?type=3&theater