David Hughes

David Hughes was born in Twickenham in 1952 and from a very young age knew he wanted to get in to the art and design side of life. In 1970 he left Twickenham Technical College where he studied illustration and proceeded to produce a series of etchings inspired by a piece of jazz music by Charlie Parker. He then moved onto drawing for the daily expresses cookery page. After taking time out to get to understand what he was really interested in doing he got a job at Granada TV as a Graphic designer where he stayed for 5 years before leaving to work as a freelance illustrator.

One of my favourite quotes from David Hughes is, “I am a graphic designer who happens to illustrate” I like how he does not put himself into one box and that he experiments with his jobs to be sure he is doing what he loves, which in my eyes has paid off as he produces some of my favourite pieces of illustration. In the image below I like how it looks like mix media has been used as it gives a surreal affect to the image. The bright pop of red draws the eye in and creates interest. Although I am not studying illustration I would love to be able to produce a piece of work like this.

 

I like the fact it looks old and vintage. There is a limited amount of colour used in the picture which is another reason why I think I like it so much. I like how to can see every detail of the line work in the piece as it looks like a lot of time and effort has gone into creating it but at the same time gives it an edgy feel and makes it look like its rebelling the normal stereotype of illustration.
This work reminds me of Sara Fanellis but with less colour and brightness used, it has the same technique of using mix media to create depth and I hope that I can create a feel of work manually like this as it would be something different to add to my portfolio.

 

On this piece I really like the typography which has been used as it suits the feel of the image. even though it has been placed in the background suggesting it has less importance its still readable. I like the idea of using hand written text on my work as it will give it a lot more personality. I feel that my style of work would mean I could create something like this as the lines don't look perfect and it looks like David has enjoyed creating this work.

 

 

 

visit his page http://www.davidhughesillustration.co.uk/