Good to Know #2 Launch!
Posted by Amy on Sunday May 31, 2009
I’m thrilled to launch the second issue of the Good to Know project with not just one, but three zine giveaways!
If you haven’t heard, the Good to Know project is full of advice + inspiration from artists/illustrators/designers on creativity, business and life. For the second issue, we asked this question:
When does one know that a personal style has developed? Is it important to know what exactly that style is?
Twenty-eight answers were gathered, and along with that, many submitted their work alongside their thoughts! I’d like to thank the following participants for coming along:
- Xin of Doinky Doodles
- Belinda Kemp of Gretchenmist
- Brian Patenaude
- Emma Kidd of Benconservato
- Cathie Urushibata
- Claudia Pearson
- D.U.R.A aka i.itch.illustrations
- Dolores Wally
- Elizabeth Graeber
- memo
- Katherine Quinn
- Katie Green
- Kerry Lemon
- Lauren Minco
- Paula Mills
- Shawna Stobaugh of Nonna Illustration & Design
- Linda Solovic
- María Paula Dufour
- Anna Denise van der Reijden
- Missy Kulik
- Leah Piken Kolidas
- Patricia of pvedesign
- Kellie
- Racheal Anilyse
- Daria Rychkowa/rdw
- Heather Smith Jones
- Kat Hannah
- Ana Maria Seaton, Renmeleon
You can read their opinions here, where you can purchase and also download the PDF directly on the site (we still have our Etsy site if you prefer that option!) To see a preview of the zine, see our Issuu page.
To be one of the three random winners who will be sent a copy of the zine, just let me know in the comments section who is your favourite artist in the whole wide world, or what kind of style you are drawn to. Don’t have a favourite? Just comment away anyway and you’ll be in the running. :)
The lucky winners will be picked on Friday, 5th June 2009!
Have a great weekend everyone!
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UPDATE 5th JUNE: *The comments are now closed, and winners will be announced on Monday — thanks for coming along! If you’d like to receive future notifications of giveaways + more on Pikaland, subscribe to our mailing list!*
#4 :: Maria Paula Dufour
Jun 1, 11:21 AMHi Amy!
I have seen the PDF version and I think is great!
Thanks a lot!
#7 :: Em Stronach
Jun 1, 09:01 PMCompletely obsessed with an Australian artist called Tim Storrier at the moment, spending all my money on paint so I can learn to paint fire like him, so I would love to win your zine :P
#8 :: Jacqueline
Jun 1, 11:31 PMAmy, this is such a great topic!! It’s so cool that it comes with images…very inspirational! Have a wonderful week and love to you!
#15 :: Sandrine Devost
Jun 2, 08:34 AMI like the Pikaland and Good to Know projects. These are great initiatives. What I enjoy above all is the richness and the diversity in the illustrators’ style that you promote month after month! I don’t prefer one in particular, an even if I am myself a children illustrator, I enjoy seeing other styles than mine.
Thanks for your good work!
#17 :: Laura
Jun 2, 03:40 PMIt’s too hard to pick a favorite… but I love work that shows the beauty in the mundane, every day stuff of life.
#18 :: Karen
Jun 2, 04:34 PMMy favourite artist/illustrator at this moment is SANNA ANNUKKA. The wonderful thing with her work is that she captures the essence of folk traditions and renders it with vector illustration, two quite different worlds that emerge as her own unique style. And her latest collaboration with Marimekko just blew me away.
#20 :: Nancy Wilson
Jun 3, 02:29 AMAll the illustrators in Pickaland have so much charm. It’s inspirational to have the thoughts in “Good to Know”. Thanks so much for doing this Amy, it’s a great service for artists!!
#25 :: Shermeen
Jun 3, 11:29 PMthis is such a hard question…
well, I love AUDREY KAWASAKI’s (http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/) work for the beauty she draws all her subjects with. Her lines are so clean, the colours blend perfectly, the wood she uses for her canvas adds a different touch and… you have to see it for yourself!
oh, but I really like ARTHUR RACKHAM’s children’s fairytale illustrations too ! (http://rackham.artpassions.net/)
I know this might sound like me trying to be politically correct, but it’s honestly how I feel:
There are too many great illustration styles to decide on just one that I like!!! I could try narrowing down though….
I like the sketchy kinds of illustration like CHERIE TAN’s (http://cherie.mrrrmrrr.com/)
I like XIN/DOINKY DOODLES’s quirky, upbeat illustrations too because I’ve been a supporter ever since I discovered her stall at the MAAD fleamkt in singapore.
Btw, the link above doesn’t work… but I found she has a flickr page too! It’s here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/doinkydoodles/
I like MARI KUBOTA’s doll-girls as well …(http://pingmag.jp/2008/01/04/mari-kubota/)
and ILLULAND (http://www.illuland.dk/lea/) : these interesting Danish designers whose atelier (in the basement) my friends & I stumbled across when we were wandering around copenhagen.
so in a nutshell,
I think my favourite styles are the delicately-drawn and painted with muted colours illustrations; the sort that look they were quickly sketched and coloured messily; and the quirky sort.
(sorry Amy, I wrote an essay of an answer, didn’t I..)
#26 :: Emily
Jun 4, 05:27 PMHoo, not sure I could pick one favorite. But I tend to be drawn to a sort of design-y illustration style, and I love seeing the hand of the artist, and a sort of hand-made aesthetic.
#27 :: sloeginfizz
Jun 5, 10:43 AMThis is such a great question/topic. My favorites change all the time, but my fave this week is Sasha Barr: http://www.thisisthenewyear.com/
#30 :: ning fathia
Jun 6, 01:30 AMI don’t have a particular style I’m drawn into, I have a favorite artist, of course, but I think it’s unfair to compare one to another as all style has each own beauty.
#33 :: Melanie Kiser
Jun 6, 10:10 AMMy favorite artist is Paulette Insall … her girls just draw me in. Plus, Paulette is an amazingly lovely person herself (inside and out!)
#35 :: Heather J
Jun 6, 04:25 PMThey’re are way many artist’s too list but lately a few of my favorites are Angela Simione http://angelasimione.blogspot.com/ and Stacy Kathyrn
http://www.stacykathryn.com/wp/
Martha Rich
http://freedomwig.blogspot.com/
Jessica Doyle
http://jessicadoyle.com/
and
Jennifer Davis
http://jenniferdavisart.blogspot.com/
#1 :: Ashley Watts
May 31, 01:59 PMI’m not really drawn to one artist in particular…but to a style full of colors and shapes! :)