Illustration
Signature is a book collection of patterns by Gond artists. The publisher notes, “Gond artists hail from Central India and work with an older tradition of drawing on walls and floors. Yet these artists mark their work as their own with carefully chosen patterns… each artist has invented his or her own distinct design, with particular meanings. This is their mark or ‘signature.’”
There are plenty of other examples of traditional Indian design on the same site, for examples old book covers here and here and folk art here and here.
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Designer Matt Roeser has been redesigning the covers of books he’s read as a self-initiated series.
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Interesting article about the resurgence of illustration, with some links to young practitioners at the end. Also look at the work of Perttu Murto (above), Mike Harrison, Rik Oostenbroek, Karan Singh and Jonathan Wong. The Not Paper blog is great for examples of collage.
Amazing use of colour and bold brush strokes by French artist, Françoise Nielly.
Eduardo Recife makes gorgeous collages using a mixture of traditional and digital techniques.
Brilliant illustrations by the man behind Make Something Cool Everyday.