Category Archives: Illustration

Stef Rymenants

June 24, 2016 12:02 AM \

StefRymenantsStef Rymenants is an illustrator and designer based in Brussels, Belgium. He has a degree in
graphic design and worked several years as an art director in advertising. Impressed by the works of illustrators he decided to give up art direction and started drawing for a living. On an interview with Thortful he says this about what inspires him:

“I am inspired by designer/illustrator/painter/comic artist Javier Mariscal from Barcelona (www.mariscal.com). He makes the craziest things and it’s always fun.
But everything around can trigger my brain. A magazine, an old man on the street with a dog, a girl on a bicycle, birds in the garden, a cat in front of a window… I always carry a sketchbook with me. If I really can’t concentrate I go to the city for a coffee. Watching and drawing people can really boost my creativity. And if that doesn’t help, I take a small nap.”

Website and Behance.

Images: Courtesy of Stef Rymenants.

Posted in: Illustration

Jeremy Booth

June 14, 2016 12:02 AM \

JeremyBoothJeremy Booth is a freelance designer and illustrator from Louisville, Kentucky. We love his flat illustrations with a minimalist approach. His bold style is bright and colorful with pop art and 1960’s influence. On an interview with The Anchored Soul he says this about his process:

“I start off on dotted grid paper, then I use a clutch pencil. Usually I draw out the direction I want to go, then when I fine tune that, I actually go into serious drawing. Once that’s completed, I either use transparent paper to trace it on with Micron pens, or I use a lightbox. Recently, I’ve been using more calligraphy pens and quills and stuff too. The ones you actually dip in an ink well…. Then at that point, I take it and scan it into the computer and I digitalize it. After it’s digitalized, I tweak it to how I want it – to more of a graphic design with aesthetics digitally. I incorporate it initially in Illustrator and once it’s fine-tuned in there, I bring it into Photoshop. [I] finish it there and then you have a final product.”

You can find the artist on his website, Behance and Dribble.

Images: Courtesy of Jeremy Booth.

Posted in: Graphic Design, Illustration

Katy Ann Gilmore

June 10, 2016 12:02 AM \

KatyAnnGilmoreVisual artist Katy Ann Gilmore was originally from the Midwest but now lives and works in Los Angeles. She is influenced heavily by topography and the relationship between 2- dimension, perpendicular plane and their distortions into 3-dimensional space. On an interview with artist Lisa Congdon she says this about her process:

“I typically use Pigma Micron pens (usually size 005 for small drawings, and sizes 01 and 02 for larger ones). I’ve also been using watercolor, gouache (although I typically end up using the gouache in a wash-y way like watercolor), marker, or bottled ink. Depending upon the type of drawing, I may sketch a few things out, but I usually just let the drawing develop as it goes. This has been my method for the more topographical/mountain-y drawings. I love the mix of planned vs. unplanned parts in a piece. For these mountain pieces, if color is involved, I’ll sketch out the general idea in watercolor and lay the grid on top. But I welcome the little surprises that happen when drawing the grid. Parts of the drawing will recede, parts will come forward…so sometimes it becomes a bit of an intuitive and reactive process. That rigid/planned vs. unplanned/intuitive mix serves as a good metaphor for my interest in math and art I think.”

You can follow Katy Ann Gilmore on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Images: Courtesy of Katy Ann Gilmore.

Posted in: Illustration, Installation/Display
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