Location Wales
Job Freelance illustrator
Contact www.stuartwhitton.blogspot.com
Software Photoshop, Illustrator
“I’m influenced by a number of aspects of design and art,” says Stuart. “As a result, I try to build a visually appealing relationship between fashionably ethereal illustrations of people, objects and typographical elements.”
Ironically, it was his BA Hons course in Graphic Design at the West Wales School of the Arts that convinced Stuart that he was, in fact, more interested in illustration. “My passion for [illustration] and the use of traditional methods made me realise that my admiration for the imagery derives from the personal quality that it possesses.”
Stuart’s image creation process involves the use of pencils, Photoshop, Illustrator, abstract shapes, patterns and generally a limited colour palette to accent particular areas. “I use careful discretion concerning the amount of detail in my work,” he adds. “This is often combined with a degree of ambiguity to achieve a distinctly bold but elegant appearance.”
Self Portrait “This piece contains three pencil sketches of myself,” says Stuart of this interesting self-study. “The two that depict my face are the same image, only shown at different stages of the illustration. I wanted to create more than a traditional portrait, therefore I used Photoshop to cut a section out of the finished sketch and then arranged the other portraits so that certain areas could flow ambiguously into each other. I think this image is a good representation of not only my physical appearance but also my personality and my influences, which can be identified even in the smallest details."
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