artists i have looked at for grizzly bear thursday

I had looked at Emma Dibben, Marie Gordon and Lucy Davey in my sketchbook for stylisation ideas for my bears, but I also looked at the following artists who had previously entered grizzly bear thursday, and who's work i particularly enjoy:


ALAN DALBY -

















This is all the information i could find on Alan Dalby:
''Born and raised in York, I moved to Manchester to study Illustration at Stockport college in 2007. After graduating I remained in Manchester, where I am currently working as a freelance Illustrator.''

I particularly liked his grizzly bear purely because of the shapes and geomatrical patterns he used, its so simple, you can tell what the animal is purely from the shape of it.
The colours used are nice too, they are sharp and colourful definatly attract the eye.




JONATHON ANDREW TAYLOR -




















There was also no information on jonathan that i could find, and emails to him have failed to be returned. However i picked his work from the website purely because of his style, its rustic and stylish with the colours clashing. I chose him as inspiration as his artwork was so appealing, and his bears still look like bears, even though they are abstract.




JOE DECIE -


''Joe Decie draws pictures in boxes that are true and made up. He currently lives on the south coast of England with his girlfriend and their son. His favourite chilli pepper is the Scotch Bonnet and his favourite whiskey is Lagavulin. ''
I enjoyed his work, as its distinctive and the soft use of inks with a bold outline gives it that particular 'comic' feel, and its something i admire.