Frank Carter

Frank Carter has been a massive influence on me now for a few years, originally his band 'Gallows' pulled me into hardcore music, but I started to notice his artwork and his tattoo work. Here are some images of his paintings.





http://www.frankxcarter.com/index.php

Jimi Crayon

Jimi Crayon works with clothing companies such as addict and adidas, creating street art, posters, websites and t-shirts designs. He works in teams to create murals on a large scale to gain the biggest effect. I like his bold use of colour that help his designs pop out.





Graphic Design... simple but effective.

http://www.seymourdoomore.blogspot.com/

Deadbeat Donny

Deadbeat Donny is a street artist who's work I saw in an exhibition recently. He uses a range of materials and media to create his work which has it's own style in the street art world. I really like his illustrative paintings as he does not use too much colour to add to the impact.






Graphic Design ... is a solution to a problem of communication through design.

http://graffoto1.blogspot.com/2008/07/deadbeat-donny-pulse-discovered.html

Sickboy

Sickboy does it all, graphic design, street art, graffiti and fine art. His style is really unique and different, the use of colour, shapes and style of illustration is just amazing. I'd definitely like to see more of this way of working.






Graphic Design ... is a solution to a problem of communication through design.

http://www.thesickboy.com/

Luca Barcellona

Probably one of the best videos i've seen in a long time. I'm actually amazed with how perfect typography can be done by hand. No rulers, no stencils, just a pen. I think this is my new favourite artist. Graphic Design isn't all about illustrator, which annoys me how people assume it is.

Legacy of Letters from Luca Barcellona on Vimeo.

Amidst all of the hype of modern design and computers, we have remained true by generating the majority of our designs by hand, viewing the computer as a tool and not letting it dictate out designs - ames design

http://www.lucabarcellona.com/

Mail Shot Research: Tags

Been collecting swing tags and cool advertising booklets, here are some of the examples. The size? 1 page, booklet that folds down into a really small, compact shape is really effective and could be useful for inspiration during this project.

Adorn - Eric Elms

Found this graphic designer on one of my t-shirt tags. His work is relates perfectly with graphic design taking important aspects such as; colour, layout, typography and image. As you can see there is a massive amount of work gone into each piece of work, wether it's a book, website or exhibition.






Graphic Design... simple but effective.

http://www.ericadorn.com/

Blaine Fontana

Graphic Design ... is a solution to a problem of communication through design.

http://www.blainefontana.com/

Taka Hayashi

This artist uses black and white illustrations throughout his work, I think this is really effective and I can relate my own work to his absence of colour. Although colour is an important aspect to design, it's not always essential.





Amidst all of the hype of modern design and computers, we have remained true by generating the majority of our designs by hand, viewing the computer as a tool and not letting it dictate out designs - ames design

http://www.stussyworldtour.com/group_5/taka_02.html

Greg 'Pnut' Galinsky

This designers work is incredibly simple and bold. His illustrations have a lot of minor character detail worked into them, which makes the more effective as an image. There is only 2-3 colours used mainly throughout his work, which is an important aspect to design.





Graphic Design ... Simple but effective.

http://www.gregpnutgalinsky.com/

Josh Sutterby 'Alfa'

I bought an addict t-shirt with a really colourful illustration print, this is the artist/illustrator that was featured. I really like his style of work, the way he has incorporated his powerful imagery together with vibrant colour. There is also a lot of mixed media used throughout his work.









Graphic Design ... is a solution to a problem of communication through design.


http://no1dork.blogspot.com/

Ray Caesar

I admire this artists work for the realistic, detailed way he illustrates his paintings. They almost seem life like. As you can see a great deal of time and effort has gone into his planning, this is something I would like to achieve in my own work.






Amidst all of the hype of modern design and computers, we have remained true by generating the majority of our designs by hand, viewing the computer as a tool and not letting it dictate out designs - ames design

http://www.raycaesar.com/

Mitch O'connell

Mitch O'Connell is a chicago based designer/illustrator, who has became very successful over the years. His work has been featured on numerous magazine covers and he has also designed tattoos. His works is really bold, colourful and resembles the 1950's americana comic book style.





Graphic Design ... is a solution to a problem of communication through design.


http://www.mitchoconnell.com/

Camille Rose Garcia

I really like the range of media this artist uses throughout her work. The textures and colour work exceptionally well together, creating a dark, grotesque look to her artwork.





Amidst all of the hype of modern design and computers, we have remained true by generating the majority of our designs by hand, viewing the computer as a tool and not letting it dictate out designs - ames design


http://www.camillerosegarcia.com/

Mark Ryden

Mark Ryden isn't exactly a graphic designer, but his work in some context does portray a message in design. I admire his use of tradtional 20th century furnishings and fashion. His attention to detail is incredible, deffinitely a big influence.







http://www.markryden.com/

Grain Edit Illustration

Found this website randomly browsing the net. It features various designers and illustrators that use different media and styles. There main focus is on simple, classice graphic design, which appeals to me as something I want to develop my own work into.







http://grainedit.com/tag/illustration/

Grain edit is focused on classic design work from the 1950s-1970s and contemporary designers that draw inspiration from that time period.
Site content includes interviews, articles, designers’ libraries as well as examples of rare design annuals, type specimens, Ephemera, posters and vintage kids books from our bookshelves.

Graphic Design... simple but effective.