After he graduated from the Royal college of art his first job was with John Mcconnell at Pentagram before he chose to go freelance as a designer and a illustrator. His longest standing client is Paul Smith for who he has created many products for, many posters, clothing designs, window displays and most noticeable the Paul Smith mini's. He has also worked for some other big businesses, Honda, Toyota, BT, Nat West, The Royal Mail and Barclays bank these are just a number of high profile companies who he has worked for.
These are just two examples of his work he has created for different companies, he has used his technique in both by using colour in both, and the example of the big shows he is keen to make it different to other pieces of work he has also used the quirky Britishness as he likes to call it. The second one of the wheel is even more quirky as it has a mixture of colours, kind of like a rainbow in a wheel.
I like his work as it is always different, I like the use of colour he uses rather than it being black and white, the quirkiness also adds that little bit extra to his work it makes it his own work and you can tell that.
Kristian Donaldson
Kristian grew up in the shadows of both Nasa and Disney in coastal Florida, he knew he was either going to be a astronaut or a drawer for his career, he chose to become a well known drawer. He studied at Savannah College of Art and design, and he has worked for many major publishers in the comic book industry which include work for Marvel, DC and IDW three of the most well known comics in the world, and are known for the best comics. he has worked on and off with these three companies since 2004
He has recently had several high collaborations with comic superstars Brian Wood, including the breakout hit supermarket, which got him an 07 Eisner nomination.
He has also done work for Adidas and is still working with them, this is the piece of work which caught my eye as he has done a lot of work with comics and has a very unique style as he can vary his work when it's needed and there isn't many famous artists out there who can do this as well as him.
These two images are some of his best work, mainly for the fact they're very different in style as you can tell the first image of the bus which has crashed and been destroyed is in a deserted place after a possible aftermath of a riot, this is for a comic book as it has the style of comics, and the Messi image is for Adidas which is a completely different style needed to grab a whole new audience. The style is unique as he can make something look professional.
Sir Peter Blake
Sir Peter Blake graduated from the RCA in 1956, having also completed his National service he received the leverhulme research award to study popular art whilst travelling Europe and went to teach for several years at various London art schools all the while working and exhibiting his first solo show was held in the Portal gallery in 1962 and since the early 70s his work has regularly been exhibited in one man shows and retrospectives around the world in 1981 he was elected a member of the Royal Academy and in 1994 he was made the third associate artist of the National Gallery je was knighted in 2002, this was a huge privilege for him.
These are just two of his well known pieces of art that I liked as they're very different styles used in both more of a fun look in the Olympic game design, and more of an arty style to the eiffel tower in Paris as it is given a fun and calm look about it with the butterflies surrounding the tower. Which gives it a good feeling and mood to it.
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