I Get By With A Little Help From My 3rd years

Today we had an informal but very informative chat with the courses 3rd years, splitting themselves into 3 groups relating to their preffered practice - illustration, material and video/photography, each group talked about their own practice and artists who have influenced their work.
I decided that the group I would find most informative and would relate most to my project was the illustration group.
Kicking off was Aron Klein whose work involves and urban graffiti style utillised in a more artistic manner. Highlighting the work of David Ellis, Aron talked about how he enjoyed the element of the video being the artwork and the painting being shown going through several transformations that without being documented within the video would be lost. An example of David Ellis' work is shown below, I was really impressed by the amount of time and dedication that must have gone into it's creation.

Artwork David Ellis from Gülşah Bengü Pekesin on Vimeo.

Jack Scales talked about a major influence of his, Bristol based illustrator Jack Hudson whose quirky illustration style and links with the music industry have seen his work popping up on posters around the country.


The artist known as CAKE was up next, her practice involves lot's of computer generated design, her current work has been focussed on the hexagonal patterns found in beehives, which she is using to highlight the plight of the bee and raise awareness for it's cause.



She is heavily influenced by Berlin design firm "Ice Cream For Free" which have similar methods of practice: