illustration research project

sara fanelli

sara fanelli is an italian illustrator living and working in london. fanelli's clients include the tate modern, orange mobiles, royal mail the v&a. she is well known for her sketchy hand drawn style which looks as though it has come straight from her sketchbook. i find fanelli's style very interesting and like the way she uses different hand drawn type faces to communicate individual messages about each word in a sentence. whilst fanelli's aesthetic seems to resist the use of computers and precision it still appears very modern and conforms with today's trends. a lot of her pieces are either based upon the human form or incorporate human characters, however, fanelli managed to simplify figures and can create them effectively with only a handful of different shapes. fanelli's work appeals to young children due to it's very colourful and visual nature. as a result she has designed a number of leaflets and book covers aimed at a young audience, such as the booklet she designed for the tate britain below. personally, i was drawn to fanelli because of her vivid use of colours, quirky hand drawn letters and eclectic designs that look as though they have been ripped straight out of her sketchbook.

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david hughes

david hughes is a british illustrator from manchester. he started his career as a graphic designer and worked for major television firms before taking up illustration slightly later in life. his designs are very  popular in magazines and quarterly publications due to their satirical and humorous tone. his drawings are primarily composed of ink which creates a very sketchy and unclean line and he often incorporates the smudges and drips into the composition of his work. as well as working as a freelance illustrator he also writes children's books under the pseudonym sandy turner all of which he illustrates himself as well. i particularly enjoy hughes' unpolished and sketchy aesthetic, and the comedic nature of most of his work. i find it interesting that although the subject of some of his pieces can be rather crude, the humorous nature in which he approaches them compensates for the sometimes shocking imagery. hughes is perhaps most famous for his illustrations of celebrities which are frequently used by publications such as the observer, the new york times and gq. these hughes' quirky style means he is able to capture his subject's likeness and incorporate parts of their character, as well as being able to retain his own unique aesthetic.