Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell is a British illustrator, he is a big player in the editorial illustration field as is also known for his highly successful line of children's books. Riddell initially started off as a traditional cartoonist, working with dip pens and ink to create a stylistic caricature. No matter what Riddell works on his style remains the same, he does not really break away from his paper medium though his profession means he does not need to. Riddell has won multiple awards for his illustrations, he is the only illustrator the win 3 greenaway medals. His books include:
Riddell has a very unique style and although there are realistic elements his images, every image pushes the boundaries of what is to be normal. Riddell takes a reference and distorts it, characters from his world normally feature impossible poses and items of clothing which would never work in the real world.
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The map from the edge chronicles.
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We chose to give Chris a 9 out of 10 for style because of how recognizable his images are. they way that he draws characters is very unique and i havent seen anyone else draw in this way to such good effect, he has a really refined way of working and his linework is incredible.
We awarded Chris with an 8 for humour because of his work with the guardian and how he mocks David Cameron and other political figures. The glum expressions on his characters make the look vulnerable and feeble, it's humoros to see powerful figures reduced to such a delicate mess.
An 8 was also given for influence as his style has changed how i work as an image maker, he has been in the field for a long time and for me he really brought the dip pen style back to life in children's books, i think his style of image making has influenced a lot of styles today.
Riddell scored a 2 for breadth because his style is repetitive in everything that he does, he doesn't expand his style much and he always seems to work with the same media. He works for the guardian and illustrates children's books but he doesn't do a lot else really and that is why he got a low score.
Marco Mazzoni
Some of his images are also done using a ball point pen, he builds up layers using the pen as if it were a pencil which takes a good amount of skill to do properly. The amount of detail that he gets is incredible and some of his images even look like a digital painting. An online interview says that Marco is inspired by Francisco Goya and Jusepe de Ribera which totally makes sense, both of those artists are Spanish painters who make a lot of realistic imagery and you can see the influence in Marco's work.
We scored Mazzoni an 8 out of 10 for style because of his ability to render a near on camera quality image with just colouring pencils. I personally like his style and i have never seen such realistic fantasy imagery before. His representation of Italian folk lore is really unique and there isn't a lot of it out there from what i know, that is why he scored high.
We gave him a 1 for humor because we didn't think that his work was made to make people laugh, his images are beautiful and feature things such as trees, leaves and wildlife, all of which aren't really funny.
I believe we scored Marco a 3 for influence because his style is quite unique and precise so it was hard to imagine how he would influence anyone else, his technique could help to build up techniques but his actual images have a style of their own.
And for breadth we scored him a low 2 because he works only on paper and he always using the same media to create his work, his imagery could work with things such as oil pastels and water colours but Marco has honorably stuck to his routes which is why he scored so low.
We awarded Chris with an 8 for humour because of his work with the guardian and how he mocks David Cameron and other political figures. The glum expressions on his characters make the look vulnerable and feeble, it's humoros to see powerful figures reduced to such a delicate mess.
An 8 was also given for influence as his style has changed how i work as an image maker, he has been in the field for a long time and for me he really brought the dip pen style back to life in children's books, i think his style of image making has influenced a lot of styles today.
Riddell scored a 2 for breadth because his style is repetitive in everything that he does, he doesn't expand his style much and he always seems to work with the same media. He works for the guardian and illustrates children's books but he doesn't do a lot else really and that is why he got a low score.
Marco Mazzoni
Marco Mazzoni is an artist from Milan, most of his images are made by layering up colouring pencil to get a beautiful gradient of colour. A lot of his images feature wildlife and objects of nature mixed in with female characters, this combination of imagery supports Mazzoni's influence of Italian folk art. Mazzoni avoids drawing in the eyes of the characters as he believes that it would take the viewers attention away from his beautiful imagery, he also believes that adding in eyes make the image look too much like a portrait.
Some of his images are also done using a ball point pen, he builds up layers using the pen as if it were a pencil which takes a good amount of skill to do properly. The amount of detail that he gets is incredible and some of his images even look like a digital painting. An online interview says that Marco is inspired by Francisco Goya and Jusepe de Ribera which totally makes sense, both of those artists are Spanish painters who make a lot of realistic imagery and you can see the influence in Marco's work.
We scored Mazzoni an 8 out of 10 for style because of his ability to render a near on camera quality image with just colouring pencils. I personally like his style and i have never seen such realistic fantasy imagery before. His representation of Italian folk lore is really unique and there isn't a lot of it out there from what i know, that is why he scored high.
We gave him a 1 for humor because we didn't think that his work was made to make people laugh, his images are beautiful and feature things such as trees, leaves and wildlife, all of which aren't really funny.
I believe we scored Marco a 3 for influence because his style is quite unique and precise so it was hard to imagine how he would influence anyone else, his technique could help to build up techniques but his actual images have a style of their own.
And for breadth we scored him a low 2 because he works only on paper and he always using the same media to create his work, his imagery could work with things such as oil pastels and water colours but Marco has honorably stuck to his routes which is why he scored so low.
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