Thomas Burdern
I found Thomas Burden on Handsome Frank. I was drawn to him for his use of object in his illustrative work. I like how it's not what people would necessarily consider illustration to be, as it's always seen as just pen to paper. But this is the direction that I would like my work to go down, using objects photographed to become the finished piece. He also considers colour, which is something that I need to start thinking about. I think I will do a similar thing in terms of colour scheme - using a bright and bold pallets. As well as drawing the attention of the audience, it also makes it quite satirical, and seeing as I'm doing politics I don't want it to be boring and serious. So I'm going to use the bright colours to counteract the 'boring' subject.
Chris Sickels
Chris Sickels is an artist that Ben pointed me towards. I'm not sure if he is editorial, but I suppose his style could be used to depict contexts. But maybe I haven't looked at him in enough detail yet. Anyway, I really like his style! Using figures that he makes from clay and photographing them in a setting. I think Sickels will be a massive influence for my work, as this is something that I would very much like to explore. But I don't feel like my character work is strong enough yet so I need to investigate it a lot further first.
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