Some splendid lines

October 15, 2009 | Posted By: Annie | 1 Comment
Filed Under Artist Love, Like + Love, Opinion 

Chris is actually much more up-to-date with the illustrator world than I am, but this time I did pay attention when we got these books in the mail, The Hallowed Seam Recess/Process vol. 3 by James Jean, Sergio Toppi Sparrow vol. 12, and a zine by Ward Zwart.

Recess/Process is a collection of sketches by James Jean and honestly I like his sketches better than his finished work, his lines are fabulous and the layers of colors are really beautiful. He is a very skilled draftsman. Also a weirdo.  I wouldn’t show this book to your 12 year old, your grandmother, or your mother, or sunday school teacher. . .you get a very very thorough anatomy lesson. I’ll just link to the Book-By-Its-Cover review. . .you can look up his portfolio site on your own if you’re feeling brave and objective.

Sergio Toppi is another great line man hailing from Milan, Italy. He is actually in his seventies we found out. . . I like his work, very decorative and linear, I think more Chris’s thing than mine, but still cool. . .

The Ward Zwart is another guy Chris introduced me to, one more great, creative sketcher. . . this little zine is from Cafe Royal.

Anyways, bottom line, I need to sketch more and throw caution to the wind actually mixing  mediums and colors and turn mistakes into strategic design elements. Sketchbooks are a serious artform. Bottomest bottom line.

James Jean first four then Ward then Sergio