Dean Yeagle is an accomplished animator, most likely best known for his character ‘Mandy‘, who has frequented the pages of Playboy Magazine.
He’s a must for reference, if you like drawing pinup girls. He’s an awesome artist, and his illustrations have so much life, and well, sexiness. As usual, I’m not here to review, just to present, so here you go: Dean Yeagle.
I’m not sure if I posted this before, so, just in case, here it is. It’s the turn of Justin Ridge’s art. Great, clean, stylish, that’s how I’d talk about his illustrations. It seems he’s redesigning the site, as right now there’s a coming soon message, but his old site is still available. For example, check the gallery of girlies, quite cool drawings there, right? You should visit his gallery, there’s a lot of nice illustrations there
A repeating subject in this blog: pinup girls. This time I’m going to talk about Kamen Studio, the personal website of italian illustrator Matteo de Longis.
One of the projects he’s involved in is Skydoll:
It’s a collective book made of short stories dedicated to Skydoll, written by Barbucci & Canepa and drawn by 6 authors of different nationalities.
He mentions that in his website, though I’ll have to look for more info about it.
Hey, back to the subject, this guy has an amazing style, really hip, just check out his gallery of illustrations to see what I’m talking about. Cute, clean drawings, great sketches and illustrations, mostly of girls. I’m loving it. I guess he’s got a bit of influence from anime, but I’d say it’s just a small influence. He’s really developed his own original style, and again, I must say, it’s great.
link: kamenstudio.com
This site’s been in my bookmarks for a while, but I haven’t got the time to blog about it. Time, isn’t it what we all need? usually we complain that we cannot do a lot of things we’d like to, just because we don’t have the time. It’s a shame…if you want to do it, you probably can do it. Check out what Gez Fry did:
In 2002 Gez Fry decided, that he wants to make a living out of Japanese style illustration - without being experienced in drawing. Locking himself up in his bedroom in London he studied big masters like Masamune Shirow and developed enough skill and an astonishing portfolio to jump into the big market - within only 2 years. Here are some of his comments about how he draws, develops characters and why the Japanese Manga market is so tough.
His style is pretty awesome, too, and very japanese, even though he actually is from the UK (though he’s half japanese). As usual, I say, go check out his site, and don’t forget to visit his gallery of illustrations.
If you want to know more about him and the way he works, there’s a couple of interviews online at pingmag and pixelsurgeon.
I guess I agree with Vargas in that the female form is to me the most beautiful and interesting thing to draw. That and I suppose it fulfils a weird psychological desire of mine. You know what they say about animators being repressed actors? I think it’s the same thing, except for me it’s more like being a repressed model or something like that.
Those are the words of illustrator Charlene Chua, the question was: You draw mostly girls - and sexy ones at that! Why the interest in the female form?, and it was asked to her in an interview for pixelsurgeon.com.
Charlene is an illustrator, that you already knew. Her vector illustrations are sharpy, and very cool, you should check them out: her work gallery, her art gallery.
Josh Howard’s style can only be described as beautifully edgy. His pin-ups are playful, often displaying an obvious sensuality that is quite striking and of course, very eye-catching. Howard says he was always interested in drawing, but never had a real focus and so began drawing pin-up girls in high school when he found that this was what he liked to draw most. He began by studying the classic and modern pin-up artists and cites his favourites as Gil Elvgren, Robert McGinnis, Fritz Willis, Shane Glines, Bruce Timm, Dean Yeagle and Franz Frazetta.
quote from desktopmag.com
I love his style, pretty cool, simple, and sexy. All I’m going to say is: he’s a talented artist.
And again, I’m not here to critic or to convince you of anything, I just want to introduce to you some of the great artist I find when browsing the interweb ( 
). So, go check out his gallery, and keep informed of what he’s doing by visiting his blog
Check out some of the cool artwork of Fiona Staples, at her portfolio page, though I suggest you better visit her blog, constantly updated with some illustrations of hers, specially of character design. Pretty cool
Oh, almost forgot it, the link to her blog is goog-lucky.net
Amazing british artist, Colin Stimpson has been involved in quite a bunch of interesting projects in the animation industry, like Disney’s Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and the Emperor’s New Groove (as Art Director). Another personal favorite is An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, where he took part as background artist.
He, of course, has his own site showcasing some of his illustration and animation work, so, you better go check it out at colinstimpson.com
Audrey Chihiro Kawasaki is just 24, and she’s an amazing artist. Her draings/painting, are mostly of girls/women, but with an original touch. They are very surreal, broken in pieces, dissapear and reappear, however, you can imagine their whole body. Her style is impressive. You know I’m not good at describing these things, so I always suggest, go to her site and spends some time appreciating her paintings, illustrations, studies, and pay special attention to her doodles.
It looks like she hasn’t updated her site since 2004, but don’t fear, as she maintains a blog, very introspective and inspiring. You’ll get the chance to see her art in progress.
He’s got a small gallery showcasing some of his artwork, either personal, or for some of the projects he’s involved in, like Phil and Eugene, misinformer.com, dungeonville, among others.
His site: michaelgreenholt.com
