Style influence

Gemma Correll

Gemma Correll is a young illustrator whose work inspires me. She uses a limited number of colours and a simplistic style that works well and suits her aims. Her main objective is to entertain by using humor in her work.  A lot of her work is based around her pug - she creates many amusing illustrations about being a pug owner.  I discovered Gemma Corrells' work on Facebook and she has a professional looking website: http://www.gemmacorrell.com/

Her work and aims are similar to mine in terms of the eye catching cartoon style and quirkiness of her illustrations. Her objective is to humor her target audience and mine is to promote sources of help for mental health issues through quirky, eye catching and sometimes funny illustrations. My aim is to intrigue and capture the attention of my target audience.  I like her style and the way she draws animals. My initial idea for my final major project was to use a similar cartoon style to this. Although I want to go through a process of observational drawings and experiments, to work out what works best, before deciding on a specific style.

Below are some examples of Gemma Corrells' work that I found on her website or blog; 

I found this on Gemma Correls' blog. 

"The Scottish Angel

I like her minimal use of colour. Although I will have various colours in my final work. These quirky stand alone pieces are the kind of things I would like to achieve with my final characters. Using text and image to get my point across. The cartoon pugs above are drawn using simple lines and this is similar to the style I'd like my final characters to be in. I feel it is an appropriate style for badges, t-shirts and posters that are aimed at a younger target audience.

Something I found interesting and useful is that Gemma Correll makes 'daily diaries', in which she uses text and image.  This is good professional practice as it keeps her mind engaged in the creative process.  She can also use them as humorous stand alone pieces that her audience can relate to.

I like her style it is a good mix between quirky and traditional. It is still eye catching despite limitied colours.