year 2

This summer I wanted to learn and teach myself how to draw simple objects and illustrate. I was going to do this as part of my project to show how my development of drawing images offhand and images around me, had developed and perhaps improved over the summer.
I spent a lot of my summer drawing in one little book that I took to New York and would constantly draw when i had a spare minuet so the book became pretty full. I then intelligently took it on a water rafting trip and forgot it was in my bag when i jumped in a river and it all got wet. Each page except for a few survived so I photographed them to show the kind of work I was doing.

Italian illustrator Lorenzo Petrantoni caught my attention by his quirky and interesting site that i randomly found from a site. Ironically, I had been illustrating objects this summer that are of a similar nature so the objects really caught my attention. I like his use of handmade very vintage looking objects and use of historical figures and wording which he combines in his images and videos. The simple black and white also works very well and makes each moving image flow more as one and doesnt distort any kind of message.
He has definitely inspired me to work a little more with type this year and play about with my own style, especially when the work is collaborated with music. Im very keen on his choise of animals he has used. After spending my summer in the forest in the wilderness, I have a new found love for wildlife and animals. this will be something i will try and include a lot more this year too.