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.
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.
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.
