Manchester, United Kingdom
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And how do you feel about Love?
– Thought so.
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Vector Illustration – Around the World by Deanne Halsall
UK-
Deanne Halsall has created this charming illustration made for the Berlin show Toy Made One, inspired by old Alan Whicker documentaries.
From the artist’s website:
Deanna Halsall is a UK based Illustrator and Artist producing editorial, advertising, and interior work for a range of clients that include NBC America, Umbro, The Eden Project and The British Science Council.Her work stems from a love of nature, birds, beards, pens, nice hair, nostalgia, super mario, screen prints, the colour yellow and collecting old stuff usually found in her parents’ attic.Deanna is also a member of the illustration label Toy, a collective of artists that exhibit together, with their most recent show taking them to the UndPlus Gallery in Berlin, Germany.
Vector Artist Superfex – Interview
Plymouth, England
Claire Latchem, a.k.a Superfex, is an incredibly talented, 20 yr old college student from Plymouth, England, currently studying illustration at Plymouth University. Some of you may already be familiar with Superfex and her creative abilities. I recently had the opportunity to chat with her briefly and get to know her history, her work and what inspires her with her creative process. Im quite sure there is something we can all learn from this inspirational interview.
VECTORVAULT: Hi Superfex! Tell us a bit more about your background. What did you want to be when you grew up? How did you get started as an artist/designer?
SUPERFEX: As a child when people asked me what I wanted to be it would either have been a zoo keeper or a vet. Since a young age I had always wanted to work with animals. As I got older I did a week of ‘work experience’ at a farm thats open to the public not far from my hometown. I guess thats what put me off! Waking up at 6am in the morning to go capture some goats that had escaped (and do escape on a regular basis) was not fun at all.
I remember when I was about 13/14, I was asked to pick my subjects to study at school. Of course you still had some that were compulsory but I looked at some leaflets and saw one for photography. I decided to take that class purely because I hadnt done photography before and my dad had a nice b&w film camera.
Over time, illustration became a hobby which I did in my spare time and it slowly took over my life. I find it funny that now I draw animals, sculpt animals, paint animals and I even have an animal themed exhibition coming up this year so although its not exactly what I pictured as a kid, its still related.
Give us a little more information about your work. Did you go to school to study? What or whom inspires you the most? Are there any particular websites that you frequent to find inspiration?
I studied photography for 6 years at various colleges and I even did the first year of a photography degree at Plymouth University before deciding it wasn’t what I wanted anymore and I transferred to the neighboring illustration course.
I started using Photoshop for photography; though I was hardly ever taught anything about it through the teachers. I started playing around with illustrator about 3-4 years ago because a friend implied that it would be too hard for me to use.
Well I guess I showed him!
I find inspiration from literally anything: posters, magazines, art, photography, food, sculpture, anything really. If I see something I like then I photograph it and stick it in my scrapbook. I always carry a small sketchbook and a camera around with me wherever I go.
Books and Magazines are a great source of inspiration. I purchase Computer Arts Projects and Clutter Magazine on a regular basis. Theres nothing like a good book to flick through too. I often go to my local Waterstones to look through their collection and if I happen to find one I like Ill order it from Amazon when I get home.
I found setting up an account on Deviantart years ago extremely beneficial to me. Not only was I able to talk to like-minded people and get useful critique on my work as I progressed, but I have also met some great friends and even picked up the odd job here and there. I think being part of an art/design community is a great way to improve your skills, develop your own style and have fun!
Some of the illustrators that have influenced me greatly are:
Jon Burgerman, Pete Fowler, Damien Vignaux, Karl Kwasny, Christopher Lee, DGPH, TADO, Superdeux, Flying Fortress and more recently Okkle, Julie West, Mcbess, Oliver Jeffers and Josh Cochran.
Websites that I visit everyday include: deviantart, flickr, bloodsweatvector, spraygraphic, vinylabuse, behance and lafraise.
EK Graphics – Vector flyers and visual identities
UK –
EK Graphics is yet another member of the Anchorpoint collective. They specialize in flyers, corporate identities, illustrations and photography. It seems as though they also enjoy blending all of them together into one distinct style.
Nik Ainley
Oxford, United Kingdom –
Nik Ainley is a UK based designer who has a passion for producing personal art and illustrations. After teaching himself Photoshop in his spare time while gaining a degree in physics at Imperial College London , he has since moved full time into the design world. He is constantly trying to further his expertise in digital media, and won’t stop until he has mastered all the tools he needs to fully realise his designs.
Shinybinary was first launched in 2004 as an online presence for Nik. Version 1 was succesful – clocking up almost a quarter of a million unique visitors. Version 2 has since followed in August 2006 and attracted a further 300,000 people in its first 8 months. The site is still young and Nik has grand plans for its future development.
As a designer, Nik has been receiving more and more exposure, his work featuring in many magazines as well as on books, album covers, posters and clothing. He was listed as one of the “Top 10 up-and-coming creative talents of 2006” by Computer Arts magazine, and later as “ the Computer Arts artist of the momen t“.
In the future Nik expects to continue his work both on and offline, while trying to satisfy his huge appetite for mastering new tools and techniques. Things are going to get even shinier.
FREE VECTOR DOWNLOADS – Takashi Irie
London, UK –
Takashi Irie is a Japanese web designer/developer and graphic designer, based in London. He graduated BA (Hons) Multimedia Arts in 2007, and at the same time, worked for a multimedia production company on a work placement basis for over twelve months. His website is a testament of his talent and his eye for detail.Please take a look at his website.
In addition, Takashi has also included complementary vector collections. You can link to the downloads by clicking the images below.
Keep watching out for this young talent. I am certain that you will be hearing more from him.
