Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki is a manga artist and animator from Japan. He is the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a major animation studio and company that creates some of the leading anime films to date.

My personal favourite being Spirited Away, which one numerous awards and topped Titanic sales in Japan.

I love the colours shades he uses as well as the simple, clean lines to create such believable characters. You don't question that the characters aren't who they are meant to be, even though in real life they would never work.

I love the world he creates with the images.

Yuriy Norstein

Yuriy Norstein is an award winning animator best known for his shorts, Hedgehog in the Fog, Tale of Tales and The Overcoat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW0jvJC2rvM 

I really like his style of animation. i find the messy lines give energy and good movement to his animations, even as stills the images are beauiful. I love the colours and darkness he uses.

Aubrey Beardsley - The Peacock Skirt



I love this image. The Lines are so delicate and intricate and collectively give strength and definition to the image. I like the use of the full black in the skirt in composition with the white. 

Gustav Klimt - Forest Of Beeches



This image is a combination of lines and points, the lines, even though made up of points have a very strong place and create an image that could easily be seen as something else. I like the strength in colour and the softness of the marks.

Giacometti - Giorgio Soavi

Looking at this image, I am immediately drawn to the bold lines overlaying the softer washed out background. I think this is a brilliant way to illustrate. It shows the intensity of the lines that define the man and it portrayed perfectly in the image.  

Albrecht Durer - Wing Of A Roller

When you look at this you don't see obvious simple lines straight away, but as you look closer and break it apart a little, you see the soft, delicate lines used to create a full, colourful and three dimensional image. 

I love the use of colour in this piece. I like the softness of the lines and colour but the harshness of a birdless wing. 

Peter Saville - Joy Division Unknown Pleasures

I really like this. It looks like threads all lines up then shaped in the center. I also like how these look like they should just be straight lines but they are shaped in the middle to create movement and depth. 

it looks quite complicated from a distance but when you look close you see the simplicity and good dynamics of it. 

Bridget Riley - Blazed Again

I dont really like this work. I find it too harsh and strong on the eyes. I think Riley deserves credit for the boldness and strength of her lines and how the repeats work together in such strength. I just don't think it is something i would reuse or incorporate with any of my own work.

Patrick Caufield - Crying To The Walls

Im not a massive fan of Caufield's work really. I find it too simple and blunt. I can see how it would be good in a graphic novel or animation. his use of colour is quite good, again for graphics or illustration/animation and i would consider looking back at his work when doing graphics.

Tracey Emin - Self Portrait As A Small Bird

I really like Tracey Emin's use of line. I like that they are soft and delicate and she doesn't over work her lines or try to perfect them. I like that her lines and style are sort of contradicting to the harshness and scandal of some of her images. I also appreciate her composition and the colours of the paper she uses. 

Keith Haring - Heart

Keith Haring uses simple lines with saturated colour to create child-like images of adult situations.
This image, as I see it, is an expression of love between two homosexual men who are celebrating their love for each other. I actually quite like Haring's work, at first i thought it was really childish and simple but i have grown a bit of appreciation towards now.