Illustrative Art https://artanddesigninspiration.com/tag/illustrative-art/ Inspiration for Creatives - Creativity is Contagious - Pass It On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:33:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://artanddesigninspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-ArtPalette-32x32.jpg Illustrative Art https://artanddesigninspiration.com/tag/illustrative-art/ 32 32 Art On The Go https://artanddesigninspiration.com/art-on-the-go/ https://artanddesigninspiration.com/art-on-the-go/#respond Sun, 02 Nov 2014 02:44:10 +0000 https://artanddesigninspiration.com/?p=3535 Meet Artist Paula A.K.A “DCartist” Bannerman My iPad drawings are something I began doing when I received my first iPad mini in the summer...

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Meet Artist Paula A.K.A “DCartist” Bannerman

My iPad drawings are something I began doing when I received my first iPad mini in the summer of 2013. I feel as this is my paint, my charcoal, my pencils, my camera, and my paper that have been warped into pixels, that I can take with me anywhere I go.

My work is varies on my mood. It goes from dark illustrations to bold colors pop. My recent collection is called “Red Woman”. The red woman signifies intensity and strength that is built up over time, but is not fully expressed with emotions through the face, but with movements, and poses.

in-her-eyes

thought

yellow

cold

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The Art of the Rapidograph https://artanddesigninspiration.com/the-art-of-the-rapidograph/ https://artanddesigninspiration.com/the-art-of-the-rapidograph/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:37:00 +0000 https://artanddesigninspiration.com/?p=2998 The Rapidograph gives artists the ability to draw and design with precision. It can also be a frustrating and unforgiving tool to use since...

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The Rapidograph gives artists the ability to draw and design with precision. It can also be a frustrating and unforgiving tool to use since it clogs easy and can leave ink blots on the artwork that you spent hours on. Beautiful artwork can be created with this tool, but it needs a lot of TLC, keeping the tip clean and it also requires much patience from the artist. However the payoff is worth it.

As a kid my mom did a lot of Rapidograph work. I recall the “oh shits” coming from her art studio, which usually meant the pen clogged or blotted ink. This was before Photoshop when you could scan in your artwork and fix up the mistakes!

moms-card-boat

mom-card-whales

moms-card-seals

moms-card-sailboat

Shown are a few of the samples from a card line she had. She had them printed on parchment paper and she sold her cards in card shops.

A bit of history on the Rapidograph
A “rapidograph” pen is a trademarked name for one type of technical pen. Technical pens use either a refillable ink reservoir or a replaceable ink cartridge.

The pen’s design feature tubes of ink that are filled with a Pasteur pipette or from a narrow spout on a special bottle of ink. Such pens frequently came in sets of various sizes, and several pen points which were installed into the holders that also contained a filled fountain, which in turn would be screwed into a handle. The construction and number of parts varied depending on the company, and the parts were not cross-compatible in most cases. Some later designs (like the Staedtler MarsMatic700) had especially designed channels to allow better air flow in between the wall of the external grip and the point assembly. This made ink flow more reliable. The general drawback of this group of pens is that they have to be frequently and carefully cleaned to remove all ink from the tubing, otherwise it would set and could not be removed.

While the Rapidograph style of pen is still widely used by artists, the use of computer-aided design (CAD) has largely replaced the need for manual drafting. Also, the development of felt-tip, ink-based pens have provided cheaper, lower-maintenance disposable tools that sell much better than traditional technical pens.

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