ATTACK of the illustrators!

It's been a slow month in blog-land, but I am willing to make it up to you by POSTING LIKE CRAZY!!

I stumbled across David Bray's work while listening to Mary Anne Hobbs' experimental show on the BBC. She mentioned that he did the album art for something called "The World is Gone." I immediately looked him up. Nude women, bears with freakin' bow ties: what's there not to like? You might recognize his work from Puma campaigns and a h&m promo. I think he primarily uses pen and ink as media.


The other illustrator for this evening's post is Scott McKowen. The first works I've seen of his were his covers for Marvel's 1602 mini series written by Neil Gaiman. He uses a unique technique called scratchboard, created using sharp knives and tools for scratching away - or etching - a thin layer of black India ink, revealing a layer of white China clay.


I've done art using this technique and it is a very intricate, and intensive process (mistakes can be covered up with ink, thankfully - but not white-out). McKowen's work is coupled with colour, really adding to the final image created. He mainly works on covers for fairy tales or children's books.