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Nanami Cowdroy: Illustration

April 6, 2010 By Wendy Campbell

“Nanami Cowdroy was born in Sydney, Australia with close bonds to her mixed Japanese-European heritage. Growing up with such contrasting cultures and surroundings, has greatly influenced her style of art and creative expression.

By intertwining complex characters and highly detailed objects her pieces reflect a juxtaposition between foreign and familiar entities and environments. Her imagination is illustrated through works which are elaborate and exotic. She is drawn to subjects, which may on the surface seem delicate or fragile, but are given strength and depth through her pen and ink techniques, intricate hand illustrative style and mixed media compositions.

Her signature detailed style reflects a refined monochrome pallette with her name ‘Nanami’ (meaning ‘Seven Seas’ in Japanese ) stamped in red. Fluid line-work, watery creatures, and Goldfish are some of her favourite subjects and distinctive forms which are featured in her artworks.” (bio from artist website)

To see more of Cowdroy’s work, visit NThread.net.

Filed Under: ART, Drawing, Illustration Tagged With: Australian artists, Nanami Cowdroy

Shane Devries: Painting

January 16, 2010 By Wendy Campbell

From Somewhere Else © Shane Devries

From Somewhere Else © Shane Devries

These curious paintings are by Adelaide, Australia artist Shane Devries. Self taught, Devries used to work as a storyboard artist and illustrator for Showpony Advertising. He recently left that job to paint full time and currently has a solo exhibition at Gallery 139 in Adelaide with his series “From Somewhere Else”.

To see more of Shane’s work, visit ShaneDevries.com.

Desert Farmer © Shane Devries Bunyip © Shane Devries Clumsy Invasion © Shane Devries

Filed Under: ART, Illustration Tagged With: Australian artists, Shane Devries

Ken Wong: Illustration

April 16, 2009 By Wendy Campbell

The Mock Turtle's Story © Ken WongOne of my favourite ways to find new and interesting things on the web is with StumbleUpon. Using either their website or toolbar, StumbleUpon lets you “discover and share great websites…matched to your personal preferences”.  I personally like the Stumble toolbar – you never know what you’re going to get and it might be something you may not have normally found through a search engine.

Today I StumbledUpon Australian illustrator Ken Wong.  Ken studied multimedia at the University of South Australia but says “I learned most of what I know about art from reading books and involving myself in online art communities. The internet is a great environment for digital artists to learn from each other and advance their skills.”(1)

Ken works as an art director for the computer game studio Spicy Horse in Shanghai.  His work has also appeared in the Spectrum and Exposé art annuals and a few other magazines. You can view more of Ken’s work and artistic process (from pencil sketch to finished Photoshop image), by visiting his website at Kenart.net.

Filed Under: ART, Illustration Tagged With: Australian artists, Ken Wong

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