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The illustrators for National Treasures of Korea are: Jin Sol, Kim Jihwan, Kim Hanna.

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Hi everyone, here’s a little video for a simple handmade saddle stitch binding by Julia Gualtieri. 

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Ryan Lang is a concept artist currently working at Disney Animation Studios.  While he is mostly known for his work as a concept artist, he has also done a few comics that showcase his abilities as a sequential storyteller.  What I like most about Ryan’s work is how he integrates cinematic qualities into a sequential narrative.  His use of shape and compositional design aren’t so bad either.

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Tatsuro Kiuchi is a Japanese illustration who has done work for children’s book illustrations, book jacket illustrations, editorial work, and advertising commissions. He typically creates compositions that depict a lifestyle or an everyday experience with vivid color palettes, simplified subjects, and interesting textural color-blocking. What drew me to his work was the familiarity of the topics he depicted and his strategic use of color to capture the viewer’s attention. It is also very interesting the way he illustrates space by successfully integrating the technique of painting colors flatly and perspective.

website: http://tatsurokiuchi.com/projects

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Amei Zhao produces one volume after another for her graphic novel series Nameless and the Scientist. With a mesmerizing grasp on color and a unique sense of paneling, Zhao tells the story of one’s search for lost memories and ultimately identity, and the old friends and foes they meet on their journey. While some may say the lack of consistency in her style is distracting, I personally find it intriguing since it illuminates how her perspective on art and people and relationships has changed over time.

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Laura Knetzger makes comics, graphic novels, games, and illustrations that often tackle complex or dark topics by depicting them in a stylized, approachable way. Her drawing style primarily relies on shape, line, and flat colors or grayscale. I have purchased her novella Sea Urchin and her novel Bug Boys and enjoyed both. While there are some things I find lacking in her work, primarily the ability of her drawings to fully execute her ideas, I am very intrigued by two things in her work: the usage of a more ‘cartoony’ style to address darker subject matters, and the honesty of her autobiographical work. 

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Vitalik Shushko is a Russian storyboard and concept artist who works in visual development and animation. His career sparked with a passion for comics and film in 2000, and has developed into a string of fantastical indie videogames, animated shorts, and storyboards. His dynamic style, incredible understanding of composition and space, and lively use of color is what drew me to his illustrations. His compositions, though simple, have an exciting energy that compels the viewer to explore the world he’s created.

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Dave Van Patten is an artist based in Long Beach, LA who makes illustrations comics, murals, and designs featured in a variety published pieces. What I found interesting about his pieces was how he worked in blocks of color. Also the use of color where he has a mix of various mute and saturated colors but they all still work as a whole and don’t compete with each other. I also just really enjoy the nonsensical dark humor and absurdity in his work.

https://www.instagram.com/davevanpatten/

http://www.davevanpattenart.com/

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Moomin Falls in Love

Tove Jansson, 1956

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Kelly Puissegur, also known as Retrowhale, is an artist that specializes in paintings, illustrations, zines, and prints. When researching different artists, I came across their “We Are Special” zine. I found the characters interesting and I appreciate the way they use line and blocks of color in their work.  I also like the way they use hand written text in their prints and the lack of a backgrounds but still depict space. 

http://www.retrowhale.com/books-zines.html

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Youth In Decline is a small press that publishes zines, comics, and books from various artists. It is based in San Francisco and run by Ryan and Jane Sands. Their publications are printed at Mission Risoplex, the office/risograph print shop they work out of. I find Youth In Decline noteworthy because of the artists they work with, such as Sam Alden and Jillian Tamaki. They are always featuring interesting and unique work from a diverse group of artists. 

http://www.youthindecline.com/

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Becky Adams is a UK-based multi-media artist whose work focuses on combining sculpture and artist book through meticulously hand-stitched creations. Her whimsical, tactile pieces often present nostalgic items, such as pocket watches and red telephone boxes, as vessels for handed-down stories. The homemade nature of Adams’ artist books lend each an intimate, familial storytelling quality, as if each were heirlooms handed through generations.

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Rachel Marie-Crane William’s work takes on subject matter that encompasses sexism, racism and the intersectionality of both. “Her work as a researcher and creative scholar has always been focused on women's issues, community, art, and people who are incarcerated.” She created a zine called “Blue and Black Stories of Policing and Violence”, which is supported by Project NIA. I was intrigued by her loose mark making with inks and how her style fits the unsettling subject matter. This piece is a perfect example of how successful a work can be when the topic and artistic style come together to convey a particular message.

Rachel Marie-Crane William’s website

See the full zine here 

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Faye Moorhouse is a British Illustrator currently working in East Sussex. She has done multiple editorial works for publications such as The New York Times and NYLON Japan and also sells zines of her own creation. She works in gouache, ink, and watercolor to achieve thick-looking figures with brushstrokes that give each a unique texture. Her zines are essentially catalogs of a given topic, like sad dogs, curious cats, dancing men, or outrageous swimwear. These wordless visual lists act as both a showcase of miniature paintings and also an homage to the repetitive nature of life. I enjoy the wonky nature of her painting style and the simplicity of innocent repetition. 

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