Michelle Thompson

Michelle Thompson is a British illustrator. Her projects are mainly for advertising, publishing and designers.
Her media is letterpress, a camera, scanner and a computer. She describes her style as, 'digital and handmade collage.'

Computer Art

''A revolution has taken place. The digital revolution has altered the nature of illustration beyond recognition – taking it from cottage industry to household phenomenon…
Things weren’t always this way. Before the digital revolution, life as an illustrator was fairly straightforward, or so it seemed – there was no Bill Gates, no Apple, no Photoshop, no Google, no internet, no email… no hassle. Looking back at life before the revolution, albeit through rose-tinted specs, the working day for your lone illustrator was a fairly simple affair. In fact, depending on just how far back you wish to peer, it’s clear to see just how much has changed.''

www.computerarts.co.uk

Rinzen

''Australian design and art collective RINZEN is best known for the collaborative approach of its five members, forming in 2000 as a result of their visual and audio remix project, RMX.

RINZEN's work, created both individually and as a collective, covers a wide-range of styles and techniques, often featuring utopian alternate realities, bold, geometric designs or intricate, hand drawn studies.

The group's posters and album covers have been exhibited at the Louvre and their large scale artwork installed in Tokyo's Zero Gate and Copenhagen's Hotel Fox. They recently designed the inaugural issue of Paul Pope's Batman for DC Comics and graphics for a bicycle released by Japanese company, Bebike.

Members of the group are variously based in Berlin, Brisbane, Melbourne and New York.''

Rinzen is:
Steve Alexander (Berlin)
Rilla Alexander (Berlin)
Adrian Clifford (Brisbane)
Karl Maier (Melbourne)
Craig Redman (New York

''www.rinzen.com''

Jonny Hannah

''Jonny Hannah

Born & bred in Dumfermline, Jonny studied illustration at Liverpool Art School and then the Royal College of Art.

Since graduation in 1998 he has been working both as a commercial designer & illustrator (his clients include The Daily Telegraph, The New York Times & The St. Kilda Courier) and printmaker, creating wonderful screen printed books, posters and prints for his own Cake & Ale Press. A passionate music lover, his ‘Hot Jazz Special’ - a book of red-hot rhymes and bold poster-style art - took 2nd place in the 2005 V&A Illustration Award.''

http://www.stjudesgallery.co.uk/artists/j_hannah/index.htm?gclid=CKb-mYuWgpACFQ5lQgod4ytXtQ

Georg Barber

Stanley Donwood

''Stanley Donwood is best known for his Radiohead artwork and covers, but his screenprints, expressive works that arent afraid to address good old-fashioned fears, can stand on their own as they continue to capture the zeitgeist. Happy Family shows a family heading into their bomb shelter, built with supplies suggested by the UK government. Donwood peppers his work with references to thin ice, lack of escape and other cheerless notions, like the very simple and direct Lost Child. Minotaur is a poignant symbol for our basic fear of otherness, a mythological creature who is depicted weeping, but unable to show or feel regret. Donwoods website also offers a variety of atmospheric prose worth investigating.''

Artist: Stanley Donwood
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My Every Day Life



Title: Suburbian
Suburbian (screenprint) A screenprinted version of one of my favourite images created in 2006 in a weird cabin place up in the Chiltern Hills west of London.
My Every Day Life

Marion Deuchar