designer's library

Liselotte Watkins (Illustrator & Bookshelf)

who: Liselotte Watkins

where: Sweden

website: see Art Dept or Pipel

notes: Liselotte's art nouveau illustration style is so gorgeous and just mesmerizing. Her trademark girls are uber cool with 'tudes to match. (Wouldn't want to get into a fight with any of these girls...) On her drawing technique, Liselotte says, "I make an outline on transparent paper with a special kind of pen that I order by the box load from Japan. The coloring is done in Photoshop."

She made a graphic book called Watkins' Heroine ("visual short stories consisting of lines instead of letters") which I've been trying to get my hands on. Unfortunately, it's out of print.

(Images from Art Dept, Pipel, and How & Why)

Evan Hecox (Illustrator)

who: Evan Hecox

where: Colorado

website: http://www.evanhecox.com

notes: I like Evan's work because his imagery comes from everyday urban scenes--especially from areas many wouldn't consider beautiful but dirty, like the Mission or Chinatown (when he lived in San Francisco). The wooden girl dolls were handmade by Evan back in 1999 originally as a gift to the Girl Skateboard Company. I wish I could have one of those dolls...

(Images from Evan Hecox)

Siggi Eggertsson (Illustrator)

who: Siggi Eggertson, illustrator

where: Reykjavik, Iceland

website: http://www.vanillusaft.com

if you like this: You'll probably like JayOne.

notes:Siggi Eggertson was selected as one of Print mag's New Visual Artists 2006. He's 22. Artists with stylistic, graphic work seem to resonate with me--so immediately, I was drawn to these. I enjoy the illustrations from his "Portraits" collection--the way that you can discern people through the composition of simple curvilinear forms. Looking at them, I imagined his illustrations in craft form as a quilt. And I then, I read that he's working on some now. I can't wait to see his work in fabric.

Even his name is cool. It's almost like there's a pattern in his name:

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