Thursday, 18 October 2012

Olivier Kugler... come on down!

So the next vector illustrator in line for analysis is Olivier Kugler!
Let's delve right in, shall we?


Having only just finished looking at Tommy Penton's work, what I can see immediately is quite a large contrast when looking at Kugler's vector illustrations. Again, I will be sensible and kick off with an image of a building. 

Contrast number one:  Kugler seems to take a minimalist approach when it comes to detail of lines on his subject matter.
Contrast number two: It is much more obvious in Kugler's work that the lines are imperfect in terms of straightness, which impacts how the perspective is illustrated.
Contrast number three: It is clear that Kugler experiments more with colour than Penton; however they both favour pastel colours and juxtapose colour with black and white.

These contrasts do not make Kugler's work any more or less impressive than Penton's, if anything it is purely down to opinion. It's good that they are different as it proves that they both have a style of their own when it comes to vector illustrations. With this image, I like how Kugler has gradually faded out the image by filling in some of the trees in green, and leaving the others as simply an outline with the colour of the sky bleeding into it. This gives layers to the image, and therefore brings it depth and life.
The choice to make angles more obscure with the building makes the image appear as having more cartoon influences than Penton's images.


The idiosyncrasy of Kugler's vector illustrations is clearly how he leaves the effect of the image being incomplete by leaving certain areas in simple black and white lines. The contrast which it brings takes attention away from the fact that only simple lines have been used instead of a lot of detail. From Kugler, I can take inspiration from including contrasts to add depth to my images.


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