Category Archives: Illustration

Helena Ravenne

September 23, 2019 12:03 AM \
Helena Ravenne is a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and art director based in Hamburg, Germany. She studied Design and Illustration at the Institute of Technology in Nuremberg.  Her style is minimalistic, graphic, colorful, geometric and clearly with a distinct Scandinavian influence.  

More of her work can be viewed on her website, Facebook and Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Helena Ravenne.
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Andrea De Santis

September 11, 2019 12:03 AM \
Andrea De Santis is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer based in the center of Italy.  After graduation at the Art School, he started working as graphic designer in several fields, such as toys, apparel, and communications. Illustration has always been his dream and decided to dedicate himself to this line of work with clients from various publishers and communication agencies.  On Gestalten he says this about his illustration methods:

“Mostly I work with paper and an F pencil initially, and then use an HB pencil to clean the drawing. From there, I scan the drafts that work the best and do the coloration on Photoshop, as well as any additional changes that might be necessary to give to the client an idea of the color palette and style that I will use for the final piece. After we’ve agreed on an illustration, I proceed to trace my sketch on Illustrator. Adding details and shading the image with flat colors, I bring everything to Photoshop to apply textures, shadows, and effects such as lights and reflections as needed before finishing each piece off with small details to bring it all together.”

You can follow the artist on his website, Behance, and Instagram.  Some of his pieces can be purchased in his Curioos shop.

Images:  Courtesy of Andrea De Santis.
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Tom Eckersley (1914 – 1997)

September 4, 2019 12:04 AM \
Tom Eckersley was born in Lancashire, England in 1914.  He studied commercial art at Salford Art School and moved to London to become a freelance poster designer. He was amongst the foremost poster artist during the 30’s producing much work for London Transport.

He developed a style that emphasized geometric forms creating a bold, simple style well suited for posters.  The artist was not only involved in graphic design but also in teaching it.  He helped develop the first undergraduate courses in graphic design in Britain.

Images:  Courtesy of various sources.
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