As a small exercise for our MDes course, we had to go and find artists who inspired the artists we like. This was to see if we would find another artist/illustrator we could connect with.
I decided to go with my favourite, Timothy Bradstreet. Many of his influences are from traditional comic artists, one of whom is Bernie Wrightson. Wrightson worked on many of the horror/pulp comics that became popular in the 60's and 70's. Mainly in black and white, (likely to do with printing costs at the time, as pulp comics were created as cheaply as possible), they capture a certain gothic feel, with heavily inked areas, similar to Bradstreet's work.
I used Gary Gianni as the second influence of Bradstreet, again a comic artist. Gianni uses lines more effectively to convey a sense of depth, rather than using large areas of black. This is something that Bradstreet uses effectively too. Thin lines in conjunction with black areas to convey weight and realism.
I wasn't really surprised to find out about Bradstreet's favourite artists. They all show the qualities that Bradstreet possesses.
My second Illustrator was David Foldvari. Unfortunately the only influences he mentions are that of 60's and 70's Eastern European artists, which was too broad a topic to find out about in the time we had. This is an area I would like to find out about for future reference.
Foldvari's work uses heavy black areas, much like Bradstreet's, although he tackles contemporary issues, often in a humorous way.
All in all, this was a productive exercise and made me think more about the type of Illustrators I should take influence from.
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