I found a wonderful Little Golden Book this morning - ‘The Gingerbread Man’, illustrated by Bonnie and Bill Rutherford. I just love the style, that foxy smile, the textures and shapes and colours.
And my first attempt at a 5 minute doodle - the new group I’ve joined on Flickr to try and get myself [...]
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Some of my all-time favourite illustrators:
Maurice Sendak (my number 1!)
Arthur Rackham
Edmund Dulac
John Bauer
Eric Carle
Beatrix Potter
Racey Helps
Dick Bruna (Miffy)
Jean de Brunhoff (Babar)
Tove Jannson (Moomintroll)
Lauren Child (Charlie and Lola etc)
Joyce Lankester Brisley (Milly-Molly-Mandy)
Mabel Lucie Atwell
Cicely M. Barker (flower fairies)
Garth Williams(Charlotte’s Web, Little House on the Prairie series, Golden Books etc)
Lois Lenski
Bonnie and Bill [...]
I’m just keeping these here so I don’t lose them…so many clever, creative people are lurking about in Flickr, I could just spend weeks there looking at all their great work…
Felicitate - I love that this person shows the process from sketch, to inked in, and finished product
Kimurton - I think the 5 minute doodles [...]
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I adore this little book - “Little Tommy Purr” by Racey Helps. It is made for tiny hands to hold and the illustrations are utterly superb, what a treasure.
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This Saul Bass poster is just such a classic, I love that arm, those blocky chopped out colours. I’m sure some of Nick Cave’s early bands album artwork was inspired by this wonderful look. It also takes me right back to the Paul Rand era.
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