The techniques I really enjoyed and stuck out for me while viewing this piece was the toning very accurate pencil marks he has produced. Doing this he produces great detail and brings the animal in the drawing alive, showing that its full of life and such care to detail can't be easy.
The second Artist I found is an illustrator called Ben Voldman. A lot of his work was very interesting and it was the idea and technique of his work that interested me the most and not the actual pieces.
The way the 3D text has been centered and everything around it is in harmony, not to crowded, not too empty. It's really cartoony and I think how he has chosen the font, colors of the words and composition has really made the image stand out to make people really take in what the image is saying. In the one above its promoting Halloween. This is a technique he uses throughout his work and it does make it unique in several ways.
I tried making some 3D text and editing it in photoshop just as a test to see how it would look. I wasn't trying to promote anything like Ben Voldman. I was just merely trying some of his technique (the centered 3D text) in with a background to try and produce a common theme. It was a lot less cartoony but I think the effect works well and I hope to experiment with various other techniques like his.
The third Artist I discovered is a cartoonist called Paul Baker. He had a lot of good work but it was his animal based work I loved, especially the one pictured below.
The way he emphasizes certain parts to of the animals body to show its true nature is brilliant. Like on the piranha, the giant teeth with an eyeball hanging out to represent its ferocious and carnivorous tendencies. He also makes everything so defined, like the outline of the animal and all its features for it to really stick out and grab your attention. Obviously This is a process that every cartoonist does but I thought this particular artist did it in a definitive and skilled way compared to others.
I tried doing my own cartoon animal as an experiment and it didn't go too badly. I tried emphasizing certain facial features like in Paul Bakers work and even though it would of been better produced I think the technique still gives it a good look
The fourth and final artist I looked at is Man Ray. He was a very famous and successful surreal Artist and was his more abstract work that intrigued me, especially his piece "Promenade".
It's the shear abstract that I admired. He has used very basic shapes to produce a piece that speaks so much. Its his technique of using various shapes and color in an abstract manner to portray something, while giving it a rough but controlled texture that gives it such a good look in my opinion. After seeing this it immediately made me want to try my hand at abstract surrealism. But I assume its very hard to create something like this and keep it so controlled. He has purpose in everything he does in this piece which is the key to producing work of this level.
I tried my hand at some surreal abstract painting and I think it turned out a lot more chaotic than originally intended. I should of used more simple block colors like in his painting rather than hundreds of different ones like in mine. Although like in his I tried to keep the shaped simple and easy to recognize I think I got carried away and created a bit of a mess, I tried to stay away from straight lines and try going out the box but in the future I will know from these mistakes to stop making errors like those again.
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