I came across Peter Donnelly's work and fell in love! I can't believe I hadn't seen it before now! His work is very up my street as he explores shape, colour and texture. He's worked with a number of really cool contacts that I'd love to work with myself. Each project states the art director he worked with, so this is something to note down. The work above is the piece I saw first. It stood out to me as he's illustrated food, and I think I've made it clear that I love drawing food. These illustrations were for 'Zizzi''s restaurant menu, a format I'd really like to work with. What also stands out to me is the way he's made compositions out of drawn motifs and objects, rather than creating a scene. Illustrating scenes is something that I struggle with in my practice, and I often worry that I can't stretch my practice very for if I'm just drawing motifs. After seeing Donnelly's work, it's town me that my work could be applied to a number of platforms.
Donnelly's website and breath of work is beautiful and eye catching. What I find interesting is seeing his development process. He includes both sketchbook/development sketches along with the final images, then in the final product in context. This is demonstrated in the images above. Although I like his work were he draws similar motifs, it's interesting to see some scene illustration as it's made it really simple. Perhaps I overcomplicate my work?
I've sent Peter an email asking for any general advice. We'll see if he replies!
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